Harry Enfield first appeared in the television show ‘Omnibus’ in 1985, where he voiced ‘Gillray.’ That same year, he joined the British satirical television puppet show ‘Spitting Image,’ created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law, and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series ran for 18 seasons and aired its final episode in 1996. In 1986, he joined the cast of the British television comedy and music show ‘Saturday Live.’ He portrayed ‘Stavros,’ ‘Loadsamoney,’ and ‘Buggerallmoney’ and remained on the show until 1987. Enfield continued to appear in television series and shows such as ‘Filthy Rich & Catflap’ (1987), ‘French and Saunders’ (1987), ‘Comic Relief’ (1988), ‘Barney’ (1988-1989), and ‘Billy the Fish’ (1990). In 1990, he starred in the British sketch show ‘Harry Enfield & Chums’ where he also served as one of the writers. The show aired 35 episodes (including 7 clip show episodes) in a span of 5 seasons (including 1 clip show season) before going off-air in 1998. The show was originally called ‘Harry Enfield's Television Programme,’ but it was changed to ‘Harry Enfield & Chums’ in 1994. He continued to star in television films and shows such as ‘Roger Mellie: The Man on the Telly’ (1991), ‘Men Behaving Badly’ (1992), ‘The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles’ (1992), ‘Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes’ (1993), ‘Noel's House Party’ (1993), ‘Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era’ (1994), and ‘Call up the Stars’ (1995).
Enfield played the role of ‘Verger’ in the 1998 British comedy film ‘What Rats Won't Do,’ directed by Alastair Reid. The film holds a 48% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. That same year, he also starred in the television comedy film ‘Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle,’ directed by Metin Hüseyin. The film currently sits on a 7.3 out of 10 rating on IMDb. He was next seen in television series and films such as ‘The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything’ (1999), ‘Kevin & Perry Go Large’ (2000), ‘Brand Spanking New Show’ (2000), ‘We Know Where You Live. Live!’ (2001), ‘Celeb’ (2002), ‘Stella Street’ (2004), ‘Tooth’ (2004), ‘Churchill: The Hollywood Years’ (2004), ‘Look Around You’ (2005), ‘Marple’ (2006), and ‘Star Stories’ (2007). In 2007, he joined the cast of the British teen comedy-drama television series ‘Skins,’ created by Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain. He played the role of ‘Jim’ and remained on the show until 2009. Also in 2007, Enfield came together with Paul Whitehouse to create the British sketch comedy show ‘Harry & Paul.’ The show ran for 4 seasons and aired its final episode in 2012.
He next appeared in films and television shows like ‘Not Safe for Work’ (2009), ‘The One Ronnie’ (2010), ‘Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey’ (2011), ‘Acts of Godfrey’ (2012), ‘Harry and Paul's Magnificent Sporting Moments’ (2013), ‘Psychobitches’ (2013), ‘Blandings’ (2014), ‘Scottish Mussel’ (2015), ‘The Bad Education Movie’ (2015), ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (2016), ‘The Windsors’ (2016-2020), ‘Island of Dreams’ (2019), and ‘How Europe Stole My Mum’ (2019). He was last seen in the 2022 comedy short film ‘The Contract,’ directed by Stephen D'Arcy.
The Bad Education Movie is a comedy film which tells the story of Mr. Wickers, an incompetent teacher, who leads his class on a final school trip to Cornwall, which turns out to be quite disastrous.
Kevin and Perry Go Large is a comedy musical film which revolves around the story of two desperate teenagers, who travel to Ibiza, hoping that they can gain a better and wider audience to expose their musical talents, as well as to lose their virginity. They soon not only cross paths with a world famous DJ, but also meet the girls of their dreams.
Caesar wants to conquer a village, and in order to do so, he tries to absorb the villagers into Roman culture, thus crushing their rebellion slowly. He builds a city of luxury apartments, and convinces the inhabitants to move there. Meanwhile, the construction site is discovered by Asterix and Obelix, who become an obstacle to his plan.
Harry Enfield Awards
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul | Best Comedy Programme | 2011 |
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul | Best Comedy Programme | 2009 |