
Stephen Fry
Acting
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.
TV Shows(132)

100 Questions with Tom Simons
Self
2026

China's Wild Secrets
Narrated
2025

The Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant
2025

Too Much
Simon Remen
2025

The Assembly
Self
2025

Lubach
Self
2025

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Supervisor (voice)
2024

Jeopardy! Australia
Host
2024

Jeopardy!
Self - Presenter
2024

The Dinosaur Hour
Self
2023

Everything Now
Dr Nell
2023

Dinosaur with Stephen Fry
2023

A Year on Planet Earth
Self - Presenter
2022

Stuff the British Stole
Self
2022

In Conversation with Alan Yentob
Self
2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – writer and comedian
2022

The Sandman
Gilbert
2022

Heartstopper
Headmaster Barnes (voice)
2022

The Dropout
Ian Gibbons
2022

It's a Sin
Arthur Garrison
2021

London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year
Narrator (voice)
2020

Harley Quinn
Brainiac (voice)
2019

The Morning Show
Leonard Cromwell
2019

Sex Education
NSQC Quizmaster
2019

The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018

Apple & Onion
William Steakspeare (voice)
2018

Britain's Great Gay Buildings
2017

The Great Indoors
Roland
2016

The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Uncle Duke (voice)
2015

Danger Mouse
Colonel K (voice)
2015

Stephen Fry in Central America
Self - Presenter
2015

A Life on Screen
Self
2014

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self
2014

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014

Lily's Driftwood Bay
Lord Stag (voice)
2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Winston Churchill (voice)
2014

Hidden Kingdoms
Narrator
2014

Yonderland
Cuddly Dick
2013

Stephen Fry: Out There
Self
2013

Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Self
2013

The Last Leg
Self
2013

Gadget Man
Presenter
2012

Veep
Nikolai Genidze
2012

Playhouse Presents
The European
2012

Just a Minute
Self
2012

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Skulkingworm
2012

The Story of Musicals
Self
2012

Fry's Planet Word
2011

The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011

Ocean Giants
Narrator
2011

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
Self
2011

Wagner and Me
Star
2010

The Bible: A History
2010
In Confidence
2010

Last Chance to See
Self - Presenter
2009

Country Tracks
Self
2009

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self
2009

Stephen Fry in America
Self - Host
2008

Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
Self - Presenter
2007

Kingdom
Peter Kingdom
2007

Shrink Rap
Self
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

Legends
Self (uncredited)
2006

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
2006

The Secret Show
2006

The One Show
Self - Guest
2006

The Story of Light Entertainment
Self - Narrator
2006
Dirty Tricks
Owl (voice)
2005

Bones
Gordon Wyatt
2005

Extras
Stephen Fry
2005

Nigella
Self
2005

Pocoyo
Narrator
2005

Doctor Who
C
2005

American Dad!
John Michael Heaton (voice)
2005
Missing
2005
29 Minutes of Fame
Self - Panelist
2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005

Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004

Absolute Power
Charles Prentiss
2003

QI
Self - Presenter
2003

Fortysomething
Derek
2003

Top Gear
Self
2002

24
Alastair Davies
2001

Baddiel's Syndrome
The Psychiatrist
2001

Click
Self
2000

Gormenghast
Professor Bellgrove
2000

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

Longitude
Sir Kenelm Digby
2000

The Magician's House
Jasper the Owl (voice)
1999

Watership Down
Cowslip (voice)
1999
Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over
Self - Panellist
1999

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Self - Contestant
1998

So Graham Norton
Self
1998

In the Red
Controller, Radio 2
1998

Parkinson
Self
1998

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996

The Thin Blue Line
Blaster Sump
1995

Kulturzeit
self
1995

Room 101
Self
1994

The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
Self
1994

Shooting Stars
Self
1993

Have I Got News for You
Self
1990

Rita Rudner
1990

Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves
1990

The Simpsons
Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice)
1989
Anything More Would Be Greedy
1989
Saturday Night Clive
1989

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
This Is David Lander
1988

This Morning
Self
1988

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
1988
Comic Relief
1988

The New Statesman
Piers Lonsdale
1987

Filthy Rich & Catflap
P'Farty
1987

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986

Saturday Live
1986

The Dangerous Brothers
1986

Happy Families
Doctor De Quincy
1985

Screen Two
Humphrey Taylor
1985

Natural World
Narrator
1983

The Crystal Cube
Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles
1983

Blackadder
Lord Melchett
1983

Alfresco
Various
1983

The Young Ones
Lord Snot
1982

Countdown
1982

There's Nothing to Worry About!
Various
1982

Wogan
Self
1982

An Audience with...
Self
1978

The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976

The BAFTA Awards
Host
1949

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944

Stephen Fry’s 21st Century Firsts
Self - Host
Movies(235)

