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Stephen Fry
- 64 years-old
- English
- Actor, writer, comedian and author
Known for: QI (Host / Presenter), A Bit Of Fry & Laurie (Actor), Jeeves And Wooster (Jeeves), Blackadder (General Melchett)
Horrible Histories With Stephen Fry. Stephen Fry
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 information
- Born
- Saturday 24th August 1957
- Member of
- Nationality
- English
Awards
- Attitude Awards 2020
- Icon Award: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2016
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- Rose d'Or Awards 2015
- Lifetime Achievement: Winner
- VLV Awards 2015
- Best TV Individual Contributor: Nominee
- RTS Awards 2014
- Presenter: Winner
- British Comedy Awards 2012
- Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2011
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2010
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2009
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2009
- Best Specialist Factual: Nominee (Stephen Fry And The Gutenberg Press: The Machine That Made Us)
- BAFTA Television Awards 2008
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- RTS Awards 2008
- Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- BAFTA Scotland Awards 2007
- Best Documentary: Nominee (Stephen Fry: HIV And Me)
- BAFTA Television Awards 2007
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2007
- Best Factual Series: Nominee (Stephen Fry - The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive)
- British Comedy Awards 2007
- Outstanding Achievement In Comedy: Winner
- International Emmy Awards 2007
- Best Documentary: Winner (Stephen Fry: The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive)
- British Comedy Awards 2007
- Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Nominee
- RTS Awards 2007
- Documentary Series: Nominee (Stephen Fry: The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive)
- Rose d'Or Awards 2006
- Game Show Performance: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2005
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2004
- Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
- Sidewise Awards for Alternative History 1998
- Long Form Award: Winner
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards 1981
- Best Comedy Show: Winner
Credits
| Year | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hay Festival | Self |
| 2022 | 50 Years Without A Clue | Self (Archive Material) |
| 2022 | Comic Relief
|
Self |
| 2022 | Just A Minute - Series 88 | Guest |
| 2022 | Cryering With Laughter: A Tribute To Barry Cryer | Self |
| 2022 | The Liar In Development | Writer |
| 2021 | Going The Distance | Narrator |
| 2021 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 29 | Guest |
| 2021 | The Empire | Narrator |
| 2021 | The Empire | Viceroy |
| 2021 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Special Guests
|
Guest |
| 2021 | Just A Minute - Series 86 | Guest |
| 2021 | Just A Minute - Series 86 | Host / Presenter |
| 2020 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 28 | Guest |
| 2020 | What's The Matter With Tony Slattery? | Self |
| 2020 | 47 Years Without A Clue: A Tribute To Tim Brooke-Taylor | Self |
| 2020 | The Big Night In - General Melchett talks to Prince William | General Melchett |
| 2020 | Killing Steves Sport Relief sketch | Self |
| 2020 | Greed | Actor |
| 2020 | Sex Education - Series 2
|
National Student Quiz Championships Host |
| 2019 | I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Series 72 | Guest |
| 2019 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 15 | 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
|
Guest |
| 2019 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 25 | Guest |
| 2018 | Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back) | Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 24 | Guest |
| 2018 | Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse | Ensemble Actor |
| 2018 | Talking Paintings | Ensemble Actor |
| 2018 | The Last Leg - Series 13
|
Guest |
| 2018 | Two Down | Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Great Lives - Douglas Adams | Self (Archive Material) |
| 2017 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 22 | Guest |
| 2017 | The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 11
|
Guest |
| 2017 | Festival Tales: Edinburgh At 70 | Self |
| 2017 | Great Lives - PG Wodehouse | Self (Archive Material) |
| 2017 | Great Lives - PG Wodehouse | 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
|
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 | 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 | Guest |
| 2014 | Marked | Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Marked | Father Christmas |
| 2014 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 13 | Guest |
| 2014 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
|
Self |
| 2014 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 16 | Guest |
| 2014 | QI - Series L | Host / Presenter |
| 2014 | Warhorses Of Letters - Series 3 | Marengo |
| 2014 | This Is Jinsy - Series 2
|
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
|
Guest |
| 2012 | Wordaholics - Series 1
|
Guest |
| 2011 | Ben Elton: Laughing At The 80s | Self |
| 2011 | I've Never Seen Star Wars | Guest |
| 2011 | What's So Funny? - Series 2
|
Guest |
| 2011 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2011 | Executive Producer |
| 2011 | The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff | Malifax Skulkingworm |
| 2011 | Warhorses Of Letters - Series 1 | Marengo |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | God |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 1 | 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
|
Guest |
| 2011 | Horrible Histories With Stephen Fry | Host / Presenter |
| 2011 | 24 Hour Panel People | Guest |
| 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Writer |
