He featured on The Big Breakfast during the programme's final months before it ended in March 2002. In 1996, Vegas made his television debut as a contestant on Win, Lose or Draw in the UK under his real name, but made references to the fact he wanted to be a comedian and that his stage name was "Johnny Vegas". Between 19, he was a member of Cluub Zarathustra, a comedy performance group led by Stewart Lee, Roger Mann, and Simon Munnery. Vegas earned a BA in Art and Ceramics from Middlesex University in the Hendon area of London, then returned to his home town and took various odd jobs he worked in an Argos warehouse, sold boiler insurance door-to-door, packed bottles of Cif in a factory, and was a barman at a local pub. Vegas says his athletics career came to a sudden end, aged 16, when McDonald's opened its first restaurant in St Helens. Vegas was only 13, so knew most of the kids.Īs a teenager Vegas excelled at athletics and regularly represented Merseyside in national competitions in the 8 metres. Whilst competing on Channel 4's festive special The Greatest Snowman (2021), Vegas revealed that he had to play Santa Claus as his father was stuck at work. At the age of 11, he attended the boarding school and seminary St Joseph's College in Up Holland to train for the priesthood, but came back homesick after four terms. He has an older sister and two older brothers, alongside whom he was brought up as Catholic. Vegas was born Michael Joseph Pennington on 5 September 1970, in the Thatto Heath area of St Helens, Lancashire. He is also a frequent guest on panel shows such as QI and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Vegas' television roles have included Al in the ITV Digital and PG Tips adverts, Moz in the BBC Three dark comedy Ideal, Geoff Maltby ("The Oracle") in the ITV sitcom Benidorm, and Eric Agnew in the BBC One sitcom Still Open All Hours. He is known for his thick Lancashire accent, husky voice, chunky appearance, angry comedic rants, and use of surreal humour. Michael Joseph Pennington (born 5 September 1970), better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. Recorded October 2010 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
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