Stephen 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
Credits
- 2025 · Too Much as Simon Remen
- 2025 · Lubach as Self
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2023 · Everything Now as Dr Nell
- 2023 · The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
- 2023 · The Inventor as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
- 2023 · Red, White & Royal Blue as King James III
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – writer and comedian
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Writer and comedian
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Writer and broadcaster
- 2022 · The Sandman as Gilbert
- 2022 · Heartstopper as Headmaster Barnes (voice)
- 2022 · The Dropout as Ian Gibbons
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
- 2019 · Greed as Self
- 2019 · Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
- 2019 · Sex Education as NSQC Quizmaster
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Sidney
- 2018 · Duck Duck Goose as Frazier (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as William Steakspeare (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as Onion's Dad (voice)
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Roland
- 2016 · Love & Friendship as Mr. Johnson
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2016 · The Man Who Knew Infinity as Sir Francis Spring
- 2015 · The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke (voice)
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice)
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Master of Laketown
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
- 2014 · That Sugar Film as The Sugar Family Sketch
- 2014 · Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- 2014 · Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice)
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as The Master of Laketown
- 2013 · Yonderland as Cuddly Dick
- 2013 · The Look of Love as Barrister
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 2012 · Veep as Nikolai Genidze
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2012 · The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
- 2011 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2009 · House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Presenter
- 2009 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 2007 · Kingdom as Peter Kingdom
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Legends as Self (uncredited)
- 2006 · The Secret Show as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Smithers
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Deitrich
- 2005 · Bones as Dr. Gordon Wyatt
- 2005 · Extras as Stephen Fry
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
- 2005 · Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as C
- 2005 · American Dad! as John Michael Heaton (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mr. Cavendish (voice)
- 2005 · MirrorMask as Librarian
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
- 2003 · Absolute Power as Charles Prentiss
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
- 2003 · QI as Self - Presenter
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Piers Janely
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 2000 · Gormenghast as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenhelm Digby
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 1999 · The Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice)
- 1999 · Watership Down as Cowslip
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Pinder
- 1998 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
- 1998 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self
- 1998 · In the Red as Controller, Radio 2
- 1997 · Spice World as Judge
- 1997 · Wilde as Oscar Wilde
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1992 · Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Himself
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
- 1989 · A Bit of Fry & Laurie as
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1985 · Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
- 1985 · Screen Two as Humphrey Taylor
- 1984 · Chance in a Million as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Blackadder as Lord Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as The Duke of Wellington
- 1983 · Alfresco as Various
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1995 · The Thin Blue Line as Blaster Sump
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Lord Snot
- 1981 · Chariots of Fire as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- Future · The Celebrity Traitors as Self
- 2025 · A Friend of Dorothy as
- 2025 · Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator
- 2025 · Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2024 · Treasure as Edek
- 2024 · We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self – Contributor
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 2023 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2023 · Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
- 2022 · A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 2022 · David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
- 2022 · In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- 2022 · The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
- 2022 · George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
- 2021 · It's Always Something as Narrator
- 2021 · Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
- 2021 · Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Himself
- 2019 · Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Himself
- 2019 · Tomorrow as Chris
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction as
- 2017 · 50 Years Legal as Self
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Himself
- 2017 · Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2016 · The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Himself
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2015 · Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
- 2015 · Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Do I Sound Gay? as Self
- 2014 · Marked as Father Christmas
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2014 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2013 · Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2013 · Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2013 · Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
- 2013 · Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
- 2012 · Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Himself
- 2012 · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
- 2012 · Shakespeare's Sonnets as
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2011 · March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2010 · Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Himself
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Himself
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as Self
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 2008 · Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2006 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2006 · Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2006 · The Transporters as Narrator
- 2005 · Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
- 2005 · 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' as Self
- 2005 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2005 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
- 2001 · Paddington Bear: The Early Years as
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2001 · Four Play as Nigel Steele
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- 1997 · Oscar as Self
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1995 · The Steal as Wimborne
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as
- 1990 · Old Flames as Daniel Davenport
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- Future · Now & Then as TG
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- Future · Touché as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various
- Future · Le peuple miniature as
- 2025 · The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Stephen Fry Into Ukraine as Self
- 2024 · U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
- 2024 · Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · The Big Fat Quiz Of Sport as Self
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2022 · Stuff the British Stole as Self
- 2022 · Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History as Self - Narrator
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2021 · Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Himself
- 2019 · Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Himself
- 2018 · Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2016 · Santa Forgot as Narrator
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
- 2015 · Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
- 2014 · Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest as
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 2013 · Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin as
- 2013 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Himself
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2011 · Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
- 2010 · The Great American Oil Spill as Self
- 2010 · Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Happy Birthday to GNU as Himself
- 2008 · Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
- 2008 · Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator
- 2007 · Eichmann as Minister Tormer
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
- 2007 · Shrink Rap as Himself
- 2007 · Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2005 · Ashes Fever as Self
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2005 · Missing as
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2004 · Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2003 · Fortysomething as Derek
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2001 · Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
- Future · Black Samphire as
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1996 · The Wind in the Willows as The Judge
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
- 1994 · I.Q. as James Moreland
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1989 · Happy Families as
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Reggie
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- 1983 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- 1982 · Countdown as
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)