The Three Urns
Bookseller
2026

Joke
2026

Finding Father Christmas
Self
2025

This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
2025

Christmas Karma
Radio Presenter (Voice)
2025

Recall Me Maybe
Kevin
2025

The Castle, Rebuilding History
Narrator
2025

A Friend of Dorothy
Dickie
2025

Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Narrator (voice)
2025

Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Self
2025

Doctor Who at the Proms
C (archive footage)
2024

About a Hero
2024

Black Samphire
Mari's Boss
2024

This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers)
Self
2024

We Are Home
Self - narrator (voice)
2024

The Big Fat Quiz of Telly
Self
2024

Treasure
Edek
2024

We Work for the Dead
Pruitt (voice)
2024

Bottom: Exposed
Narrator (voice)
2024

U.Me: The Musical
Narrator
2024

The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
2023

The Inventor
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2023

Red, White & Royal Blue
King James III
2023

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
2023

The Big Fat Quiz of Sport
Self
2023

Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
2023

John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
John Craxton (Voice)
2023

Mind Games - The Experiment
Narrator
2023

Mr Bear's Christmas
Narrator
2022

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
2022

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Self
2022

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self
2022

The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
2022

George Michael: Portrait of an Artist
Self
2022

Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History
Self - Narrator
2022

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Chapter Passages Narrator (voice)
2022

Hating Peter Tatchell
Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer)
2021

It's Always Something
Narrator
2021

Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films
Narrator
2021

Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne
Self / Sir Fopling Flutter
2021

Night of the Living Dread
Meditation Guru (voice)
2021

The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Interviewer
2021

Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean
Narrator
2021

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
2020

Fear of Dancing
Self - Actor & Writer
2020

What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?
Self
2020

The Big Night In
Lord Melchett
2020

Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
Self
2020

Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive
Self
2019

Dancing with the Birds
Narrator
2019

Tomorrow
Chris
2019

Greed
Self
2019

Missing Link
Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
2019

Almost Human
Narrator
2019

Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self
2019

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self
2018

The Con Is On
Sidney
2018

M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
M. C. Escher (voice)
2018

Pocoyo's Easter Picnic
2018

Duck Duck Goose
Frazier (voice)
2018

And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017

All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction
2017

Queer as Art
Self
2017

50 Years Legal
Self
2017

Battle of Soho
Self
2017

Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song
Self
2017

Wild Africa / Tiny Giants
Narrator (Tiny Giants)
2016

Santa Forgot
Narrator
2016

The Killing$ of Tony Blair
Self
2016

Love & Friendship
Mr. Johnson
2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Cheshire Cat (voice)
2016

Pocoyo's Halloween
Narrator
2016

The Man Who Knew Infinity
Sir Francis Spring
2016

A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Self
2016

The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On
Self
2016

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Self
2015

Rocky Horror Show Live
Narrator
2015

Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review
Narrator
2015

Do I Sound Gay?
Self
2015
Marked
Father Christmas
2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Master of Laketown
2014

Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me
Self
2014

The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Self
2014

That Sugar Film
The Sugar Family Sketch
2014

Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
2014

Tiny Giants 3D
Narrator
2014
A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell
Self - Darts Fan
2014

Le peuple miniature
2014

Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
Narrator
2014

Our Gay Wedding: The Musical
2014

Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Master of Laketown
2013
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
Narrator
2013

Super Clyde
Randolph
2013
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013

The Look of Love
Barrister
2013
The Lonely Dodo
Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog
2013

Frost on Sketch Shows
Self
2013

Stephen Fry's Key to the City
Self - Presenter
2013

Doors Open
Professor Robert Gissing
2012
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
Self (archive footage)
2012
Cicada Princess
Narrator (voice)
2012

