Michael Pennington (born 5 September 1970), known professionally as Johnny Vegas, is an English actor and comedian, known for his formerly portly figure and his alter-egos angry rants, surreal humour and high husky voice.His television roles have included playing Al in the ITV Digital and PG Tips adverts, drug dealer Moz in the BBC black comedy Ideal, Geoff Maltby in the ITV comedy series Benidorm and Eric Agnew in the BBC sitcom Still Open All Hours.