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  1. 6th April via BBC: Coronavirus: Stephen Fry to star in online play
  2. 18th March: Top cast lined-up for Stephen Fry film The Liar
  3. 13th March via The Independent: Stephen Fry urges people to end feuds amid coronavirus
  4. 25th February via The Bookseller: Stephen Fry calls for UAE prisoner release
  5. 10th February via The Bookseller: Stephen Fry among authors calling to ditch reading tax
  6. 21st January via BBC: Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie talk about reunion 'often'

Stephen Fry is one of Britain's best known comedy stars. The actor, writer and presenter joined the Cambridge Footlights at university, where he performed alongside his future double-act partner Hugh Laurie in shows, including the award-winning 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue. The duo's hit sketch show A Bit Of Fry & Laurie launched on the BBC in 1986. His comedy CV also features sitcoms such as Blackadder and panel show QI, which he hosted for more than a decade.

More biography details
Gender
Male
Nationality
England
Born
Saturday 24th August 1957 (62 years-old)

Known for

QI. Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames. QI - Host / Presenter
Blackadder. Copyright: BBC / Tiger Aspect Productions. Blackadder - General Melchett
A Bit Of Fry & Laurie. Image shows from L to R: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie. A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Actor
Jeeves And Wooster. Image shows from L to R: Bertie Wooster (Hugh Laurie), Jeeves (Stephen Fry). Copyright: Picture Partnership Productions. Jeeves And Wooster - Jeeves

Credits

 
Year Production Role
2020 Greed Actor
2020 Sex Education - Series 2
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 National Student Quiz Championships Host
2020 The Liar In Development Writer
2019 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Series 72 Guest
2019 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 15
  1. E1 - Elizaeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Stephen Fry, Craig David, Martin Freeman, Charli XCX & Christine and The Queens
 Guest
2019 Stephen Fry - Mythos: A Trilogy - Gods. Heroes. Men. Self
2019 Just A Minute - Series 85 Guest
2019 Mythos: A Trilogy Self
2019 The Big Narstie Show - Series 2
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2019 The Graham Norton Show - Series 25
  1. E10 - Stephen Fry, Andrew Scott, Paloma Faith, Lee Mack, Bastille
 Guest
2018 Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back) Executive Producer
2018 The Graham Norton Show - Series 24
  1. E8 - Nicole Kidman, Stephen Fry, Joe Lycett, Geraint Thomas, Take That
 Guest
2018 Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse Ensemble Actor
2018 Talking Paintings Ensemble Actor
2018 The Last Leg - Series 13
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2018 Two Down Executive Producer
2017 The Graham Norton Show - Series 22
  1. E9 - Sir Elton John, Stephen Fry, Carey Mulligan, Robbie Williams, Pink
 Guest
2017 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 11
  1. E6 - Meeting Sixty-Seven
 Guest
2017 Festival Tales: Edinburgh At 70 Self
2017 Danger Mouse - Series 2 Colonel K (Voice)
2017 The Hippopotamus Writer
2017 Stephen Hawking's New Voice Self
2016 Some Hay In A Manger Narrator
2016 Yonderland - Series 3 Cuddly Dick
2016 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2016 The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Anarchy Must Be Organised Self
2016 Just A Minute - Series 74 Guest
2016 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 10
  1. E6 - Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Fry, Amy Poehler, Romesh Ranganathan, Shawn Mendes
 Guest
2016 Richard E. Grant On... Ealing Comedies Self
2015 A Life On Screen - Stephen Fry Self
2015 QI - Series M Host / Presenter
2015 Danger Mouse - Series 1 Colonel K (Voice)
2015 Just A Minute - Series 71 Guest
2015 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 8
  1. E3 - Stephen Fry, Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Hart, Felicity Jones
 Guest
2014 Marked Father Christmas
2014 Marked Executive Producer
2014 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 13
  1. E13 - Stephen Fry, Micky Flanagan, Clare Balding, Gorgon City
 Guest
2014 Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2014 The Graham Norton Show - Series 16
  1. Special - Series 16 Highlights
  2. E4 - Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr, Stephen Fry, U2
 Guest
2014 QI - Series L Host / Presenter
2014 Warhorses Of Letters - Series 3 Marengo
2014 This Is Jinsy - Series 2
  1. E1 - Intelligent Hair
 Dr Bevelspepp
2013 Sir David Frost: That Was The Life That Was Host / Presenter
2013 QI - Series K Host / Presenter
2013 Frost On Sketch Shows Self
2013 The Look Of Love Barrister
2013 The Meaning Of Liff At 30 Guest
2013 A Liar's Autobiography Various (Voice)
2012 Warhorses Of Letters - Series 2 Marengo
2012 QI - Series J Host / Presenter
2012 Walking The Dogs Executive Producer
2012 QI - Shakespeare Season Special Host / Presenter
2012 Nellie And Melba Executive Producer
2012 Just A Minute
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2012 Wordaholics - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2011 Ben Elton: Laughing At The 80s Self
2011 I've Never Seen Star Wars
  1. Stephen Fry
 Guest
2011 What's So Funny? - Series 2
  1. E12 - Episode Twelve
 Guest
2011 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2011
  1. E3 - Jane Horrocks' Little Cracker
 Executive Producer
2011 The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff
  1. Christmas Special
 Malifax Skulkingworm
2011 Warhorses Of Letters - Series 1 Marengo
2011 Holy Flying Circus God
2011 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 1
  1. E3 - Stephen Fry, Peter Kay, Hugh Jackman
 Guest
2011 QI - Making Of Special Host / Presenter
2011 QI - Series I Host / Presenter
2011 Chris Moyles Quiz Night - Series 4 Self
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 9
  1. Special - Compilation Show
 Guest
2011 Horrible Histories With Stephen Fry Host / Presenter
2011 24 Hour Panel People Guest
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 Headmaster
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
  1. E5 - Stephen Fry's Little Cracker
 Narrator
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 Writer
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
  1. E8 - Bill Bailey's Little Cracker
  2. E5 - Stephen Fry's Little Cracker
  3. E2 - Chris O'Dowd's Little Cracker
 Executive Producer
2010 The Graham Norton Show - Series 8
  1. E5 - Stephen Fry, Bette Midler, David Haye
 Guest
2010 Fry And Laurie: Reunited Self
2010 The Fry Chronicles Host / Presenter
2010 The Fry Chronicles Writer
2010 The Rob Brydon Show - Series 1
  1. Special - Out-takes
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2010 QI - Series H Host / Presenter
2010 Pete And Dud: The Lost Sketches Self
2009 Not Again: Not The Nine O'Clock News Self
2009 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 4
  1. Special - New Year's Special
 Guest
2009 The Graham Norton Show - Series 6
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
 Guest
2009 QI - Series G Host / Presenter
2009 Walk On The Wild Side - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Panda (Voice)
2009 The Art Of Laughter Self
2009 Just A Minute - Series 55 Guest
2009 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Series 51 Host / Presenter
2009 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened Narrator
2009 The Now Show - Series 27 Self
2009 Chris Moyles Quiz Night - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2009 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 16
