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Stephen John Fry was born on 24th August 1957, in Hampstead, London UK of Austro/Hungarian-Jewish descent on his mother’s side, and English on his father’s. Stephen Fry is known around the world as a media personality, which includes being a comedian, actor, writer, presenter and activist.
So just how riich is Stephen Fry? Stephen has an estimated net worth which is over $30 million, earned from his multi-faceted career which began in 1982 with ‘The Cellar Tapes’ , written by Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery.
Stephen Fry Net Worth $30 Million
Stephen Fry was not a model student, but completed his school education at City College, Norwich, after a term on remand in prison for stealing a credit card, scoring well enough in the Cambridge entrance examination to gain a scholarship to Queens’ College. At Cambridge, Fry joined the Footlights Club – a performing group where he met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie – appeared on the TV quiz show ‘University Challenge’, and graduated with a degree in English Literature.
After the successful aforementioned start, Stephen was invited to work on the sketch comedy show ‘There’s Nothing to Worry About!’ as a cast member together with Hugh Laurie. Later, they created a mockumentary television pilot ‘The Crystal Cube’ in which they were main cast members, but BBC chose not to take it to a full series, so they created sketch comedy TV series ‘A Bit of Fry & Laurie’ which they both wrote, and starred in. Moreover, Fry increased his net worth while starring in the sitcom ‘Blackadder II’ and its sequels created by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton ‘Jeeves and Wooster’, comedy series ‘Absolute Power’, and others.These all contributed significantly to Stephen’s net worth.
Stephen Fry added further to his net worth while appearing in dramas, including ‘The Common Pursuit’, ‘In the Red’, ‘Gormenghast’, ‘The Borrowers’, ‘Kingdom’, ’24: Live Another Day’ and others. Stephen was also active in documentaries and other factual programmes. His first documentary film was ‘Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive’ which won an Emmy Award, and he also appeared in the genealogy series ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, narrated ‘The Story of Light Entertainment’, travel series ‘Stephen Fry in America’, nature documentaries ‘Spectacled Bears: Shadow of the Forest’, and others. Currently, Stephen is still the host of the quiz show ‘QI’ which was created and produced by John Lloyd and won the Rose d’Or award for “Best Game Show Host” which has updated Fry’s net worth.
Stephen Fry has also been active in cinematography. He starred in ‘Wilde’, the British biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert, a role which brought him a nomination for Best Actor in Drama in the 1998 Golden Globe Awards. He also starred in ‘Gosford Park’ directed by Robert Altman, ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers’ directed by Stephen Hopkins, and others.
Stephen increased his net worth while not only starring in films but also directing them. He wrote and directed ‘Bright Young Things’ and others. He has also created radio programmes, with shows like ‘Saturday Night Fry’, ‘I Am Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’, ‘The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music’ and lots of more.
Stephen Fry has written scripts for theatre plays, and has also starred on stage. Further, Fry has been reading audio books, including J. K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series, Douglas Adams’s ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ and etc.
Recently, Stephen was ranked sixth for the BBC’s Top Living Icon Award, Broadcast magazine listed Fry at number four in its “Hot 100” list of influential on-screen performers, and he has been described as a polymath and a ‘national treasure’. Given Stephen’s crowded career to date, one cannot deny that these awards are well deserved.
In his personal life, Stephen Fry kept his homosexuality from the public until 1995. When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Stephen is supposed to have said: “I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, ‘That’s the last time I’m going up one of those’.”
Fry was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen, then in 2015 he married his partner, stand-up comedian Elliott Spencer.
| Full Name | Stephen Fry |
| Net Worth | $30 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 15, 1976 |
| Place Of Birth | Hampstead |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Profession | Comedian, Journalist, Actor, Presenter, Playwright, Screenwriter, Author, Film director, Television producer, Poet |
| Education | Queens' College, Cambridge, Cawston Primary School, City College Norwich, University of Cambridge, Uppingham School, Paston College |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Elliott Spencer |
| Parents | Marianne Neumann, Alan Fry |
| Siblings | Jo Foster, Roger Fry |
| Nicknames | Stephen John Fry , Mr. Stephen Fry , stephenfry |
| http://www.twitter.com/michellebeisner | |
| http://www.instagram.com/stephenfryactually | |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000410 |
| Awards | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, National Television Award for Special Recognition, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Satellite Award for Best Ensemble – Motion Picture, Pipe Smoker of the Year, Drama Desk Award for Outstandin... |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, British Academy Television Award for Best Specialist Factual, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Satellite Award for ... |
| Movies | V for Vendetta, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Alice in Wonderland, Wilde, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Bright Young Things, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Peter's Friends, Gosford Park, Love & Friendship, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies... |
| TV Shows | QI, Kingdom, Jeeves and Wooster, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Stephen Fry in America, Pocoyo, Last Chance to See, Happy Families, Fry's Planet Word, Alfresco, This is David Lander, Absolute Power, Gadget Man, Blackadder II, The Crystal Cube, The Magician's House, Baddiel's Syndrome, Gormenghast, The Great... |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | His sonorous voice and received pronunciation |
| 2 | Crooked nose |
| 3 | Often works with Hugh Laurie |
| 4 | His tall stature |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what. |
| 2 | Self-pity will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leaves only itself. |
| 3 | The day life has so little to offer that I read the next Shirley MacLaine book, disembowel me. |
| 4 | It has a new meaning when it's the 'we' in 'wed'. |
| 5 | My poor husband has to put up with the fact that BAFTA comes first. |
| 6 | [on homosexual marriage] It really makes a difference to know that one is conjoined in a legal way. |
| 7 | Gosh. Elliott G Spencer and I go into a room as two people, sign a book and leave as one. Amazing. |
| 8 | I was really, really knocked for six by the death of Robin Williams. Far more talented [than me] but a similar track of cocaine and alcohol use and then he stopped and then very recently, very recently, as we know, he could take it no more. A man who gave such extraordinary pleasure and even the films people criticised him for, the slightly sentimental ones, were because that's how he was, he was such a soft, sweet, kind man. I've seen him in rooms being more funny than all collective comedians put together in history have been. It's not that he was funny, he "was" funny. Whatever funniness is, he was it. |
| 9 | What is the point of the Catholic Church if it says, "We didn't know better because nobody else did?" Then what are you for? |
| 10 | I have a great interest in zoology. There are 480 species of animal that exhibit homosexual behaviour but only one species of animal on earth that exhibits homophobic behaviour. So which is normal? |
| 11 | Homophobia is still a world problem. Homosexuality isn't and never has been. Homosexuals are not interested in making other people homosexual. Homophobics are interested in making other people homophobic. |
