---
name: "Tony Hendra"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-hendra"
fi1m_id: "tony-hendra"
imdb_id: "nm0376676"
tmdb_id: 1040043
wikidata_id: "Q1733732"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 July 1941"
died: "4 March 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:38:13.041980+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tony Hendra

## Identity

Tony Hendra

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-hendra
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-hendra
- **IMDb ID:** nm0376676
- **TMDB ID:** 1040043
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1733732
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hendra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1733732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1040043

Actor. Born 10 July 1941 in Hertfordshire, England, UK. Died 4 March 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 July 1941, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 March 2021
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hendra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1733732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1040043

## Biography

Tony Hendra (10 July 1941 – 4 March 2021) was an English satirist, actor and writer who worked mainly in the United States. He played Ian Faith, the manager of the rock band Spinal Tap, in the 1984 mockumentary film *This Is Spinal Tap*.

Educated at St Albans School and St John's College, Cambridge, Hendra was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights revue in 1962 alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. In 1984 he served as head writer and co-producer of the first six episodes of the British satirical television series *Spitting Image*. He appeared in other films and television programmes including *Miami Vice* (1984), *Jumpin' Jack Flash* (1986), *Life with Mikey* (1993) and *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Fi1m 91, as Ian Faith — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Who's Who in Mycology* (2016), Screenplay
- *Snow White: The Sequel* (2007), Writer
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Book Publisher
- *Suits* (1999), as George Parkyn
- *The Great White Hype* (1996), Writer
- *The Cosby Mysteries* (1994), series, Actor
- *Life with Mikey* (1993), as Cookie Commercial Director
- *Jumpin' Jack Flash* (1986), as Hunter
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Gordon Wiggins — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *The Big Bang* (1984), Writer
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), as Ian Faith — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)
- *Spinal Tap: The Final Tour* (1981), as Ian Faith
- *Mama Dracula* (1980), Writer
- *Disco Beaver from Outer Space* (1979), Producer, Writer
- *Lemmings* (1973), Producer, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Tony Hendra in 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/118127/gallery-774eec827f24.jpg) Tony Hendra in 2015. — Bonis, Christopher, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Hendra%2C_2015.jpg/1280px-Hendra%2C_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tony Hendra](https://film.one/media/person/118127/gallery-768d6585bf8b.jpg) Tony Hendra — Invertzoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Tony_Hendra%2C_September_17%2C_2014.jpg/1280px-Tony_Hendra%2C_September_17%2C_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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