Stephen Fry
Acting
Born: August 24, 1957 (age 69) · Hampstead, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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
V for Vendetta
2006
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Alice in Wonderland
2010
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
The Simpsons
1989
Sex Education
2019
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
Bones
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Photos (6)
Movies (136)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Master of Laketown
V for Vendetta
Deitrich
Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Master of Laketown
Red, White & Royal Blue
King James III
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Cheshire Cat (voice)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Mycroft Holmes
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
A Fish Called Wanda
Hutchison
Missing Link
Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Sir Francis Spring
Chariots of Fire
Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
Gosford Park
Inspector Thompson
Duck Duck Goose
Frazier (voice)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Lords Melchett / Frondo
Stormbreaker
Smithers
A Civil Action
Pinder
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
The Con Is On
Sidney
St Trinian's
Stephen Fry
I.Q.
James Morland
Spice World
Judge
That Sugar Film
The Sugar Family Sketch
Wilde
Oscar Wilde
The Inventor
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
MirrorMask
Librarian
Love & Friendship
Mr. Johnson
Le Divorce
Piers Janely
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Melchett
The Look of Love
Barrister
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
M. C. Escher (voice)
A Handful of Dust
Reggie
A Friend of Dorothy
Dickie
Tooth
Pedro
Christmas Karma
Radio Presenter (Voice)
A Cock and Bull Story
Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
Treasure
Edek
Thunderpants
Sir Anthony Silk
The Wind in the Willows
The Judge
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Oscar Wilde (voice)
Peter's Friends
Peter Morton
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Maurice Woodruff
Longitude
Sir Kenelm Digby
The Three Urns
Bookseller
Joke
2026
Cold Comfort Farm
Mybug
Doctor Who at the Proms
C (archive footage)
House of Boys
Dr. Marsh
Santa Forgot
Narrator
Tiny Giants 3D
Narrator
Eichmann
Minister Tormer
Bright Young Things
Chauffeur
Relative Values
Frederick Crestwell
The Discovery of Heaven
Onno Quist
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Narrator (voice)
Rocky Horror Show Live
Narrator
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Dr. Peter Robinson
Tales of the Riverbank
Owl (voice)
Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
2013
March of the Dinosaurs
Narrator (UK)
Bottom: Exposed
Narrator (voice)
The Big Night In
Lord Melchett
Dancing with the Birds
Narrator
Snow White: The Sequel
The Narrator (voice)
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
Deitrich
A Bear Named Winnie
Protheroe
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
King Charles I
The Borrowers
Professor Mildeye
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Interviewer
Black Samphire
Mari's Boss
Employees From Hell
1989
Holy Flying Circus
God
The Biggest Nose in Borneo
Narrator
The Cellar Tapes
various
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Andre Breton
About a Hero
2024
The Transporters
Narrator
Camp Christmas
Santa Claus
Mind Games - The Experiment
Narrator
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Four Play
Nigel Steele
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
The Good Father
Creighton
Doors Open
Professor Robert Gissing
Common Pursuit
1992
Pocoyo & the Space Circus
Narrator (English)
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Dr. Thomas Arnold
Tomorrow
Chris
The Tichborne Claimant
Hawkins
We Work for the Dead
Pruitt (voice)
Super Clyde
Randolph
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me
Narrator of the Audiobooks
LittleBigPlanet 2
Narrator
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review
Narrator
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House
Stephen Fry
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Narrator (voice)
The Laughing Prisoner
No. 2
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
The Minister of Chance
Stalag Luft
Wing Commander James Forrester
Night of the Living Dread
Meditation Guru (voice)
Best
Frazer Crane
Last of the Dambusters
Narrator
Pocoyo's Halloween
Narrator
The Steal
Wimborne
Sabotage!!
Wellington
Old Flames
Daniel Davenport
Ocean Giants
Narrater
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
Narrator
Recall Me Maybe
Kevin
Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
2014
Lost Connection
Dad
Le peuple miniature
2014
The Castle, Rebuilding History
Narrator
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
2023
Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films
Narrator
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants
Narrator (Tiny Giants)
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical
2014
Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins
The Narrator
It's Always Something
Narrator
Mr Bear's Christmas
Narrator
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
1994
Paddington Bear: The Early Years
2001
Meet Pocoyo!