| 12 | [to Russian homophobe Vitaly Milonov] You really ought to stop because you're making a great fool of yourself on camera. This is going to be shown around the world and if people hear you speaking like this, they're going to think so little of Russia. They're going to think: "Is this man actually allowed to use the street and the telephone, let alone be a politician?" |
| 13 | [on the death of Peter O'Toole] Oh what terrible news. Farewell Peter O'Toole. I had the honour of directing him in a scene. Monster, scholar, lover of life, genius. |
| 14 | We're human beings like everybody else and we believe first and foremost in love. At least 260 species of animal have been noted exhibiting homosexual behaviour but only one species of animal ever, so far as we know, has exhibited homophobic behaviour - and that's the human being. So ask which is really natural. There are other faiths like Quakers and Congregationalists and Unitarians and the Liberal Reform part of the Jewish faith who are actually extremely keen. They feel their communion won't be complete unless it includes gay marriage because they believe in social justice and equality too. It's wrong, in a country like ours, which has an established Church, just because their more extreme end is screeching with outrage at the idea of this, that we are not allowed to be married. It's unfair on plenty of other religious people and it is misrepresenting what we require, which is only the same as anybody else, and that's to express our love in the fullest possible way of commitment. |
| 15 | [to a Ugandan homophobe] Why are you obsessed with anuses? I'm not interested in anuses. I'm interested in men I fall in love with and not with anuses. Can't you understand? It's about love. You are so base and materialistic. I'm not interested in sodomy and buggery, I am not interested, so forget about it, you're so perverted, all you care about is penises and vaginas and anuses. It's so sick. Your obsession with sodomy, it says something very peculiar about you if I may say so. It's quite extraordinary, it's a most peculiar thing. It's not up to you to tell me how to use my penis, my penis was there to give me pleasure. Under the cloak of caring, you have designated homosexuality to be a vicious, perverted disease. |
| 16 | Most sodomy, most anal intercourse takes place between men and women. |
| 17 | Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion. Shit it. |
| 18 | [in support of a proposed ban of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics because of anti-gay legislation in Russia] I am gay. I'm a Jew. My mother lost over a dozen of her family to Hitler's anti-semitism. Every time in Russia - and it is constantly - a gay teenager is forced into suicide, a lesbian 'correctively' raped, gay men and women beaten to death by neo-Nazi thugs while the Russian police stand idly by, the world is diminished and I, for one, weep anew at seeing history repeat itself. |
| 19 | [re disclosure in June 2013 that he had tried to commit suicide in 2012] I am the victim of my own moods, more than most people are perhaps, in as much as I have a condition which requires me to take medication so that I don't get either too hyper or too depressed to the point of suicide. I would go as far as to tell you that I attempted it last year, so I'm not always happy - this is the first time I've said this in public, but I might as well. I'm president of Mind, and the whole point in my role, as I see it, is not to be shy and forthcoming about the morbidity and genuine nature of the likelihood of death amongst people with certain mood disorders. It was a close run thing. I took a huge number of pills and a huge [amount] of vodka and the mixture of them made my body convulse so much that I broke four ribs, but I was still unconscious. And, fortunately, the producer I was filming with at the time came into the hotel room and I was found in a sort of unconscious state and taken back to England and looked after. There is no 'why', it's not the right question. There's no reason. If there were a reason for it, you could reason someone out of it, and you could tell them why they shouldn't take their own life. |
| 20 | [re his mental problems] If unmedicated, there are times when I am so exuberant, so hyper, that I can go three or four nights without sleeping and I'm writing and I'm doing stuff and I'm so grandiose and so full of self-belief that it's almost impossible to deal with me. I can't stop speaking, I'm incredible, I go on shopping sprees...Fortunately one of the common signs of mania, or hyper-mania as it is known, is sexual exhibitionism. I don't have that as one of my brands, but others do. ...There are times when I'm going 'ha ha, yeah yeah' and inside I'm going 'I want to f***ing die. I...want...to...f***ing...die. The fact that I am lucky enough not to have it [mental illness] so seriously doesn't mean that I won't one day kill myself, I may well. |
| 21 | Inevitable George Entwistle would fall on his sword. Damned for stopping a Newsnight (1980), damned for allowing one. A kind, wise man. Heigh ho. |
| 22 | To repatriate a power takes treaties, rows, enmities, alliances and betrayals. To repatriate a collection of stolen marbles take good will, moral courage and a decisive belief that right can be done. How can we British be proud until we sit down with Greek politicians and arrange for the return of their treasure? It's time we lost our marbles. |
| 23 | I feel sorry for straight men. The only reason women will have sex with them is that sex is the price they are willing to pay for a relationship with a man, which is what they want. Of course, a lot of women will deny this and say, "Oh no, but I love sex, I love it!" But do they go around having it the way that gay men do? |
| 24 | It is a cliché that most clichés are true, but then, like most clichés, that cliché is untrue. |
| 25 | Happiness is no respecter of persons. |
| 26 | I don't pretend to be a businessman. Spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations make me want to scream, gouge out my eyes and stab my ears. I have never been able to read a profit and loss account or a balance sheet, and I go swimmy and feel sick if I have to read a legal document because on the whole I'd rather watch television. |
| 27 | The only drama the BBC will boast about are Merlin (2008) and Doctor Who (2005), which are fine, but they're children's programmes. They're not for adults. And they're very good children's programmes, don't get me wrong, they're wonderfully written ... but they are not for adults. They are like a chicken nugget. Every now and again we all like it. Every now and again. If you are an adult you want something surprising, savoury, sharp, unusual, cosmopolitan, alien, challenging, complex, ambiguous, possibly even slightly disturbing and wrong. You want to try those things, because that's what being adult means. |
| 28 | I love Britain, like most Britons I get desperately upset at her failings: when it goes wrong, when it gets it totally totally wrong, when it's shoddy, when it's inefficient, incompetent, rude, vulgar, embarrassing, when it slips into national torpor or boils into bouts of embarrassing national fever. I can moan about health and safety gone mad and leaves on the line, rail networks and crap service and crap weather and crap sporting achievements and crap politicians and crap newspapers and crap attitude. I can do all that. In fact it's the defining signature quality of my Britishness to talk like that, to complain and to self-castigate but does it mean that I don't love this damned country? Does it mean that I don't get weepy when I think of its history, its people, its countryside, its richness, its plurality, the cultural and artistic energy, the good humour, tolerance, the ability to evolve for good, achingly slow as that ability might be? Does it mean that I don't as it were stand to attention when I think of the sacrifice of our military, the selfless good of so many working in hospitals and schools and rescue services and the million acts of unremembered kindness, decency and good fellowship practised every day by unsung heroes and heroines in every walk of life? Of course it doesn't mean that I don't love and respect that. One carps and one criticises because one loves. |
| 29 | There is as far as I know no profession in this country that likes to talk about itself more than broadcasting. |
