Stephen Fry
Born 08/24/1957
(66 years old)
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Biography
Stephen Fry was born in 1957 and educated at an unfeasibly large number of educational establishments, most of which rapidly tired of him. At Cambridge University however, he met and worked with amongst others, Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie, a life long friend and comedy partner. Fry's first play, "Latin!" Received a Scotsman fringe first award and has subsequently been performed around the country. "The Footlights" revue he wrote and performed with Thompson, Laurie and Tony Slattery was televised by the BBC. There followed "Alfresco," a comedy series for Granada along with Laurie, Thompson, Ben Elton and Robbie Coltrane, three series of "Blackadder," with Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie again, four series of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie," with Hugh Laurie, both for the BBC, and also with Hugh, four series of "Jeeves and Wooster" for Granada TV and WGBH Boston.
He hosted the BBC quiz show "QI," completed two seasons of "Absolute Power" with John Bird for the BBC, "Bones," for Fox and numerous single dramas for television, including Tom Brown's "Schoolboys," and the series "Kingdom" for ITV. He has also presented the documentaries "Last Chance To See," "Fry I America," "Manic Depression," "HIV And Me" and "The Machine That Made Us," all for the BBC.
As a stage actor he performed in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On," Michael Frayn's "Look, Look," Simon Gray's "The Common Pursuit" and "Cell Mates" (a run cut inexplicably short). He won a Drama Circle award and a Tony Nomination for his work on the revived musical "Me and My Girl," which ran for years and years on Broadway and in the West End.
His numerous film appearances have included award winning performances in "Peter's Friends," "Wilde," "Gosford Park," "V for Vendetta," and most recently "Eichmann." He wrote and directed "Bright Young Things" in 2003. In 2009 he voiced the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland."
He has written four best-selling novels, an autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, and is well-known amongst a younger generation as the reader of the audiobook versions J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Actor
Concerts | |
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2022 |
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee |
Theatrical recording | |
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1989 |
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball |
1987 |
The Secret Policeman's Third Ball |
Short | |
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2022 |
Mr Bear's Christmas - narrator |
2021 |
It's Always Something - narrator |
Night of the Living Dread |
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2014 |
Marked (TV movie) |
2012 |
Cicada Princess |
2011 |
Lost Connection |
2009 |
Jam |
2001 |
Comic Relief Presents Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over (TV movie) |
1999 |
Blackadder Back and Forth |
The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story (TV movie) |
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1998 |
The Book Quiz (TV movie) |
1988 |
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (TV movie) |
Screenwriter
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1987 |
The Laughing Prisoner (TV movie) |
1983 |
The Crystal Cube (TV movie) |
1982 |
Cambridge Footlights Revue (TV movie) |
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2010 |
Little Crackers |
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1995 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 7 (S04E07) |
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Episode 6 (S04E06) |
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Episode 5 (S04E05) |
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more episodes (4) | ||
1992 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 6 (S03E06) |
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Episode 5 (S03E05) |
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Episode 4 (S03E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
1990 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 6 (S02E06) |
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Episode 5 (S02E05) |
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Episode 4 (S02E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
1989 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 7 (S01E07) |
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Episode 6 (S01E06) |
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Episode 5 (S01E05) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
1987 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Pilot (S01E01) |
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1986 |
Saturday Live |
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1983 |
Alfresco |
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1982 |
There's Nothing to Worry About! |
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2011 |
The Settlement |
Creator
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1995 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 7 (S04E07) |
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Episode 6 (S04E06) |
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Episode 5 (S04E05) |
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more episodes (4) | ||
1992 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 6 (S03E06) |
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Episode 5 (S03E05) |
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Episode 4 (S03E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
1990 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 6 (S02E06) |
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Episode 5 (S02E05) |
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Episode 4 (S02E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
1989 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Episode 7 (S01E07) |
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Episode 6 (S01E06) |
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Episode 5 (S01E05) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
1987 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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Pilot (S01E01) |
Performer
Author
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2017 |
The Hippopotamus - book |
Director
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2003 |
Bright Young Things |