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 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2024 · Treasure as Edek
- 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
- 2023 · Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
- 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 · It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 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 · 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 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2016 · Santa Forgot as Narrator
- 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
- 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 · Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest as
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2014 · Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
- 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
- 2012 · Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 2012 · Shakespeare's Sonnets as
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
- 2012 · Veep as Nikolai Genidze
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
- 2011 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
- 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 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 2007 · Eichmann as Minister Tormer
- 2007 · Kingdom as Peter Kingdom
- 2007 · Shrink Rap as Himself
- 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 · V for Vendetta as Deitrich
- 2005 · Ashes Fever as Self
- 2005 · Bones as Dr. Gordon Wyatt
- 2005 · Extras as Stephen Fry
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 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 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
- 2003 · QI as Self - Presenter
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Piers Janely
- 2003 · Fortysomething as Derek
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2001 · Four Play as Nigel Steele
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 2000 · Gormenghast as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 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 · So Graham Norton as Self
- 1998 · In the Red as Controller, Radio 2
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Spice World as Judge
- 1997 · Oscar 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
- 1994 · I.Q. as James Moreland
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 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
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Reggie
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- 1985 · Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
- 1985 · Screen Two as Humphrey Taylor
- 1984 · Chance in a Million as
- 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
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Celebrity Traitors as Self
- 2025 · The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
- 2025 · A Friend of Dorothy as
- 2025 · Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2024 · We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
- 2024 · Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as
- 2023 · The Big Fat Quiz Of Sport as Self
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 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
- 2022 · The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
- 2021 · It's Always Something as Narrator
- 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 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Himself
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction as
- 2017 · 50 Years Legal as Self
- 2017 · Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2016 · The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Himself
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry 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
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 2013 · Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin as
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2013 · Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2013 · Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
- 2012 · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2012 · The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2011 · March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
- 2011 · Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
- 2010 · Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Presenter
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Himself
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Himself
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration 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 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- 2005 · Missing as
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
- 2004 · The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator
- 2003 · Absolute Power as Charles Prentiss
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
- 1998 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1989 · Happy Families as
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
- 1983 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- Future · Touché as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various
- Future · Le peuple miniature as
- Future · Now & Then as TG
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- Future · Black Samphire as
- 2013 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Himself
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as Self
- 2008 · Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2006 · The Transporters as Narrator
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- 2025 · Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · Stephen Fry Into Ukraine as Self
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Himself
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Himself
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Himself
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Himself
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · The Great American Oil Spill as Self
- 2010 · Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Happy Birthday to GNU as Himself
- 2008 · Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2008 · Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 2004 · Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Paddington Bear: The Early Years as
- 2001 · Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 2000 · A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- Future · This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)