| 30 | To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too. I'm maddened by this institution yet I prize it above all others. |
| 31 | I love television in this country. I love the range and richness of the programming. I love its ambition, its scope, its innovation. I love the tradition, the technological innovation, the gossip, the corporate drama on the inside, the reach and influence on the outside. I admire the talent and the commitment of so many working in the field. I love everything about what television has been, what it still is and what it might yet be. If I criticise anything about it, I hope you will be able to see that I do so as with nationhood, from the point of view of love not enmity. |
| 32 | Television as the nation's fireplace, the hearth and the heart of the country, the focus of our communal cultural identity, that television is surely dead. It seems unlikely ever to return. Instead of being the nation's fireplace, TV is closer to being the nation's central heating. It's conveniently on in every room, it's less discernible, less of a focus, more of an ambient atmosphere. |
| 33 | Thatcherism had seen the first concerted political opposition, ideological opposition to the way the BBC in particular was seen to run itself and to behave. The administration was perhaps getting its revenge on the BBC for its perceived participation in, and promulgation of, the poisonous ethos of the 1960s. Liberalism, permissive media encroachments on decency, disrespectful satire, outright socialistic dramas and documentaries were all cited as proof of the BBC's undemocratic doctrinaire partiality. The trick was conceived in which the BBC could be blamed for being at one and the same time old-fashioned, stuck in the mud, reactionary, elitist, hidebound, de haut en bas, patriarchal, top/down, patronising and simultaneously left-wing, trendy, bien pensant and unpatriotic, because radical now meant right-wing. Modern and progressive meant consumer-led and market-oriented. The Tebbits and the Thatchers of this world were not about to allow intellectuals, artists, liberals and Oxbridge nomenclatura of decadent self-appointed cultural apparatchiks to decide what was good for the public. The nanny state was bad enough in their eyes but the schoolmaster state, the don state was even worse. |
| 34 | I grew up in what seems now to me and to most cultural and broadcast historians to have been a golden age in television. |
| 35 | Just as I was leaving prison, starting simultaneously my period on probation and at University, the way you do, the wind changed and Margaret Thatcher, the new Mary Poppins, descended into Downing Street, with new medicines for us to take, but very few spoonfuls of sugar to help them go down. I am not going to blame her or make political points. The wind had changed and she blew in with it and would one day be blown away by another change. But here she was and fundamental questions were asked, genuinely radical unthinkable thoughts were thought in an age of privatisation and anti-dirigiste, anti-statist conservatism. |
| 36 | John Cleese said to me years ago that "you will never be happy unless you stop being so polite. I have spent much of my life trying to please people, trying to be what they wanted me to be rather than what I actually wanted to be. |
| 37 | Although, of course, anybody can talk about snouts in troughs, and go on about it, for journalists to do so is almost beyond belief, beyond belief. I know lots of journalists; I know more journalists than I know politicians. And I've never met a more venal and disgusting crowd of people when it comes to expenses and allowances. |
| 38 | The week before we moved house, the BBC started a new drama, starring William Hartnell. An old man had a police phone box of the kind we saw in the street all the time. It turned out to be a magical and unimaginably wonderful time machine. I had never been so excited in all my life. (On Doctor Who (1963)) |
| 39 | The BBC enriches the country in ways we will only discover when it has gone and it is too late to build it back up again. We actually can afford the BBC, because we can't afford not to. I genuinely cannot see that the nation would benefit from a diminution of any part of the BBC's great whole. It should be as closely scrutinized as possible of course, value for money, due humility and all that, but to reduce its economies of scale, its artistic social and national reach for misbegotten reasons of ideology or thrift would be a tragedy. |
| 40 | It is true that I have a great admiration, sometimes only just short of reverence, for the elegances and brilliances that have emerged from my favourite address in the world: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, the home of Apple Computers. |
| 41 | Digital devices rock my world. |
| 42 | Of course, it would be unfair for me to comment. Douglas (Douglas Adams) told me in the strictest confidence exactly why 42. The answer is fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious. Nonetheless amazing for that. Remarkable really. But sadly I cannot share it with anyone and the secret must go with me to the grave. Pity, because it explains so much beyond the books. It really does explain the secret of life, the universe, and everything. (On the meaning of 42 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)) |
| 43 | I've always believed Americans have one huge, ready-made gift when it comes to acting in front of a camera - the ability to relax. Take the supreme relaxed authenticity of a James Stewart or a George Clooney compared with the brittle contrivances of a Laurence Olivier or a Kenneth Branagh, marvelous as they are. |
| 44 | Generally, we admire the thing we are not. On the set of Bones (2005) I have been amazed and impressed by the naturalness of the cast, and berate myself for sounding as if I'm speechifying instead of talking. |
| 45 | When American TV and movies call for a twist of limey in their cocktail, it's usually a character they're after - supervillain, emotionally constipated academic, effete eccentric, that kind of thing. |
| 46 | I sometimes wonder if you Americans aren't often fooled by our accent into detecting a brilliance that may not really be there. |
| 47 | As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the Nineties, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth. |
| 48 | My father was all brain and little heart. |
| 49 | "Complete loose-stool-water. Arse-gravy of the very worst kind." (Speaking about Dan Brown's novel, "The Da Vinci Code.") |
| 50 | "Comedy always goes up and down but this year's been great. Comedy is immensely strong right now, with the Green Wing (2004) and Nighty Night (2004)." (Speaking in 2005) |
| 51 | It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common. |
| 52 | On being gay: "My first words, as I was being born... I looked up at my mother and said, 'that's the last time I'm going up one of those.'" |
| 53 | It is quite difficult to feel that I am placed somewhere between Alan Bennett and the Queen Mother, a sort of public kitten. |
| 54 | How can one not be fond of something that the "Daily Mail" despises? |
| 55 | The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Is a snooker fan. Attends the final in Crucible Theatre in Sheffield every year. |
| 2 | Despite his fame and charitable efforts, Stephen Fry has been very open and honest about the details of his less than respectable past which includes a brief stint in jail for credit card fraud and 15 years addicted to 'snorting coke' (cocaine). In his recent autobiography he provides a list of places whose owners he offers his deepest apologies to for indulging in his illegal drug habit on the premises, a few of the places on this list were: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, The Houses of Parliament, BBC HQ, ITV HQ and several military bases and headquarters. |
| 3 | He earned £100,000 for a TV commercial for Marks & Spencer. [2009] |
| 4 | On an episode of QI, a panelist, with reference to the topic at hand, questioned Jo Brand about her previous work as a psychiatric nurse, asking "If someone had said to you they were God, what would you have done?" Jo Brand laughed and said "I probably would have punched him to the floor!" At which point Stephen Fry quipped "What a loss to the profession you were!". |
