Stephen Fry

68 years old Hampstead, London, England, UK

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.

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 A Friend of Dorothy (2025) Dickie 7
2 Finding Father Christmas (2025) Self -
3 Black Samphire (2024) Mari's Boss 6
4 Bottom: Exposed (2024) Narrator (voice) -
5 Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) King James III 8.6
6 The Inventor (2023) Leonardo da Vinci (voice) -
7 Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023) Self - Contributor -
8 Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis (2023) - -
9 The Canterville Ghost (2023) Sir Simon de Canterville (voice) -
10 Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History (2022) Self - Narrator 6
11 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022) Self -
12 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022) Chapter Passages Narrator (voice) 7.6
13 David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022) Self 7
14 Dancing with the Birds (2019) Narrator 6.2
15 Greed (2019) Self 5.2
16 Missing Link (2019) Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice) 7.2
17 M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (2018) M. C. Escher (voice) -
18 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018) Self -
19 Duck Duck Goose (2018) Frazier (voice) 6.3
20 The Con Is On (2018) Sidney 6.5
21 The Hippopotamus (2017) Director / Writer 5
22 Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) Cheshire Cat (voice) 6.6
23 The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) Sir Francis Spring 7.4
24 Love & Friendship (2016) Mr. Johnson 6.6
25 Rocky Horror Show Live (2015) Narrator -
26 Do I Sound Gay? (2015) Self 6
27 The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill (2014) Self -
28 That Sugar Film (2014) The Sugar Family Sketch 6
29 Tiny Giants 3D (2014) Narrator -
30 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Oscars 2015 		Master of Laketown 7.4
31 The Look of Love (2013) Barrister 6
32 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		The Master of Laketown 7.9
33 A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) Oscar Wilde (voice) -
34 The Borrowers (2011) Professor Mildeye 7.2
35 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Mycroft Holmes 7.7
36 Holy Flying Circus (2011) God 6
37 Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Oscars 2011 		Cheshire Cat (voice) 6.4
38 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009) Self – Narrator (voice) -
39 Last Chance to See (2009) Self -
40 House of Boys (2009) Dr. Marsh 7
41 Tales of the Riverbank (2008) Owl (voice) 4.5
42 Snow White: The Sequel (2007) The Narrator (voice) 2
43 St Trinian's (2007) Stephen Fry 6.1
44 Stormbreaker (2006) Smithers 5
45 V for Vendetta (2006)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Deitrich 8.2
46 A Cock and Bull Story (2005) Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick 3.7
47 MirrorMask (2005) Librarian 6.5
48 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Narrator / The Guide (voice) 7.4
49 A Bear Named Winnie (2004) Protheroe -
50 Tooth (2004) Pedro 1
51 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) Maurice Woodruff 7
52 Bright Young Things (2003) Director / Writer -
53 Le Divorce (2003) Piers Janely 6
54 Thunderpants (2002) Sir Anthony Silk 3
55 Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002) Andre Breton -
56 Gosford Park (2001)
Oscars 2003 		Inspector Thompson 7
57 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000) Dr. Peter Robinson -
58 Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) Melchett 8
59 A Civil Action (1998)
Oscars 1999 		Pinder 5.5
60 Spice World (1997) Judge 5.5
61 Wilde (1997) Oscar Wilde 5.5
62 The Wind in the Willows (1996) The Judge 9
63 Cold Comfort Farm (1995) Mybug 6
64 I.Q. (1994) James Moreland 7
65 Stalag Luft (1993) Wing Commander James Forrester 7
66 Peter's Friends (1992) Peter Morton 6
67 A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Hutchison 7.3
68 Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) Lords Melchett / Frondo 8
69 Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) King Charles I 8
70 Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986) - -
71 Chariots of Fire (1981) Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited) 6.5