Editing Lenny Henry (section)

===1990s===
In the early 1990s, Henry starred in the [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] film ''[[True Identity]]'', in which his character pretended to be a white person (using make-up, [[Facial prosthetic|prostheses]], and a wig) to avoid [[organised crime|the mob]]. The film was not commercially successful. In 1991, he starred in a BBC drama alongside [[Robbie Coltrane]] called ''[[Alive and Kicking (TV drama)|Alive and Kicking]]'', in which he played a heroin addict, which was based on a true story.

Also in 1991, he starred in the Christmas comedy ''[[Bernard and the Genie]]'' alongside [[Alan Cumming]] and [[Rowan Atkinson]]. Moreover, Henry is known as the [[choleric]] [[chef]] Gareth Blackstock from the 1990s television comedy series ''[[Chef!]]'', and from his 1999 straight-acting lead role in the [[BBC]] drama ''[[Hope and Glory (TV series)|Hope and Glory]]''. He was co-creator with [[Neil Gaiman]] and producer of the 1996 BBC drama serial ''[[Neverwhere]]''.<ref name="cornish">{{Cite web |date=9 October 2013 |title=Neil Gaiman's Urban Fantasy "Neverwhere", Adapted by Robert Kauzlaric, Nov 6–10 |url=http://www.cornish.edu/news/release/neil_gaimans_urban_fantasy_neverwhere_adapted_by_robert_kauzlaric_nov_6-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108233819/http://www.cornish.edu/news/release/neil_gaimans_urban_fantasy_neverwhere_adapted_by_robert_kauzlaric_nov_6-10 |archive-date=8 November 2014 |access-date=8 November 2014 |publisher=Cornish College of the Arts}}</ref>

Henry appeared as a backing singer on [[Kate Bush]]'s album ''[[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' (1993) for the song "Why Should I Love You?" on which Prince played guitar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2016 |title=Lenny Henry on Prince: 'I almost passed out. This was my hero talking to me' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/24/the-time-i-sang-with-prince-and-kate-bush-by-lenny-henry |access-date=8 December 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> He also performed, backed by [[David Gilmour]] of [[Pink Floyd]], at [[Amnesty International]]'s [[The Secret Policeman's Balls|Big 3-0]] fund raising concert.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Miles |first1=Barry |title=Pink Floyd - The Visual Documentary |last2=Mabbett |first2=Andy |publisher=Omnibus |year=1994 |isbn=0-7119-4109-2}}</ref> Henry returned to the BBC to do ''[[Lenny Henry in Pieces]]'', a character-based comedy [[sketch comedy|sketch]] show which was followed by ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]'', in which he combined stand-up, character sketches and song parodies.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

In 1994, ''The Daily Mail'' reported that Henry was set to star in a biographical film of [[Billy Strachan|Billy Strachan's]] life titled ''A Wing and a Prayer'', however the script was never turned into a movie.<ref name=":29">{{Cite book |last=Horsley |first=David |title=Billy Strachan 1921-1988 RAF Officer, Communist, Civil Rights Pioneer, Legal Administrator, Internationalist and Above All Caribbean Man |publisher=Caribbean Labour Solidarity |year=2019 |location=London |pages=27 |language=en |issn=2055-7035}}</ref> Peter Frost, a journalist for the [[Morning Star (British newspaper)|''Morning Star'']], believes that Strachan's communist beliefs were somewhat responsible for the movie not being created.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Frost |first=Peter |date=2 April 2018 |title=Billy Strachan – just 'another bloody immigrant' |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/billy-strachan-just-another-bloody-immigrant |access-date=11 May 2021 |work=The Morning Star}}</ref>