| 5 | Began providing Stephen Fry's Podgrams: free podcasts about his adventures, available via his official website. [February 2008] |
| 6 | Still continues to do a lot of acting and make regular TV appearances. [January 2002] |
| 7 | Has openly discussed his struggles with depression and attempted suicide. |
| 8 | His favorite actresses are Luise Rainer, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep and Sally Field. |
| 9 | He played the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde in both Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times (1993) and Wilde (1997). |
| 10 | Supports Norwich City Football Club, regularly attending games (as his schedule allows) and is on the board of directors. |
| 11 | Fry fervently supports the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece. |
| 12 | Is good friends with Carrie Fisher. |
| 13 | As good friend of Douglas Adams, he claims to know why Adams chose the number '42' as the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything in his novel 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'. However, he refuses at length to disclose the reason, or will act as if the microphone magically malfunctions, as if the Universe itself is stopping him from making the revelation. |
| 14 | Served as best man at friend Hugh Laurie and Jo Green's wedding (1989). |
| 15 | Recorded an 'outro' for popular You-Tube vlogger, Charlie Mcdonnell. (aka. Charlieissocoollike). |
| 16 | His very recognisable crooked nose is a result of breaking it when he fell over in the school playground at the age of six. |
| 17 | His maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Surany, now in Slovakia. His father's family is English. |
| 18 | Speaks German. |
| 19 | Mentioned on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (on a night when Tom Cruise was another guest) that he was offered a role in Valkyrie. |
| 20 | Blacks out his website as part of Internet Blackout Week NZ from Feb 16 to 23 to protest against the controversial New Zealand 'Section 92A' law which has ISPs disconnect users accused of copyright infringement. |
| 21 | Is related to English sportsman, politician and polymath C. B. Fry. |
| 22 | Ranked #44 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture". |
| 23 | When in London, Fry drives his own black cab for ease of transportation. |
| 24 | He has been described as "deeply dippy for all things digital", claims to have owned the second Apple Macintosh sold in the UK (after friend Douglas Adams) and to have never encountered a smartphone that he has not bought. |
| 25 | Won the 1998 Sidewise Award for Alternate History for his novel Making History. |
| 26 | In the 1980s he shared a house in London with Hugh Laurie. They needed some plastering doing. The plasterers turned out to be Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson who were inspired by Fry and Laurie to have a go at comedy. |
| 27 | Very fond of vintage British TV themes. |
| 28 | He has a very wide taste in music, with particular favorites being Richard Wagner, Led Zeppelin and ABBA. |
| 29 | Is a big fan of the iconic 60s British comedy rock band, the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, and participated in their 40th anniversary reunion show at the Astoria in London on January 28, 2006 along with 'Adrian Edmondson', Paul Merton and Phill Jupitus. |
| 30 | Suffers from bipolar disorder. |
| 31 | He was a good friend of author Douglas Adams and John Mills. |
| 32 | He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1981, along with Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer, and Paul Shearer, became the first winner of The Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh fringe festival. |
| 33 | In the Independent on Sunday 2006 Pink List -- a list of the most influential gay men and women -- he came no. 23, down from 21. |
| 34 | Took part in a special celebrity edition of Blankety Blank on The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live. He won against contestant Chantelle Houghton. |
| 35 | Is a fan of Jethro Tull. |
| 36 | A book has recently been published in the U.K. entitled 'Tish and Pish: How to Be of a Speakingness Like Stephen Fry' (author: Stewart Ferris). It's a humorous tribute to Stephen's wonderful use of the English language. |
| 37 | Godfather of Hugh Laurie and Jo Green's three children. |
| 38 | With Nick Green, co-founded the Bear Rescue Foundation, a charitable trust to rescue and nurture distressed bears. |
| 39 | Smoked a pipe. |
| 40 | He was one of the guests at 'Prince Charles'' and Camilla Parker-Bowles' wedding. |
| 41 | Was nominated for Broadway's 1987 Tony Award as one of several writers, including the deceased L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber as well as collaborator Mike Ockrent, as Best Book (Musical) for "Me and My Girl." |
| 42 | Narrates the audiobook versions (British releases) of the wildly popular Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling |
| 43 | A regular guest on the BBC quiz Have I Got News for You (1990) for many years, he now allegedly refuses to appear on the show as a protest against the sacking of former host, Angus Deayton. |
| 44 | He hosted the 2001 and 2002 British Academy Awards (BAFTAS), which have been their 2 most successful years. |
| 45 | He's regarded in the UK as 'Britain's Favourite Teddy Bear' and is a keen teddy bear collector himself. |
| 46 | Claims the UK record for saying 'fuck' on television most times in one live broadcast. |
| 47 | Flies his own classic biplane. |
| 48 | Rector of Dundee University and hon. doctorate from that institution (July 1995). |
| 49 | Cricket fan, Sherlockian, charter member Groucho Club (Soho). |
| 50 | Macintosh fanatic, Usenet lurker, Internet/WWW enthusiast. |
| 51 | Older brother, Roger, and 7-year younger sister, Jo Foster (his agent). |
| 52 | Son of Marianne Fry and physicist/inventor Alan Fry. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Duck Goose | 2018 | post-production | Frazier (voice) |
| The Brits Are Coming | 2017 | post-production | Sidney |
| Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest | pre-production | Reich Marshal Hermann Goering | |
| Summer Night, Winter Moon | pre-production | Rufus | |
| The Great Indoors | 2016-2017 | TV Series | Roland |
| Veep | 2017 | TV Series | Nikolai Genidze |
| The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | 2017 | TV Series | Uncle Duke |
| Tomorrow | 2017/II | Chris | |
| Lily's Driftwood Bay | 2014-2017 | TV Series | Lord Stag |
| Bones | 2007-2017 | TV Series | Dr. Gordon Wyatt |
| Danger Mouse | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Colonel K / Criminal K |
| Yonderland | 2016 | TV Series | Cuddly Dick |
| I Hate Dancing | 2016 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | 2016 | Cheshire Cat (voice) | |
| Love & Friendship | 2016 | Mr. Johnson | |
| Rocky Horror Show Live | 2015 | Narrator | |
| The Man Who Knew Infinity | 2015 | Sir Francis Spring | |
| GivingTales | 2015 | Video Game | Narrator - The Ugly Duckling (voice) |
| Marked | 2014 | TV Short | Father Christmas |
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | Master of Laketown | |
| LittleBigPlanet 3 | 2014 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| American Dad! | 2014 | TV Series | Mr. Cavendish |
| 24: Live Another Day | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Prime Minister Alastair Davies |
| This Is Jinsy | 2014 | TV Series | Dr. Bevelspepp |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | Master of Laketown | |
| Sorapol: Immortal | 2013 | Short | Narrator |
| Super Clyde | 2013 | TV Movie | Randolph |
| Twelfth Night | 2013 | Malvolio | |
| The Lonely Dodo | 2013 | Video short | Narrator / Mascarene Grass Frog (voice) |
| The Look of Love | 2013 | Barrister | |
| Doors Open | 2012 | TV Movie | Professor Robert Gissing |
| LittleBigPlanet 2 Cross Controller | 2012 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | 2012 | Video Game | Narrator (LittleBigPlanet) (voice) |
| Cicada Princess | 2012 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| LittleBigPlanet Karting | 2012 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| LittleBigPlanet PS Vita | 2012 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | 2012 | Oscar Wilde (voice) | |
| Playhouse Presents | 2012 | TV Series | The European |
