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Stephen Fry

Acting

Born: August 24, 1957Hampstead, London, England, UK

Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster. As a solo actor, Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, starred as the title character Peter Kingdom in the ITV series Kingdom, and is the host of the quiz show QI. He also presented a 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America, which saw him travelling across all 50 U.S. states in six episodes. Fry has a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones. Apart from his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and two volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 4, starring in the comedy series Absolute Power, being a frequent guest on panel games such as Just a Minute, and acting as chairman for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, where he was one of a trio of hosts who succeeded the late Humphrey Lyttelton. Fry is also known in the UK for his audiobook recordings, including as reader for all seven Harry Potter novels.

Known For
Filmography
The Three Urns

The Three Urns

Bookseller

2026
Joke

Joke

2026
Finding Father Christmas

Finding Father Christmas

Self

2025
This Ordinary Thing

This Ordinary Thing

Self (voice)

2025
Christmas Karma

Christmas Karma

Radio Presenter (Voice)

2025
Recall Me Maybe

Recall Me Maybe

Kevin

2025
The Castle, Rebuilding History

The Castle, Rebuilding History

Narrator

2025
A Friend of Dorothy

A Friend of Dorothy

Dickie

2025
Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Narrator (voice)

2025
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future

Self

2025
Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

C (archive footage)

2024
About a Hero

About a Hero

2024
Black Samphire

Black Samphire

Mari's Boss

2024
This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers)

This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers)

Self

2024
We Are Home

We Are Home

Self - narrator (voice)

2024
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly

Self

2024
Treasure

Treasure

Edek

2024
We Work for the Dead

We Work for the Dead

Pruitt (voice)

2024
Bottom: Exposed

Bottom: Exposed

Narrator (voice)

2024
U.Me: The Musical

U.Me: The Musical

Narrator

2024
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)

2023
The Inventor

The Inventor

Leonardo da Vinci (voice)

2023
Red, White & Royal Blue

Red, White & Royal Blue

King James III

2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Self - Contributor

2023
The Big Fat Quiz of Sport

The Big Fat Quiz of Sport

Self

2023
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

2023
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts

John Craxton: A Life of Gifts

John Craxton (Voice)

2023
Mind Games - The Experiment

Mind Games - The Experiment

Narrator

2023
Mr Bear's Christmas

Mr Bear's Christmas

Narrator

2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Self

2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

Self

2022
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

Self

2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me

The Fringe, Fame and Me

Self

2022
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Self

2022
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History

Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History

Self - Narrator

2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)

2022
Hating Peter Tatchell

Hating Peter Tatchell

Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)

2021
It's Always Something

It's Always Something

Narrator

2021
Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films

Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films

Narrator

2021
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne

Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne

Self / Sir Fopling Flutter

2021
Night of the Living Dread

Night of the Living Dread

Meditation Guru (voice)

2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Interviewer

2021
Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean

Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean

Narrator

2021
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

Self

2020
Fear of Dancing

Fear of Dancing

Self - Actor & Writer

2020
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?

What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?

Self

2020
The Big Night In

The Big Night In

Lord Melchett

2020
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley

Self

2020
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive

Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive

Self

2019
Dancing with the Birds

Dancing with the Birds

Narrator

2019
Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Chris

2019
Greed

Greed

Self

2019
Missing Link

Missing Link

Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)

2019
Almost Human

Almost Human

Narrator

2019
Churchill and the Movie Mogul

Churchill and the Movie Mogul

Self

2019
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self

2018
The Con Is On

The Con Is On

Sidney

2018
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

M. C. Escher (voice)

2018
Pocoyo's Easter Picnic

Pocoyo's Easter Picnic

2018
Duck Duck Goose

Duck Duck Goose

Frazier (voice)

2018
And the Winner Isn't

And the Winner Isn't

Self

2017
All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction

All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction

2017
Queer as Art

Queer as Art

Self

2017
50 Years Legal

50 Years Legal

Self

2017
Battle of Soho

Battle of Soho

Self

2017
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song

Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song

Self

2017
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants

Wild Africa / Tiny Giants

Narrator (Tiny Giants)

