Actor Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry
Photo of actor 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.
Place of birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK Hampstead, London, England, UK
Date of birth
24th August 1957
Movies that starred Stephen Fry (19 in total)
Missing Link poster

Missing Link [2019]

Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
Greed poster

Greed [2019]

Self
Almost Human poster

Almost Human [2019]

Narrator
The Man Who Knew Infinity poster

The Man Who Knew Infinity [2016]

Sir Francis Spring
The Killing$ of Tony Blair poster

The Killing$ of Tony Blair [2016]

Self
Love & Friendship poster

Love & Friendship [2016]

Mr. Johnson
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [2013]

The Master of Laketown
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows poster

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [2011]

Mycroft Holmes
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland [2010]

The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened poster

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened [2009]

Self – Narrator (voice)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments poster

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments [2008]

Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga poster

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga [2008]

V for Vendetta poster

V for Vendetta [2006]

Gordon Deitrich
Stormbreaker poster

Stormbreaker [2006]

Smithers
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [2005]

Narrator/The Guide
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers poster

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers [2004]

Maurice Woodruff
Thunderpants poster

Thunderpants [2002]

Sir Anthony Silk
The Discovery of Heaven poster

The Discovery of Heaven [2001]

Onno Quist
Wilde poster

Wilde [1997]

Oscar Wilde
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