| Who Betrayed the Bomber Boys | 2012 | TV Movie | Narrator (voice) |
| The Borrowers | 2011 | TV Movie | Professor Mildeye |
| The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff | 2011 | TV Series | Skulkingworm |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 2011 | Mycroft Holmes | |
| Holy Flying Circus | 2011 | TV Movie | God |
| Lost Connection | 2011 | Short | Dad |
| Ros na Rún | 2011 | TV Series | Tourist |
| Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins | 2011 | The Narrator | |
| LittleBigPlanet 2 | 2011 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| Little Crackers | 2010 | TV Series | Headmaster |
| Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves | 2010 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| Fable III | 2010 | Video Game | Reaver (voice) |
| Konferenz der Tiere | 2010 | Socrates (English version, voice) | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 2010 | Video Game | The Cheshire Cat (voice) |
| Alice in Wonderland | 2010/I | Cheshire Cat (voice) | |
| House of Boys | 2009 | Dr. Marsh | |
| LittleBigPlanet PSP | 2009 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| Jam | 2009/II | Short | Mr. Eustache |
| Kingdom | 2007-2009 | TV Series | Peter Kingdom |
| Fable II | 2008 | Video Game | Reaver (voice) |
| LittleBigPlanet | 2008 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| Tales of the Riverbank | 2008 | Owl | |
| St. Trinian's | 2007 | Stephen Fry | |
| Eichmann | 2007 | Minister Tormer | |
| The Secret Show | 2007 | TV Series | Lucky Leo |
| Blanche Neige, la suite | 2007 | The Narrator (English version, voice) | |
| Let's Go, Pocoyo | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Extras | 2006 | TV Series | Stephen Fry |
| Little Claus and Big Claus | 2006 | Short | Narrator |
| Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker | 2006 | Smithers | |
| V for Vendetta | 2005 | Deitrich | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| Dirty Tricks | 2005 | TV Series | Owl |
| Absolute Power | 2003-2005 | TV Series | Charles Prentiss |
| Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story | 2005 | Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 2005 | Narrator / The Guide (voice) | |
| Mirrormask | 2005 | Librarian | |
| Tom Brown's Schooldays | 2005 | TV Movie | Dr. Thomas Arnold |
| A Bear Named Winnie | 2004 | TV Movie | Protheroe |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | 2004 | Maurice Woodruff | |
| The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope | 2004 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Tooth | 2004 | Pedro | |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers: Deleted Scenes | 2004 | Video short | Maurice Woodruff |
| Le divorce | 2003 | Piers Janely | |
| Fortysomething | 2003 | TV Series | Derek the Fishmonger |
| Bright Young Things | 2003 | Chauffeur | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | Video Game | Narrator (voice) |
| Thunderpants | 2002 | Sir Anthony Silk | |
| Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time | 2001-2002 | TV Mini-Series | The Minister of Chance |
| Da Mob | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Maurice |
| Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali | 2002 | TV Movie | Andre Breton |
| Gosford Park: Deleted Scenes | 2002 | Video short | Inspector Thompson |
| Omnibus | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Narrator - Extracts from The Harry Potter Books |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | Video Game | Narrator (PS2) (voice) |
| Gosford Park | 2001 | Inspector Thompson | |
| The Discovery of Heaven | 2001 | Onno | |
| Fourplay | 2001 | Nigel Steele (Therapist) | |
| Baddiel's Syndrome | 2001 | TV Series | The Psychiatrist |
| Sabotage! | 2000 | Wellington | |
| Watership Down | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Cowslip |
| Relative Values | 2000 | Frederick Crestwell | |
| Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration | 2000 | TV Movie | Host |
| Best | 2000 | Frazer Crane | |
| Gormenghast | 2000 | TV Mini-Series | Professor Bellgrove |
| Longitude | 2000 | TV Movie | Sir Kenelm Digby |
| Blackadder Back & Forth | 1999 | Short | All Melchetts |
| Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | 1999 | Dr. Peter Robinson | |
| The Magician's House | 1999 | TV Series | Jasper the Owl (voice) |
| A Civil Action | 1998 | Pinder | |
| The Tichborne Claimant | 1998 | Hawkins | |
| In the Red | 1998 | TV Series | Controller Radio 2 / Controller, Radio 2 |
| Spice World | 1997 | Judge | |
| Wilde | 1997 | Oscar Wilde | |
| Mr. Toad's Wild Ride | 1996 | The Judge | |
| Laughter and Loathing | 1995 | TV Movie | Juvenal |
| The Thin Blue Line | 1995 | TV Series | Brigadier Blaster Sump |
| The Steal | 1995 | Wimborne | |
| A Bit of Fry and Laurie | 1987-1995 | TV Series | Various Characters |
| Cold Comfort Farm | 1995 | TV Movie | Mybug |
| I.Q. | 1994 | James Moreland | |
| The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller | 1994 | TV Series | |
| Clear Cut | 1994 | Short | |
| Woof! | 1993 | TV Series | Armitage Blair |
| Stalag Luft | 1993 | TV Movie | Wing Commander James Forrester |
| Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times | 1993 | TV Series | Oscar Wilde |
| Jeeves and Wooster | 1990-1993 | TV Series | Jeeves |
| Sylvia Hates Sam | 1993 | Short | God |
| Peter's Friends | 1992 | Peter Morton | |
| Screen Two | 1990-1992 | TV Series | Humphrey Taylor / Daniel Davenport |
| Rita Rudner | 1990 | TV Series | |
| Blackadder Goes Forth | 1989 | TV Series | General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett |
| Anything More Would Be Greedy | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Julian Holmes-Coppitt |
| The New Statesman | 1989 | TV Series | Piers Lonsdale |
| Blackadder's Christmas Carol | 1988 | TV Short | Lords Melchett / Frondo |
| This Is David Lander | 1988 | TV Series | David Lander |
| A Fish Called Wanda | 1988 | Hutchison | |
| A Handful of Dust | 1988 | Reggie | |
| Blackadder: The Cavalier Years | 1988 | TV Short | King Charles I |
| Black Adder the Third | 1987 | TV Series | The Duke of Wellington, a famous soldier |
| The Laughing Prisoner | 1987 | TV Movie | No. 2 |
| Filthy Rich & Catflap | 1987 | TV Series | P'Farty |
| Chance in a Million | 1986 | TV Series | Rev. Hoblyn |
| Black-Adder II | 1986 | TV Series | Lord Melchett |
| Alas Smith & Jones | 1985 | TV Series | |
| Happy Families | 1985 | TV Series | Dr. De Quincy |
| The Good Father | 1985 | Creighton | |
| The Lenny Henry Show | 1985 | TV Series | |
| Alfresco | 1983-1984 | TV Series | Various Characters / Host / Aristocrat / ... |
| The Young Ones | 1984 | TV Series | Lord Snot |
| The Crystal Cube | 1983 | TV Movie | Dr. Adrian Cowlacey / Various Roles |
| There's Nothing to Worry About! | 1982 | TV Series | Narrator / Bernard / Simon Newby / ... |
| Cambridge Footlights Revue | 1982 | TV Movie | Various Characters |
| Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Singer in 'H.M.S. Pinafore' (uncredited) |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hippopotamus | 2017 | novel | |
| Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me | 2014 | ||
| Escape from Planet Earth | 2013 | additional story material | |
| The Settlement | 2011 | Short co-writer | |
| Fry's Planet Word | 2011 | TV Series documentary written by - 5 episodes | |
| Little Crackers | 2010 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Stephen Fry in America | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary written by - 6 episodes | |
| Stephen Fry: HIV & Me | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Magic Flute | 2006 | English libretto and dialogue / screenplay | |
| Bright Young Things | 2003 | screenplay | |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2003 | TV Special | |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2002 | TV Special documentary | |
| Lucky Break | 2001 | book of musical play: "Nelson the Musical" | |
| Fire Island | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary written by - 4 episodes | |
| A Bit of Fry and Laurie | 1987-1995 | TV Series written by - 26 episodes | |
| Hysteria 2! | 1989 | TV Special | |
| Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! | 1988 | TV Special | |
| The Laughing Prisoner | 1987 | TV Movie | |
| Saturday Live | 1986 | TV Series | |
| Pushing Up Daisies | 1984 | TV Series | |
