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 · This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as Radio Presenter (Voice)
- 2025 · China's Wild Secrets as Narrated
- 2025 · The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
- 2025 · Too Much as Simon Remen
- 2025 · A Friend of Dorothy as Dickie
- 2025 · Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Lubach as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2024 · Treasure as Edek
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2024 · Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as Self
- 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
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
- 2023 · The Big Fat Quiz of Sport as Self
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2022 · A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 2022 · Stuff the British Stole as Self
- 2022 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 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 Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
- 2022 · The Sandman as Gilbert
- 2022 · George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 2022 · Heartstopper as Headmaster Barnes (voice)
- 2022 · The Dropout as Ian Gibbons
- 2022 · Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
- 2021 · Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
- 2021 · It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Self
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
- 2019 · Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
- 2019 · Greed as Self
- 2019 · Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self
- 2019 · Sex Education as NSQC Quizmaster
- 2018 · Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Sidney
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2018 · Duck Duck Goose as Frazier (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as William Steakspeare (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as Onion's Dad (voice)
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction as
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · 50 Years Legal as Self
- 2017 · Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
- 2016 · Santa Forgot as Narrator
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Roland
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 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
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2016 · The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Self
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2015 · Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
- 2015 · The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke (voice)
- 2015 · Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice)
- 2015 · Do I Sound Gay? as Self
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2014 · Marked as Father Christmas
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Master of Laketown
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · That Sugar Film as The Sugar Family Sketch
- 2014 · Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- 2014 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2014 · Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice)
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 2013 · Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin as
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as The Master of Laketown
- 2013 · Yonderland as Cuddly Dick
- 2013 · Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
- 2013 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Self
- 2013 · Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self
- 2013 · The Look of Love as Barrister
- 2013 · Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
- 2013 · The Last Leg 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 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Self
- 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 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2012 · Veep as Nikolai Genidze
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2012 · The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
- 2011 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
- 2011 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2011 · March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Self - Presenter
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Self
- 2009 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 2007 · Eichmann as Minister Tormer
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2007 · Kingdom as Peter Kingdom
- 2007 · Shrink Rap as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Legends as Self (uncredited)
- 2006 · The Secret Show as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Smithers
- 2006 · Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Deitrich
- 2005 · Ashes Fever as Self
- 2005 · Bones as Gordon Wyatt
- 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 · Extras as Stephen Fry
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 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 · Missing as
- 2005 · MirrorMask as Librarian
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2005 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2003 · Absolute Power as Charles Prentiss
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
- 2003 · QI as Self - Presenter
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Piers Janely
- 2003 · Fortysomething as Derek
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Making of Gosford Park as Self
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 2000 · Gormenghast as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 2000 · A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
- 1999 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1999 · The Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice)
- 1999 · Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Pinder
- 1998 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self
- 1998 · In the Red as Controller, Radio 2
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 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
- 1996 · The Wind in the Willows as The Judge
- 1995 · The Thin Blue Line as Blaster Sump
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · The Steal as Wimborne
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
- 1994 · I.Q. as James Moreland
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1989 · A Bit of Fry & Laurie as
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Reggie
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- 1985 · Screen Two as Humphrey Taylor
- 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 · The Young Ones as Lord Snot
- 1982 · Countdown as
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · Chariots of Fire as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Red, White & Royal Wedding as King James III
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1992 · Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- 1985 · Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
- 1983 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- Future · Now & Then as TG
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 2022 · David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
- 2022 · In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2020 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Big Night In as Lord Melchett
- 2019 · Tomorrow as Chris
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2015 · Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
- 2009 · House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self - Presenter
- 2006 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2006 · 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked as Deitrich
- 2005 · Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
- 2005 · The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
- 2004 · The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 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
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
- 1997 · Oscar as Self
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- Future · Le peuple miniature as
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various
- Future · Black Samphire as
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2011 · Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Self
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Happy Birthday to GNU as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
- 2006 · The Transporters as Narrator
- 2001 · Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- Future · Touché as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- 1994 · The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller as Self
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- Future · This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)
- 2026 · The Three Urns as Bookseller
- 2026 · Joke as
- 2025 · Finding Father Christmas as Self
- 2025 · Recall Me Maybe as Kevin
- 2025 · The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
- 2025 · Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2024 · U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2023 · Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
- 2021 · It's Always Something as Narrator
- 2021 · Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2021 · Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Self
- 2019 · Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Self
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Self
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
- 2014 · Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest as
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
- 2010 · The Great American Oil Spill as Self
- 2010 · Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
- 2010 · The Bible: A History as
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator (English)
- 2008 · Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
- 2008 · Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2008 · Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
- 2005 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- Future · Frank and Percy as
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Self - Presenter
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 2004 · Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- 1990 · Old Flames as Daniel Davenport
- 1989 · Colleagues From Hell as
- 1985 · Happy Families as Dr. De Quincy