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.
70Credits40 TV · 30 films
1967–2025Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedChina's Wild Secrets
7.8 Average ratingacross 70 titles
Top TV shows 40best Stephen Fry shows
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China's Wild SecretsNarrated · 5 eps · 2025 - 2
The Secret Show1 ep · 2006 - 3
HeartstopperHeadmaster Barnes (voice) · 5 eps · 2022 - 4
Harley QuinnBrainiac (voice) · 7 eps · 2019 - 5
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive2 eps · 2006 - 6
Sex EducationNSQC Quizmaster · 1 ep · 2019 - 7
Fry's Planet Word5 eps · 2011 - 8
BonesGordon Wyatt · 6 eps · 2005 - 9
Jeeves and WoosterJeeves · 23 eps · 1990 - 10
The SimpsonsTerrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice) · 1 ep · 1989 - 11
Hidden KingdomsNarrator · 3 eps · 2014 - 12
London Zoo: An Extraordinary YearNarrator (voice) · 2 eps · 2020 - 13
Stephen Fry: HIV & MeWriter · 2 eps · 2007 - 14
Britain's Great Gay Buildings1 ep · 2017 - 15
BlackadderLord Melchett · 6 eps · 1983 - 16
It's a SinArthur Garrison · 2 eps · 2021 - 17
The Young OnesLord Snot · 1 ep · 1982 - 18
A Bit of Fry & Laurie25 eps · 1989 - 19
The SandmanGilbert · 6 eps · 2022 - 20
ExtrasStephen Fry · 1 ep · 2005 - 21
24Alastair Davies · 8 eps · 2001 - 22
The Morning ShowLeonard Cromwell · 5 eps · 2019 - 23
Absolute PowerCharles Prentiss · 12 eps · 2003 - 24
Doctor WhoC · 2 eps · 2005 - 25
FortysomethingDerek · 1 ep · 2003 - 26
VeepNikolai Genidze · 1 ep · 2012 - 27
Stephen Fry in AmericaWriter · 6 eps · 2008 - 28
YonderlandCuddly Dick · 9 eps · 2013 - 29
The New StatesmanPiers Lonsdale · 1 ep · 1987 - 30
Watership DownCowslip (voice) · 1 ep · 1999 - 31
Natural WorldNarrator · 3 eps · 1983 - 32
The Crystal CubeDr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles · 1 ep · 1983 - 33
The DropoutIan Gibbons · 4 eps · 2022 - 34
Jeopardy!Executive Producer · 20 eps · 2024 - 35
Happy FamiliesDoctor De Quincy · 6 eps · 1985 - 36
The Thin Blue LineBlaster Sump · 1 ep · 1995 - 37
Omnibus1 ep · 1967 - 38
Screen TwoHumphrey Taylor · 1 ep · 1985 - 39
KingdomPeter Kingdom · 18 eps · 2007 - 40
American Dad!John Michael Heaton (voice) · 1 ep · 2005
Top movies 30best Stephen Fry movies
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Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film ReviewNarrator · 2015 - 2
The Big Night InLord Melchett · 2020 - 3
Paddington Bear: The Early Years2001 - 4The Two Loves of Anthony TrollopeNarrator · 2004
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J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and MeNarrator of the Audiobooks · 2001 - 6
Doctor Who: Death Comes to TimeThe Minister of Chance · 2002 - 7
Hugh Laurie: Down by the RiverExecutive Producer · 2011 - 8
The Tichborne ClaimantHawkins · 1999 - 9
Ocean GiantsNarrater · 2011 - 10
'V for Vendetta' UnmaskedDeitrich · 2006 - 11The Lonely DodoNarrator/Mascarene Grass Frog · 2013
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PonyboiExecutive Producer · 2019 - 13
It's Always SomethingNarrator · 2021 - 14
Red, White & Royal BlueKing James III · 2023 - 15
V for VendettaDeitrich · 2006 · Action - 16
Dancing with the BirdsNarrator · 2019 - 17
Twelfth NightMalvolio · 2012 - 18
The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugThe Master of Laketown · 2013 · Fantasy - 19
Pocoyo's HalloweenNarrator · 2016 - 20
Blackadder's Christmas CarolLords Melchett / Frondo · 1988 - 21
Sense and SensibilityThanks · 1995 - 22
LongitudeSir Kenelm Digby · 2000 - 23
FirebirdThanks · 2021 - 24
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse1994 - 25
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesMaster of Laketown · 2014 - 26
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to HogwartsChapter Passages Narrator (voice) · 2022 - 27
Blackadder: The Cavalier YearsKing Charles I · 1988 - 28
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsMycroft Holmes · 2011 · Adventure - 29
Alice in WonderlandCheshire Cat (voice) · 2010 · Family - 30
Alice Through the Looking GlassCheshire Cat (voice) · 2016 · Adventure
