Johnny Vegas

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• The Nine O'Clock Trot (2026)
• Open All Hours: Inside Out (2026)
• The Twits (2025)
• Time Travel Is Dangerous! (2025)
• Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery (2024)
• The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (2024)
• Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery (2023)
• The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise (2023)
• We Wish You a Mandy Christmas (2021)
• The Drowning of Arthur Braxton (2021)
• Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
• Dial M for Middlesbrough (2019)
• Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2019)
• Tales from the Lodge (2019)
• The Queen and I (2018)
• Death on the Tyne (2018)
• Eaten by Lions (2018)
• Early Man (2018)
• Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII (2017)
• Murder on the Blackpool Express (2017)
• Tulip Fever (2017)
• The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet (2017)
• Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book (2016)
• Grimsby (2016)
• Dark_net (2016)
• Red Top (2016)
• Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute (2015)
• Brilliantman! (2015)
• The Harry Hill Movie (2013)
• Ragged (2013)
• Blood and Nuts (2013)
• Mr. Stink (2012)
• The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas (2012)
• Making Qi (2011)
• Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace (2009)
• An Audience with Neil Diamond (2008)
• A Tale of Two Continents (2008)
• The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
• When Comedy Changed Forever (2006)
• Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut (2005)
• Comic Aid (2005)
• The Libertine (2004)
• Blake's Junction 7 (2004)
• Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)
• Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream? (2003)
• Cheeky (2003)
• Blackball (2003)
• The Virgin of Liverpool (2003)
• Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive (2002)
• Staying Up (2002)
• When Snooker Ruled the World (2002)
• Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001)