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Stephen Fry

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Stephen Fry

Born August 24, 1957 in Hampstead, London, England, UK120 films

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.

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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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Essential films

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Filmography

120 films as actor
  1. TBANow & ThenTG
  2. TBABlack Samphire
  3. TBARed, White & Royal WeddingKing James III
  4. 2026HexedElias Quire (voice)
  5. 2026Frank and Percy
  6. 2026Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And UnseenNarrator (voice)
  7. 2026TouchéNarrator (voice)
  8. 2026The Three UrnsBookseller
  9. 2026Joke
  10. 2025Christmas KarmaRadio Presenter (Voice)
  11. 2025Recall Me MaybeKevin
  12. 2025A Friend of DorothyDickie
  13. 2025Time Travel Is Dangerous!Narrator (voice)
  14. 2024Black SamphireMari's Boss
  15. 2024TreasureEdek
  16. 2024We Work for the DeadPruitt (voice)
  17. 2024U.Me: The MusicalNarrator
  18. 2023The Canterville GhostSir Simon de Canterville (voice)
  19. 2023The InventorLeonardo da Vinci (voice)
  20. 2023Red, White & Royal BlueKing James III
  21. 2022Mr Bear's ChristmasNarrator
  22. 2021It's Always SomethingNarrator
  23. 2021Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen FilmsNarrator
  24. 2021Night of the Living DreadMeditation Guru (voice)
  25. 2021The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Interviewer
  26. 2019TomorrowChris
  27. 2019Missing LinkLord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
  28. 2018The Con Is OnSidney
  29. 2018Pocoyo's Easter Picnic
  30. 2018Duck Duck GooseFrazier (voice)
  31. 2017All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
  32. 2016Wild Africa / Tiny GiantsNarrator (Tiny Giants)
  33. 2016Santa ForgotNarrator
  34. 2016Love & FriendshipMr. Johnson
  35. 2016Alice Through the Looking GlassCheshire Cat (voice)
  36. 2016Pocoyo's HalloweenNarrator
  37. 2016The Man Who Knew InfinitySir Francis Spring
  38. 2015Rocky Horror Show LiveNarrator
  39. 2014MarkedFather Christmas
  40. 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesMaster of Laketown
  41. 2014Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
  42. 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugThe Master of Laketown
  43. 2013Super ClydeRandolph
  44. 2013The Look of LoveBarrister
  45. 2013The Lonely DodoNarrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
  46. 2012Doors OpenProfessor Robert Gissing
  47. 2012Cicada PrincessNarrator (voice)
  48. 2012A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham ChapmanOscar Wilde (voice)
  49. 2012Shakespeare's Sonnets
  50. 2012Twelfth NightMalvolio
  51. 2011The BorrowersProfessor Mildeye
  52. 2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsMycroft Holmes
  53. 2011Holy Flying CircusGod
  54. 2011Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of PenguinsThe Narrator
  55. 2010Lost ConnectionDad
  56. 2010Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera HouseStephen Fry
  57. 2010Alice in WonderlandCheshire Cat (voice)
  58. 2009House of BoysDr. Marsh
  59. 2008Pocoyo & the Space CircusNarrator (English)
  60. 2008Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with PocoyoNarrator
  61. 2008Tales of the RiverbankOwl (voice)
  62. 2007St Trinian'sStephen Fry
  63. 2007EichmannMinister Tormer
  64. 2007Snow White: The SequelThe Narrator (voice)
  65. 2006StormbreakerSmithers
  66. 2006V for VendettaDeitrich
  67. 2006The TransportersNarrator
  68. 2005A Cock and Bull StoryPatrick Curator / Parson Yorick
  69. 2005Meet Pocoyo!Narrator
  70. 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyNarrator / The Guide (voice)
  71. 2005MirrorMaskLibrarian
  72. 2005Tom Brown's SchooldaysDr. Thomas Arnold
  73. 2005Pocoyo & FriendsNarrator
  74. 2004A Bear Named WinnieProtheroe
  75. 2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersMaurice Woodruff
  76. 2004ToothPedro
  77. 2003Bright Young ThingsChauffeur
  78. 2003Le DivorcePiers Janely
  79. 2002ThunderpantsSir Anthony Silk
  80. 2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to TimeThe Minister of Chance
  81. 2002Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador DaliAndre Breton
  82. 2001Gosford ParkInspector Thompson
  83. 2001The Discovery of HeavenOnno Quist
  84. 2001Four PlayNigel Steele
  85. 2001Funny Old WorldNarrator (voice)
  86. 2001Funny Old World 2Narrator (voice)
  87. 2001Funny Old World 3Narrator (voice)
  88. 2001Funny Old World 5Narrator (voice)
  89. 2001Funny Old World 4Narrator (voice)
  90. 2000Sabotage!!Wellington
  91. 2000Relative ValuesFrederick Crestwell
  92. 2000BestFrazer Crane
  93. 2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Dr. Peter Robinson
  94. 2000LongitudeSir Kenelm Digby
  95. 1999The Tichborne ClaimantHawkins
  96. 1999Blackadder: Back & ForthMelchett
  97. 1998A Civil ActionPinder
  98. 1997Spice WorldJudge
  99. 1997WildeOscar Wilde
  100. 1996The Wind in the WillowsThe Judge
  101. 1995The StealWimborne
  102. 1995Cold Comfort FarmMybug
  103. 1994I.Q.James Morland
  104. 1994An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
  105. 1993Camp ChristmasSanta Claus
  106. 1993Stalag LuftWing Commander James Forrester
  107. 1992Common Pursuit
  108. 1992Peter's FriendsPeter Morton
  109. 1990Old FlamesDaniel Davenport
  110. 1989Employees From Hell
  111. 1989Colleagues From Hell
  112. 1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolLords Melchett / Frondo
  113. 1988A Fish Called WandaHutchison
  114. 1988A Handful of DustReggie
  115. 1988Blackadder: The Cavalier YearsKing Charles I
  116. 1987The Laughing PrisonerNo. 2
  117. 1986Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
  118. 1985The Good FatherCreighton
  119. 1982The Cellar Tapesvarious
  120. 1981Chariots of FireCambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)