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
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Master of Laketown
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)
The Master of Laketown
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Cheshire Cat (voice)
Red, White & Royal Blue
(2023)
King James III
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Mycroft Holmes
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
(2022)
Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
V for Vendetta
(2006)
Gordon Deitrich
The Inventor
(2023)
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
Duck Duck Goose
(2018)
Frazier (voice)
A Fish Called Wanda
(1988)
Hutchison
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2005)
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
Stormbreaker
(2006)
Smithers
The Man Who Knew Infinity
(2016)
Sir Francis Spring
Gosford Park
(2001)
Inspector Thompson
Wilde
(1997)
Oscar Wilde
Full Filmography
Acting
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
The Cellar Tapes
(1982)
various
The Crystal Cube
(1983)
Dr. Adrian Cowlacey
The Good Father
(1985)
Creighton
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
(1986)
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
(1986)
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
(1987)
Self
The Laughing Prisoner
(1987)
No. 2
A Fish Called Wanda
(1988)
Hutchison
A Handful of Dust
(1988)
Reggie
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
(1988)
King Charles I
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
(1988)
Lords Melchett / Frondo
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
(1989)
Himself
Old Flames
(1990)
Daniel Davenport
Peter's Friends
(1992)
Peter Morton
Common Pursuit
(1992)
Stalag Luft
(1993)
Wing Commander James Forrester
I.Q.
(1994)
James Moreland
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
(1994)
Cold Comfort Farm
(1995)
Mybug
The Steal
(1995)
Wimborne
The Wind in the Willows
(1996)
The Judge
Wilde
(1997)
Oscar Wilde
Spice World
(1997)
Judge
Simply Wilde
(1997)
Self
Oscar
(1997)
Self
A Civil Action
(1998)
Pinder
The Tichborne Claimant
(1998)
Hawkins
Stanley Baxter in Person
(1998)
Self
Blackadder: Back & Forth
(1999)
Melchett
A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest
(1999)
Geri
(1999)
Self
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
(2000)
Dr. Peter Robinson
Longitude
(2000)
Sir Kenelm Digby
Relative Values
(2000)
Frederick Crestwell
Sabotage!!
(2000)
Wellington
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'
(2000)
Self
Best
(2000)
Frazer Crane
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
(2000)
Self
The Discovery of Heaven
(2001)
Onno Quist
Gosford Park
(2001)
Inspector Thompson
Four Play
(2001)
Nigel Steele
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
(2001)
Self
Paddington Bear: The Early Years
(2001)
In Search of the Prisoner
(2001)
Self
Thunderpants
(2002)
Sir Anthony Silk
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
(2002)
Andre Breton
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
(2002)
Self
Bright Young Things
(2003)
Chauffeur
Le Divorce
(2003)
Piers Janely
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
(2004)
Self
Tooth
(2004)
Pedro
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
(2004)
Maurice Woodruff
A Bear Named Winnie
(2004)
Protheroe
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope
(2004)
Narrator
MirrorMask
(2005)
Librarian
Tom Brown's Schooldays
(2005)
Dr. Thomas Arnold
Meet Pocoyo!
