Les Dennis
- 70 years old
- English
- Actor and comedian
Press clippings
Les Dennis to star in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Les Dennis is set to take to Liverpool's Shakespeare North Playhouse stage as Malvolio in Twelfth Night this June.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2024The Real Ken Dodd film lobbies for creation of national comedy museum
Ken Dodd is to be the subject of a major new documentary celebrating his life and legacy, with hopes that the film will help realise his dream for a national comedy museum. The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved will premiere at the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds on 9th June, when the performing space in the Victorian theatre is renamed The Sir Ken Dodd Auditorium in honour of his many appearances at the venue.
British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2024Comedy legend reveals he regrets affair with Amanda Holden
Actor Neil Morrissey has joked about his fling with Amanda Holden - saying: "Don't f*** a game-show host's wife."
The Men Behaving Badly star had a five-week romance with the BGT judge while she was wed to Les Dennis.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 24th November 2023Bradley Walsh unveils his Legends Of Comedy for Channel 5
Bradley Walsh is to present a personal appreciation of his comedy heroes from the last 50 years in the three-part Channel 5 series Bradley Walsh: Legends Of Comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd November 2023Les Dennis's exit is bad for Strictly Come Dancing - it's nothing without joke contestants
It would be very boring if Strictly became an actual serious dance contest.
Julia Raeside, i Newspaper, 2nd October 2023Les Dennis first contestant eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing
All four judges voted unanimously in the first bottom two of the year.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 1st October 2023Les Dennis joins Strictly Come Dancing 2023 line-up
Les Dennis has been announced as the fifteenth and final celebrity contestant for this year's Strictly Come Dancing series.
British Comedy Guide, 11th August 2023Les Dennis reveals real reason he quit Family Fortunes & why it's best thing he ever did
Les, 69, told a podcast: "They offered an insulting 98 per cent pay cut - time to go."
Thomas Godfrey, The Sun, 14th July 2023Les Dennis announced as new Countdown host
Les Dennis has been revealed as the new host of Countdown following Anne Robinson's final episode airing earlier this month.
Robert Mann, The Sun, 25th July 2022Les Dennis joins Only Fools And Horses: The Musical
The comedian and actor will take over the role of Grandad from October 3.
Chortle, 15th July 2022