Stephen Fry
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
Credits
- 2025 · Too Much as Simon Remen
- 2025 · Lubach as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2024 · Treasure as Edek
- 2024 · We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · Everything Now as Dr Nell
- 2023 · The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
- 2023 · The Inventor as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
- 2023 · Red, White & Royal Blue as King James III
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self – Contributor
- 2023 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2022 · Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – writer and comedian
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Writer and comedian
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Writer and broadcaster
- 2022 · The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
- 2022 · The Sandman as Gilbert
- 2022 · Heartstopper as Headmaster Barnes (voice)
- 2022 · The Dropout as Ian Gibbons
- 2022 · Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
- 2021 · It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
- 2019 · Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Himself
- 2019 · Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
- 2019 · Tomorrow as Chris
- 2019 · Greed as Self
- 2019 · Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Himself
- 2019 · Sex Education as NSQC Quizmaster
- 2018 · Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Sidney
- 2018 · Duck Duck Goose as Frazier (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as William Steakspeare (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as Onion's Dad (voice)
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Roland
- 2016 · Love & Friendship as Mr. Johnson
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2016 · The Man Who Knew Infinity as Sir Francis Spring
- 2016 · The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Himself
- 2015 · The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke (voice)
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice)
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 2014 · Marked as Father Christmas
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Master of Laketown
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
- 2014 · That Sugar Film as The Sugar Family Sketch
- 2014 · Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- 2014 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice)
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as The Master of Laketown
- 2013 · Yonderland as Cuddly Dick
- 2013 · Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
- 2013 · The Look of Love as Barrister
- 2013 · Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2013 · Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
- 2012 · Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 2012 · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
- 2012 · Shakespeare's Sonnets as
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2012 · Veep as Nikolai Genidze
- 2012 · The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
- 2011 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Himself
- 2009 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2007 · St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 2007 · Eichmann as Minister Tormer
- 2007 · Kingdom as Peter Kingdom
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Legends as Self (uncredited)
- 2006 · The Secret Show as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Smithers
- 2006 · Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Deitrich
- 2005 · Bones as Dr. Gordon Wyatt
- 2005 · Extras as Stephen Fry
- 2005 · Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as C
- 2005 · American Dad! as John Michael Heaton (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mr. Cavendish (voice)
- 2005 · MirrorMask as Librarian
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2005 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2003 · Absolute Power as Charles Prentiss
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
- 2003 · QI as Self - Presenter
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Piers Janely
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 2000 · Gormenghast as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 2000 · A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
- 1999 · The Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice)
- 1999 · Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Pinder
- 1998 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
- 1998 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self
- 1998 · In the Red as Controller, Radio 2
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Spice World as Judge
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- 1997 · Oscar as Self
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1997 · Wilde as Oscar Wilde
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist
- 1996 · The Wind in the Willows as The Judge
- 1995 · The Thin Blue Line as Blaster Sump
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · The Steal as Wimborne
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
- 1994 · I.Q. as James Moreland
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 1992 · Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Himself
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves
- 1990 · Old Flames as Daniel Davenport
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
- 1989 · A Bit of Fry & Laurie as
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- 1985 · Screen Two as Humphrey Taylor
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Blackadder as Lord Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as The Duke of Wellington
- 1983 · Alfresco as Various
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Lord Snot
- 1982 · Countdown as
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 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
- Future · Now & Then as TG
- 2025 · Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 2022 · The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · It's Always Something as Narrator
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Himself
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · 50 Years Legal as Self
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2014 · Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2009 · House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · Shrink Rap as Himself
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2005 · Ashes Fever as Self
- 2005 · Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
- 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' as Self
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- Future · The Celebrity Traitors as Self
- 2025 · A Friend of Dorothy as
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2024 · U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2023 · Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
- 2022 · A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
- 2022 · Stuff the British Stole as Self
- 2022 · In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2015 · Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
- 2015 · Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
- 2015 · Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Do I Sound Gay? as Self
- 2013 · Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin as
- 2013 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Himself
- 2013 · Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2011 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2011 · March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
- 2010 · Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Presenter
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2006 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2006 · The Transporters as Narrator
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2003 · Fortysomething as Derek
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2001 · Four Play as Nigel Steele
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1989 · Happy Families as
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Reggie
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- 1984 · Chance in a Million as
- 1983 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- Future · Touché as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
- 2025 · Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · Stephen Fry Into Ukraine as Self
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · The Big Fat Quiz of Sport as Self
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 2021 · Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
- 2021 · Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
- 2021 · Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 2017 · All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction as
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2016 · Santa Forgot as Narrator
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2014 · Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest as
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Himself
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2011 · Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- 2005 · Missing as
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2004 · Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various
- Future · Le peuple miniature as
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- Future · Black Samphire as
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2022 · George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Himself
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Himself
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2010 · The Great American Oil Spill as Self
- 2010 · Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Himself
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as Self
- 2008 · Happy Birthday to GNU as Himself
- 2008 · Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
- 2008 · Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2008 · Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 2004 · The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator
- 2001 · Paddington Bear: The Early Years as
- 2001 · Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
- 1985 · Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)