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)
Red, White & Royal Blue
(2023)
King James III
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)
The Master of Laketown
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
(2022)
Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Cheshire Cat (voice)
V for Vendetta
(2006)
Gordon Deitrich
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2005)
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
The Inventor
(2023)
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Mycroft Holmes
Missing Link
(2019)
Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
Duck Duck Goose
(2018)
Frazier (voice)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
(2016)
Sir Francis Spring
A Fish Called Wanda
(1988)
Hutchison
Gosford Park
(2001)
Inspector Thompson
Greed
(2019)
Self
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 Handful of Dust
(1988)
Reggie
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
(1988)
King Charles I
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
(1988)
Lords Melchett / Frondo
A Fish Called Wanda
(1988)
Hutchison
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
(1989)
Himself
Blackadder Goes Forth
(1989)
General Sir Anthony Cecil
Old Flames
(1990)
Daniel Davenport
Common Pursuit
(1992)
Peter's Friends
(1992)
Peter Morton
Stalag Luft
(1993)
Wing Commander James Forrester
I.Q.
(1994)
James Moreland
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
(1994)
The Steal
(1995)
Wimborne
Cold Comfort Farm
(1995)
Mybug
The Wind in the Willows
(1996)
The Judge
Spice World
(1997)
Judge
Oscar
(1997)
Self
Wilde
(1997)
Oscar Wilde
Simply Wilde
(1997)
Self
Stanley Baxter in Person
(1998)
Self
A Civil Action
(1998)
Pinder
The Tichborne Claimant
(1998)
Hawkins
Blackadder: Back & Forth
(1999)
Melchett
Geri
(1999)
Self
A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest
(1999)
Longitude
(2000)
Sir Kenelm Digby
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
(2000)
Dr. Peter Robinson
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'
(2000)
Self
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
(2000)
Self
Best
(2000)
Frazer Crane
Relative Values
(2000)
Frederick Crestwell
Sabotage!!
(2000)
Wellington
In Search of the Prisoner
(2001)
Self
Paddington Bear: The Early Years
(2001)
Four Play
(2001)
Nigel Steele
Gosford Park
(2001)
Inspector Thompson
The Discovery of Heaven
(2001)
Onno Quist
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
(2001)
Self
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
(2002)
Andre Breton
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
(2002)
Self
Thunderpants
(2002)
Sir Anthony Silk
Bright Young Things
(2003)
Chauffeur
Le Divorce
(2003)
Piers Janely
A Bear Named Winnie
(2004)
Protheroe
Tooth
(2004)
Pedro
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
(2004)
Self
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
(2004)
Maurice Woodruff
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope
(2004)
Narrator
Tom Brown's Schooldays
(2005)
Dr. Thomas Arnold
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
(2005)
Self
Meet Pocoyo!
(2005)
Narrator
MirrorMask
(2005)
Librarian
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)
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
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
(2006)
Self
Stormbreaker
(2006)
Smithers
V for Vendetta
(2006)
Gordon Deitrich
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
(2007)
Self
Snow White: The Sequel
(2007)
The Narrator (voice)
Eichmann
(2007)
Minister Tormer
St. Trinian's
(2007)
Stephen Fry
Last of the Dambusters
(2008)
Narrator
Blackadder Rides Again
(2008)
himself
The Machine That Made Us
(2008)
Himself - Presenter
Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo
(2008)
Narrator
Happy Birthday to GNU
(2008)
Himself
Pocoyo & the Space Circus
(2008)
Narrator
Tales of the Riverbank
(2008)
Owl (voice)
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
(2008)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
(2008)
Self
Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest
(2008)
Narrator
Last Chance to See
(2009)
Himself
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
(2009)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
(2009)
Self – Narrator (voice)
House of Boys
(2009)
Dr. Marsh
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
(2009)
Self
Lost Connection
(2010)
Dad
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House
(2010)
Stephen Fry
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Cheshire Cat (voice)
Fry and Laurie Reunited
(2010)
Self
Ocean Giants
(2011)
Narrater
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011)
Mycroft Holmes
Holy Flying Circus
(2011)
God
Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins
(2011)
The Narrator
The Borrowers
(2011)
Professor Mildeye
March of the Dinosaurs
(2011)
Narrator (UK)
Botham: The Legend of '81
(2011)
Self
Wogan on Wodehouse
(2011)
Self
Twelfth Night
(2012)
Malvolio
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Cicada Princess
(2012)
Narrator (voice)
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
(2012)
Himself
Wagner & Me
(2012)
Himself
Doors Open
(2012)
Professor Robert Gissing
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
(2012)
Oscar Wilde (voice)
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
(2012)
Himself
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(2012)
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
(2013)
Narrator
Stephen Fry's Key to the City
(2013)
Self - Presenter
Super Clyde
(2013)
Randolph
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
(2013)
Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
(2013)
The Lonely Dodo
(2013)
Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
The Look of Love
(2013)
Barrister
Frost on Sketch Shows
(2013)
Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)
The Master of Laketown
Marked
(2014)
Father Christmas
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical
(2014)
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me
(2014)
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Master of Laketown
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
(2014)
Self
Tiny Giants 3D
(2014)
Narrator
That Sugar Film
(2014)
The Sugar Family Sketch
Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
(2014)
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
(2014)
Narrator
A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell
(2014)
Self - Darts Fan
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review
(2015)
Narrator
Do I Sound Gay?
(2015)
Self
Rocky Horror Show Live
(2015)
Narrator
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
(2015)
Himself
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
(2016)
Himself
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
(2016)
Himself
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Cheshire Cat (voice)
Santa Forgot
(2016)
Narrator
Pocoyo's Halloween
(2016)
Narrator
Love & Friendship
(2016)
Mr. Johnson
The Man Who Knew Infinity
(2016)
Sir Francis Spring
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
(2016)
Self
50 Years Legal
(2017)
Self
And the Winner Isn't
(2017)
Self
Queer as Art
(2017)
Himself
Battle of Soho
(2017)
Himself
All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
(2017)
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
(2017)
Self
Duck Duck Goose
(2018)
Frazier (voice)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self
The Con Is On
(2018)
Sidney
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
(2018)
M. C. Escher (voice)
Pocoyo's Easter Picnic
(2018)
Missing Link
(2019)
Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
Greed
(2019)
Self
Tomorrow
(2019)
Chris
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive
(2019)
Himself
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
(2019)
Himself
Almost Human
(2019)
Narrator
Dancing with the Birds
(2019)
Narrator
Fear of Dancing
(2020)
Self - Actor & Writer
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
(2020)
Self
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?
(2020)
Himself
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
(2020)
Himself
Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films
(2021)
Narrator
Night of the Living Dread
(2021)
Meditation Guru (voice)
Hating Peter Tatchell
(2021)
Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne
(2021)
Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
It's Always Something
(2021)
Narrator
Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean
(2021)
Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(2021)
The Interviewer
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
(2022)
Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
(2022)
Self - Narrator
Mr Bear's Christmas
(2022)
Narrator
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
(2022)
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
(2022)
Self
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
(2022)
Self
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
(2023)
Self – Contributor
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
(2023)
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
(2023)
Self
Red, White & Royal Blue
(2023)
King James III
Mind Games - The Experiment
(2023)
Narrator
The Inventor
(2023)
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
(2023)
Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
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
Walking the Dogs
(2012)
Executive Producer
Doors Open
(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