2016
Santa Forgot

Santa Forgot

Narrator

2016
The Killing$ of Tony Blair

The Killing$ of Tony Blair

Self

2016
Love & Friendship

Love & Friendship

Mr. Johnson

2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Cheshire Cat (voice)

2016
Pocoyo's Halloween

Pocoyo's Halloween

Narrator

2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Sir Francis Spring

2016
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

Self

2016
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On

The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On

Self

2016
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

Self

2015
Rocky Horror Show Live

Rocky Horror Show Live

Narrator

2015
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review

Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review

Narrator

2015
Do I Sound Gay?

Do I Sound Gay?

Self

2015

Marked

Father Christmas

2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Master of Laketown

2014
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me

Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me

Self

2014
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill

The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill

Self

2014
That Sugar Film

That Sugar Film

The Sugar Family Sketch

2014
Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest

Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest

2014
Tiny Giants 3D

Tiny Giants 3D

Narrator

2014

A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell

Self - Darts Fan

2014
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk

Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk

Narrator

2014
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical

Our Gay Wedding: The Musical

2014
Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin

Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin

2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Master of Laketown

2013

Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was

Narrator

2013
Super Clyde

Super Clyde

Randolph

2013

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

2013
The Look of Love

The Look of Love

Barrister

2013

The Lonely Dodo

Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog

2013
Frost on Sketch Shows

Frost on Sketch Shows

Self

2013
Stephen Fry's Key to the City

Stephen Fry's Key to the City

Self - Presenter

2013
Doors Open

Doors Open

Professor Robert Gissing

2012

Special Report – The Voice of Darts

Self (archive footage)

2012

Cicada Princess

Narrator (voice)

2012
Wagner & Me

Wagner & Me

Self

2012
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

Oscar Wilde (voice)

2012
Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets

2012
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets

Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets

Self

2012
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Malvolio

2012
Jools Holland: My Life in Music

Jools Holland: My Life in Music

Self

2012
The Borrowers

The Borrowers

Professor Mildeye

2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Mycroft Holmes

2011
Holy Flying Circus

Holy Flying Circus

God

2011
Making Qi

Making Qi

Self

2011
Wogan on Wodehouse

Wogan on Wodehouse

Self

2011
Ocean Giants

Ocean Giants

Narrater

2011
Botham: The Legend of '81

Botham: The Legend of '81

Self

2011
March of the Dinosaurs

March of the Dinosaurs

Narrator (UK)

2011
Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins

Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins

The Narrator

2011
Lost Connection

Lost Connection

Dad

2010
Fry and Laurie Reunited

Fry and Laurie Reunited

Self

2010

The Great American Oil Spill

Self

2010
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House

Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House

Stephen Fry

2010
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Cheshire Cat (voice)

2010
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Self

2009
House of Boys

House of Boys

Dr. Marsh

2009
Last Chance to See

Last Chance to See

Self

2009
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits

Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits

Self - Narrator (voice)

2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Self – Narrator (voice)

2009
Blackadder Rides Again

Blackadder Rides Again

Self

2008
Pocoyo & the Space Circus

Pocoyo & the Space Circus

Narrator (English)

2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Self

2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Self

2008

Happy Birthday to GNU

Self

2008
Last of the Dambusters

Last of the Dambusters

Narrator

2008

Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo

Narrator

2008
Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest

Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest

Narrator

2008
The Machine That Made Us

The Machine That Made Us

Self - Presenter

2008
Tales of the Riverbank

Tales of the Riverbank

Owl (voice)

2008
St Trinian's

St Trinian's

Stephen Fry

2007
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me

Stephen Fry: HIV & Me

Self

2007
Eichmann

Eichmann

Minister Tormer

2007
Stephen Fry: Guilty

Stephen Fry: Guilty

Self

2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

Self

2007
Snow White: The Sequel

Snow White: The Sequel

The Narrator (voice)

2007
Stormbreaker

Stormbreaker

Smithers

2006
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Self

2006
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration

Self

2006
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked

'V for Vendetta' Unmasked

Deitrich

2006
V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

Deitrich

2006
The Transporters

The Transporters

Narrator

2006
Ashes Fever

Ashes Fever

Self

2005
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Self

2005
A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick

2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Self

2005
Meet Pocoyo!

Meet Pocoyo!

