Johnny Vegas

Acting · Born 1970-09-05 · St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

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.

Known for

• Open All Hours: Inside Out (2026)
• Time Travel Is Dangerous! (2025)
• The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved (2024)
• Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery (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)
• Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2019)
• Tales from the Lodge (2019)
• Dial M for Middlesbrough (2019)
• Eaten by Lions (2018)
• Death on the Tyne (2018)
• The Queen and I (2018)
• Tulip Fever (2017)
• Murder on the Blackpool Express (2017)
• The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet (2017)
• Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII (2017)
• Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book (2016)
• Grimsby (2016)
• Red Top (2016)
• Dark_net (2016)
• Brilliantman! (2015)