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 · The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
- 2025 · Too Much as Simon Remen
- 2025 · Lubach as Self
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 2024 · Treasure as Edek
- 2024 · We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
- 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
- 2022 · Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba 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 Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
- 2022 · The Sandman as Gilbert
- 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 · It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
- 2019 · Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
- 2019 · Tomorrow as Chris
- 2019 · Greed as Self
- 2019 · Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
- 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 · 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 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · 50 Years Legal as Self
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Roland
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2016 · The Man Who Knew Infinity as Sir Francis Spring
- 2016 · The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Self
- 2015 · The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke (voice)
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
- 2012 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 2012 · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
- 2012 · Veep as Nikolai Genidze
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2011 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 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 Self - Presenter
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Self
- 2009 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2007 · St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 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 · Stormbreaker as Smithers
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Deitrich
- 2005 · Ashes Fever as Self
- 2005 · Bones as Dr. 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 · 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
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 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
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 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
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2001 · Four Play as Nigel Steele
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 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 Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice)
- 1999 · Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
- 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 · Oscar as Self
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 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
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 1992 · Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves
- 1990 · Old Flames as Daniel Davenport
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1989 · A Bit of Fry & Laurie as
- 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
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- 1985 · Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
- 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 · Now & Then as TG
- 2025 · A Friend of Dorothy as
- 2025 · Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2024 · U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
- 2022 · A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
- 2021 · It's Always Something as Narrator
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Self
- 2019 · Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Self
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2016 · Love & Friendship as Mr. Johnson
- 2015 · Do I Sound Gay? as Self
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2014 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2012 · Shakespeare's Sonnets as
- 2012 · The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · Eichmann as Minister Tormer
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · The Transporters as Narrator
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- 1983 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- Future · Touché as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as Self
- 2023 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2022 · Stuff the British Stole as Self
- 2022 · In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- 2021 · Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
- 2021 · Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
- 2017 · Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2015 · Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
- 2015 · Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
- 2013 · Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
- 2013 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Self
- 2012 · Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
- 2011 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2010 · Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2005 · Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2005 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- 2025 · The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
- 2025 · Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
- 2023 · The Big Fat Quiz of Sport as Self
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 2023 · Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
- 2021 · Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2020 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2017 · All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction as
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Self
- 2016 · Santa Forgot as Narrator
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2015 · Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
- 2014 · Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest as
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Self
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2011 · March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as Self
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Self - Presenter
- 2006 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2005 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- 2004 · The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator
- 2001 · Paddington Bear: The Early Years as
- 1999 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various
- Future · Black Samphire as
- Future · This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Le peuple miniature as
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2022 · George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Self
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2013 · Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets 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 · Last Chance to See as Self
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Happy Birthday to GNU as Self
- 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: HIV & Me as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2006 · Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 2004 · Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 2001 · Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as