Career
He starred in the Orange mobile phone cinema adverts in the United Kingdom (with Brennan Brown), playing the role of Eliot, a spoof studio executive and has appeared regularly in the British Broadcasting Corporation comedy television programme Little Britain. He first worked in comedy writing for Chris Evans"s Power Up show on Bachelor of Science in Business"s Power Station music channel in 1990. He then set up Britain"s first comedy magazine called The Heckler.
In 1992, he worked as a stand-up comedian.
He worked as a promoter, founding comedy nights such as The Double Six Club, The Youth Club, and The Regency Rooms. Lenny Beige Furst also works under the name Lenny Beige, promoted comedy nights (started on the Regency Rooms) and fought the 1997 general election in Putney under that name, and had a programme on British Broadcasting Corporation Choice.
Furst often performed (as Lenny Beige) at Club Montepulciano. The band Hooverphonic sing about this in their song of the same name (Lenny Beige is performing spinning wheel/Club Montepulciano is what you need).
Other Work Furst appeared on The Johnny Vaughan Tonight show on British Broadcasting Corporation Choice and British Broadcasting Corporation One, The Late Edition with Marcus Brigstocke and as the host on the British Hit Singles & Albums Number.1 Music Quiz Digital Video Disc. He has also appeared in a CBBC sitcom called The Legend of Dick and Dom in which he starred alongside Dominic Wood, Richard McCourt and Chloe Bale.
He is in "Combat Kids", another CBBC show. Furst starred in the Catterick series with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer as an assistant Police Officer called Sergeant Mingemungington. He has appeared in nearly 30 commercials in the cinema for Orange as the sidekick of the main male character played by Brennan Brown.
He has also appeared in numerous other programmes.
Bodies, Born and Bred, all three series of Little Britain, The Bill and Dick and Dom"s Funny Business. He continues to appear as a regular contributor to The Wright Stuff on Five.
On 27 March 2012, it was announced Furst would play the role of Mr Wormwood in Matilda the Musical, which had been playing the Cambridge in London"s West End since October 2011. Furst is scheduled to be part of the world premiere cast of Made in Dagenham from October 2014, at the Adelphi in London"s West End.