Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Born 1957-08-24 (age 68) Hampstead, London, England, UK
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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.

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Known For

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland

2010

as Cheshire Cat (voice)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

as The Master of Laketown

V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta

2006

as Deitrich

Red, White & Royal Blue
Red, White & Royal Blue

2023

as King James III

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

as Cheshire Cat (voice)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

2022

as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

as Narrator / The Guide (voice)

Gosford Park
Gosford Park

2001

as Inspector Thompson

Spice World
Spice World

1997

as Judge

Wilde
Wilde

1997

as Oscar Wilde

A Fish Called Wanda
A Fish Called Wanda

1988

as Hutchison

Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire

1981

as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

Missing Link
Missing Link

2019

as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)

The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity

2016

as Sir Francis Spring

Duck Duck Goose
Duck Duck Goose

2018

as Frazier (voice)

Stormbreaker
Stormbreaker

2006

as Smithers

The Con Is On
The Con Is On

2018

as Sidney

St Trinian's
St Trinian's

2007

as Stephen Fry