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
Credits
- 2026 · Hexed as Elias Quire (voice)
- 2026 · Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'stard as Self
- 2026 · The Three Urns as Bookseller
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as Radio Presenter (Voice)
- 2025 · China's Wild Secrets as Narrated
- 2025 · The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
- 2025 · Too Much as Simon Remen
- 2025 · A Friend of Dorothy as Dickie
- 2025 · Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Lubach as Self
- 2024 · Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Supervisor (voice)
- 2024 · About a Hero as
- 2023 · The Dinosaur Hour as Self
- 2023 · Everything Now as Dr Nell
- 2023 · The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
- 2023 · The Inventor as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
- 2023 · Red, White & Royal Blue as King James III
- 2022 · A Year on Planet Earth as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · In Conversation with Alan Yentob as Self
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – writer and comedian
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self - Writer and Comedian
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Writer and broadcaster
- 2022 · The Sandman as Gilbert
- 2022 · Heartstopper as Headmaster Barnes (voice)
- 2022 · The Dropout as Ian Gibbons
- 2022 · Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · It's a Sin as Arthur Garrison
- 2020 · London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Brainiac (voice)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Leonard Cromwell
- 2019 · Greed as Self
- 2019 · Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
- 2019 · Sex Education as NSQC Quizmaster
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2018 · The Con Is On as Sidney
- 2018 · Duck Duck Goose as Frazier (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as William Steakspeare (voice)
- 2018 · Apple & Onion as Onion's Dad (voice)
- 2017 · 50 Years Legal as Self
- 2017 · Battle of Soho as Self
- 2016 · The Great Indoors as Roland
- 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
- 2015 · Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator
- 2015 · The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Uncle Duke (voice)
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Colonel K (voice)
- 2015 · Do I Sound Gay? as Self
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Master of Laketown
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
- 2014 · Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- 2014 · Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator
- 2014 · Lily's Driftwood Bay as Lord Stag (voice)
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Winston Churchill (voice)
- 2014 · Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as The Master of Laketown
- 2013 · Yonderland as Cuddly Dick
- 2013 · Stephen Fry: Out There as Self
- 2013 · Super Clyde as Randolph
- 2013 · Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan as Self
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing
- 2012 · Gadget Man as Presenter
- 2012 · Shakespeare's Sonnets as
- 2012 · Twelfth Night as Malvolio
- 2012 · Veep as Nikolai Genidze
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as The European
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2012 · The Story of Musicals as Self
- 2011 · The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye
- 2011 · Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mycroft Holmes
- 2011 · Holy Flying Circus as God
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2011 · Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry as Self
- 2011 · March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK)
- 2010 · Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- 2010 · The Bible: A History as
- 2010 · In Confidence as
- 2009 · House of Boys as Dr. Marsh
- 2009 · The Meaning of Life as Self
- 2009 · Country Tracks as Self
- 2009 · Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder Rides Again as Self
- 2008 · Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host
- 2007 · St Trinian's as Stephen Fry
- 2007 · Eichmann as Minister Tormer
- 2007 · Kingdom as Peter Kingdom
- 2007 · Shrink Rap as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Legends as Self (uncredited)
- 2006 · The Secret Show as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Smithers
- 2006 · V for Vendetta as Deitrich
- 2005 · Dirty Tricks as Owl (voice)
- 2005 · Bones as Gordon Wyatt
- 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 · Extras as Stephen Fry
- 2005 · A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2005 · Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as C
- 2005 · American Dad! as John Michael Heaton (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mr. Cavendish (voice)
- 2005 · Missing as
- 2005 · MirrorMask as Librarian
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2005 · Tom Brown's Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe
- 2004 · Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2003 · Celebrity Mastermind as
- 2003 · Absolute Power as Charles Prentiss
- 2003 · QI as Self - Presenter
- 2003 · Le Divorce as Piers Janely
- 2003 · Fortysomething as Derek
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Making of Gosford Park as Self
- 2002 · Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Inspector Thompson
- 2001 · 24 as Alastair Davies
- 2001 · Baddiel's Syndrome as The Psychiatrist
- 2000 · Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 2000 · Gormenghast as Professor Bellgrove
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 1999 · The Tichborne Claimant as Hawkins
- 1999 · The Magician's House as Jasper the Owl (voice)
- 1999 · Watership Down as Cowslip (voice)