Narrator
Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest
Narrator
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
John Craxton (Voice)
LittleBigPlanet
Narrator
Almost Human
Narrator
Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean
Narrator
All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
2017
U.Me: The Musical
Narrator
Pocoyo & Friends
Narrator
Pocoyo's Easter Picnic
2018
LittleBigPlanet PSP
Narrator
TV Shows (77)
The Simpsons
Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
John Michael Heaton (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Mr. Cavendish (voice) · 1 eps
Bones
Gordon Wyatt · 6 eps
Doctor Who
C · 2 eps
24
Alastair Davies · 8 eps
The Sandman
Gilbert · 6 eps
Sex Education
NSQC Quizmaster · 1 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Winston Churchill (voice) · 1 eps
Harley Quinn
Brainiac (voice) · 7 eps
The Morning Show
Leonard Cromwell · 5 eps
Natural World
Narrator · 3 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Screen Two
Humphrey Taylor · 1 eps
Screen Two
Daniel Davenport · 1 eps
Veep
Nikolai Genidze · 1 eps
Apple & Onion
William Steakspeare (voice) · 1 eps
Apple & Onion
Onion's Dad (voice) · 3 eps
Blackadder
Lord Melchett · 6 eps
Blackadder
General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett · 6 eps
Blackadder
The Duke of Wellington · 1 eps
Heartstopper
Headmaster Barnes (voice) · 5 eps
Playhouse Presents
The European · 1 eps
Pocoyo
Narrator · 212 eps
TFI Friday
3 eps
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Supervisor (voice) · 2 eps
The Dropout
Ian Gibbons · 4 eps
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Uncle Duke (voice) · 1 eps
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
25 eps
The BAFTA Awards
Host · 12 eps
Extras
Stephen Fry · 1 eps
Celebrity Mastermind
1 eps
Danger Mouse
Colonel K (voice) · 100 eps
The Young Ones
Lord Snot · 1 eps
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Lord Stag (voice) · 100 eps
Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves · 23 eps
The Great Indoors
Roland · 22 eps
Kingdom
Peter Kingdom · 18 eps
Too Much
Simon Remen · 10 eps
It's a Sin
Arthur Garrison · 2 eps
The New Statesman
Piers Lonsdale · 1 eps
The Thin Blue Line
Blaster Sump · 1 eps
Countdown
5 eps
Watership Down
Cowslip (voice) · 1 eps
The Secret Show
1 eps
Yonderland
Cuddly Dick · 9 eps
Longitude
Sir Kenelm Digby · 1 eps
Saturday Live
30 eps
Absolute Power
Charles Prentiss · 12 eps
Gormenghast
Professor Bellgrove · 2 eps
Everything Now
Dr Nell · 8 eps
Filthy Rich & Catflap
P'Farty · 1 eps
Gadget Man
Presenter · 6 eps
Alfresco
Various · 13 eps
The Magician's House
Jasper the Owl (voice) · 12 eps
Happy Families
Doctor De Quincy · 6 eps
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Skulkingworm · 3 eps
The Dangerous Brothers
1 eps
Hidden Kingdoms
Narrator · 3 eps
Fortysomething
Derek · 1 eps
In the Red
Controller, Radio 2 · 3 eps
Ocean Giants
Narrator · 3 eps
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1 eps
There's Nothing to Worry About!
Various · 3 eps
Baddiel's Syndrome
The Psychiatrist · 14 eps
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2 eps
Rita Rudner
1 eps
The Bible: A History
1 eps
The Crystal Cube
Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles · 1 eps
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
2 eps
Jeopardy! Australia
Host · 6 eps
Britain's Great Gay Buildings
1 eps
China's Wild Secrets
Narrated · 5 eps
London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Fry's Planet Word
5 eps
Dinosaur with Stephen Fry
4 eps
Wagner and Me
Star · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (139)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 8 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 2 eps
Top Gear
Self · 2 eps
QI
Self - Presenter · 200 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self · 3 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – writer and comedian · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self - Writer and Comedian · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Writer and broadcaster · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 3 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self · 1 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
The Last Leg
Self · 2 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · 1 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Click
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 5 eps
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
An Audience with...