| Alfresco | TV Series writer - 6 episodes, 1984 additional material - 1 episode, 1983 | ||
| The Crystal Cube | 1983 | TV Movie | |
| There's Nothing to Worry About! | 1982 | TV Series written by - 3 episodes | |
| Cambridge Footlights Revue | 1982 | TV Movie | |
| Not the Nine O'Clock News | 1979 | TV Series writer |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Life | 2017 | TV Series executive producer | |
| Out of the Village | 2016 | Short associate producer | |
| Tickled | 2016 | Documentary associate producer | |
| Playhouse Presents | 2012-2015 | TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes | |
| Two Down | 2015 | executive producer | |
| Nightstand | 2015 | Short executive producer | |
| Marked | 2014 | TV Short executive producer | |
| Sunday Roast | 2014 | Short executive producer | |
| Doors Open | 2012 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| Little Crackers | 2011 | TV Series executive producer - 1 episode | |
| Perspectives | 2011 | TV Series documentary executive producer - 1 episode | |
| Kingdom | 2007-2009 | TV Series executive producer - 18 episodes | |
| Bright Young Things | 2003 | executive producer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Branagh Films 'The Magic Flute' | 2008 | Video documentary "The Magic Flute" excerpts | |
| The Magic Flute | 2006 | writer: "The Magic Flute" | |
| A Bit of Fry and Laurie | 1990-1995 | TV Series performer - 5 episodes | |
| Peter's Friends | 1992 | performer: "Orpheus In the Underworld" | |
| Alfresco | 1983-1984 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Man Who Loved Sherlock Holmes | 2007 | TV Movie documentary narrator | |
| Hysteria 2! | 1989 | TV Special stage director | |
| Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! | 1988 | TV Special stage director |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Young Things | 2003 |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Kisses | 2017/II | the producers wish to thank | |
| McCatherine | 2013 | thanks | |
| Elsewhere | 2011/I | Short thanks | |
| Small-Time Revolutionary | 2010 | Short special thanks | |
| Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story | 2009 | Documentary thanks | |
| The Meerkats | 2008 | Documentary thanks | |
| Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island | 1999 | TV Series documentary With Thanks to - 1 episode | |
| Hamlet | 1996 | special thanks | |
| Sense and Sensibility | 1995 | thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 68th Annual Tony Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee |
| Tiny Giants 3D | 2014 | Documentary short | Narrator |
| The South Bank Show | 1992-2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| World Championship Snooker | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Spectator |
| Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk | 2014 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Our Gay Wedding: The Musical | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself - Introduction |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Hidden Kingdoms | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Broadway.com Show | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bear Grylls Wild Weekends | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin | 2013 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
| The Colbert Report | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Stephen Fry: Out There | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Stephen Fry's Key to the City | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Alan Whicker: Journey's End | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Eye Spy | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Narrator |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2006-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Frost on Sketch Shows | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Perspectives | 2013 | TV Series documentary | |
| EE British Academy Film Awards: Red Carpet Show | 2013 | TV Special | Himself |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Stephen Fry: Gadget Man | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Kulturzeit | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Just a Minute | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| In Love with Wilde | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Frost on Interviews | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The One Show | 2008-2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| CBS This Morning | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| CBS This Morning: Saturday | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Janela Indiscreta | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Story of Musicals | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Making of the Borrowers | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself - Professor Mildeye |
| The American Cinematheque Tribute to Robert Downey Jr | 2011 | TV Special | Himself |
| Ben Elton: Laughing at the 80s | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Various Characters |
| I've Never Seen Star Wars | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Living the Life | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lateline | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fry's Planet Word | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| QI Genesis | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Wogan on Wodehouse | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Ocean Giants | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Chris Moyles Quiz Night | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Question Setter |
| Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| The Hour | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2005-2011 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Actor & Broadcaster |
| March of the Dinosaurs | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Tamara Drewe: Red Carpet Special | 2011 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| 24 Hour Panel People | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| The National Television Awards 2011 | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| In Confidence | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Fry and Laurie Reunited | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Great Migrations | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Great American Oil Spill | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Last Chance to See | 2009-2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Wagner & Me | 2010 | Documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Rob Brydon Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Legends | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| BBC Proms | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
| Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself - Contributor |
| The Genius of Design | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Stephen Fry on Wagner | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| This Morning | 2007-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Virtual Revolution | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Bible: A History | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor, Writer and Presenter |
| Live from Studio Five | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| National Television Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
| The National Television Awards Backstage Live | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
| Delia Through the Decades | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| 2010 Britannia Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself |
| Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Toy Stories | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Channel 4 News | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| BBC Proms | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Top Gear | 2003-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2002-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| 2009 Britannia Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Blackadder Rides Again | 2008 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Stephen Fry in America | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