- 1999 · Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over as Self - Panellist
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Pinder
- 1998 · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self
- 1998 · In the Red as Controller, Radio 2
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Spice World as Judge
- 1997 · Simply Wilde as Self
- 1997 · Wilde as Oscar Wilde
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist
- 1996 · The Wind in the Willows as The Judge
- 1995 · The Thin Blue Line as Blaster Sump
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · The Steal as Wimborne
- 1994 · I.Q. as James Morland
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1994 · The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester
- 1992 · Common Pursuit as
- 1992 · Peter's Friends as Peter Morton
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · Rita Rudner as
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Jeeves
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
- 1989 · A Bit of Fry & Laurie as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Hutchison
- 1988 · Comic Relief as
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Piers Lonsdale
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as P'Farty
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1985 · Happy Families as Doctor De Quincy
- 1985 · Screen Two as Humphrey Taylor
- 1985 · Screen Two as Daniel Davenport
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Blackadder as Lord Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
- 1983 · Blackadder as The Duke of Wellington
- 1983 · Alfresco as Various
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Lord Snot
- 1982 · Countdown as
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · Chariots of Fire as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 1967 · Omnibus as
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Host
- Future · Red, White & Royal Wedding as King James III
- 2026 · Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen as Narrator (voice)
- 2026 · 100 Questions with Tom Simons as Self
- 2026 · Joke as
- 2025 · Finding Father Christmas as Self
- 2025 · This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
- 2025 · The Assembly as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as C (archive footage)
- 2024 · Treasure as Edek
- 2024 · Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
- 2022 · Stuff the British Stole as Self
- 2020 · The Big Night In as Lord Melchett
- 2019 · Dancing with the Birds as Narrator
- 2018 · Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2015 · Stephen Fry in Central America as Self - Presenter
- 2014 · That Sugar Film as The Sugar Family Sketch
- 2013 · The Look of Love as Barrister
- 2012 · The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrater
- 2011 · Ocean Giants as Narrator
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Self - Presenter
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2006 · Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive as
- 2006 · The Story of Light Entertainment as Self - Narrator
- 2005 · The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff
- 2004 · Tooth as Pedro
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Chauffeur
- 2000 · Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Kenelm Digby
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett
- 1999 · Geri as Self
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Mybug
- 1989 · Anything More Would Be Greedy as Julian Holmes-Coppitt
- 1989 · Saturday Night Clive as
- 1988 · This Is David Lander as
- 1988 · A Handful of Dust as Reggie
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I
- 1986 · Omnibus Presents Comic Relief as
- 1986 · The Dangerous Brothers as
- 1985 · The Good Father as Creighton
- 1985 · Happy Families as Dr. De Quincy
- 1983 · The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
- 1982 · There's Nothing to Worry About! as Various
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Frank and Percy as
- Future · Now & Then as TG
- 2025 · The Castle, Rebuilding History as Narrator
- 2024 · Black Samphire as Mari's Boss
- 2024 · We Are Home as Self - narrator (voice)
- 2024 · The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self
- 2023 · Dinosaur with Stephen Fry as
- 2022 · Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 2022 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2022 · The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
- 2021 · Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
- 2021 · Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice)
- 2021 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer
- 2020 · Fear of Dancing as Self - Actor & Writer
- 2019 · Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive as Self
- 2019 · Tomorrow as Chris
- 2019 · Almost Human as Narrator
- 2019 · Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self
- 2017 · Queer as Art as Self
- 2017 · Britain's Great Gay Buildings as
- 2017 · Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song as Self
- 2016 · Wild Africa / Tiny Giants as Narrator (Tiny Giants)
- 2013 · The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
- 2012 · Wagner & Me as Self
- 2012 · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman as Oscar Wilde (voice)
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
- 2011 · Fry's Planet Word as
- 2011 · Making Qi as Self
- 2010 · The Great American Oil Spill as Self
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as Owl (voice)
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self - Presenter
- 2006 · 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked as Deitrich
- 2005 · Ashes Fever as Self
- 2005 · 29 Minutes of Fame as Self - Panelist
- 2005 · Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton
- 2001 · J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me as Narrator of the Audiobooks
- 2001 · The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist
- 2001 · Four Play as Nigel Steele
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Wellington
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson
- 1997 · An Audience with Elton John as Self
- 1993 · Camp Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1990 · Old Flames as Daniel Davenport
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- 1988 · Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
- 1982 · The Cellar Tapes as various
- Future · This Is Soho as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts as Self - Host
- 2025 · Recall Me Maybe as Kevin
- 2025 · Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self
- 2024 · We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice)
- 2024 · Jeopardy! Australia as Host
- 2023 · The Big Fat Quiz of Sport as Self
- 2023 · Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator
- 2022 · David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count as Self
- 2021 · It's Always Something as Narrator
- 2021 · Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
- 2018 · M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice)
- 2018 · Pocoyo's Easter Picnic as
- 2016 · Santa Forgot as Narrator
- 2016 · The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2015 · Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review as Narrator
- 2014 · Marked as Father Christmas
- 2014 · The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self
- 2014 · Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk as Narrator
- 2013 · Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Narrator
- 2013 · Frost on Sketch Shows as Self
- 2012 · Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Wogan on Wodehouse as Self
- 2010 · Lost Connection as Dad
- 2010 · Wagner and Me as Star
- 2009 · Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Self
- 2009 · Last Chance to See as Self
- 2008 · Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator (English)
- 2008 · Happy Birthday to GNU as Self
- 2008 · Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator
- 2008 · The Machine That Made Us as Self - Presenter
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: HIV & Me as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: Guilty as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2006 · Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2006 · The Transporters as Narrator
- 2004 · The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope as Narrator
- 2003 · The Biggest Nose in Borneo as Narrator
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2000 · Best as Frazer Crane
- 1998 · Stanley Baxter in Person as Self
- 1989 · The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
- 1989 · Colleagues From Hell as
- 1987 · The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2
- 1987 · The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
- 1986 · The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Self
- 1986 · Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger as
- Future · Black Samphire as
- Future · Touché as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) as Self
- 2024 · U.Me: The Musical as Narrator
- 2023 · George Michael: Portrait of an Artist as Self
- 2023 · Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis as
- 2023 · John Craxton: A Life of Gifts as John Craxton (Voice)
- 2022 · Mr Bear's Christmas as Narrator
- 2021 · Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films as Narrator
- 2021 · Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean as Narrator
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Self
- 2020 · Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Self
- 2017 · All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction as
- 2016 · Pocoyo's Halloween 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
- 2014 · Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self
- 2014 · Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest as
- 2014 · A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell as Self - Darts Fan
- 2014 · Le peuple miniature as
- 2014 · Our Gay Wedding: The Musical as
- 2013 · Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin as
- 2013 · Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues as
- 2013 · Stephen Fry's Key to the City as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Special Report – The Voice of Darts as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Jools Holland: My Life in Music as Self
- 2011 · Botham: The Legend of '81 as Self
- 2011 · Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins as The Narrator
- 2010 · Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry
- 2009 · Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Last of the Dambusters as Narrator
- 2008 · Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest as Narrator
- 2007 · J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life as Self
- 2006 · Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot as Self
- 2005 · Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator
- 2004 · Supergrass: A Home Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self
- 2001 · Paddington Bear: The Early Years as
- 2001 · Funny Old World 3 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · In Search of the Prisoner as Self
- 2001 · Funny Old World 4 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 5 as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Funny Old World 2 as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' as Self
- 1999 · A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest as
- 1997 · Oscar as Self
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as



