Stephen Fry
Born August 24, 1957 (Age: 68)
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Hampstead, London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Christmas Karma
2025
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as Radio Presenter (Voice)
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Age: 68
Treasure
2024
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as Edek
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Age: 66
The Canterville Ghost
2023
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as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
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Age: 66
The Inventor
2023
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as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
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Age: 66
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
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as Self
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Age: 65
Greed
2019
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as Self
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Age: 62
Missing Link
2019
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as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
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Age: 61
Love & Friendship
2016
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as Mr. Johnson
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Age: 58
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
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as Cheshire Cat (voice)
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Age: 58
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
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as Sir Francis Spring
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Age: 58
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
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as Master of Laketown
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Age: 57
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
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as The Master of Laketown
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Age: 56
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
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as Mycroft Holmes
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Age: 54
Making Qi
2011
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as Self
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Age: 54
Botham: The Legend of '81
2011
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as Self
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Age: 53
Alice in Wonderland
2010
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as Cheshire Cat (voice)
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Age: 52
St Trinian's
2007
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as Stephen Fry
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Age: 50
Stormbreaker
2006
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as Smithers
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Age: 48
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
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as Deitrich
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Age: 48
V for Vendetta
2006
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as Deitrich
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Age: 48
The Transporters
2006
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as Narrator
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Age: 48
Ashes Fever
2005
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as Self
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Age: 48
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
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as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
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Age: 47
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
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as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
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Age: 47
MirrorMask
2005
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as Librarian
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Age: 47
Supergrass: A Home Movie
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 46
Le Divorce
2003
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as Piers Janely
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Age: 45
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
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as The Minister of Chance
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Age: 44
Gosford Park
2001
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as Inspector Thompson
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Age: 44
Sabotage!!
2000
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as Wellington
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Age: 43
Best
2000
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as Frazer Crane
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Age: 42
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
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as Dr. Peter Robinson
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Age: 42
Longitude
2000
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as Sir Kenelm Digby
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Age: 42
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 42
No Image
Stanley Baxter in Person
1998
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as Self
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Age: 41
A Civil Action
1998
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as Pinder
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Age: 41
Spice World
1997
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as Judge
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Age: 40
Oscar
1997
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as Self
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Age: 40
Wilde
1997
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as Oscar Wilde
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Age: 40
The Wind in the Willows
1996
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as The Judge
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Age: 39
I.Q.
1994
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as James Moreland
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Age: 37
Colleagues From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 31
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
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as Hutchison
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Age: 30
A Handful of Dust
1988
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as Reggie
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Age: 30
Chariots of Fire
1981
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as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
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Age: 23