| 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Narrator |
| 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Headmaster |
| 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Executive Producer |
| 2010 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 8 | Guest |
| 2010 | Fry And Laurie: Reunited | Self |
| 2010 | The Fry Chronicles | Writer |
| 2010 | The Fry Chronicles | Host / Presenter |
| 2010 | The Rob Brydon Show - Series 1
|
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
|
Guest |
| 2009 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 6
|
Guest |
| 2009 | QI - Series G | Host / Presenter |
| 2009 | Walk On The Wild Side - Series 1
|
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
|
Guest |
| 2009 | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 16 | Guest |
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again | Self |
| 2008 | QI - Series F | Host / Presenter |
| 2008 | Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | Self |
| 2008 | Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 22
|
Team Captain |
| 2008 | Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
|
Writer |
| 2007 | St Trinian's | Self - School Challenge Host |
| 2007 | QI - Series E | Host / Presenter |
| 2007 | Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take
|
Self (Archive Material) |
| 2007 | Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Laugh | Self |
| 2007 | Kingdom - Series 1
|
Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Kingdom - Series 1 | Peter Kingdom |
| 2006 | Absolute Power - Series 5 | Charles Prentiss |
| 2006 | Extras - Series 2
|
Self |
| 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 | 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
|
Murray Bost Henson |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy | Narrator |
| 2004 | Arena: Remember The Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self |
| 2004 | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 7 | 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
|
Guest |
| 2003 | Absolute Power - Series 1 | Charles Prentiss |
| 2003 | QI - Series A | Host / Presenter |
| 2003 | Comedy From Merton To Enfield
|
Self (Archive Material) |
| 2002 | Shooting Stars - Series 5
|
Self |
| 2002 | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 2 | Guest |
| 2002 | Absolute Power - Series 3 | Charles Prentiss |
| 2001 | Have I Got News For You - Series 21
|
Guest |
| 2001 | Room 101 - Series 6
|
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 | All Melchetts |
| 2000 | Blackadder - Blackadder Back & Forth | The Duke of Wellington |
| 2000 | Have I Got News For You - Series 19
|
Guest |
| 2000 | Absolute Power - Series 1 | Charles Prentiss |
| 2000 | The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything | Ensemble Actor |
| 1999 | Have I Got News For You - Series 17
|
Guest |
| 1998 | Blackadder - Prince Of Wales Gala Special | King Charles II |
| 1998 | In The Red | Controller, Radio 2 |
| 1997 | Shooting Stars - Series 3
|
Guest |
| 1996 | Shooting Stars - Series 2
|
Guest |
| 1995 | The Thin Blue Line - Series 1
|
Brigadier Blaster Sump |
| 1995 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 4 | Writer |
| 1995 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 4 | Various |
| 1994 | A Bit Of Fry And Laurie | Various |
| 1993 | Jeeves And Wooster - Series 4 | Jeeves |
| 1992 | Have I Got News For You - Series 4
|
Guest |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Peter |
| 1992 | Jeeves And Wooster - Series 3 | Jeeves |
| 1992 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 3 | Writer |
| 1992 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 3 | Various |
| 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 | Writer |
| 1990 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 2 | Various |
| 1990 | Old Flames | Daniel |
| 1989 | Blackadder - Blackadder Goes Forth | General Melchett |
| 1989 | The New Statesman - Series 2 | Piers Lonsdale |
| 1989 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 1 | Writer |
| 1989 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 1 | Various |
| 1988 | Blackadder - 1988 Specials
|
Frondo |
| 1988 | Blackadder - 1988 Specials | Lord Melchett |
| 1988 | This Is David Lander - This Is David Lander | David Lander |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Series 1 | Self |
| 1988 | Saturday Night Fry - Series 1 | Writer |
| 1988 | Saturday Night Fry - Series 1 | Host / Presenter |
| 1988 | Friday Night Live | Guest |
| 1988 | Blackadder - 1988 Specials
|
King Charles I |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Team Captain |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self |
| 1987 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Pilot | Writer |
| 1987 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Pilot | Various |
| 1987 | Blackadder - Black Adder The Third
|
The Duke of Wellington |
| 1987 | Delve Special - Series 4 | David Lander |
| 1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap
|
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
|
Lord Snot |
| 1984 | Alfresco - Series 2 | Writer |
| 1984 | Alfresco - Series 2 | Ensemble Actor |
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Writer |
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Dr. Adrian Cowlacey and other parts |
| 1983 | Alfresco - Series 1
|
Writer |
| 1983 | Alfresco - Series 1
|
Writer (Additional Material) |
| 1983 | Alfresco - Series 1 | Ensemble Actor |
| 1982 | There's Nothing To Worry About! | Writer |
| 1982 | There's Nothing To Worry About! | Ensemble Actor |
| 1982 | Cambridge Footlights Revue | Various |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self |
| 1972 | I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue | Guest |
| 0000 | QI - Pilot | Host / Presenter |
| Cambridge Footlights | Ensemble Actor |
Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Stephen Fry on IMDb