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 · The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
- 2025 · Too Much as Simon Remen
- 2025 · Lubach as Self
- 2025 · Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 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
- 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 Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 2021 · Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Self
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Self
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
- 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 · 50 Years Legal as Self
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Roland
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 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 Self
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2015 · The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke (voice)
- 2015 · Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice)
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Master of Laketown
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill 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 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2014 · Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice)
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2013 · Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin as
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as The Master of Laketown
- 2013 · Yonderland as Cuddly Dick
- 2013 · The Look of Love as Barrister
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
- 2012 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 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 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Self
- 2009 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 2007 · Eichmann as Minister Tormer
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2007 · Kingdom as Peter Kingdom
- 2007 · Shrink Rap as Self
- 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 · Bones as 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 · 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
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 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
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · Four Play as Nigel Steele
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
- 1999 · Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Pinder
- 1997 · Wilde as Oscar Wilde
- 1996 · The Wind in the Willows as The Judge
- 1995 · The Steal as Wimborne
- 1994 · I.Q. as James Moreland
- 1989 · A Bit of Fry & Laurie as
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
- 1982 · Countdown as
- 1981 · Chariots of Fire as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- Future · Now & Then as TG
- 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 · Paddington Bear: The Early Years as
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 2000 · Gormenghast as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 1999 · The Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice)
- 1998 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Spice World as Judge
- 1997 · Oscar as Self
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist
- 1995 · The Thin Blue Line as Blaster Sump
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 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)
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Reggie
- 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 · Wogan as Self
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Le peuple miniature as
- 2025 · Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction as
- 2017 · Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2015 · Do I Sound Gay? as Self
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2014 · Marked as Father Christmas
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 2013 · Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2013 · Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
- 2009 · House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2005 · Ashes Fever as Self
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1998 · In the Red as Controller, Radio 2
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1992 · Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- Future · Touché as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · This Ordinary Thing as Voice
- 2025 · A Friend of Dorothy as Dickie
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2022 · A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Stuff the British Stole as Self
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2015 · Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
- 2013 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Self
- 2012 · Shakespeare's Sonnets as
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 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 · Last Chance to See as Self - Presenter
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2006 · The Transporters as Narrator
- 2005 · Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
- 2005 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- 1985 · Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
- 1983 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- Future · Frank and Percy as
- 2025 · Finding Father Christmas as Self
- 2025 · China's Wild Secrets as Narrated
- 2025 · The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as Self
- 2023 · The Big Fat Quiz of Sport as Self
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 2023 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2023 · Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2022 · David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
- 2022 · In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- 2022 · George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 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
- 2020 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Self
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Self
- 2016 · Santa Forgot as Narrator
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
- 2015 · Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2013 · Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
- 2013 · Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Self
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2010 · The Great American Oil Spill as Self
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Self
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as Self
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 2008 · Happy Birthday to GNU as Self
- 2008 · Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
- 2008 · Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2008 · Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Self - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
- 2007 · Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2006 · Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 2004 · Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2001 · Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as
- Future · Black Samphire as
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- 2005 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- Future · This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 2001 · Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 1999 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various