Stephen Fry biography
Stephen Fry is a British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist, born on 24 August 1957 in Hampstead.
Stephen Fry's screen career began in 1979 with Latin! or Tobacco and Boys.
Stephen Fry has appeared in 117 films and 56 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are The Three Urns (2026), A Friend of Dorothy (2025), Treasure (2024).
Stephen Fry is best known for Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Making History, The Hippopotamus, Moab Is My Washpot.
Honours include Richard Dawkins Award, Sidewise Award for Alternate History and Pipe Smoker of the Year.
Coming up next: Frank and Percy (2026), Hexed (2026), Red, White & Royal Wedding.
- Also known as
- Stephen John Fry, Sir Stephen Fry, Sir Stephen John Fry
- Born
- 24 August 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Hampstead
- Work
- Actor, Comedian, Television presenter, Screenwriter, Autobiographer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1980 to present
- Known for
- Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Making History, The Hippopotamus, Moab Is My Washpot, The Stars' Tennis Balls, The Liar
- Awards
- Richard Dawkins Award
- Sidewise Award for Alternate History
- Pipe Smoker of the Year
- Commander of the Order of the Phoenix
- Knight Bachelor
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Stephen Fry filmography
120 films and 56 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red, White & Royal Wedding | King James III | Post-production | ||
| 2026 | The Three Urns | English | ||
| 2026 | Hexed | Elias Quire | Upcoming | |
| 2026 | Frank and Percy | Post-production | ||
| 2025 | A Friend of Dorothy | Dickie | Short film | |
| 2024 | Treasure | Edek | ||
| 2024 | Stephen Fry into Ukraine | |||
| 2024 | Odyssey | Greek Myths series | ||
| 2023 | Red, White & Royal Blue | King James III | ||
| 2023 | The Inventor | Leonardo da Vinci | Voice only | |
| 2023 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville | Voice only | |
| 2023 | Stephen Fry: Willem & Frieda , Defying the Nazis | Presenter | ||
| 2023 | Dinosaur with Stephen Fry | Presenter | ||
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | English | ||
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History | Presenter | ||
| 2022 | A Year on Planet Earth | Presenter | ||
| 2021 | Fry's Ties | |||
| 2020 | Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold | Greek Myths series | ||
| 2020 | Stephen Fry's 21st Century Firsts | Presenter | ||
| 2019 | Missing Link | Lord Piggot-Dunceby | Voice only | |
| 2019 | Dancing with the Birds | English | ||
| 2018 | Tomorrow | English | ||
| 2018 | The Con Is On | Sidney | Direct-to-VOD | |
| 2018 | Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures | Greek Myths series | ||
| 2018 | Duck Duck Goose | Frazier | Voice only |
Show all 120 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece | Greek Myths series | ||
| 2017 | EasyJet: Inside the Cockpit | Narrator | ||
| 2017 | 50 Years Legal | Appear | ||
| 2016 | Love & Friendship | Mr Johnson | ||
| 2016 | The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On | |||
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice only | |
| 2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Sir Francis Spring | ||
| 2015 | World Wide What? | |||
| 2015 | Stephen Fry in Central America | |||
| 2015 | A Life on Screen , Stephen Fry | |||
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Master of Lake-town | ||
| 2014 | That Sugar Film | English | ||
| 2014 | More Fool Me: A Memoir | Autobiography | ||
| 2014 | Hidden Kingdoms | Narrator | ||
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Master of Lake-town | ||
| 2013 | The Look of Love | English | ||
| 2013 | Stephen Fry: Out There | |||
| 2013 | Stephen Fry's Key to the City | |||
| 2012 | Gadget Man | Replaced by Richard Ayoade after the first series | ||
| 2012 | Clovis Dardentor | Mr. Eustache | ||
| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | Oscar Wilde | Voice only | |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mycroft Holmes | ||
| 2011 | Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy | English | ||
| 2011 | Summer Night, Winter Moon | Rufus | ||
| 2011 | Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets | One of the 100 Greatest strand | ||
| 2011 | Fry's Planet Word | Five-part documentary series exploring language | ||
| 2011 | Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins | The Narrator | Voice only | |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice only | |
| 2010 | The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography | Autobiography | ||
| 2010 | Stephen Fry on Wagner | Also known as Wagner & Me | ||
| 2010 | Fry and Laurie Reunited | |||
| 2010 | Animals United | Socrates | Voice only: English language version | |
| 2009 | House of Boys | Dr. Marsh | ||
| 2009 | Last Chance to See | |||
| 2008 | The Machine That Made Us | Presenter; also known as Stephen Fry & the Gutenberg Press | ||
| 2008 | Tales of the Riverbank | Owl | ||
| 2008 | Stephen Fry in America | |||
| 2008 | Blackadder: The Whole Rotten Saga | |||
| 2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | |||
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again | |||
| 2007 | St Trinian's | English | ||
| 2007 | Eichmann | Minister Tormer | ||
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: HIV and Me | |||
| 2007 | Snow White: The Sequel | The Narrator | Voice only: English language version | |
| 2007 | Pantomime Cinderella | Performed at the Old Vic at Christmas. | ||
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Smithers | ||
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Deitrich | ||
| 2006 | Who Do You Think You Are? | One episode | ||
| 2006 | The Magic Flute | English translation of the libretto | ||
| 2006 | Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive | Won International Emmy Award for Best Documentary | ||
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Patrick Curator/Parson Yorick | ||
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Narrator/The Guide | Voice only | |
| 2005 | MirrorMask | Librarian | ||
| 2005 | The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within | |||
| 2005 | Comedy Connections: A Bit of Fry & Laurie | |||
