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
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 2024 · We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self – Contributor
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 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 · David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count 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 · Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2020 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Tomorrow as Chris
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2018 · Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 2015 · Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
- 2015 · Do I Sound Gay? as Self
- Future · Too Much as
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Himself
- 2014 · Marked as Father Christmas
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2013 · Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
- 2013 · Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
- 2012 · Shakespeare's Sonnets as
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Himself
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2011 · March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2010 · Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as himself
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2007 · Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2005 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- 2005 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
- 2001 · Paddington Bear: The Early Years as
- 2001 · Four Play as Nigel Steele
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1998 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- 1997 · Oscar as Self
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1995 · The Steal as Wimborne
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1990 · Old Flames as Daniel Davenport
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various
- Future · Black Samphire as
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · Time Travel Is Dangerous as Narrator
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2022 · The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
- 2021 · Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Himself
- 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 · Santa Forgot 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
- 2014 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2012 · Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Himself
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Himself
- 2010 · Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Himself
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator
- 2008 · Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Himself - Presenter
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2006 · The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2005 · Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- Future · Le peuple miniature as
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as
- Future · Now & Then as TG
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2024 · Stephen Fry Into Ukraine as Self
- 2024 · Treasure as Edek
- 2024 · Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as
- 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 · The Big Fat Quiz Of Sport as Self
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2022 · A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · It's Always Something as Narrator
- 2021 · Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Himself
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Himself
- 2019 · Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Himself
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Himself
- 2015 · Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
- 2014 · Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest as
- 2013 · Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin as
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2022 · Stuff the British Stole as Self
- 2022 · In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – writer and comedian
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Writer and comedian
- 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
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
- 2019 · Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
- 2019 · Greed as Self
- 2019 · Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
- 2019 · Sex Education as NSQC Quizmaster
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Sidney
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2018 · Duck Duck Goose as Frazier (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as William Steakspeare (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as Onion's Dad (voice)
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Roland
- 2016 · Love & Friendship as Mr. Johnson
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
- 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)
- 2015 · Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 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 · Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice)
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 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 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Himself
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2013 · The Look of Love as Barrister
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
- 2012 · Veep as Nikolai Genidze
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 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 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2011 · Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as The Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2009 · House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Himself
- 2009 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 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 · St. Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Himself - Presenter
- 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 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2006 · The Secret Show as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Smithers
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Deitrich
- 2005 · Bones as Dr. Gordon Wyatt
- 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 · 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 · Missing as
- 2005 · MirrorMask as Librarian
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 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
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
- 2003 · QI as Self - Presenter
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Piers Janely
- 2003 · Fortysomething as Derek
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies P.M.
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 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 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 2000 · Gormenghast as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenhelm Digby
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 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
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Themselves - Panellist
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 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 · 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 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
- 1994 · I.Q. as James Moreland
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1992 · The Borrowers as
- 1992 · Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Himself
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
- 1989 · Happy Families as
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1989 · A Bit of Fry & Laurie as
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 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
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- 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 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- 1983 · Blackadder as Lord Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as The Duke of Wellington
- 1983 · Blackadder as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- 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
- 1962 · University Challenge as
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee