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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 …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Stephen Fry's Filmography
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Hexed
as Elias Quire (voice)
Frank and Percy
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
as Self
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
as Narrator (voice)
Touché
as Narrator (voice)
The Three Urns
as Bookseller
Joke
The Twelfth Night Reunion
as Self - Performer
Finding Father Christmas
as Self
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
Christmas Karma
as Radio Presenter (Voice)
Recall Me Maybe
as Kevin
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
as Self
The Castle, Rebuilding History
as Narrator
A Friend of Dorothy
as Dickie
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
as Narrator (voice)
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms
as C (archive footage)
About a Hero
Black Samphire
as Mari's Boss
This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers)
as Self
We Are Home
as Self - narrator (voice)
Treasure
as Edek
We Work for the Dead
as Pruitt (voice)
Bottom: Exposed
as Narrator (voice)
U.Me: The Musical
as Narrator
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
The Inventor
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
Red, White & Royal Blue
as King James III
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
The Big Fat Quiz of Sport
as Self
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
as John Craxton (Voice)
Mind Games - The Experiment
as Narrator
Mr Bear's Christmas
as Narrator
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
as Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
as Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
as Self - Narrator
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
Hating Peter Tatchell
as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
It's Always Something
as Narrator
Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films
as Narrator
Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne
as Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
Night of the Living Dread
as Meditation Guru (voice)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as The Interviewer
Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean
as Narrator
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
as Self
Fear of Dancing
as Self - Actor & Writer
What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?
as Self
The Big Night In
as Lord Melchett
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
as Self
Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive
as Self
Dancing with the Birds
as Narrator
Tomorrow
as Chris
Greed
as Self
Missing Link
as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
Almost Human
as Narrator
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Self
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self
The Con Is On
as Sidney
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
as M. C. Escher (voice)
Pocoyo's Easter Picnic
Duck Duck Goose
as Frazier (voice)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
Queer as Art
as Self
50 Years Legal
as Self
Battle of Soho
as Self
Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
as Self
Wild Africa / Tiny Giants
as Narrator (Tiny Giants)
Santa Forgot
as Narrator
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
as Self
Love & Friendship
as Mr. Johnson
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
Pocoyo's Halloween
as Narrator
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Sir Francis Spring
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
as Self
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
as Self
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
as Self
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review
as Narrator
Do I Sound Gay?
as Self
No Poster
Marked
as Father Christmas
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Master of Laketown
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me
as Self
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
as Self
That Sugar Film
as The Sugar Family Sketch
Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
Tiny Giants 3D
as Narrator
No Poster
A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell
as Self - Darts Fan
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
as Narrator
Le peuple miniature
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical
Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as The Master of Laketown
No Poster
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
as Narrator
Super Clyde
as Randolph
No Poster
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
The Look of Love
as Barrister
No Poster
The Lonely Dodo
as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
Frost on Sketch Shows
as Self
Stephen Fry's Key to the City
as Self - Presenter
Doors Open
as Professor Robert Gissing
No Poster
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Cicada Princess
as Narrator (voice)
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
as Oscar Wilde (voice)
Wagner & Me
as Self
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
as Self
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Self
The Borrowers
as Professor Mildeye
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Mycroft Holmes
Holy Flying Circus
as God
Making Qi
as Self
Wogan on Wodehouse
as Self
Ocean Giants
as Narrater
Botham: The Legend of '81
as Self
March of the Dinosaurs
as Narrator (UK)
Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins
as The Narrator
Lost Connection
as Dad
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self
No Poster
The Great American Oil Spill
as Self
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House
as Stephen Fry
Alice in Wonderland
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
as Self
House of Boys
as Dr. Marsh
Last Chance to See
as Self
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self – Narrator (voice)
Blackadder Rides Again
as Self
Pocoyo & the Space Circus
as Narrator (English)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
No Poster
Happy Birthday to GNU
as Self
Last of the Dambusters
as Narrator
No Poster
Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo
as Narrator
Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest
as Narrator
The Machine That Made Us
as Self - Presenter
Tales of the Riverbank
as Owl (voice)
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
as Self
St Trinian's
as Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
as Self
Eichmann
as Minister Tormer
Stephen Fry: Guilty
as Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
as Self
Snow White: The Sequel
as The Narrator (voice)
Stormbreaker
as Smithers
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
as Self
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
as Deitrich
V for Vendetta
as Deitrich
The Transporters
as Narrator
Ashes Fever
as Self
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
A Cock and Bull Story
as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
Meet Pocoyo!
as Narrator
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
No Poster
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
MirrorMask
as Librarian
Tom Brown's Schooldays
as Dr. Thomas Arnold
Pocoyo & Friends
as Narrator
A Bear Named Winnie
as Protheroe
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Maurice Woodruff
Supergrass: A Home Movie
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope
as Narrator
Tooth
as Pedro
Bright Young Things
as Chauffeur
The Biggest Nose in Borneo
as Narrator
Le Divorce
as Piers Janely
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
as Self
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
Thunderpants
as Sir Anthony Silk
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Minister of Chance
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
as Andre Breton
Paddington Bear: The Early Years
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me
as Narrator of the Audiobooks
Gosford Park
as Inspector Thompson
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
as Self
The Discovery of Heaven
as Onno Quist
Four Play
as Nigel Steele
No Poster
Funny Old World 2
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Funny Old World 4
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Funny Old World 3
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
In Search of the Prisoner
as Self
No Poster
Funny Old World
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Funny Old World 5
as Narrator (voice)
Sabotage!!
as Wellington
Relative Values
as Frederick Crestwell
Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
as Self
Best
as Frazer Crane
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Dr. Peter Robinson
Longitude
as Sir Kenelm Digby
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'
as Self
The Tichborne Claimant
as Hawkins
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Melchett
Geri
as Self
No Poster
A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest
No Poster
Stanley Baxter in Person
as Self
A Civil Action
as Pinder
Spice World
as Judge
Simply Wilde
as Self
Oscar
as Self
An Audience with Elton John
as Self
Wilde
as Oscar Wilde
The Wind in the Willows
as The Judge
The Steal
as Wimborne
Cold Comfort Farm
as Mybug
I.Q.
as James Morland
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
Camp Christmas
as Santa Claus
Stalag Luft
as Wing Commander James Forrester
Common Pursuit
Peter's Friends
as Peter Morton
Old Flames
as Daniel Davenport
Employees From Hell
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
Colleagues From Hell
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Lords Melchett / Frondo
A Fish Called Wanda
as Hutchison
A Handful of Dust
as Reggie
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
Kung-Fu Master!
as himself (footage)
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
as King Charles I
The Laughing Prisoner
as No. 2
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as Self
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
The Good Father
as Creighton
The Cellar Tapes
as various
Chariots of Fire
as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
Red, White & Royal Wedding
as King James III
No Poster
Black Samphire
No Poster
This Is Soho
as Narrator (voice)
Now & Then
as TG