  1. E1 - Stephen Fry, Tom Cruise, Lee Evans, Franz Ferdinand
 Guest
2008 Blackadder Rides Again Self
2008 QI - Series F Host / Presenter
2008 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 22
  1. Special - Technically, The Best Series Ever
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Team Captain
2008 Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga Self
2008 Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Writer
2007 St Trinian's Self - School Challenge Host
2007 QI - Series E Host / Presenter
2007 Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Laugh
  1. E1 - The Family, Love 'Em And Hate 'Em
 Self
2007 Kingdom - Series 1 Peter Kingdom
2007 Kingdom - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E2 - Episode Two
  4. E1 - Episode One
 Executive Producer
2006 Absolute Power - Series 5 Charles Prentiss
2006 QI - Series D Host / Presenter
2006 The Story Of Light Entertainment Narrator
2006 A Cock And Bull Story Patrick Curator & Parson Yorick
2005 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 9
  1. E8 - Stephen Fry, Guy Pearce, Jade Goody, The Magic Numbers
 Guest
2005 QI - Series C Host / Presenter
2005 Absolute Power - Series 2 Charles Prentiss
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - The Quandary Phase
  1. E3 - Fit The Twenty-First
 Murray Bost Henson
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Narrator
2004 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 7
  1. E7 - Minnie Driver, Lee Evans, Stephen Fry, The Mooney Suzuki
 Guest
2004 QI - Series B Host / Presenter
2004 Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute Self
2004 Absolute Power - Series 4 Charles Prentiss
2004 Britain's Best Sitcom
  1. E5 - Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
  2. E2 - Blackadder
  3. E1 - The Launch
 Guest
2003 Absolute Power - Series 1 Charles Prentiss
2003 QI - Series A Host / Presenter
2003 Comedy From Merton To Enfield
  1. E4 - Stephen Fry
 Self (Archive Material)
2003 QI - Pilot Host / Presenter
2002 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 2
  1. E10 - Martine McCutcheon, Julian Clary, Stephen Fry, No Doubt
 Guest
2002 Absolute Power - Series 3 Charles Prentiss
2001 Have I Got News For You - Series 21
  1. Special - Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over
 Guest
2001 Room 101 - Series 6
  1. E10 - Stephen Fry
 Guest
2001 Absolute Power - Series 2 Charles Prentiss
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome Psychiatrist
2000 Blackadder - Blackadder Back & Forth Lord Melchett
2000 Blackadder - Blackadder Back & Forth
  1. Blackadder Back & Forth
 The Duke of Wellington
2000 Blackadder - Blackadder Back & Forth
  1. Blackadder Back & Forth
 All Melchetts
2000 Have I Got News For You - Series 19
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2000 Absolute Power - Series 1 Charles Prentiss
1999 Have I Got News For You - Series 17
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
1998 Blackadder - Prince Of Wales Gala Special
  1. Prince Of Wales Gala Special
 King Charles II
1998 In The Red Controller, Radio 2
1997 Shooting Stars - Series 3
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
1996 Shooting Stars - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
1995 The Thin Blue Line - Series 1
  1. E6 - Kids Today
 Brigadier Blaster Sump
1995 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 4 Various
1995 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 4 Writer
1994 A Bit Of Fry And Laurie Various
1993 Jeeves And Wooster - Series 4 Jeeves
1992 Have I Got News For You - Series 4
  1. Special - Christmas Special
 Guest
1992 Peter's Friends Peter
1992 Jeeves And Wooster - Series 3 Jeeves
1992 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 3 Various
1992 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 3 Writer
1991 Jeeves And Wooster - Series 2 Jeeves
1990 The News Quiz - Series 23 Guest
1990 Jeeves And Wooster - Series 1 Jeeves
1990 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 2 Various
1990 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 2 Writer
1990 Old Flames Daniel
1989 Blackadder - Blackadder Goes Forth General Melchett
1989 The New Statesman - Series 2
  1. E4 - The Haltemprice Bunker
 Piers Lonsdale
1989 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 1 Various
1989 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 1 Writer
1988 Blackadder - 1988 Specials Lord Melchett
1988 Blackadder - 1988 Specials
  1. Special - Blackadder's Christmas Carol
 Frondo
1988 This Is David Lander - This Is David Lander David Lander
1988 Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Series 1 Self
1988 Friday Night Live Guest
1988 Blackadder - 1988 Specials
  1. Special - The Cavalier Years
 King Charles I
1988 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Team Captain
1988 Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Series 9 Self
1987 Saturday Night Fry - Series 1 Host / Presenter
1987 Saturday Night Fry - Series 1 Writer
1987 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Pilot Various
1987 A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Pilot Writer
1987 Blackadder - Black Adder The Third
  1. E6 - Duel And Duality
 The Duke of Wellington
1987 Delve Special - Series 4 David Lander
1987 Filthy Rich & Catflap
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 P'Farty
1987 First Aids Crew
1987 First Aids Actor
1986 Delve Special - Series 3 David Lander
1986 Blackadder - Blackadder II Lord Melchett
1985 Happy Families Doctor De Quincy
1985 Delve Special - Series 2 David Lander
1984 Delve Special - Series 1 David Lander
1984 The Young Ones - Series 2
  1. E1 - Bambi
 Lord Snot
1983 The Crystal Cube Dr. Adrian Cowlacey and other parts
1983 The Crystal Cube Writer
1976 The Secret Policeman's Ball Self
1972 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Guest

Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Stephen Fry on IMDb

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