Lenny Rush

Last updated

Lenny Rush
Born (2009-03-18) 18 March 2009 (age 15)
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present
Notable work

Lenny Rush (born 18 March 2009) is a British BAFTA-winning child actor. He is best known for his work on the Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable?, on the BBC One series Dodger and the CBBC drama The Dumping Ground. He won a breakthrough award at the 2023 National Comedy Awards, and won the Breakthrough Award and Best Comedy Performance (Male) at the 2023 Royal Television Society Programme Awards.

Contents

Early life

Born to Steve and Lisa Rush, [1] Lenny is from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.

Career

Rush first appeared on camera on the CBeebies documentary Our Family. He began acting locally at the Pauline Quirke Academy in Essex. He played roles on CBeebies series Apple Tree House and CBBC's The Dumping Ground and had played Tiny Tim in versions of A Christmas Carol both on stage at The Old Vic in London in 2017 and 2018, and on-screen in a Steven Knight televised retelling of the Charles Dickens classic in 2019. [2] [3]

Rush was given a series regular role in the comedy drama Dodger alongside Christopher Eccleston. Initially a small role called The Sweeper, the part was expanded for Rush and given the character name Morgan. [4] Rush also had the role of Ollie, the son of Daisy May Cooper’s character, in BBC One comedy Am I Being Unreasonable? in which he was able to improvise as well as perform lines. [5] He received praise for his performance in the show with Lucy Mangan writing in The Guardian , “What a gift they have in Rush, who has the comic chops and emotional range of an actor twice his age, and the kind of chemistry with Cooper that is an absolute joy to watch." [6]

He also made a notable appearance on BBC One charity money-raising show Children In Need in 2022. [7] Rush won the Breakthrough Award, and Comedy Performance (Male) Award, for Am I Being Unreasonable? at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards in March 2023. [8]

In June 2023, it was announced that Rush would portray Morris in the fourteenth series of Doctor Who . [9]

In October 2023, it was announced that Rush would become the first-ever child presenter at the age of 14 to co-host the 2023 Children in Need appeal. [10]

In November 2023 Rush was the winner of Taskmaster New Year’s Treat 2024. [11]

Accolades

Rush was voted Best Breakthrough at the I Talk Telly Awards in December 2022. [12] It was announced in January 2023 that he would receive a breakthrough award at the 2023 National Comedy Awards. [13] On 29 March 2023, he won two awards at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards: the Breakthrough Award, and Best Comedy Performance (Male). [14] [15] In May 2023, he won the BAFTA for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for his work on Am I Being Unreasonable?

Personal life

Rush has a medical condition called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita which affects his growth, resulting in dwarfism. [16] [17]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018-2019 Apple Tree House Eli4 episodes
2019 A Christmas Carol Tiny Tim Miniseries
2020Old Vic on Camera: A Christmas CarolTiny Tim
2021–2022 The Dumping Ground Murphy7 episodes
2021–2023 Dodger Morgan/The SweeperRecurring role
2022 Enola Holmes 2 Newspaper boyFilm
2022–present Am I Being Unreasonable? OllieLead role (6 episodes)
2023 Best Interests George1 episode
Haunting of the Queen Mary Lukas CaulderFilm
Children in Need HimselfPresenter
2024 Doctor Who Morris Series 14
Taskmaster HimselfNew Years Special

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lenny Henry</span> British stand-up comedian and actor

Sir Lenworth George Henry is a British actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CBeebies</span> British childrens television network broadcast internationally

CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel, CBBC, is aimed at older children aged 6 to 12. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm GMT / BST (Summer), timesharing with BBC Four.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Horne</span> British comedian and musician

Alexander James Jeffery Horne is a British comedian. Horne is the creator of BAFTA award-winning TV series Taskmaster, in which he takes the role of assistant to the Taskmaster Greg Davies. He is the host and bandleader of comedic band The Horne Section. Horne hosts the band's eponymous podcast and television series, and has appeared with them on BBC Radio 4, TV channel Dave, and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Rhys Thomas is a British director, producer, actor, comedian and writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Fletcher</span> British television presenter

Justin Fletcher is an English actor, singer and television presenter appearing mainly on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies. Speaking and performing in various, often self-created, roles, he specialises in slapstick comedy and works with children with special educational needs through his show Something Special. Fletcher also appears as the comedian Mr Tumble.

<i>In the Night Garden...</i> British childrens television series

In the Night Garden... is a popular British preschool children's television series created, written and composed by Teletubbies co-creator Andrew Davenport for CBeebies and BBC Two and produced by Ragdoll Worldwide, a joint venture of Ragdoll Productions and BBC Worldwide. The show was aimed at children aged from one to six years old. The programme is narrated by Derek Jacobi. It is filmed in live action and features a mix of actors in costume, stop motion, puppetry and CGI animation. The characters include Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka, the Tombliboos, the Pontipines, the Wottingers, the HaaHoos, the Ninky Nonk, the Pinky Ponk, the Ball and the Tittifers.

Andrew Paul Day is an English television presenter and actor. He is best known for his work on the BBC's CBeebies channel. He is also a patron of Anti-Bullying Week. He was first on Friendly TV in 2005 and moved to CBeebies in 2007, becoming the longest serving presenter in 2018. He is the lead singer of the band Andy and the Odd Socks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darrall Macqueen</span>

Darrall Macqueen is an independent children's television production company based in London, United Kingdom. It was formed in 2000 by Billy Macqueen and Maddy Darrall.

