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 rol
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.
Born
Aug 24, 1957
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
242 acting
28 crew
Popularity
2.2
Known For
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Master of Laketown
V for Vendetta
2006
as Deitrich
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as The Master of Laketown
Red, White & Royal Blue
2023
as King James III
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
as Mycroft Holmes
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
Missing Link
2019
as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
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