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