Self · 2 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Lubach
Self · 1 eps
Room 101
Self · 1 eps
Shooting Stars
Self · 2 eps
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self · 5 eps
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self · 1 eps
Legends
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
So Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
The Big Narstie Show
Self · 1 eps
The Meaning of Life
Self · 1 eps
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self · 1 eps
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self · 15 eps
Country Tracks
Self · 1 eps
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Self · 1 eps
The Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant · 6 eps
Jeopardy!
Self - Presenter · 45 eps
Greed
Self
Nigella
Self · 1 eps
Shrink Rap
Self · 1 eps
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self · 1 eps
The Story of Musicals
Self · 1 eps
Stuff the British Stole
Self · 1 eps
Just a Minute
Self · 2 eps
QI XL
Self - Presenter (2009 - 2015) · 51 eps
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
A Life on Screen
Self · 1 eps
Last Chance to See
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
Self - Narrator
Finding Father Christmas
Self
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Self
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self
The Assembly
Self · 1 eps
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Stephen Fry in America
Self - Host · 6 eps
A Year on Planet Earth
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Wagner & Me
Self
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
Self
Mozart: Rise of a Genius
Self · 3 eps
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
Self · 1 eps
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Geri
Self
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
Stephen Fry: Out There
Self · 2 eps
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self - Narrator · 8 eps
Simply Wilde
Self
Hating Peter Tatchell
Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
29 Minutes of Fame
Self - Panelist · 1 eps
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
Self · 1 eps
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
self · 2 eps
Blackadder Rides Again
Self
Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
Self · 6 eps
Making Qi
Self
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
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'
Self
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne
Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
Stephen Fry in Central America
Self - Presenter · 4 eps
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
The Dinosaur Hour
Self · 1 eps
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self – Narrator (voice)
50 Years Legal
Self
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Self
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'
Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Self
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Self
Battle of Soho
Self
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Self
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Self
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Self
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
Do I Sound Gay?
Self
The Machine That Made Us
Self - Presenter
Fear of Dancing
Self - Actor & Writer
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
Queer as Art
Self
We Are Home
Self - narrator (voice)
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
Self
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist
Self
An Audience with Elton John
Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self
Ashes Fever
Self
Botham: The Legend of '81
Self
Stephen Fry: Guilty
Self
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Self
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
Self
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive
Self
Frost on Sketch Shows
Self
Supergrass: A Home Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
Self
The Big Fat Quiz of Sport
Self
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Self
This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers)
Self
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Self
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?
Self
Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
Stephen Fry's Key to the City
Self - Presenter
Oscar
Self
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Self
Last Chance to See
Self
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me
Self
Upcoming (6)
Directing (1)
Writing (17)
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Writer
Alfresco
Writer
There's Nothing to Worry About!
Writer
Lucky Break
Book
The Hippopotamus
Novel
Bright Young Things
Screenplay
Stephen Fry in America
Writer
The Magic Flute
Writer
The Magic Flute
Lyricist
The Magic Flute
Dialogue
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
Writer
Stephen Fry: Out There
Writer
The Crystal Cube
Writer
The Cellar Tapes
Writer
Fry's Planet Word
Writer
The Laughing Prisoner
Writer
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
Writer
Producing (13)
Kingdom
Executive Producer
The Canterville Ghost
Executive Producer
Jeopardy!
Executive Producer
Tickled
Executive Producer
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Executive Producer
Ponyboi
Executive Producer
Bright Young Things
Executive Producer
Mankind
Executive Producer
Doors Open
Executive Producer
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Executive Producer
Walking the Dogs
Executive Producer
Nightstand
Executive Producer
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Executive Producer
Other Crew (9)
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Creator
Sense and Sensibility
Thanks
Wildlife SOS
Creator
Firebird
Thanks
There's Nothing to Worry About!
Creator
Stephen Fry: Out There
Presenter
The Crystal Cube
Creator
Fry's Planet Word
Creator
Me and My Girl
Additional Writing