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Maurice Woodruff | ||
| 2004 | Tooth | Pedro | ||
| 2004 | Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music | Ghostwritten by Tim Lihoreau | ||
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Piers Janely | ||
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | |||
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Sir Anthony Silk | ||
| 2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali | |||
| 2002 | Rescuing the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Diary | |||
| 2001 | The Discovery of Heaven | Onno | ||
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Inspector Thompson | ||
| 2001 | Four Play | Nigel Steele | ||
| 2000 | Sabotage | Lord Wellington | ||
| 2000 | Relative Values | Frederick Crestwell | ||
| 2000 | Best | Frazer Crane | ||
| 2000 | The Stars' Tennis Balls | |||
| 1999 | Blackadder: Back & Forth | English | ||
| 1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Dr. Peter Robinson | ||
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | Ambassador / Modern Man | ||
| 1999 | Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island | One episode | ||
| 1998 | The Tichborne Claimant | Hawkins | ||
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Pinder | ||
| 1997 | Wilde | Oscar Wilde | ||
| 1997 | Spice World | Judge | ||
| 1997 | Moab Is My Washpot | Autobiography | ||
| 1997 | Live from the Lighthouse | Host | ||
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Judge | ||
| 1996 | Making History | Alternate history Won , Sidewise Award for Alternate History | ||
| 1995 | The Steal | Wimborne | ||
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mybug | ||
| 1994 | IQ | James Moreland | ||
| 1994 | The Hippopotamus | |||
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Peter Morton | ||
| 1992 | The Liar | |||
| 1992 | Paperweight | Collection of Articles | ||
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Hutchison | ||
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Reggie | ||
| 1985 | The Good Father | Creighton | ||
| 1984 | Me and My Girl | Adapted from Lupino Lane's script | ||
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Singer in H.M.S. Pinafore | Uncredited | |
| 1979 | Latin! or Tobacco and Boys |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Too Much | Simon Remen | 2 episodes | |
| 2025 | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Supervisor (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2025 | Harley Quinn | Brainiac (voice) | 8 episodes | |
| 2024 | Jeopardy! | Host | British, and later Australian, versions | |
| 2023 | The Morning Show | Leonard Cromwell | Season 3 | |
| 2023 | Everything Now | Dr Nell | Season 1 | |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Fiddler's Green / Gilbert | 6 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Dropout | Ian Gibbons | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | Heartstopper | Headmaster Barnes (voice) | 5 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Simpsons | Terrance, Head of MI5 / Terrance's Father / Hazel (voice) | Episode: "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." | |
| 2021 | It's a Sin | Arthur Garrison | 2 episodes | |
| 2020 | Sex Education | Quiz Host/Himself | Cameo appearance | |
| 2020 | The Big Night In | Lord Melchett | ||
| 2020 | It's Pony | Marcello Marvello (voice) | Episode: "Delivery Pony/Magic Annie" | |
| 2020 | Doctor Who | C | Episode: "Spyfall" | |
| 2019 | Mickey and the Roadster Racers | Dr Waddleton Crutchley (voice) | Episode: "Shennanygan" | |
| 2018 | Apple & Onion | Onion's Dad (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Veep | Nikolai Genidze | Episode: "Georgia" | |
| 2017 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Uncle Duke (voice) | Episode: "P-Bro/First Canine Police Force" | |
| 2017 | Neo Yokio | Principal (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Yonderland | Cuddly Dick | ||
| 2016 | The Great Indoors | Roland | 13 episodes | |
| 2015 | Danger Mouse | Colonel K (voice) | ||
| 2014 | Lily's Driftwood Bay | Lord Stag (voice) | ||
| 2014 | American Dad! | Mr Cavendish / John Michael Heaton (voice) | 2 episodes |
Show all 56 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Prime Minister Alastair Davies | 8 episodes | |
| 2012 | Peter Rabbit | Mr. Tolly (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Doors Open | Professor Gissing | TV movie Also executive producer | |
| 2011 | March of the Dinosaurs | Narrator | ||
| 2010 | Little Crackers | Headmaster | 10 minute short film | |
| 2007 | Kingdom | Peter Kingdom | 18 episodes | |
| 2007 | Bones | Dr. Gordon Gordon Wyatt | 6 episodes | |
| 2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Dr. Thomas Arnold | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Pocoyo | Narrator | ||
| 2004 | A Bear Named Winnie | Protheroe the Zookeeper | TV movie | |
| 2003 | QI | Host | Fry was replaced by Sandi Toksvig | |
| 2003 | Absolute Power | Charles Prentiss | ||
| 2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dalí | André Breton | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Professor Bellgrove | Episodes 3 and 4 | |
| 1999 | Watership Down | Cowslip (voice) | Series 1 and 2 only | |
| 1998 | In the Red | Controller, Radio 2 | ||
| 1995 | The Thin Blue Line | Brigadier Blaster Sump | Series 1, episode 6, "Kids Today" | |
| 1995 | Laughter and Loathing | Juvenal | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Stalag Luft | Wing Commander James Forrester | TV movie | |
| 1992 | The Common Pursuit | Humphrey Taylor | ||
| 1990 | Jeeves' Arrival | English | ||
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster | Jeeves | 23 episodes | |
| 1989 | The New Statesman | Piers Lonsdale | ||
| 1988 | This Is David Lander | David Lander | ||
| 1987 | The Laughing Prisoner | No. 2 | Also writer TV movie | |
| 1987 | First Aids | Doctor / Mr. Hasselblad | with Hugh Laurie | |
| 1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap | P'Farty | ||
| 1985 | Happy Families | Doctor De Quincy | ||
| 1984 | The Young Ones | Lord Snot | ||
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Dr. Adrian Cowlacey/Various Roles | Also writer TV movie | |
| 1980 | University Challenge | Contestant |