Stephen Fry

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Aug 24, 1957 (68)
Birthplace	Hampstead, London, England, UK
Popularity	0.7 (history)
Updated	Sep 22, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
Links	TMDb IMDb

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 incl ... uded 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

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Headshots

Filmography

This is the Night Mail

2024

as Pruitt (voice)

Treasure

2024

as Edek

Bottom: Exposed

2024

as Narrator (voice)

Mind Games - The Experiment

2023

as Narrator

The Canterville Ghost

2023

as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)

The Inventor

2023

as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)

Red, White & Royal Blue

2023

as King James III

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

2022

as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)

It's Always Something

2021

as Narrator

The Picture of Dorian Gray

2021

as The Interviewer

Night of the Living Dread

2021

as Meditation Guru (voice)

Almost Human

2019

as Narrator

Dancing with the Birds

2019

as Narrator

Missing Link

2019

as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)

Tomorrow

2019

as Chris

Duck Duck Goose

2018

as Frazier (voice)

The Con Is On

2018

as Sidney

Pocoyo's Halloween

2016

as Narrator

The Man Who Knew Infinity

2016

as Sir Francis Spring

Love & Friendship

2016

as Mr. Johnson

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

as Cheshire Cat (voice)

Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review

2015

as Narrator

Rocky Horror Show Live

2015

as Narrator

Marked

2014

as Father Christmas

Tiny Giants 3D

2014

as Narrator

Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk

2014

as Narrator

That Sugar Film

2014

as The Sugar Family Sketch

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

as Master of Laketown

Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was

2013

as Narrator

Super Clyde

2013

as Randolph

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

as The Master of Laketown

The Look of Love

2013

as Barrister

Cicada Princess

2012

as Narrator (voice)

Doors Open

2012

as Professor Robert Gissing

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

2012

as Oscar Wilde (voice)

Twelfth Night

2012

as Malvolio

Ocean Giants

2011

as Narrater

Holy Flying Circus

2011

as God

March of the Dinosaurs

2011

as Narrator (UK)

The Borrowers

2011

as Professor Mildeye

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011

as Mycroft Holmes

Lost Connection

2010

as Dad

Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House

2010

as Stephen Fry

Alice in Wonderland

2010

as Cheshire Cat (voice)

House of Boys

2009

as Dr. Marsh

Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest

2008

as Narrator

Tales of the Riverbank

2008

as Owl (voice)

Eichmann

2007

as Minister Tormer

St. Trinian's

2007

as Stephen Fry

V for Vendetta

2006

as Deitrich

Stormbreaker

2006

as Smithers

Tom Brown's Schooldays

2005

as Dr. Thomas Arnold

MirrorMask

2005

as Librarian

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

as Narrator / The Guide (voice)

A Cock and Bull Story

2005

as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick

A Bear Named Winnie

2004

as Protheroe

Tooth

2004

as Pedro

The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope

2004

as Narrator

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

as Maurice Woodruff

Le Divorce

2003

as Piers Janely

Bright Young Things

2003

as Chauffeur

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

2002

as Andre Breton

Thunderpants

2002

as Sir Anthony Silk

The Discovery of Heaven

2001

as Onno Quist

Four Play

2001

as Nigel Steele

Gosford Park

2001

as Inspector Thompson

Sabotage!!

2000

as Wellington

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

2000

as Dr. Peter Robinson

Relative Values

2000

as Frederick Crestwell

Longitude

2000

as Sir Kenelm Digby

Blackadder: Back & Forth

1999

as Melchett

The Tichborne Claimant

1998

as Hawkins

A Civil Action

1998

as Pinder

Wilde

1997

as Oscar Wilde

Spice World

1997

as Judge

The Wind in the Willows

1996

as The Judge

Cold Comfort Farm

1995

as Mybug

The Steal

1995

as Wimborne

I.Q.