Narrator

2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Narrator / The Guide (voice)

2005

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
MirrorMask

MirrorMask

Librarian

2005
Pocoyo & Friends

Pocoyo & Friends

Narrator

2005
Tom Brown's Schooldays

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Dr. Thomas Arnold

2005
A Bear Named Winnie

A Bear Named Winnie

Protheroe

2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Self

2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Maurice Woodruff

2004
Supergrass: A Home Movie

Supergrass: A Home Movie

Self (archive footage)

2004

The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope

Narrator

2004
Tooth

Tooth

Pedro

2004
Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

Chauffeur

2003
The Biggest Nose in Borneo

The Biggest Nose in Borneo

Narrator

2003
Le Divorce

Le Divorce

Piers Janely

2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Self

2003
The Making of Gosford Park

The Making of Gosford Park

Self

2002
Thunderpants

Thunderpants

Sir Anthony Silk

2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

The Minister of Chance

2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

Andre Breton

2002
Paddington Bear: The Early Years

Paddington Bear: The Early Years

2001
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

Inspector Thompson

2001
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

Self

2001
The Discovery of Heaven

The Discovery of Heaven

Onno Quist

2001
Four Play

Four Play

Nigel Steele

2001

In Search of the Prisoner

Self

2001

Funny Old World 2

Narrator (voice)

2001

Funny Old World 3

Narrator (voice)

2001

Funny Old World 4

Narrator (voice)

2001

Funny Old World

Narrator (voice)

2001

Funny Old World 5

Narrator (voice)

2001
Sabotage!!

Sabotage!!

Wellington

2000
Relative Values

Relative Values

Frederick Crestwell

2000
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration

Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration

Self

2000
Best

Best

Frazer Crane

2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Dr. Peter Robinson

2000
Longitude

Longitude

Sir Kenelm Digby

2000
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'

A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'

Self

2000
The Tichborne Claimant

The Tichborne Claimant

Hawkins

1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Melchett

1999
Geri

Geri

Self

1999

A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest

1999

Stanley Baxter in Person

Self

1998
A Civil Action

A Civil Action

Pinder

1998
Spice World

Spice World

Judge

1997
Simply Wilde

Simply Wilde

Self

1997
Oscar

Oscar

Self

1997
An Audience with Elton John

An Audience with Elton John

Self

1997
Wilde

Wilde

Oscar Wilde

1997
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

The Judge

1996
The Steal

The Steal

Wimborne

1995
Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

Mybug

1995
I.Q.

I.Q.

James Moreland

1994
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

1994
Camp Christmas

Camp Christmas

Santa Claus

1993
Stalag Luft

Stalag Luft

Wing Commander James Forrester

1993
Common Pursuit

Common Pursuit

1992
Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends

Peter Morton

1992
Old Flames

Old Flames

Daniel Davenport

1990
Colleagues From Hell

Colleagues From Hell

1989
Employees From Hell

Employees From Hell

1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

Self

1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Lords Melchett / Frondo

1988
A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda

Hutchison

1988
A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust

Reggie

1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Self

1988
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

King Charles I

1988
The Laughing Prisoner

The Laughing Prisoner

No. 2

1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

Self

1987
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

Self

1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

1986
The Good Father

The Good Father

Creighton

1985
Happy Families

Happy Families

Dr. De Quincy

1985
The Cellar Tapes

The Cellar Tapes

various

1982
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

1981