Steve Furst
Biography
Steve is a well known actor and comedian having starred in nearly 30 ‘Gold Spot’ commercials for Orange which played in every movie theatre in the UK for 6 years. He was a regular supporting actor in the multi-award winning Little Britain sketch show. As his alter-ego Lenny Beige, he wrote and starred in The Lenny Beige Television Show on (Ch4) and 2 series of The Lenny Beige Variety Pack for BBC.
He has appeared in close to 100 TV and film roles including ; Rock Profiles (BBC), Bodies (BBC), Armstrong & Miller (C4), Absolute Power (BBC), Catterick (BBC), The Bill (ITV), Born and Bred (BBC), Wuthering Heights (ITV), Manhunt (ITV), Friday Night Dinner (C4), 3 series of the BAFTA nominated Legend of Dick and Dom. He was a semi-regular in the long running medical drama Holby City (BBC1).
Most recently he appeared as Dr Fernel in 2 series of ‘The Serpent Queen’ for Starz. He appeared in ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ with Ewan McGregor for Paramount Plus, and will feature in the forthcoming ITV drama ‘I Fought The Law’ alongside Sheridan Smith
His movie credits include St Trinians 1 & 2, Chalet Girl and in 2018 he starred in Walk Like A Panther with Stephen Graham for 20th Century Fox. For over a decade he was a regular panelist on long-running topical morning panel show The Wright Stuff (Channel 5)
On stage credits include; Chicken Soup With Barley at the Royal Court, Matilda (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Mr Wormwood for over 600 performances at the Cambridge Theatre, original cast of Made in Dagenham at the Adelphi Theatre and as the title role in Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear at the National Theatre in 2019. He played Fagin to rave reviews in Oliver at The Leeds playhouse in 2023/24 and also Alfred P Doolitle in the hit revival of My Fair Lady at the Curve Theatre in 2024/25. This summer he is appearing in The Crucible at the Globe Theatre.
In addition to performance, Steve has written a book on the history of Radio Comedy and continues to write and produce music, particularly lyric writing and has recently collaborated with writer/producer Guy Chambers on a new project.