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

V for Vendetta Not in library

V for Vendetta

2006

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

Alice in Wonderland Not in library

Alice in Wonderland

2010

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Not in library

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Not in library

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011

The Simpsons Not in library

The Simpsons

1989

Sex Education Not in library

Sex Education

2019

Alice Through the Looking Glass Not in library

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Not in library

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Not in library

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

2022

Acting

2026 The Three Urns as Bookseller
2026 Joke
2025 Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator (voice)
2025 Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
2025 A Friend of Dorothy as Dickie
2025 The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
2025 This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
2025 Finding Father Christmas as Self
2025 Recall Me Maybe as Kevin
2025 Christmas Karma as Radio Presenter (Voice)
2025 Too Much as Simon Remen (10 episodes)
2025 Lubach as Self (1 episode)
2025 The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant (6 episodes)
2025 China's Wild Secrets as Narrated (5 episodes)
2024 We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
2024 Treasure as Edek
2024 We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
2024 Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
2024 Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
2024 This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
2024 The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
2024 Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
2024 About a Hero
2024 U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
2024 Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter (45 episodes)
2024 Jeopardy! Australia as Host (6 episodes)
2024 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice) (2 episodes)
2023 Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
2023 Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
2023 Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
2023 Red, White & Royal Blue as King James III
2023 The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
2023 The Inventor as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2023 John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
2023 The Big Fat Quiz of Sport as Self
2023 Everything Now as Dr Nell (8 episodes)
2023 The Dinosaur Hour as Self (1 episode)
2023 Dinosaur with Stephen Fry
2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
2022 Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
2022 The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
2022 David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
2022 Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
2022 George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
2022 Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History as Self - Narrator
2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – writer and comedian (1 episode)
2022 The Sandman as Gilbert (6 episodes)
2022 Heartstopper as Headmaster Barnes (voice) (5 episodes)
2022 The Dropout as Ian Gibbons (4 episodes)
2022 In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self (1 episode)
2022 A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter (6 episodes)
2022 Stuff the British Stole as Self (1 episode)
2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self - Writer and Comedian (1 episode)
2022 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Writer and broadcaster (1 episode)
2021 It's Always Something as Narrator
2021 Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
2021 Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
2021 Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
2021 The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
2021 Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
2021 Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
2021 It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison (2 episodes)
2020 Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
2020 Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Self
2020 What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Self
2020 Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
2020 The Big Night In as Lord Melchett
2020 London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
2019 Tomorrow as Chris
2019 Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
2019 Greed as Self
2019 Almost Human as Narrator
2019 Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self
2019 Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
2019 Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Self
2019 The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell (5 episodes)
2019 Sex Education as NSQC Quizmaster (1 episode)
2019 Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice) (7 episodes)
2018 The Con Is On as Sidney
2018 Duck Duck Goose as Frazier (voice)
2018 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self
2018 M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
2018 Pocoyo's Easter Picnic
2018 Apple & Onion as William Steakspeare (voice) (1 episode)
2018 Apple & Onion as Onion's Dad (voice) (3 episodes)
2018 The Big Narstie Show as Self (1 episode)
2017 All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
2017 Battle of Soho as Self
2017 Queer as Art as Self
2017 And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017 50 Years Legal as Self
2017 Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
2017 Britain's Great Gay Buildings
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 Pocoyo's Halloween as Narrator
2016 Santa Forgot as Narrator
2016 A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
2016 The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Self
2016 The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
2016 Wild Africa / Tiny Giants as Narrator (Tiny Giants)
2016 The Great Indoors as Roland (22 episodes)
2015 A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
2015 Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
2015 Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
2015 Do I Sound Gay? as Self
2015 Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter (4 episodes)
2015 Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice) (100 episodes)
2015 The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke ​(voice) (1 episode)
2014 Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
2014 A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
2014 The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
2014 That Sugar Film as The Sugar Family Sketch
2014 Le peuple miniature
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Master of Laketown In Library
2014 Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
2014 Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
2014 Our Gay Wedding: The Musical
2014 Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
2014 Marked as Father Christmas
2014 Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice) (100 episodes)
2014 Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator (3 episodes)
2014 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self (1 episode)
2014 A Life on Screen as Self (1 episode)
2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice) (1 episode)
2014 Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self (1 episode)
2013 Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as The Master of Laketown
2013 Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
2013 The Look of Love as Barrister
2013 Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
2013 Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013 Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
2013 The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
2013 Super Clyde as Randolph
2013 Stephen Fry: Out There as Self (2 episodes)
2013 Yonderland as Cuddly Dick (9 episodes)
2013 The Last Leg as Self (2 episodes)
2013 Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self (1 episode)
2012 A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
2012 Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
2012 Wagner & Me as Self
2012 Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
2012 Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
2012 Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
2012 Twelfth Night as Malvolio
2012 Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
2012 Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012 The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm (3 episodes)
2012 Gadget Man as Presenter (6 episodes)
2012 Just a Minute as Self (2 episodes)
2012 Veep as Nikolai Genidze (1 episode)
2012 The Story of Musicals as Self (1 episode)
2012 Playhouse Presents as The European (1 episode)
2011 March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
2011 The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
2011 Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
2011 Holy Flying Circus as God
2011 Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
2011 Ocean Giants as Narrater
2011 Making Qi as Self
2011 Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
2011 The Jonathan Ross Show as Self (1 episode)
2011 Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self (6 episodes)
2011 Fry's Planet Word
2011 Ocean Giants as Narrator (3 episodes)
2011 The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2010 Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (voice)
2010 Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
2010 Lost Connection as Dad
2010 Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
2010 The Great American Oil Spill as Self
2010 Wagner and Me as Star (1 episode)
2010 The Bible: A History
2010 In Confidence
2009 House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
2009 Last Chance to See as Self
2009 Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
2009 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
2009 Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009 Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self (1 episode)
2009 Last Chance to See as Self - Presenter (6 episodes)
2009 Country Tracks as Self (1 episode)
2008 Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator
2008 Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
2008 Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
2008 The Machine That Made Us as Self - Presenter
2008 Blackadder Rides Again as Self
2008 Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator (English)
2008 Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
2008 Happy Birthday to GNU as Self
2008 Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
2008 Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
2008 Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host (6 episodes)
2007 St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
2007 Eichmann as Minister Tormer
2007 Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
2007 Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
2007 Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
2007 Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
2007 Kingdom as Peter Kingdom (18 episodes)
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (8 episodes)
2007 Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self - Presenter (2 episodes)
2007 Shrink Rap as Self (1 episode)
2006 V for Vendetta as Deitrich
2006 Stormbreaker as Smithers
2006 Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
2006 The Transporters as Narrator
2006 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
2006 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked as Deitrich
2006 The One Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006 The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator (8 episodes)
2006 Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
2006 The Secret Show
2006 Legends as Self (uncredited) (1 episode)
2005 A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
2005 MirrorMask as Librarian
2005 Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
2005 Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
2005 Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
2005 Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
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 Ashes Fever as Self
2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005 Pocoyo as Narrator (212 episodes)
2005 Missing
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (2 episodes)
2005 American Dad! as John Michael Heaton (voice) (1 episode)
2005 Extras as Stephen Fry (1 episode)
2005 Nigella as Self (1 episode)
2005 Doctor Who as C (2 episodes)
2005 Bones as Gordon Wyatt (6 episodes)
2005 American Dad! as Mr. Cavendish (voice) (1 episode)
2005 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist (1 episode)
2005 Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice) (1 episode)
2004 Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
2004 Tooth as Pedro
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
2004 A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
2004 The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator
2004 Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
2004 Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2003 Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
2003 Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
2003 Le Divorce as Piers Janely
2003 The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
2003 Absolute Power as Charles Prentiss (12 episodes)
2003 QI as Self - Presenter (200 episodes)
2003 Fortysomething as Derek (1 episode)
2002 Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
2002 Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
2002 The Making of Gosford Park as Self
2002 Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
2002 Top Gear as Self (2 episodes)
2001 The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
2001 Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
2001 Four Play as Nigel Steele
2001 Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
2001 Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
2001 Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
2001 Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
2001 Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
2001 Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
2001 Paddington Bear: The Early Years
2001 In Search of the Prisoner as Self
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist (14 episodes)
2001 24 as Alastair Davies (8 episodes)
2000 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
2000 Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
2000 Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
2000 Sabotage!! as Wellington
2000 Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
2000 A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
2000 Best as Frazer Crane
2000 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000 Click as Self (1 episode)
2000 Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby (1 episode)
2000 Gormenghast as Professor Bellgrove (2 episodes)
1999 Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
1999 A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest
1999 The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
1999 Geri as Self
1999 The Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice) (11 episodes)
1999 Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist (1 episode)
1999 Watership Down as Cowslip (voice) (1 episode)
1998 A Civil Action as Pinder
1998 Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
1998 So Graham Norton as Self (1 episode)
1998 Parkinson as Self (5 episodes)
1998 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant (1 episode)
1998 In the Red as Controller, Radio 2 (3 episodes)
1997 Wilde as Oscar Wilde
1997 Oscar as Self
1997 An Audience with Elton John as Self
1997 Spice World as Judge
1997 Simply Wilde as Self
1996 The Wind in the Willows as The Judge
1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self (1 episode)
1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist (1 episode)
1995 Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
1995 The Steal as Wimborne
1995 The Thin Blue Line as Blaster Sump (1 episode)
1995 Kulturzeit as self (1 episode)
1994 I.Q. as James Moreland
1994 An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
1994 Room 101 as Self (1 episode)
1994 The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller as Self (1 episode)
1993 Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
1993 Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
1993 Shooting Stars as Self (2 episodes)
1992 Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
1992 Common Pursuit
1990 Old Flames as Daniel Davenport
1990 Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves (23 episodes)
1990 Rita Rudner
1990 Have I Got News for You as Self (3 episodes)
1989 The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
1989 Employees From Hell
1989 Colleagues From Hell
1989 A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989 The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice) (1 episode)
1989 Saturday Night Clive
1989 Anything More Would Be Greedy
1988 A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
1988 A Handful of Dust as Reggie
1988 Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
1988 Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
1988 Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
1988 This Morning as Self (1 episode)
1988 This Is David Lander
1988 Comic Relief
1988 Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self (5 episodes)
1987 The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
1987 The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
1987 The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale (1 episode)
1987 Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty (1 episode)
1986 Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986 The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
1986 Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986 Saturday Live
1986 The Dangerous Brothers
1985 The Good Father as Creighton
1985 Happy Families as Dr. De Quincy
1985 Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy (6 episodes)
1985 Screen Two as Humphrey Taylor (1 episode)
1983 Alfresco as Various (13 episodes)
1983 Natural World as Narrator (3 episodes)
1983 Blackadder as Lord Melchett (6 episodes)
1983 Blackadder as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett (6 episodes)
1983 Blackadder as The Duke of Wellington (1 episode)
1983 The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles (1 episode)
1982 The Cellar Tapes as various
1982 Countdown
1982 There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various (3 episodes)
1982 The Young Ones as Lord Snot (1 episode)
1982 Wogan as Self (3 episodes)
1981 Chariots of Fire as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
1978 An Audience with... as Self (2 episodes)
1976 The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self (15 episodes)
1949 The BAFTA Awards as Host (12 episodes)
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
Now & Then as TG
Black Samphire
Touché as Narrator (voice)
This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)
Frank and Percy
Red, White & Royal Wedding as King James III
Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host (1 episode)

Directing

2003 Bright Young Things Director

Writing

2017 The Hippopotamus Novel
2013 Stephen Fry: Out There Writer
2011 Fry's Planet Word Writer
2008 Stephen Fry in America Writer
2007 Stephen Fry: HIV & Me Writer
2007 Stephen Fry: HIV & Me Writer
2006 The Magic Flute Writer
2006 The Magic Flute Lyricist
2006 The Magic Flute Dialogue
2003 Bright Young Things Screenplay
2001 Lucky Break Book
1989 A Bit of Fry & Laurie Writer
1987 The Laughing Prisoner Writer
1983 The Crystal Cube Writer
1983 Alfresco Writer
1982 The Cellar Tapes Writer
1982 There's Nothing to Worry About! Writer
The Liar Novel

Production

2024 Jeopardy! Executive Producer
2023 The Canterville Ghost Executive Producer
2019 Mankind Executive Producer
2019 Ponyboi Executive Producer
2018 Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) Executive Producer
2016 Tickled Executive Producer
2015 Nightstand Executive Producer
2012 Walking the Dogs Executive Producer
2012 Doors Open Executive Producer
2011 Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues Executive Producer
2011 Hugh Laurie: Down by the River Executive Producer
2007 Kingdom Executive Producer
2003 Bright Young Things Executive Producer
The Liar Executive Producer
The Eden Express Executive Producer
Black Samphire Executive Producer

Crew

2021 Firebird Thanks
2013 Stephen Fry: Out There Presenter
2008 Me and My Girl Additional Writing
1995 Sense and Sensibility Thanks

Creator

2011 Fry's Planet Word Creator
1996 Wildlife SOS Creator
1989 A Bit of Fry & Laurie Creator
1983 The Crystal Cube Creator
1982 There's Nothing to Worry About! Creator