Stephen Fry
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-08-24 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Stephen Fry
Biography
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
Acting
Now & Then
as TG
Touché
as Narrator (voice)
(2025)
(2025)
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
as Narrator
(2025)
(2024)
Treasure
as Edek
(2024)
Doctor Who at the Proms
as C (archive footage)
(2024)
(2024)
Bottom: Exposed
as Narrator (voice)
(2024)
(2024)
We Are Home
as Self - narrator (voice)
(2024)
We Work for the Dead
as Pruitt (voice)
(2024)
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
as Self
(2024)
Stephen Fry Into Ukraine
as Self
(2024)
Black Samphire
as Mari's Boss
(2024)
U.Me: The Musical
as Narrator
(2023)
Red, White & Royal Blue
as King James III
(2023)
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
(2023)
The Inventor
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
(2023)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self – Contributor
(2023)
Mind Games - The Experiment
as Narrator
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
as John Craxton (Voice)
(2023)
The Big Fat Quiz Of Sport
as Self
(2022)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
(2022)
(2022)
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
as Self - Narrator
(2022)
(2022)
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
(2022)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
Mr Bear's Christmas
as Narrator
(2021)
Hating Peter Tatchell
as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
(2021)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as The Interviewer
(2021)
Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean
as Narrator
(2021)
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne
as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
(2021)
Night of the Living Dread
as Meditation Guru (voice)
(2021)
It's Always Something
as Narrator
(2021)
(2020)
Fear of Dancing
as Self - Actor & Writer
(2020)
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?
as Himself
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
Missing Link
as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
(2019)
Greed
as Self
(2019)
Dancing with the Birds
as Narrator
(2019)
Tomorrow
as Chris
(2019)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Himself
(2019)
Almost Human
as Narrator
(2019)
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive
as Himself
(2018)
The Con Is On
as Sidney
(2018)
Duck Duck Goose
as Frazier (voice)
(2018)
(2018)
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
as M. C. Escher (voice)
(2018)
(2017)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
(2017)
(2017)
Battle of Soho
as Himself
(2017)
50 Years Legal
as Self
(2017)
Queer as Art
as Self
(2017)
(2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
(2016)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Sir Francis Spring
(2016)
Love & Friendship
as Mr. Johnson
(2016)
(2016)
Santa Forgot
as Narrator
(2016)
(2016)
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
as Self
(2016)
Pocoyo's Halloween
as Narrator
(2015)
Do I Sound Gay?
as Self
(2015)
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
(2015)
(2015)
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review
as Narrator
(2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Master of Laketown
(2014)
That Sugar Film
as The Sugar Family Sketch
(2014)
Marked
as Father Christmas
(2014)
Tiny Giants 3D
as Narrator
(2014)
A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell
as Self - Darts Fan
(2014)
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
as Narrator
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
(2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as The Master of Laketown
(2013)
The Look of Love
as Barrister
(2013)
Super Clyde
as Randolph
(2013)
The Lonely Dodo
as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
(2013)
Frost on Sketch Shows
as Self
(2013)
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
as Narrator
(2013)
Stephen Fry's Key to the City
as Self - Presenter
(2013)
(2013)
(2012)
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
(2012)
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
as Oscar Wilde (voice)
(2012)
Doors Open
as Professor Robert Gissing
(2012)
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Wagner & Me
as Himself
(2012)
(2012)
Cicada Princess
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Mycroft Holmes
(2011)
The Borrowers
as Professor Mildeye
(2011)
Making Qi
as Self
(2011)
March of the Dinosaurs
as Narrator (UK)
(2011)
Holy Flying Circus
as God
(2011)
Wogan on Wodehouse
as Self
(2011)
Botham: The Legend of '81
as Self
(2011)
Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins
as The Narrator
(2011)
Ocean Giants
as Narrater
(2010)
Alice in Wonderland
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
(2010)
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self
(2010)
Lost Connection
as Dad
(2010)
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House
as Stephen Fry
(2010)
The Great American Oil Spill
as Self
(2009)
House of Boys
as Dr. Marsh
(2009)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self – Narrator (voice)
(2009)
(2009)
Last Chance to See
as Himself
(2009)
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
Pocoyo & the Space Circus
as Narrator
(2008)
Tales of the Riverbank
as Owl (voice)
(2008)
Blackadder Rides Again
as Self
(2008)
The Machine That Made Us
as Himself - Presenter
(2008)
Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo
as Narrator
(2008)
Happy Birthday to GNU
as Himself
(2008)
Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest
as Narrator
(2008)
Last of the Dambusters
as Narrator
(2007)
St Trinian's
as Stephen Fry
(2007)
Eichmann
as Minister Tormer
(2007)
Snow White: The Sequel
as The Narrator (voice)
(2007)
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
as Self
(2007)
Stephen Fry: Guilty
as Self
(2007)
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
as Self
(2006)
V for Vendetta
as Deitrich
(2006)
Stormbreaker
as Smithers
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
The Transporters
as Narrator
(2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
(2005)
MirrorMask
as Librarian
(2005)
A Cock and Bull Story
as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
(2005)
Meet Pocoyo!
as Narrator
(2005)
Tom Brown's Schooldays
as Dr. Thomas Arnold
(2005)
(2005)
(2005)
Pocoyo & Friends
as Narrator
(2004)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Maurice Woodruff
(2004)
Tooth
as Pedro
(2004)
A Bear Named Winnie
as Protheroe
(2004)
(2004)
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope
as Narrator
(2004)
Supergrass: A Home Movie
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Le Divorce
as Piers Janely
(2003)
Bright Young Things
as Chauffeur
(2003)
(2003)
The Biggest Nose in Borneo
as Narrator
(2002)
Thunderpants
as Sir Anthony Silk
(2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
(2002)
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
as Andre Breton
(2002)
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Minister of Chance
(2001)
Gosford Park
as Inspector Thompson
(2001)
Four Play
as Nigel Steele
(2001)
The Discovery of Heaven
as Onno Quist
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
Funny Old World 4
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
In Search of the Prisoner
as Self
(2001)
Funny Old World 5
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Funny Old World 3
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Funny Old World 2
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Funny Old World
as Narrator (voice)
(2000)
Relative Values
as Frederick Crestwell
(2000)
Longitude
as Sir Kenelm Digby
(2000)
Best
as Frazer Crane
(2000)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Dr. Peter Robinson
(2000)
Sabotage!!
as Wellington
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Melchett
(1999)
Geri
as Self
(1999)
(1998)
A Civil Action
as Pinder
(1998)
The Tichborne Claimant
as Hawkins
(1998)
Stanley Baxter in Person
as Self
(1997)
Wilde
as Oscar Wilde
(1997)
Spice World
as Judge
(1997)
Oscar
as Self
(1997)
An Audience with Elton John
as Self
(1997)
Simply Wilde
as Self
(1996)
The Wind in the Willows
as The Judge
(1995)
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mybug
(1995)
The Steal
as Wimborne
(1994)
I.Q.
as James Moreland
(1994)
(1993)
Stalag Luft
as Wing Commander James Forrester
(1993)
Camp Christmas
as Santa Claus
(1992)
Peter's Friends
as Peter Morton
(1992)
(1990)
Old Flames
as Daniel Davenport
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
A Fish Called Wanda
as Hutchison
(1988)
A Handful of Dust
as Reggie
(1988)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Lords Melchett / Frondo
(1988)
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
as King Charles I
(1987)
(1987)
The Laughing Prisoner
as No. 2
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
The Good Father
as Creighton
(1982)
The Cellar Tapes
as various
(1981)
Chariots of Fire
as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
Crew
The Liar
Novel, Executive Producer
The Eden Express
Executive Producer
Black Samphire
Executive Producer
(2023)
The Canterville Ghost
Executive Producer
(2021)
Firebird
Thanks
(2019)
Mankind
Executive Producer
(2019)
Ponyboi
Executive Producer
(2018)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Executive Producer
(2017)
The Hippopotamus
Novel
(2016)
Tickled
Executive Producer
(2015)
Nightstand
Executive Producer
(2012)
Walking the Dogs
Executive Producer
(2012)
Doors Open
Executive Producer
(2011)
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Executive Producer
(2011)
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Executive Producer
(2008)
Me and My Girl
Additional Writing
(2007)
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
Writer
(2006)
The Magic Flute
Writer, Lyricist, Dialogue
(2003)
Bright Young Things
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
(2001)
Lucky Break
Book
(1995)
Sense and Sensibility
Thanks
(1987)
The Laughing Prisoner
Writer
(1982)
The Cellar Tapes
Writer