Acting

Stephen Fry

born 1957 · Acting

63.6avg grm
52titles
#921best rank
6honors
Vbest title · #921 on siteV for Vendetta2005 · as Deitrich75.2

Honors

6
2025Knight Bachelor
1998Sidewise Award — Alternate History
2004Pipe Smoker of the Year
2018Richard Dawkins Award
2021Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
Honors
  • 2025Knight Bachelor
  • 1998Sidewise Award — Alternate History
  • 2004Pipe Smoker of the Year
  • 2018Richard Dawkins Award
  • 2021Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
  • 2019Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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2020s8 titlesAThe Assembly2024 · as Self - Guest · series64.2JJeopardy!2024 · as Self - Presenter · series64.0JJeopardy!2024 · as Self - Host · series64.0WWillem & Frieda2023 · as Presenter58.5AA Year on Planet Earth2022 · as Self - Presenter · series64.2AA Year on Planet Earth2022 · as Self - Narrator · series64.2DThe Dropout2022 · as Ian Gibbons · series62.0HHating Peter Tatchell2021 · as Self58.5
2010s17 titlesDDancing with the Birds2019 · as Narrator63.8CChurchill and the Movie Mogul2019 · as Self58.4MM.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity2018 · as Self57.6MM.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity2018 · as Self57.6MThe Man Who Knew Infinity2015 · as Sir Francis Spring65.3DDanger Mouse2015 · as Colonel K. · series64.5DDanger Mouse2015 · as Colonel K · series64.5DDanger Mouse2015 · as Criminal K · series64.5HHidden Kingdoms2014 · as Narrator · series63.8TThat Sugar Film2014 · as Self56.7SShakespeare's Globe Theatre: Twelfth Night2013 · as Malvolio61.9GGadget Man2012 · as Self - Presenter · series63.9SSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows2011 · as Mycroft Holmes66.0OOcean Giants2011 · as Self - Narrator · series64.2DDerren Brown: The Experiments2011 · as Self · series64.2LLittle Crackers2010 · as Headmaster · series64.0GGreat Migrations2010 · as Self · series63.6
2000s9 titlesLLast Chance to See2009 · as Self - Presenter · series64.2SStephen Fry in America2008 · as Self - Presenter · series64.0KKingdom2007 · as Peter Kingdom · series63.4VV for Vendetta2005 · as Deitrich75.2PPocoyo2005 · as Narrator · series64.2DDerren Brown: Trick of the Mind2004 · as Self · series64.0AAbsolute Power2003 · as Charles Prentiss · series64.0QQI2003 · as Self - Stephen Fry (Host) · series60.1QQI2003 · as Self - Host · series60.1
1990s4 titlesWWho Wants to Be a Millionaire1998 · as Self - Contestant · series64.0WWho Wants to Be a Millionaire1998 · as Self · series64.0WWho Wants to Be a Millionaire1998 · as Self - Phone a Friend · series64.0JJeeves and Wooster1990 · as Jeeves · series65.1
1980s10 titlesBBlackadder Goes Forth1989 · as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett · series70.1BBlackadder the Third1987 · as The Duke of Wellington, a famous soldier · series66.5AA Bit of Fry and Laurie1987 · as Gelliant Gutfright (The Seventh Dimension) · series63.6AA Bit of Fry and Laurie1987 · as Various · series63.6BBlackadder II1986 · as Lord Melchett · series66.5EEquinox1986 · as Mouse Narrator · series64.0EEquinox1986 · as The Human · series64.0AAlfresco1983 · as Aristocrat · series63.8AAlfresco1983 · as Various · series63.8AAlfresco1983 · as Agincourt Soldier · series63.8
1970s2 titlesPParkinson1971 · as Self - Guest · series64.3PParkinson1971 · as Self · series64.3
1960s2 titlesOOmnibus1967 · as Self - Narrator · series63.8OOmnibus1967 · as Self · series63.8

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Stephen Fry

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born1957
known forActing
titles on site52
best title rank#921 · V for Vendetta (2005)
avg GRM63.6
honors6 · Knight Bachelor, 2025
Honors
  • 2025Knight Bachelor
  • 1998Sidewise Award — Alternate History
  • 2004Pipe Smoker of the Year
  • 2018Richard Dawkins Award
  • 2021Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
  • 2019Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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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