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Stephen Fry

Born: 1957-08-24 in Hampstead, London, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2026

Hexed as Elias Quire (voice)
Joke
The Three Urns as Bookseller
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard as Self
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen as Narrator (voice)
Frank and Percy
Touché as Narrator (voice)

2025

The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
Lubach as Self
Too Much as Simon Remen
A Friend of Dorothy as Dickie
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke as Self
Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator (voice)
Christmas Karma as Radio Presenter (Voice)
The Assembly as Self
China's Wild Secrets as Narrated
This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
Finding Father Christmas as Self
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
Recall Me Maybe as Kevin
The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator

2024

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
Treasure as Edek
Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
Mozart: Rise of a Genius as Self
We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
About a Hero
Jeopardy! Australia as Host
This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)

2023

Red, White & Royal Blue as King James III
The Inventor as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
Everything Now as Dr Nell
The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year as self
The Dinosaur Hour as Self
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
The Big Fat Quiz of Sport as Self
Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
Dinosaur with Stephen Fry
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)

2022

The Sandman as Gilbert
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – writer and comedian
Heartstopper as Headmaster Barnes (voice)
The Dropout as Ian Gibbons
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History as Self - Narrator
A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
Stuff the British Stole as Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator

2021

It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison
Firebird ... (Thanks)
The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
It's Always Something as Narrator
Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator

2020

The Big Night In as Lord Melchett
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Self
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Self

2019

Sex Education as NSQC Quizmaster
The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice)
Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
Greed as Self
Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self
Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
Mankind ... (Executive Producer)
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Self
Ponyboi ... (Executive Producer)
Tomorrow as Chris
Almost Human as Narrator

2018

Apple & Onion as William Steakspeare (voice)
The Big Narstie Show as Self
Duck Duck Goose as Frazier (voice)
The Con Is On as Sidney
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) ... (Executive Producer)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
Pocoyo's Easter Picnic

2017

And the Winner Isn't as Self
The Hippopotamus ... (Novel)
Britain's Great Gay Buildings
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
Battle of Soho as Self
50 Years Legal as Self
All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
Queer as Art as Self

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass as Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Great Indoors as Roland
The Man Who Knew Infinity as Sir Francis Spring
Love & Friendship as Mr. Johnson
Tickled ... (Executive Producer)
Santa Forgot as Narrator
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants as Narrator (Tiny Giants)
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Self
The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator

2015

The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke (voice)
Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice)
Do I Sound Gay? as Self
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
Nightstand ... (Executive Producer)

2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Master of Laketown
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
A Life on Screen as Self
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
That Sugar Film as The Sugar Family Sketch
Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
Marked as Father Christmas
Le peuple miniature

2013

The Last Leg as Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as The Master of Laketown
Yonderland as Cuddly Dick
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self
The Look of Love as Barrister
Stephen Fry: Out There as Self
Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
Super Clyde as Randolph
Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog

2012

Veep as Nikolai Genidze
Playhouse Presents as The European
Gadget Man as Presenter
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm
The Story of Musicals as Self
Just a Minute as Self
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
Wagner & Me as Self
Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
Twelfth Night as Malvolio
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
Walking the Dogs ... (Executive Producer)
Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
Ocean Giants as Narrator
The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
Fry's Planet Word
Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
Holy Flying Circus as God
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues ... (Executive Producer)
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River ... (Executive Producer)
Making Qi as Self
Ocean Giants as Narrater
Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
Wogan on Wodehouse as Self

2010

Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (voice)
Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
The Bible: A History
In Confidence
Wagner and Me as Star
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
The Great American Oil Spill as Self
Lost Connection as Dad

2009

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
The Meaning of Life as Self
Country Tracks as Self
Last Chance to See as Self - Presenter
House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
Last Chance to See as Self
QI XL as Self - Presenter (2009 - 2015)

2008

Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
Blackadder Rides Again as Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
Me and My Girl ... (Additional Writing)
Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator (English)
The Machine That Made Us as Self - Presenter
Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
Happy Birthday to GNU as Self
Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
Kingdom as Peter Kingdom
Shrink Rap as Self
St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
Eichmann as Minister Tormer
Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self - Presenter
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life as Self
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self

2006

The One Show as Self - Guest
V for Vendetta as Deitrich
Legends as Self (uncredited)
The Secret Show
The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
Stormbreaker as Smithers
The Magic Flute ... (Writer)
V for Vendetta: Unmasked as Deitrich
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
The Transporters as Narrator
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self

2005

American Dad! as John Michael Heaton (voice)
Bones as Gordon Wyatt
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
Doctor Who as C
Pocoyo as Narrator
Extras as Stephen Fry
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
Missing
Nigella as Self
A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
MirrorMask as Librarian
Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
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' as Self
Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
Ashes Fever as Self

2004

Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
Parkinson as Self - Guest (archive footage)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
Tooth as Pedro
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator

2003

QI as Self - Presenter
Celebrity Mastermind
Absolute Power as Charles Prentiss
Fortysomething as Derek
Le Divorce as Piers Janely
Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self

2002

Top Gear as Self
Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
The Making of Gosford Park as Self
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance

2001

24 as Alastair Davies
Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
Lucky Break ... (Book)
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me as Narrator of the Audiobooks
Four Play as Nigel Steele
Paddington Bear: The Early Years
Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
In Search of the Prisoner as Self

2000

Click as Self
Gormenghast as Professor Bellgrove
Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
Best as Frazer Crane
Sabotage!! as Wellington

1999

Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
The Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice)
Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
Geri as Self
Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest

1998

Parkinson as Self
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
So Graham Norton as Self
A Civil Action as Pinder
In the Red as Controller, Radio 2
Stanley Baxter in Person as Self

1997

Spice World as Judge
Wilde as Oscar Wilde
An Audience with Elton John as Self
Simply Wilde as Self
Oscar as Self

1996

1995

Sense and Sensibility ... (Thanks)
The Thin Blue Line as Blaster Sump
Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
The Steal as Wimborne

1994

Room 101 as Self
I.Q. as James Morland
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller as Self
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

1993

Shooting Stars as Self
Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester

1992

Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
Common Pursuit

1990

Have I Got News for You as Self
Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves
Rita Rudner
Old Flames as Daniel Davenport

1989

The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Saturday Night Clive
Anything More Would Be Greedy as Julian Holmes-Coppitt
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
Employees From Hell
Colleagues From Hell

1988

Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
This Morning as Self
Comic Relief
A Handful of Dust as Reggie
Kung-Fu Master! as himself (footage)
This Is David Lander
Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self

1987

The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2

1986

1985

Screen Two as Humphrey Taylor
Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
The Good Father as Creighton

1983

Natural World as Narrator
Blackadder as Lord Melchett
Alfresco as Various
The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles

1982

Wogan as Self
The Young Ones as Lord Snot
Countdown
There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
The Cellar Tapes as various

1981

Chariots of Fire as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

1978

An Audience with... as Self

1976

The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self

1967

Omnibus

1949

The BAFTA Awards as Host

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee