Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the St Helens born actor, stand up comedian, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Moz in the BBC3 sitcom Ideal and for his role as The Oracle in several series of the ITV sitcom Benidorm. More recently, he has starred as the hapless Eric in Roy Clarke's Still Open All Hours alongside David Jason. In 2018, Vegas took the lead in a new BBC sitcom, Home From Home.
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- Born:
- Sep 11, 1971 In St Helens, Lancashire, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 79
- First Appeared:
- Series Have I Got a Bit More News for You 2025
- Latest Project:
- In the series Generation Z
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Himself - Panellist | 2025 |
| Series | Generation Z | 2025 | |
| Series | The Island | Self - Contestant | 2022-03-23 |
| Movie | The Drowning of Arthur Braxton | Arthur Braxton Sr. | 2021-07-13 |
| Series | Murder, They Hope | Terry | 2021-05-08 |
| Movie | Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break | Rex | 2021-03-17 |
| Movie | Dial M for Middlesbrough | Terry | 2019-12-14 |
| Series | The Rubbish World of Dave Spud | Dave Spud | 2019-09-02 |
| Movie | Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story | Himself | 2019-03-29 |
| Movie | Tales from the Lodge | Russell | 2019-03-09 |
| Movie | The Queen and I | Spiggy | 2018-12-24 |
| Movie | Death on the Tyne | Terry | 2018-12-15 |
| Series | The Big Narstie Show | Himself | 2018-06-29 |
| Movie | Eaten by Lions | Ray | 2018-06-21 |
| Series | Home from Home | Neil Hackett | 2018-04-20 |
| Movie | Early Man | Asbo (voice) | 2018-01-26 |
| Movie | Murder on the Blackpool Express | Terry | 2017-11-11 |
| Series | LEGO Masters | Guest Judge | 2017-08-24 |
| Movie | Tulip Fever | Apothecary | 2017-07-13 |
| Movie | The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-27 |
| Series | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
| Movie | Grimsby | Milky Pimms | 2016-02-24 |
| Movie | Red Top | Johnny | 2016-01-20 |
| Series | Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories | Unknown | 2016-05-26 |
| Movie | Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute | 2015-10-21 | |
| Series | Travel Guides | Narrator | 2015-08-03 |
| Series | Taskmaster | 2015-07-28 | |
| Series | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Unknown | 2015-03-30 |
| Series | Still Open All Hours | Eric Agnew | 2014-12-26 |
| Series | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | Unknown | 2014-06-16 |
| Movie | The Harry Hill Movie | Abu | 2013-12-20 |
| Series | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Himself | 2013-04-12 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Himself | 2013-01-25 |
| Movie | Mr. Stink | Dad | 2012-12-23 |
| Movie | The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas | Brian (voice) | 2012-12-19 |
| Movie | Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace | Himself | 2009-11-09 |
| Series | Chris Moyles' Quiz Night | Unknown | 2009-03-22 |
| Series | Feast | Unknown | 2009-03-03 |
| Series | Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong | Unknown | 2008-02-01 |
| Series | Massive | Tony | 2008-09-14 |
| Series | Celebrity Juice | Unknown | 2008-09-24 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Continents | Al | 2008-03-21 |
| Series | Benidorm | Geoff Maltby | 2007-02-01 |
| Series | Comedy Map of Britain | Unknown | 2007-01-27 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Turn Back Time | Unknown | 2006-08-09 |
| Series | TV Heaven, Telly Hell | Unknown | 2006-03-26 |
| Movie | When Comedy Changed Forever | Self | 2006-03-07 |
| Series | Showbiz Darts | Self - Andy's Group | 2006-10-02 |
| Series | ShakespeaRe-Told | Unknown | 2005-11-07 |
| Series | Bleak House | Unknown | 2005-10-27 |
| Movie | Comic Aid | 2005-03-02 | |
| Movie | Blake's Junction 7 | Blake | 2005-01-22 |
| Series | Ideal | Moz | 2005-01-11 |
| Series | Dead Man Weds | Lewis Donat | 2005-01-05 |
| Series | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Himself | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | The Libertine | Sackville | 2004-09-16 |
| Movie | Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Dave | 2004-02-20 |
| Movie | The Virgin of Liverpool | Jackie Symes | 2003-03-15 |
| Movie | Cheeky | Alf Price | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Blackball | Trevor | 2003-05-18 |
| Movie | Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream? | As Himself | 2003-11-17 |
| Series | QI | Unknown | 2003-09-11 |
| Series | Tipping the Velvet | Gully Sutherland | 2002-12-09 |
| Series | Top Gear | Unknown | 2002-10-20 |
| Movie | Staying Up | Frank O'Hanlon | 2002-05-07 |
| Series | Johnny Vaughan Tonight | Unknown | 2002-01-07 |
| Movie | Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive | Self | 2002-12-25 |
| Series | I Love 1990s | Unknown | 2001-08-18 |
| Movie | Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter | Himself | 2001-06-10 |
| Series | Attention Scum | 24 Hour News Man | 2001-02-25 |
| Series | Happiness | Charlie Doyle | 2001-03-20 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| Series | Room 101 | Unknown | 1994-07-04 |
| Series | Shooting Stars | 1993-12-27 | |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | Red Dwarf | Crit Cop | 1988-02-15 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |