Stephen Fry is an English actor, comedian, author and television presenter. 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 . Fry played the lead in the film Wilde , played Melchett in the Blackadder television series, and was the host of celebrity comedy trivia show QI . He has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and three autobiographies, Moab Is My Washpot , The Fry Chronicles , and More Fool Me: A Memoir .
Year | Title | Notes |
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2003 | Bright Young Things | Nominated – British Independent Film Awards Nominated – Emden International Film Festival |
2006 | The Magic Flute | English translation of the libretto [1] |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1984 | Me and My Girl | Adapted from Lupino Lane's script |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1992 | The Liar | |
1992 | Paperweight | Collection of Articles |
1994 | The Hippopotamus | |
1996 | Making History | Alternate history Won – Sidewise Award for Alternate History |
1997 | Moab Is My Washpot | Autobiography |
2000 | The Stars' Tennis Balls | Revenge: A Novel in the US Fry's take on The Count of Monte Cristo |
2002 | Rescuing the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Diary | |
2004 | Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music | Ghostwritten by Tim Lihoreau |
2005 | The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within | |
2008 | Stephen Fry in America | |
2010 | The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography [2] | Autobiography |
2014 | More Fool Me: A Memoir | |
2017 | Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece | Greek Myths series |
2018 | Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures | |
2020 | Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold | |
2021 | Fry's Ties | |
2024 | Odyssey | Greek Myths series |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1979 | Latin! (or Tobacco and Boys.) | Included in Paperweight Won – Fringe First at the 1980 Edinburgh Festival. |
2007 | Pantomime Cinderella | Performed at the Old Vic at Christmas. [3] |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1990 | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series One |
1991 | A Bit More Fry & Laurie | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series Two |
1992 | 3 Bits of Fry & Laurie | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series Three |
1995 | Fry & Laurie Bit No. 4 | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series Four |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Chariots of Fire | Singer in H.M.S. Pinafore | Uncredited |
1985 | The Good Father | Creighton | |
1988 | A Handful of Dust | Reggie | |
A Fish Called Wanda | Hutchison | ||
1992 | Peter's Friends | Peter Morton | |
1994 | IQ | James Moreland | |
1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mybug | |
The Steal | Wimborne | ||
1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Judge | |
1997 | Wilde | Oscar Wilde | Won – Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama |
Spice World | Judge | ||
Live from the Lighthouse | Host | ||
1998 | The Tichborne Claimant | Hawkins | |
A Civil Action | Pinder | ||
1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Dr. Peter Robinson | |
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | Ambassador / Modern Man | ||
2000 | Best | Frazer Crane | |
Relative Values | Frederick Crestwell | ||
Sabotage | Lord Wellington | ||
2001 | Four Play | Nigel Steele | |
The Discovery of Heaven | Onno | ||
Gosford Park | Inspector Thompson | Won – Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Acting Ensemble Won – Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble Cast Won – Online Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Won – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Acting Ensemble Won – Satellite Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Won – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |
2002 | Thunderpants | Sir Anthony Silk | |
2003 | Bright Young Things | Chauffeur | Also director/writer/executive producer |
Le Divorce | Piers Janely | ||
2004 | Tooth | Pedro | |
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Maurice Woodruff | ||
2005 | MirrorMask | Librarian | |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Narrator/The Guide | Voice only | |
A Cock and Bull Story | Patrick Curator/Parson Yorick | ||
2006 | V for Vendetta | Deitrich | |
Stormbreaker | Smithers | ||
2007 | Eichmann | Minister Tormer | |
St Trinian's | Himself | ||
Snow White: The Sequel | The Narrator | Voice only: English language version | |
2008 | Tales of the Riverbank | Owl | |
2009 | House of Boys | Dr. Marsh | |
2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice only |
Animals United | Socrates | Voice only: English language version | |
2011 | Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins | The Narrator | Voice only |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mycroft Holmes | ||
Summer Night, Winter Moon | Rufus | ||
2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | Oscar Wilde | Voice only |
Clovis Dardentor | Mr. Eustache | ||
2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Master of Lake-town | |
2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | ||
2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Sir Francis Spring | |
2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice only |
Love & Friendship | Mr Johnson | ||
2018 | The Con Is On | Sidney | Direct-to-VOD |
Duck Duck Goose | Frazier | Voice only | |
2019 | Missing Link | Lord Piggot-Dunceby | |
Greed | Himself | ||
2023 | The Inventor | Leonardo da Vinci | Voice only |
Red, White & Royal Blue | King James III | ||
The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville | Voice only | |
2024 | Treasure | Edek | |
TBA | The Enormous Crocodile | The Roly Poly Bird | Voice only |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1999 | Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island | One episode [4] |
2005 | Comedy Connections: A Bit of Fry & Laurie | |
2006 | Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive | Won International Emmy Award for Best Documentary |
Who Do You Think You Are? | One episode | |
2007 | Stephen Fry: HIV and Me | |
Stephen Fry: Guilty | ||
2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | |
Blackadder: The Whole Rotten Saga | ||
Blackadder Rides Again | ||
The Machine That Made Us | Presenter; also known as Stephen Fry & the Gutenberg Press | |
Stephen Fry in America | ||
2009 | Last Chance to See | Follow up to Douglas Adams' 1989 radio series and 1990 book, with Fry replacing Adams as presenter. |
2010 | Stephen Fry on Wagner | Also known as Wagner & Me |
Fry and Laurie Reunited | ||
2011 | Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets | One of the 100 Greatest strand |
Fry's Planet Word | Five-part documentary series exploring language | |
2012 | Gadget Man | Replaced by Richard Ayoade after the first series |
2013 | Stephen Fry: Out There | |
Stephen Fry's Key to the City | ||
2014 | Hidden Kingdoms | Narrator |
2015 | A Life On Screen - Stephen Fry | |
Stephen Fry in Central America | ||
2016 | The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On | |
2017 | 50 Years Legal | Appear |
2017–2019 | EasyJet: Inside the Cockpit | Narrator [5] |
2020 | Stephen Fry's 21st Century Firsts | Presenter [6] |
2022 | Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History | Presenter [7] |
A Year On Planet Earth | Presenter [8] | |
2023 | Dinosaur with Stephen Fry | Presenter [9] |
Stephen Fry: Willem & Frieda - Defying the Nazis | Presenter [10] | |
2024 | Stephen Fry into Ukraine | [11] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | University Challenge | Contestant | |
1982 | There's Nothing to Worry About! | Various | |
Cambridge Footlights Revue | Various Characters | Also writer TV movie | |
1983 | The Crystal Cube | Dr. Adrian Cowlacey/Various Roles | |
1983–1984 | Alfresco | Various | |
1984 | The Young Ones | Lord Snot | |
1985 | Happy Families | Doctor De Quincy | |
1986–1999 | The Blackadder series:
| Various members of the Melchett family throughout history, though he plays Arthur Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington) in Blackadder the Third and a couple scenes in Blackadder: Back & Forth. | |
1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap | P'Farty | |
The Laughing Prisoner | No. 2 | Also writer TV movie | |
1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996 | A Bit of Fry and Laurie | Himself, Various Roles | 4 seasons |
1988, 1997 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Himself | |
1988 | This Is David Lander | David Lander | |
1989 | The New Statesman | Piers Lonsdale | |
1990–1993 | Jeeves and Wooster | Jeeves | 23 episodes |
1992 | The Common Pursuit | Humphrey Taylor | |
1993 | Stalag Luft | Wing Commander James Forrester | TV movie |
1995 | The Thin Blue Line | Brigadier Blaster Sump | Episode 6, Series 1, Kids Today |
Laughter and Loathing | Juvenal | TV movie | |
1997 | They Think It's All Over | Himself (guest panellist) | |
1998 | In the Red | Controller, Radio 2 | |
1999–2000 | Watership Down | Cowslip (voice) | Series 1 and 2 only |
2000 | Gormenghast | Professor Bellgrove | Episodes 3 and 4 |
2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dalí | André Breton | TV movie |
2003–2016 | QI | Host | Fry was replaced by Sandi Toksvig |
2003, 2005 | Absolute Power | Charles Prentiss | |
2004 | A Bear Named Winnie | Protheroe the Zookeeper | TV movie |
2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Dr. Thomas Arnold | TV movie |
2005–2007 | Pocoyo | Narrator | Animated children's programme Series 1 and 2 only |
2006 | Extras | Himself | Episode: "Chris Martin" |
2007 | Shrink Rap | Quasi-therapeutic interview conducted by Pamela Stephenson | |
2007–2009 | Kingdom | Peter Kingdom | 18 episodes |
2007–2017 | Bones | Dr. Gordon Gordon Wyatt | 6 episodes |
2010 | Little Crackers | Headmaster | 10 minute short film |
2011 | Derren Brown: The Experiments | Himself | Episode 1: "The Assassin" |
March of the Dinosaurs | Narrator | ||
2012–2015 | Peter Rabbit | Mr. Tolly (voice) | |
2012 | Doors Open | Professor Gissing | TV movie Also executive producer |
2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Prime Minister Alastair Davies | 8 episodes |
2014, 2019 | American Dad! | Mr Cavendish / John Michael Heaton (voice) | 2 episodes |
2014–2018 | Lily's Driftwood Bay | Lord Stag (voice) | |
2015–2019 | Danger Mouse | Colonel K (voice) | |
2016–2017 | The Great Indoors | Roland | 13 episodes |
2016 | Yonderland | Cuddly Dick | |
2017 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Uncle Duke (voice) | Episode: "P-Bro/First Canine Police Force" |
Veep | Nikolai Genidze | Episode: "Georgia" | |
Neo Yokio | Principal (voice) | ||
2018 | Apple & Onion | Onion's Dad (voice) | 2 episodes |
2019 | Mickey and the Roadster Racers | Dr Waddleton Crutchley (voice) | Episode: "Shennanygan" |
The Big Narstie Show | Guest | Season 2, Episode 7 | |
2020 | Doctor Who | C | Episode: "Spyfall" |
Sex Education | Quiz Host/Himself | Cameo appearance | |
It's Pony | Marcello Marvello (voice) | Episode: "Delivery Pony/Magic Annie" | |
The Big Night In | Lord Melchett | Part of Children in Need and Comic Relief 's special, appearing alongside Prince William on a video call. | |
2021 | It's a Sin | Arthur Garrison | 2 episodes |
The Simpsons | Terrance, Head of MI5 / Terrance's Father / Hazel (voice) | Episode: "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." | |
2022–2024 | Heartstopper | Headmaster Barnes (voice) | 5 episodes |
2022 | The Dropout | Ian Gibbons | 4 episodes |
2022–2025 | The Sandman | Fiddler's Green / Gilbert | 6 episodes |
2023 | The Morning Show | Leonard Cromwell | Season 3 |
Everything Now | Dr Nell | Season 1 | |
Stephen Fry's Alternative Christmas Message | Himself / Presenter | [12] | |
2024 | Jeopardy! | Host | British, and later Australian, versions [13] |
2025 | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Supervisor (voice) | 2 episodes |
Harley Quinn | Brainiac (voice) | 8 episodes [14] | |
The Celebrity Traitors | Himself | Contestant; series 1 [15] | |
Too Much | Simon Remen | 2 episodes |
Year | Play | Notes |
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1988 | The Common Pursuit | Humphrey Taylor |
1995 | Cell Mates | George Blake |
2012 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio |
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