(2005)
Narrator
Pocoyo & Friends
(2005)
Narrator
A Cock and Bull Story
(2005)
Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2005)
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
(2005)
Self
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'
(2005)
Self
V for Vendetta
(2006)
Gordon Deitrich
Stormbreaker
(2006)
Smithers
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
(2006)
Self
St. Trinian's
(2007)
Stephen Fry
Eichmann
(2007)
Minister Tormer
Snow White: The Sequel
(2007)
The Narrator (voice)
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
(2007)
Self
Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo
(2008)
Narrator
The Machine That Made Us
(2008)
Himself - Presenter
Blackadder Rides Again
(2008)
himself
Tales of the Riverbank
(2008)
Owl (voice)
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
(2008)
Happy Birthday to GNU
(2008)
Himself
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
(2008)
Self
Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest
(2008)
Narrator
Last of the Dambusters
(2008)
Narrator
Pocoyo & the Space Circus
(2008)
Narrator
House of Boys
(2009)
Dr. Marsh
Last Chance to See
(2009)
Himself
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
(2009)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
(2009)
Self
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
(2009)
Self – Narrator (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House
(2010)
Stephen Fry
Lost Connection
(2010)
Dad
Fry and Laurie Reunited
(2010)
Self
March of the Dinosaurs
(2011)
Narrator (UK)
The Borrowers
(2011)
Professor Mildeye
Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins
(2011)
The Narrator
Holy Flying Circus
(2011)
God
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Mycroft Holmes
Ocean Giants
(2011)
Narrater
Wogan on Wodehouse
(2011)
Self
Botham: The Legend of '81
(2011)
Self
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
(2012)
Oscar Wilde (voice)
Doors Open
(2012)
Professor Robert Gissing
Wagner & Me
(2012)
Himself
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
(2012)
Himself
Cicada Princess
(2012)
Narrator (voice)
Twelfth Night
(2012)
Malvolio
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
(2012)
Himself
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(2012)
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)
The Master of Laketown
The Lonely Dodo
(2013)
Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
The Look of Love
(2013)
Barrister
Super Clyde
(2013)
Randolph
Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
(2013)
Frost on Sketch Shows
(2013)
Self
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
(2013)
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
(2013)
Narrator
Stephen Fry's Key to the City
(2013)
Self - Presenter
That Sugar Film
(2014)
The Sugar Family Sketch
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
(2014)
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Master of Laketown
Tiny Giants 3D
(2014)
Narrator
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical
(2014)
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
(2014)
Narrator
Marked
(2014)
Father Christmas
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me
(2014)
Self
A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell
(2014)
Self - Darts Fan
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
(2015)
Himself
Rocky Horror Show Live
(2015)
Narrator
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review
(2015)
Narrator
Do I Sound Gay?
(2015)
Self
The Man Who Knew Infinity
(2016)
Sir Francis Spring
Love & Friendship
(2016)
Mr. Johnson
Pocoyo's Halloween
(2016)
Narrator
Santa Forgot
(2016)
Narrator
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Cheshire Cat (voice)
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
(2016)
Himself
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
(2016)
Himself
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
(2016)
Self
Battle of Soho
(2017)
Himself
Queer as Art
(2017)
Himself
And the Winner Isn't
(2017)
Self
50 Years Legal
(2017)
Self
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
(2017)
Self
All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
(2017)
The Con Is On
(2018)
Sidney
Duck Duck Goose
(2018)
Frazier (voice)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
(2018)
M. C. Escher (voice)
Pocoyo's Easter Picnic
(2018)
Tomorrow
(2019)
Chris
Missing Link
(2019)
Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
Greed
(2019)
Self
Almost Human
(2019)
Narrator
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
(2019)
Himself
Dancing with the Birds
(2019)
Narrator
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive
(2019)
Himself
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
(2020)
Himself
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?
(2020)
Himself
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
(2020)
Self
Fear of Dancing
(2020)
Himself
Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean
(2021)
Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(2021)
The Interviewer
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne
(2021)
Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
Hating Peter Tatchell
(2021)
Self
It's Always Something
(2021)
Narrator
Night of the Living Dread
(2021)
Meditation Guru (voice)
Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films
(2021)
Narrator
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
(2022)
Self - Narrator
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
(2022)
Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
(2022)
Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
(2022)
Self
Mr Bear's Christmas
(2022)
Narrator
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
(2022)
Self
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
The Canterville Ghost
(2023)
Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
The Inventor
(2023)
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
Red, White & Royal Blue
(2023)
King James III
Mind Games - The Experiment
(2023)
Narrator
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
(2023)
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
(2023)
Self
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
(2023)
Self – Contributor
Treasure
(2024)
Edek
Bottom: Exposed
(2024)
Narrator (voice)
Writing
The Cellar Tapes
(1982)
Writer
The Crystal Cube
(1983)
Writer
The Laughing Prisoner
(1987)
Writer
Lucky Break
(2001)
Book
Bright Young Things
(2003)
Screenplay
The Magic Flute
(2006)
Lyricist, Dialogue, and Writer
The Hippopotamus
(2017)
Novel
Crew
Directing
Production
Bright Young Things
(2003)
Executive Producer
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
(2011)
Executive Producer
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
(2011)
Executive Producer
Doors Open
(2012)
Executive Producer
Walking the Dogs
(2012)
Executive Producer
Nightstand
(2015)
Executive Producer
Tickled
(2016)
Executive Producer
Mankind
(2019)
Executive Producer
Ponyboi
(2019)
Executive Producer
The Canterville Ghost
(2023)
Executive Producer