LES Dennis is swapping comedy for OPERA after landing his first lead role in a movie. The Family Fortunes legend will star in HMS Pinafore at the London Coliseum later this year and he'll be seen on screen in the upcoming film Sidekick, opposite Buffy The Vampire Slayer actor Anthony Head.
English National Opera show HMS Pinafore begins its run in October with Les, 67, appearing as social climber Sir Joseph, the First Lord of the Admiralty and "ruler of the Queen's Navy".
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