1994

as James Moreland

Stalag Luft

1993

as Wing Commander James Forrester

Peter's Friends

1992

as Peter Morton

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

1988

as King Charles I

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

as Lords Melchett / Frondo

A Fish Called Wanda

1988

as Hutchison

A Handful of Dust

1988

as Reggie

The Laughing Prisoner

1987

as No. 2

The Good Father

1985

as Creighton

The Cellar Tapes

1982

as various

Chariots of Fire

1981

as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)

Firebird

2021

Thanks

The Hippopotamus

2017

Novel

The Magic Flute

2006

Dialogue, Lyricist, Writer

Bright Young Things

2003

Screenplay

Lucky Break

2001

Book

Sense and Sensibility

1995

Thanks

The Laughing Prisoner

1987

Writer

The Cellar Tapes

1982

Writer

Bright Young Things

2003

Director

The Canterville Ghost

2023

Executive Producer

Mankind

2019

Executive Producer

Ponyboi

2019

Executive Producer

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

2018

Executive Producer

Tickled

2016

Executive Producer

Nightstand

2015

Executive Producer

Doors Open

2012

Executive Producer

Walking the Dogs

2012

Executive Producer

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues

2011

Executive Producer

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River

2011

Executive Producer

Bright Young Things

2003

Executive Producer

Organization	Category	Movie

Pocoyo

as Narrator

Episodes: 212

First Aired: May 10, 2005

Lily's Driftwood Bay

as Lord Stag (voice)

Episodes: 100

First Aired: May 05, 2014

Danger Mouse

as Colonel K (voice)

Episodes: 100

First Aired: Sep 28, 2015

Watership Down

as Cowslip

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Sep 28, 1999

Jeeves and Wooster

as Jeeves

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Apr 22, 1990

The Great Indoors

as Roland

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Oct 27, 2016

Kingdom

as Peter Kingdom

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Apr 22, 2007

Alfresco

as Various

Episodes: 13

First Aired: May 01, 1983

Baddiel's Syndrome

as The Psychiatrist

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 14, 2001

Absolute Power

as Charles Prentiss

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Nov 10, 2003

The Magician's House

as Jasper the Owl (voice)

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Oct 31, 1999

as Alastair Davies

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Nov 06, 2001

Yonderland

as Cuddly Dick

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Nov 10, 2013

Everything Now

as Dr Nell

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 05, 2023

Happy Families

as Doctor De Quincy

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 17, 1985

Blackadder

as Lord Melchett

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 15, 1983

Blackadder

as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 15, 1983

Bones

as Dr. Gordon Wyatt

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 13, 2005

The Morning Show

as Leonard Cromwell

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 01, 2019

Heartstopper

as Headmaster Barnes (voice)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Apr 22, 2022

The Dropout

as Ian Gibbons

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 03, 2022

Natural World

as Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 30, 1983

There's Nothing to Worry About!

as Various

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 06, 1982

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

as Skulkingworm

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 20, 2012

Ocean Giants

as Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 14, 2011

Hidden Kingdoms

as Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 16, 2014

In the Red

as Controller, Radio 2

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 26, 1998

The Sandman

as Gilbert

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 05, 2022

Apple & Onion

as Onion's Dad (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 23, 2018

It's a Sin

as Arthur Garrison

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 2021

London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 24, 2020

Longitude

as Sir Kenhelm Digby

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 2000

Doctor Who

as C

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

as Supervisor (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 02, 2024

The Thin Blue Line

as Blaster Sump

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 13, 1995

The Simpsons

as Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

American Dad!

as John Michael Heaton (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 2005

Extras

as Stephen Fry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 21, 2005

Fortysomething

as Derek

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 29, 2003

Wagner and Me

as Star

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 05, 2010

The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show

as Uncle Duke (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 2015

The New Statesman

as Piers Lonsdale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1987

The Young Ones

as Lord Snot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1982

Blackadder

as The Duke of Wellington

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 15, 1983

Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over

as Themselves - Panellist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 1999

Apple & Onion

as William Steakspeare (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 23, 2018

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Winston Churchill (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 27, 2014

Veep

as Nikolai Genidze

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 22, 2012

American Dad!

as Mr. Cavendish (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 2005

Sex Education

as NSQC Quizmaster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 2019

Screen Two

as Humphrey Taylor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1985

Filthy Rich & Catflap

as P'Farty

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1987

Blackadder

as Lords Melchett / Frondo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 15, 1983

The Crystal Cube

as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 07, 1983

Dirty Tricks

as Owl (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 2005

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 200

First Aired: Sep 11, 2003

Saturday Live

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Jan 25, 1986

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Jan 13, 1989

Jeopardy!

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jan 01, 2024

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Apr 01, 1976

This Is David Lander

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Oct 31, 1988

The BAFTA Awards

as Host

Episodes: 12

First Aired: May 29, 1949

Too Much

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 10, 2025

The Story of Light Entertainment

as Self - Narrator

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 22, 2006

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Countdown

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 02, 1982

Stephen Fry in America

as Self - Host

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 12, 2008

Last Chance to See

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 06, 2009

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 19, 2011

Anything More Would Be Greedy

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 26, 1989

The Borrowers

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 08, 1992

Gadget Man

as Presenter

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 19, 2012

Jeopardy! Australia

as Host

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 20, 2024

A Year on Planet Earth

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Dec 22, 2022

Happy Families

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Aug 17, 1989

Fry's Planet Word

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 25, 2011

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 23, 1988

Parkinson

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 09, 1998

Gormenghast

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 17, 2000

Stephen Fry in Central America

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 27, 2015

Dinosaur with Stephen Fry

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 12, 2023

Wogan

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 04, 1982

Top Gear

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 20, 2002

Shooting Stars

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 27, 1993

Comic Relief

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 05, 1988

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 19, 2006

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 03, 2005

An Audience with...

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

Just a Minute

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 26, 2012

Stephen Fry: Out There

as Himself

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 14, 2013

Stephen Fry: HIV & Me

as Himself - Presenter

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 02, 2007

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 2000

This Morning

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1988

The One Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 14, 2006

Room 101

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 04, 1994

The Dangerous Brothers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1986

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 12, 2004

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 25, 1986

So Graham Norton

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 03, 1998

Saturday Night Clive

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 1989

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2011

Missing

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 2005

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 22, 2009

The Secret Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 2006

Nigella

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 04, 2005

Chance in a Million

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1984

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 16, 2014

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

as Self – writer and comedian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 2022

Have I Got News for You

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1990

Rita Rudner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1990

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 12, 1996

The Dinosaur Hour

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 2023

University Challenge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1962

A Life on Screen

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 2014

Country Tracks

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 19, 2009

Shrink Rap

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 2007

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self - Panellist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 12, 1996

In Conversation with Alan Yentob

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 2022

Legends

as Self (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 17, 2006

The Big Narstie Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 29, 2018

Stuff the British Stole

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 2022

Britain's Great Gay Buildings

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 2017

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

as Self – Writer and comedian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 2022

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 03, 2014

Kulturzeit

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1995

Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

Click

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 06, 2000

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

29 Minutes of Fame

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 21, 2005

The Last Leg

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 2013

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

as Self - Contestant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 1998

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History

Year	Month	Avg	Max	Min
2024	5	17	19	15
2024	6	18	26	12
2024	7	25	37	9
2024	8	21	35	9
2024	9	16	32	8
2024	10	15	27	8
2024	11	12	21	7
2024	12	15	25	10
2025	1	24	39	11
2025	2	14	27	3
2025	3	7	25	1
2025	4	1	1	1
2025	5	3	4	1
2025	6	2	4	1
2025	7	1	2	1
2025	8	3	11	1
2025	9	1	1	0

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2024	6	410	103
2025	1	607	222
2025	2	754	562
2025	8	557	508
2025	9	495	274

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