The British Academy Children's Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They have been awarded annually since 1996, before which time they were a part of the main British Academy Television Awards. It currently includes categories for television productions, feature films and video games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iain Stirling</span> Scottish comedian (b. 1988)

Iain Andrew Stirling is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter, narrator and Twitch streamer from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Kindle Entertainment is an independent television production company based in London, England. Kindle Entertainment was formed after ITV Kids was closed, and current personnel includes Anne Brogan, the former controller of ITV Kids, and former head of development at ITV Kids, Melanie Stokes. The company is currently owned by Banijay, via its Banijay UK Productions subsidiary.

<i>Katie Morag</i> (TV series) Television adaptation of the series of books by Mairi Hedderwick

Katie Morag is the television adaptation of the series of books by Mairi Hedderwick. The programmes follow the adventures of Katie Morag whose life on the fictional Scottish island of Struay is full of stories of jealousy, bravery and rivalry and peopled by an annoying little brother, busy shopkeeper parents, a perfectly perfect best friend and a couple of grandmothers who between them know everything about everything. The series was produced by Move On Up with support from BBC Scotland and commissioned by the BBC's CBeebies and CBBC channels. It also airs on the BBC's Gaelic channel BBC Alba and BBC One Scotland. Don Coutts directed the series which Margaret Matheson produced and Lindy Cameron executive produced and edited. Katie Morag is also available on BBC iPlayer for over a year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susan Wokoma</span> British actress

Susan Indiaba Wokoma is a British actress, writer and director. She is best known for her roles as Edith in the Enola Holmes films, Cynthia in Chewing Gum, Raquel in the E4/Netflix show Crazyhead and Fola in Cheaters. Wokoma was listed as one of Europe's Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017 and named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit by an international jury the same year.

<i>This Country</i> British television series

This Country is a British mockumentary sitcom, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Three on 8 February 2017. Created by, written by and starring siblings Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper and directed by Tom George, the series focusses on the day-to-day lives of two cousins living in a small village in the Cotswolds. The programme includes themes of social clumsiness, the trivialities of human behaviour, the eccentricities of living in rural England, and the boredom and social isolation of young people in small communities.

Daisy May Cooper is an English actress and writer. She won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for playing Kerry Mucklowe in the BBC Three series This Country, which she co-created and co-wrote with her younger brother, Charlie Cooper.

Sophie Willan is an English actress, narrator, writer and comedian. She has won two BAFTAs for her television sitcom Alma's Not Normal.

Charlie Cooper is an English actor and writer, known for his role as Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe in the BBC Three series This Country, which he co-created and co-wrote alongside his older sister, Daisy May Cooper.

Dodger is a British family comedy drama series, inspired by the Artful Dodger from the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The series serves as a prequel to the events of Oliver Twist. The first 10 episodes launched on 9 February 2022, on BBC iPlayer and were subsequently repeated on BBC One. Series One was followed by three specials, ‘Train’ in November 2022, ‘Christmas’ in December 2022 and ‘Bad Egg’ on Easter Saturday 2023 on BBC One. The series has an all-star cast led by Christopher Eccleston as Fagin and Billy Jenkins as Dodger.

<i>Am I Being Unreasonable?</i> British television series

Am I Being Unreasonable? is a British comedy-thriller television series produced by Boffola Pictures and Lookout Point and written by, and starring, Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli. The series was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 26 September 2022. The series premiered in the United States on Hulu on 11 April 2023. A second series was commissioned by the BBC in October 2022.

Rain Dogs is a British comedy-drama television series created, written, and executive produced by Cash Carraway for BBC One and HBO. It premiered on HBO on 6 March 2023 and stars Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo and Fleur Tashjian. The series has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for the writing and performances of its cast.

References

  1. ↑ "Lenny Rush Parents- Meet Dad Steve Rush And Mother Lisa Rush". Thefamilynation.com.
  2. ↑ "Scene Stealer: Child actor Lenny Rush's rise to fame". BBC.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Lenny, 10, is the star of the show this Christmas". Southend Echo.
  4. ↑ "I TALK TO Lenny Rush". Italktelly.com.
  5. ↑ "Dodger star Lenny Rush says children's TV is "so important" at Christmas". Radio Times.
  6. ↑ "Am I Being Unreasonable? review – Daisy May Cooper is absurdly brilliant". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ "Lenny Rush comedy skit impressed Children In Need viewers". Maldon Standard.
  8. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (7 March 2023). "Kate Winslet, Kit Connor, Billie Piper in the Mix at Royal Television Society Program Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Jeffery, Morgan (15 June 2023). "Doctor Who casts BAFTA winner Lenny Rush as new character Morris". Radio Times.
  10. ↑ Cormack, Morgan (18 October 2023). "Doctor Who star Lenny Rush joins Children in Need presenting line-up". Radio Times.
  11. ↑ Lewis, George (23 November 2023). "Taskmaster confirms line-up for celebrity special". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "I Talk Telly Awards – Winners Announced". Beyond The Joke.
  13. ↑ "National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed". Chortle.
  14. ↑ Goldbart, Max (29 March 2023). "Kate Winslet Scoops Big Acting Prize At RTS Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  15. ↑ Ritman, Alex (29 March 2023). "Kit Connor, Kate Winslet Among Winners of Royal Television Society Program Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  16. ↑ Amin, Megna (25 November 2022). "Dodger star Lenny Rush explains why it's so good for mums of disabled kids to see him on screen". Metro.
  17. ↑ "Ormiston Rivers Academy student stars in hit BBC show". Ormiston Academies Trust.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.