Stephen Fry
Acting
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
Acting374
movieHexed
2026
Elias Quire (voice)
movieRik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Three Urns
2026
Bookseller
movieThis Ordinary Thing
2025
Self (voice)
movieChristmas Karma
2025
Radio Presenter (Voice)
tvChina's Wild Secrets
2025
Narrated
tvThe Celebrity Traitors
2025
Self - Contestant
tvToo Much
2025
Simon Remen
movieTime Travel Is Dangerous!
2025
Narrator (voice)
tvLubach
2025
Self
movieDoctor Who at the Proms
2024
C (archive footage)
tvStar Wars: Skeleton Crew
2024
Supervisor (voice)
movieBlack Samphire
2024
Mari's Boss
movieWe Are Home
2024
Self - narrator (voice)
movieWe Work for the Dead
2024
Pruitt (voice)
movieBottom: Exposed
2024
Narrator (voice)
movieU.Me: The Musical
2024
Narrator
tvJeopardy!
2024
Self - Presenter
tvEverything Now
2023
Dr Nell
movieThe Canterville Ghost
2023
Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
movieThe Inventor
2023
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
movieRed, White & Royal Blue
2023
King James III
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
Self - Contributor
movieJohn Craxton: A Life of Gifts
2023
John Craxton (Voice)
tvA Year on Planet Earth
2022
Self - Presenter
movieMr Bear's Christmas
2022
Narrator
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Self – writer and comedian / Self - Writer and Comedian / Self – Writer and broadcaster
tvThe Sandman
2022
Gilbert
tvHeartstopper
2022
Headmaster Barnes (voice)
tvThe Dropout
2022
Ian Gibbons
movieFantastic Beasts: A Natural History
2022
Self - Narrator
movieHarry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
movieHating Peter Tatchell
2021
Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
movieIt's Always Something
2021
Narrator
movieSparkling: The Story Of Champagne
2021
Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
movieNight of the Living Dread
2021
Meditation Guru (voice)
movieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
2021
The Interviewer
tvIt's a Sin
2021
Arthur Garrison
tvLondon Zoo: An Extraordinary Year
2020
Narrator (voice)
movieFear of Dancing
2020
Self - Actor & Writer
movieThe Big Night In
2020
Lord Melchett
tvHarley Quinn
2019
Brainiac (voice)
tvThe Morning Show
2019
Leonard Cromwell
movieDancing with the Birds
2019
Narrator
movieTomorrow
2019
Chris
movieGreed
2019
Self
movieMissing Link
2019
Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
movieAlmost Human
2019
Narrator
tvSex Education
2019
NSQC Quizmaster
movieThe Con Is On
2018
Sidney
movieM. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
2018
M. C. Escher (voice)
movieDuck Duck Goose
2018
Frazier (voice)
tvApple & Onion
2018
William Steakspeare (voice) / Onion's Dad (voice)
movieWild Africa / Tiny Giants
2016
Narrator (Tiny Giants)
movieSanta Forgot
2016
Narrator
tvThe Great Indoors
2016
Roland
movieLove & Friendship
2016
Mr. Johnson
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Cheshire Cat (voice)
moviePocoyo's Halloween
2016
Narrator
movieThe Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
Sir Francis Spring
movieRocky Horror Show Live
2015
Narrator
tvThe Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015
Uncle Duke (voice)
tvDanger Mouse
2015
Colonel K (voice)
tvStephen Fry in Central America
2015
Self - Presenter
Marked
2014
Father Christmas
movieThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Master of Laketown
movieThat Sugar Film
2014
The Sugar Family Sketch
movieTiny Giants 3D
2014
Narrator
tvLily's Driftwood Bay
2014
Lord Stag (voice)
tvLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Winston Churchill (voice)
tvHidden Kingdoms
2014
Narrator
movieThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
The Master of Laketown
tvYonderland
2013
Cuddly Dick
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
2013
Narrator
movieSuper Clyde
2013
Randolph
movieThe Look of Love
2013
Barrister
The Lonely Dodo
2013
Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
movieStephen Fry's Key to the City
2013
Self - Presenter
movieDoors Open
2012
Professor Robert Gissing
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
2012
Self (archive footage)
tvGadget Man
2012
Presenter
Cicada Princess
2012
Narrator (voice)
movieA Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012
Oscar Wilde (voice)
movieTwelfth Night
2012
Malvolio
tvVeep
2012
Nikolai Genidze
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012
The European
tvThe Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012
Skulkingworm
movieThe Borrowers
2011
Professor Mildeye
movieSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
Mycroft Holmes
tvThe Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Self / Self - Guest
movieOcean Giants
2011
Narrater
tvOcean Giants
2011
Narrator
movieMarch of the Dinosaurs
2011
Narrator (UK)
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010
Cheshire Cat (voice)
movieHouse of Boys
2009
Dr. Marsh
tvLast Chance to See
2009
Self - Presenter
movieFawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieFawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
Self – Narrator (voice)
moviePocoyo & the Space Circus
2008
Narrator (English)
tvStephen Fry in America
2008
Self - Host
movieLast of the Dambusters
2008
Narrator
movieThe Machine That Made Us
2008
Self - Presenter
movieTales of the Riverbank
2008
Owl (voice)
movieSt Trinian's
2007
Stephen Fry
tvStephen Fry: HIV & Me
2007
Self - Presenter
movieEichmann
2007
Minister Tormer
tvKingdom
2007
Peter Kingdom
tvShrink Rap
2007
Self
movieSnow White: The Sequel
2007
The Narrator (voice)
tvLegends
2006
Self (uncredited)
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest
tvThe Story of Light Entertainment
2006
Self - Narrator
movieStormbreaker
2006
Smithers
movieV for Vendetta
2006
Deitrich
movieThe Transporters
2006
Narrator
Dirty Tricks
2005
Owl (voice)
tvBones
2005
Gordon Wyatt
tvExtras
2005
Stephen Fry
movieA Cock and Bull Story
2005
Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
tvNigella
2005
Self
movieMeet Pocoyo!
2005
Narrator
tvPocoyo
2005
Narrator
movieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
John Michael Heaton (voice) / Mr. Cavendish (voice)
movieMirrorMask
2005
Librarian
29 Minutes of Fame
2005
Self - Panelist
movieTom Brown's Schooldays
2005
Dr. Thomas Arnold
moviePocoyo & Friends
2005
Narrator
movieA Bear Named Winnie
2004
Protheroe
movieThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
Maurice Woodruff
movieSupergrass: A Home Movie
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieTooth
2004
Pedro
tvAbsolute Power
2003
Charles Prentiss
movieBright Young Things
2003
Chauffeur
tvQI
2003
Self - Presenter
movieLe Divorce
2003
Piers Janely
tvFortysomething
2003
Derek
tvTop Gear
2002
Self
movieThunderpants
2002
Sir Anthony Silk
movieDoctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
The Minister of Chance
movieJ.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me
2001
Narrator of the Audiobooks
movieGosford Park
2001
Inspector Thompson
tv24
2001
Alastair Davies
movieThe Discovery of Heaven
2001
Onno Quist
movieFour Play
2001
Nigel Steele
Funny Old World
2001
Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 2
2001
Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 3
2001
Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 5
2001
Narrator (voice)
Funny Old World 4
2001
Narrator (voice)
tvBaddiel's Syndrome
2001
The Psychiatrist
movieSabotage!!
2000
Wellington
movieRelative Values
2000
Frederick Crestwell
movieBest
2000
Frazer Crane
tvClick
2000
Self
movieWhatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
Dr. Peter Robinson
tvGormenghast
2000
Professor Bellgrove
movieLongitude
2000
Sir Kenelm Digby
tvLongitude
2000
Sir Kenelm Digby
tvThe Magician's House
1999
Jasper the Owl (voice)
tvWatership Down
1999
Cowslip (voice)
Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over
1999
Self - Panellist
movieGeri
1999
Self
movieA Civil Action
1998
Pinder
tvWho Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1998
Self - Contestant
tvIn the Red
1998
Controller, Radio 2
tvParkinson
1998
Self
movieSpice World
1997
Judge
movieOscar
1997
Self
movieWilde
1997
Oscar Wilde
tvNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Self / Self - Panellist
movieThe Wind in the Willows
1996
The Judge
tvThe Thin Blue Line
1995
Blaster Sump
tvKulturzeit
1995
self
movieThe Steal
1995
Wimborne
movieI.Q.
1994
James Morland
tvRoom 101
1994
Self
movieCamp Christmas
1993
Santa Claus
movieStalag Luft
1993
Wing Commander James Forrester
moviePeter's Friends
1992
Peter Morton
tvJeeves and Wooster
1990
Jeeves
movieOld Flames
1990
Daniel Davenport
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
Anything More Would Be Greedy
1989
Julian Holmes-Coppitt
movieBlackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Lords Melchett / Frondo
movieA Fish Called Wanda
1988
Hutchison
movieBlackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988
King Charles I
tvThe New Statesman
1987
Piers Lonsdale
tvFilthy Rich & Catflap
1987
P'Farty
movieThe Good Father
1985
Creighton
movieHappy Families
1985
Dr. De Quincy
tvHappy Families
1985
Doctor De Quincy
tvScreen Two
1985
Humphrey Taylor / Daniel Davenport
tvNatural World
1983
Narrator
tvThe Crystal Cube
1983
Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
tvBlackadder
1983
Lord Melchett / General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett / The Duke of Wellington
tvAlfresco
1983
Various
tvThe Young Ones
1982
Lord Snot
movieThe Cellar Tapes
1982
various
tvWogan
1982
Self
movieChariots of Fire
1981
Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Touché
Narrator (voice)
This Is Soho
Narrator (voice)
movieRed, White & Royal Wedding
King James III
tvStephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts
Self - Host
Production16
tvJeopardy!
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe Canterville Ghost
2023
Executive Producer
movieMankind
2019
Executive Producer
moviePonyboi
2019
Executive Producer
movieDead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
Executive Producer
movieTickled
2016
Executive Producer
movieNightstand
2015
Executive Producer
movieDoors Open
2012
Executive Producer
movieWalking the Dogs
2012
Executive Producer
movieLet Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
2011
Executive Producer
movieHugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011
Executive Producer
tvKingdom
2007
Executive Producer
movieBright Young Things
2003
Executive Producer
movieThe Liar
Executive Producer
The Eden Express
Executive Producer
Black Samphire
Executive Producer
Writing16
tvFry's Planet Word
2011
Writer
movieThe Magic Flute
2006
Writer, Lyricist, Dialogue
movieBright Young Things
2003
Screenplay
tvThe Crystal Cube
1983
Writer
tvAlfresco
1983
Writer
movieThe Liar
Novel
Creator5
tvFry's Planet Word
2011
Creator
tvWildlife SOS
1996
Creator
tvA Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Creator
tvThe Crystal Cube
1983
Creator
Crew4
movieFirebird
2021
Thanks
tvStephen Fry: Out There
2013
Presenter
movieMe and My Girl
2008
Additional Writing
Directing1
movieBright Young Things
2003
Director