Johnny Vegas

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 11, 1971 (53 years old)

Johnny Vegas

Known For

Time Travel Is Dangerous!
1h 39m
Movie 2025

Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in North London. One day, their lives are forever turned upside down when an abandoned time machine appears outside their shop. Mixing reality with fantasy, we explore the strange and outlandish world of The Unreason, as the girls traverse space and time sourcing items to sell.

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder They Hope Mystery
TV Show 2024

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder They Hope Mystery

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery sees Gemma recruited by the Serious Crimes Agency (SCA). It's a dream come true for the ambitious sleuth, who can finally live as the kick-ass investigator she always dreamed of being... but unfortunately the SCA don't want Terry because of his criminal past. As Gemma's new status puts a strain on the couple's relationship, they are hired to solve a double murder at a local rugby club, where all of the members seem to be behaving very strangely — and then more bodies start appearing. To make matters even weirder, the dead bodies all bear the same strange symbol somewhere on them — could this be a gentleman murderer leaving a calling card? And why does a camouflaged figure keep calling Gemma from a mysterious bunker?

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2h 0m
Movie 2024

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Gemma is delighted to be recruited by the Serious Crimes Agency, but sadly they don't want Terry because of his criminal past.

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
3h 1m
Movie 2024

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

Produced over four years with full access from Ken’s widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth look into Doddy’s private world, exploring the many secrets of his comic talent, revealing never-before-seen home-videos, stage performances and extracts from some of the thousands of Ken’s diary notebooks which he’d asked his wife to burn after his death. Wrestling with her conscience for quite some time, Lady Dodd, finally agrees with entertainment historians, museum curators and many of Ken’s admirers like Stephen K Amos, Harry Hill, Shaparak Khorsandi, Lee Mack, Paul O’Grady, Johnny Vegas, and Sir Ian McKellen to preserve Doddy’s notebooks for posterity. These stars explore their passion and memories of Ken in this candid, insightful film which takes you backstage behind the red curtain to reveal a far more intriguing man than the public or even his wife ever realised.

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
1h 30m
Movie 2023

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

It's Christmas and Gemma has hired a lovely cottage in a quaint village. Terry spots that the village has a Santa competition, but things take a dark turn as competitors start being killed off in a host of warped and festive ways.

Romantic Getaway
TV Show 2023

Romantic Getaway

A normal married couple trying to be criminals; all for the sake of their one wish to have a family. As they face the all too familiar struggle for many couples - trying to fall pregnant - the pair embark on the IVF process, but the twists and turns of the stolen £50K funds (in the form of Bitcoin) means their everyday life is anything but ordinary.

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction
TV Show 2022

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction

Richard Hamond's Brain Reaction is a brand new comedy science panel show. Richard hosts, ably assisted by comedian and science geek Ria Lina. Captaining the teams are Victoria Coren Mitchell and Johnny Vegas. Each week, they battle it out over a series of bizarre conundrums that pit random things against arbitrary stuff. Ever wondered what's more powerful, a rugby player or a fireman's hose, or what's fastest, a Slinky going down a flight of stairs or a student downing a pint, upside down? It's anyone's game - an astrophysicist has as much chance of getting the answer right as your grandmother

The Island
1h 0m
TV Show 2022

The Island

Comedy panel show that invites four comedians to create their own personal dream island.

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
0h 16m
Movie 2021

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas

Nobody actually likes bread sauce, do they? It tastes like someone’s eaten a piece of bread, chewed it up and spat it onto your plate. Merry Christmas.

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
1h 42m
Movie 2021

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

When an awkward, heavily bullied schoolboy from a dysfunctional home discovers a beautiful water nymph hiding in an abandoned Edwardian bathhouse, he must confront his own personal demons in order to save them both from the depraved custodian who keeps the enchanted waters alive with the ritual sacrifice of children.

Biography

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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