| Happy Birthday to GNU | 2008 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Revealed | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Natural World | 1998-2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The Machine That Made Us | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Kenneth Branagh Films 'The Magic Flute' | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| QI Presents: Strictly Come Duncing | 2007 | Video Game | Himself - Presenter |
| Stephen Fry: HIV & Me | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Mark Lawson Talks to... | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stephen Fry: Guilty | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Parkinson | 2001-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Shrink Rap | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| One O'Clock News | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Arena | 2004-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator / Himself |
| Disappearing London: Suggs and the City | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| University Challenge: The Story So Far | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| Clive James Talking in the Library | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Story of Light Entertainment | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Betjeman and Me: Griff Rhys Jones | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| England Prevails: V for Vendetta and the New Wave in Comics | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Freedom! Forever!: Making 'V for Vendetta' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Sport Relief 2006 | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself - Presenter: A Question of Sport Relief |
| A Tour of Shandy Hall, Laurence Sterne's Home | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| This Week | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 50 Greatest Comedy Films | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| QI: A Quite Interesting Game | 2005 | Video Game | Himself - Presenter |
| 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' | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Harry Potter at the Castle: Magic at Midnight | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Nigella | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Tribute to John Mills | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Comedy Connections | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2001-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Victoria Wood's Making of Acorn Antiques: The Musical! | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| Comic Relief Does University Challenge | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Team Captain |
| 29 Minutes of Fame | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| 2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Stephen Fry's Shorts | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Robbie Williams: The Show-Off Must Go On | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Sport Relief 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Presenter: They Think It's All A Question Of Sport |
| Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| From the Bottom Up | 2004 | Documentary short | Himself - Writer / Director |
| Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute | 2004 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Host |
| Britain's Best Sitcom | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Making of the Life and Death of Peter Sellers | 2004 | Video short | Himself / Maurice Woodruff |
| Rove Live | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Imagine | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Comic Relief Does University Challenge | 2003 | TV Movie | Himself - Team Captain |
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| V Graham Norton | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rescuing the Spectacled Bear | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Stephen Fry: Director Documentary | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself - Director |
| Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Airport | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 40 Years of University Challenge | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Kumars at No. 42 | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sport Relief | 2002 | TV Special | Presenter: They Think It's All A Question Of Sport |
| Breakfast with Frost | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Himself / Host |
| Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Making of Gosford Park | 2002 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Paddington Bear: The Early Years | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Sketch Show Story | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Omnibus | 1986-2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Countdown | 1998-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bob Martin | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Comic Relief Presents: Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Liquid News | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Room 101 | 2001 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself / Host |
| Comic Relief Short Pants | 2001 | TV Special short | Himself |
| In Search of the Prisoner | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' | 2000 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Have I Got News for You | 1992-2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Priory | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | 1999 | TV Special | Ambassador / Modern Man |
| The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story | 1999 | TV Special short | Himself |
| The Johnny Vaughan Film Show | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Fire Island | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Richard Whiteley Unbriefed | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| What a Performance! | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| Geri | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Nominee |
| Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Stanley Baxter in Person | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Book Quiz | 1998 | TV Short | Himself |
| Live from the Lighthouse | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Late Lunch | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| A Royal Birthday Celebration | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | King Charles II |
| Carry on Darkly | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| So Graham Norton | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Heroes of Comedy | 1997-1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Adventure Starts Here | 1998 | Video short | Himself |
| Venice Report | 1997 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Shooting Stars | 1996-1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Audience with Elton John | 1997 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 1988-1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| A Royal Gala | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
| They Think It's All Over | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| The British Academy Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
| Clive Anderson All Talk | 1996-1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| TFI Friday | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 49th Bafta Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a TV Series |
| A Royal Gala | 1996 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Comic Relief | 1995 | TV Special segment "Oliver 2: Let's Twist Again" | |
| A Christmas Night with the Stars | 1994 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| An Audience with Bob Monkhouse | 1994 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Clive James | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Camp Christmas | 1993 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Clive Anderson Talks Back | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| Masterchef | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes | 1993 | TV Special | Himself |
