Acting
Stephen Fry
EN, UK, ES, NL cinema · 259 credits
Born
24 August 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Also known as Stephen John 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.
Known for
Filmography
Black Samphire
Black Samphire
Actor, Executive Producer
This Is Soho
This Is Soho
as Narrator (voice)
Red, White & Royal Wedding
as King James III
The Liar
Novel, Executive Producer
The Eden Express
The Eden Express
Executive Producer
Touché
as Narrator (voice)
The Three Urns
as Bookseller
Joke
Actor
Hexed
as Elias Quire (voice)
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
as Narrator (voice)
The Twelfth Night Reunion
as Self - Performer
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
as Narrator (voice)
A Friend of Dorothy
as Dickie
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
Christmas Karma
as Radio Presenter (Voice)
We Work for the Dead
as Pruitt (voice)
Treasure
as Edek
We Are Home
as Self - narrator (voice)
Black Samphire
as Mari's Boss
Bottom: Exposed
as Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who at the Proms
as C (archive footage)
U.Me: The Musical
as Narrator
Mind Games - The Experiment
as Narrator
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
Red, White & Royal Blue
as King James III
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice), Executive Producer
The Inventor
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
as John Craxton (Voice)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
Mr Bear's Christmas
as Narrator
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
as Self - Narrator
It's Always Something
as Narrator
Night of the Living Dread
as Meditation Guru (voice)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as The Interviewer
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne
as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
Hating Peter Tatchell
as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
Firebird
Thanks
Fear of Dancing
as Self - Actor & Writer
The Big Night In
as Lord Melchett
Tomorrow
as Chris
Missing Link
as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
Greed
as Self
Almost Human
as Narrator
Dancing with the Birds
as Narrator
Mankind
Executive Producer
Ponyboi
Executive Producer
The Con Is On
as Sidney
Duck Duck Goose
as Frazier (voice)
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
as M. C. Escher (voice)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Executive Producer
Battle of Soho
as Self
Queer as Art
as Self
50 Years Legal
as Self
Love & Friendship
as Mr. Johnson
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Sir Francis Spring
Pocoyo's Halloween
as Narrator
Santa Forgot
as Narrator
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants
as Narrator (Tiny Giants)
Tickled
Executive Producer
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
Do I Sound Gay?
as Self
Nightstand
Executive Producer
That Sugar Film
as The Sugar Family Sketch
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Master of Laketown
Tiny Giants 3D
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marked
2014
Marked
as Father Christmas
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as The Master of Laketown
The Look of Love
as Barrister
Stephen Fry's Key to the City
as Self - Presenter
The Lonely Dodo
2013
The Lonely Dodo
as Narrator / Mascarene Grass Frog (voice)
Super Clyde
as Randolph
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
as Oscar Wilde (voice)
Doors Open
as Professor Robert Gissing, Executive Producer
Wagner & Me
as Self
Cicada Princess
2012
Cicada Princess
as Narrator (voice)
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
2012
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
as Self (archive footage)
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
Walking the Dogs
Executive Producer
March of the Dinosaurs
as Narrator (UK)
The Borrowers
as Professor Mildeye
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Mycroft Holmes
Ocean Giants
as Narrater
Making Qi
as Self
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Executive Producer
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Executive Producer
Alice in Wonderland
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House
as Stephen Fry
House of Boys
as Dr. Marsh
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self – Narrator (voice)
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tales of the Riverbank
as Owl (voice)
The Machine That Made Us
as Self - Presenter
Pocoyo & the Space Circus
as Narrator (English)
Last of the Dambusters
as Narrator
Me and My Girl
Additional Writing
St Trinian's
as Stephen Fry
Eichmann
as Minister Tormer
Snow White: The Sequel
as The Narrator (voice)
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
as Self, Writer
V for Vendetta
as Deitrich
Stormbreaker
as Smithers
The Transporters
as Narrator
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
as Deitrich
The Magic Flute
Writer, Lyricist, Dialogue
A Cock and Bull Story
as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
MirrorMask
as Librarian
Tom Brown's Schooldays
as Dr. Thomas Arnold
Meet Pocoyo!
as Narrator
Pocoyo & Friends
as Narrator
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Unseen Spike Milligan
2005
The Unseen Spike Milligan
as Self (archive footage)
Tooth
as Pedro
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Maurice Woodruff
A Bear Named Winnie
as Protheroe
Supergrass: A Home Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Bright Young Things
as Chauffeur, Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Le Divorce
as Piers Janely
The Biggest Nose in Borneo
as Narrator
More Great Comedy Moments
as Lord Snot / Constable (archive footage), Writer
Thunderpants
as Sir Anthony Silk
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
as Andre Breton
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Minister of Chance
The Discovery of Heaven
as Onno Quist
Gosford Park
as Inspector Thompson
Four Play
as Nigel Steele
Funny Old World
2001
Funny Old World
as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 2
2001
Funny Old World 2
as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 3
2001
Funny Old World 3
as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 4
2001
Funny Old World 4
as Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 5
2001
Funny Old World 5
as Narrator (voice)
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me
as Narrator of the Audiobooks
Great Comedy Moments
as Mathematician (archive footage), Writer
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Dr. Peter Robinson
Longitude
as Sir Kenelm Digby
Relative Values
as Frederick Crestwell
Sabotage!!
as Wellington
Best
as Frazer Crane
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Melchett
The Tichborne Claimant
as Hawkins
Geri
as Self
A Civil Action
as Pinder
Wilde
as Oscar Wilde
Oscar
as Self
Spice World
as Judge
The Wind in the Willows
as The Judge
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mybug
The Steal
as Wimborne
I.Q.
as James Morland
Stalag Luft
as Wing Commander James Forrester
Camp Christmas
as Santa Claus
Peter's Friends
as Peter Morton
Old Flames
as Daniel Davenport
A Fish Called Wanda
as Hutchison
A Handful of Dust
as Reggie
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Lords Melchett / Frondo
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
as King Charles I
Kung-Fu Master!
as himself (footage)
The Laughing Prisoner
as No. 2, Writer
The Good Father
as Creighton
The Cellar Tapes
as various, Writer
Chariots of Fire
as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)