Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas is a British comedian, actor, and author whose shambolic, emotionally raw comedy has made him one of the UK's most distinctive and beloved performers. Born Michael Pennington in St Helens, Lancashire, in 1970, he trained for the priesthood before turning to comedy. Becoming Johnny Vegas is his memoir about growing up in St Helens, training for the priesthood, and the creation of his alter ego Johnny Vegas. The book is funny, poignant, and surprisingly literary — a meditation on identity, performance, and the person behind the persona. Vegas narrates the audiobook himself. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers a deeply moving, unexpectedly literary memoir about identity and the masks we create to face the world.