| Mr. Roadrunner | 1991 | TV Movie | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Saturday Night Clive | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| James Randi: Psychic Investigator | 1991 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Question Time | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Aspel & Company | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hysteria 2! | 1989 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| A Night of Comic Relief 2 | 1989 | TV Special | Himself |
| Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! | 1988 | TV Special | Himself |
| Battle of Soho | 2017 | Documentary completed | Himself |
| Call My Bluff | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sixteen Legs | 2016 | Documentary completed | |
| Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comic Relief | 1988 | TV Special | Himself / King Charles I |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2017 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Friday Night Live | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stephen Fry in Central America | 2015-2017 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Secret Policeman's Third Ball | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Did You See..? | 1987 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Behind the Scenes of Love & Friendship | 2016 | Video documentary short | Himself / Mr. Johnson |
| Royal Variety Performance 1987 | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Killing$ of Tony Blair | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | 1986 | Video | Himself (segment "Dangervision") |
| Just Call Me Martina | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Saturday Live | 1986 | TV Series | Himself / Various |
| Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Panellist |
| Wogan | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Safe House: A Decline of Ideas | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Weekend in Wallop | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Larry King Now | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| QI | 2003-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2016 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Host |
| A Life on Screen: Stephen Fry | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Comic Relief: National Treasures | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Comic Relief 2015 | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2015 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Host |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | 2011-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| That Sugar Film | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - The Peoples and Denizens of Middle-earth | 2014 | Video documentary | |
| To Russia with Love | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Actor |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Newsnight | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me | 2014 | Himself | |
| Click Online | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Happy Prince with Stephen Fry | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countdown: One Last Consonant Please, Carol | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Countdown | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| TV's 50 Greatest Stars | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself Gen. Melchett Jeeves ... (uncredited) |
| Comedy Connections | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Wing Commander James Forrester |
| The Unseen Spike Milligan | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| 80s | 2005 | TV Series documentary | |
| Greatest TV Comedy Moments | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Richard Whiteley (uncredited) |
| The Comedians' Comedian | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Unsere Besten | 2004 | TV Series | Himself / Host |
| Who Killed Saturday Night TV? | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Comedy from Merton to Enfield | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Arena | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' | 2002 | Video | Himself |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 1988-1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Story of Bean | 1997 | TV Special documentary | Gen. Melchett (uncredited) |
| Comic Relief: Behind the Nose | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Mai dire TV | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Le petit amour | 1988 | Himself (in AIDS sketch) (uncredited) | |
| Playing Shakespeare | 1982 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Talking Snooker | 2017 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Lorraine | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| QI | 2010-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Wogan: The Best Of | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Drunken Peasants | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Britain's Best Loved Double Acts | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Double Act |
| Lego the Hobbit: The Video Game | 2014 | Video Game | The Master of Laketown |
| Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| My Favourite Joke | 2011 | TV Series | Lord Snot |
| Breakfast | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011 | TV Series | James Moreland |
| Almost Famous IV | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Whitbread Commercial |
| The Rob Brydon Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Great TV Mistakes | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Lord Melchett (uncredited) |
| The Unforgettable Bob Monkhouse | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| 30 Years of 'An Audience With...' | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Almost Famous III | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Timeshift | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator 'Grandmaster Clash' |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Special Recognition Award | National Television Awards, UK | ||
| 2006 | Golden Rose | Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival | Best Game Show Host | QI (2003) |
| 2002 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | Special Achievement Award | Satellite Awards | Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 2002 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 1998 | Golden Space Needle Award | Seattle International Film Festival | Best Actor | Wilde (1997) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game | LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014) |
| 2013 | BTVA Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Performance in a Narrating Role | LittleBigPlanet Karting (2012) |
| 2012 | BAFTA Games Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Performer | LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011) |
| 2012 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best Comedy Entertainment Personality | |
| 2011 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Entertainment Performance | QI (2003) |
| 2008 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Entertainment Performance | QI (2003) |
| 2007 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Entertainment Perfromance | QI (2003) |
| 2007 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best Comedy Entertainment Personality | QI (2003) |
| 2005 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Entertainment Performance | QI (2003) |
| 2004 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Entertainment Performance | QI (2003) |
| 2004 | Emden Film Award | Emden International Film Festival | Bright Young Things (2003) | |
| 2003 | Douglas Hickox Award | British Independent Film Awards | Bright Young Things (2003) | |
| 2002 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
| 1999 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Wilde (1997) |
| 1999 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Wilde (1997) |
| 1999 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Wilde (1997) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Gosford Park (2001) |
Known for movies
QI (2003-2016)
as Himself - Host
V for Vendetta (2005)
as Deitrich
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
as Mycroft Holmes
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Cheshire Cat
