Les Dennis

Les Dennis is one of the UK’s best-known entertainers with a career in showbusiness spanning over 50 years.

Born in Liverpool, Les came to prominence as a comedian in the 1970s after honing his act on the northern Working Men’s Club circuit and turning pro after a winning set on New Faces.

More success in TV comedies followed in the 1980s when he starred in The Russ Abbot Show and The Les Dennis Laughter Show, and formed a hugely popular double-act with comedy partner Dustin Gee, cut-short by Dustin’s untimely death.

Les cemented his place as a mainstay of Saturday night television as the host of ITV’s Family Fortunes between 1987 and 2002. In 2023 he returned to Saturday night TV with a fleeting but fun turn on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

In recent years Les has enjoyed a thriving career as an actor, starring with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English National Opera and in numerous hit plays and musicals in the West End and on tour, as well as a regular role on Coronation Street. His recent stage credits include 42nd Street at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, as Grandad Trotter in Only Fools and Horses The Musical; Wilbur in Hairspray; Amos Hart in Chicago; Bill in Me and My Girl; Uncle Fester in The Addams Family; and productions of Art, Legally Blonde, and High School Musical 2.

A dad of three, Les lives in Cheshire with his wife, his two youngest children, and their menagerie of pets.

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