Wagner & Me
Self
2012

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Oscar Wilde (voice)
2012

Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012

Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
Self
2012

Twelfth Night
Malvolio
2012

Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Self
2012

The Borrowers
Professor Mildeye
2011

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Mycroft Holmes
2011

Holy Flying Circus
God
2011

Making Qi
Self
2011

Wogan on Wodehouse
Self
2011

Ocean Giants
Narrater
2011

Botham: The Legend of '81
Self
2011

March of the Dinosaurs
Narrator (UK)
2011

Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins
The Narrator
2011

Lost Connection
Dad
2010

Fry and Laurie Reunited
Self
2010
The Great American Oil Spill
Self
2010

Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House
Stephen Fry
2010

Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat (voice)
2010

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Self
2009

House of Boys
Dr. Marsh
2009

Last Chance to See
Self
2009

Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self – Narrator (voice)
2009

Blackadder Rides Again
Self
2008

Pocoyo & the Space Circus
Narrator (English)
2008

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
2008

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
2008
Happy Birthday to GNU
Self
2008

Last of the Dambusters
Narrator
2008
Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo
Narrator
2008

Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest
Narrator
2008

The Machine That Made Us
Self - Presenter
2008

Tales of the Riverbank
Owl (voice)
2008

St Trinian's
Stephen Fry
2007

Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
Self
2007

Eichmann
Minister Tormer
2007

Stephen Fry: Guilty
Self
2007

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
2007

Snow White: The Sequel
The Narrator (voice)
2007

Stormbreaker
Smithers
2006

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Self
2006

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2006

'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
Deitrich
2006

V for Vendetta
Deitrich
2006

The Transporters
Narrator
2006

Ashes Fever
Self
2005

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'
Self
2005

A Cock and Bull Story
Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
2005

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
2005

Meet Pocoyo!
Narrator
2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Narrator / The Guide (voice)
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005

MirrorMask
Librarian
2005

Tom Brown's Schooldays
Dr. Thomas Arnold
2005

Pocoyo & Friends
Narrator
2005

A Bear Named Winnie
Protheroe
2004

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
2004

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Maurice Woodruff
2004

Supergrass: A Home Movie
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope
Narrator
2004

Tooth
Pedro
2004

Bright Young Things
Chauffeur
2003

The Biggest Nose in Borneo
Narrator
2003

Le Divorce
Piers Janely
2003

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Self
2003

The Making of Gosford Park
Self
2002

Thunderpants
Sir Anthony Silk
2002

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
The Minister of Chance
2002

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Andre Breton
2002

Paddington Bear: The Early Years
2001

Gosford Park
Inspector Thompson
2001

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Self
2001

The Discovery of Heaven
Onno Quist
2001

Four Play
Nigel Steele
2001
Funny Old World 5
Narrator (voice)
2001
Funny Old World
Narrator (voice)
2001
Funny Old World 4
Narrator (voice)
2001
Funny Old World 3
Narrator (voice)
2001
Funny Old World 2
Narrator (voice)
2001
In Search of the Prisoner
Self
2001

Sabotage!!
Wellington
2000

Relative Values
Frederick Crestwell
2000

Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration
Self
2000

Best
Frazer Crane
2000

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Dr. Peter Robinson
2000

Longitude
Sir Kenelm Digby
2000

A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'
Self
2000

The Tichborne Claimant
Hawkins
1999

Blackadder: Back & Forth
Melchett
1999

Geri
Self
1999
A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest
1999
Stanley Baxter in Person
Self
1998

A Civil Action
Pinder
1998

Spice World
Judge
1997

Simply Wilde
Self
1997

Oscar
Self
1997

An Audience with Elton John
Self
1997

Wilde
Oscar Wilde
1997

The Wind in the Willows
The Judge
1996

The Steal
Wimborne
1995

Cold Comfort Farm
Mybug
1995

I.Q.
James Moreland
1994

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
1994

Camp Christmas
Santa Claus
1993

Stalag Luft
Wing Commander James Forrester
1993

Common Pursuit
1992

Peter's Friends
Peter Morton
1992

Old Flames
Daniel Davenport
1990

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
1989

Employees From Hell
1989

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Lords Melchett / Frondo
1988

A Fish Called Wanda
Hutchison
1988

A Handful of Dust
Reggie
1988

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
King Charles I
1988

The Laughing Prisoner
No. 2
1987

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
1987

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
1986

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986

The Good Father
Creighton
1985

Happy Families
Dr. De Quincy
1985

The Cellar Tapes
various
1982

Chariots of Fire
Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
1981

Now & Then
TG
Black Samphire
Touché
Narrator (voice)
This Is Soho
Narrator (voice)
Frank and Percy

Red, White & Royal Wedding
King James III

The Story of Bean
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)