
Stephen Fry
Fry's film credits include Chariots of Fire (1981), A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Gosford Park (2001), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and Love & Friendship (2016). He portrays the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and its 2016 sequel, and the Master of Lake-town in the film trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit (2013–2014). For playing Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (1997), Fry was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Between 2001 and 2017, he hosted the British Academy Film Awards 12 times.
Fry is known for his work in theatre. In 1984, he adapted Me and My Girl for the West End, where it ran for eight years and received two Laurence Olivier Awards. After it transferred to Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination. In 2012, Fry played Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe. The production was then taken to the West End, before transferring to Broadway, where he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In 2025 and early 2026, Fry played Lady Bracknell in the National Theatre production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
Fry has written and presented several documentary series, including the Emmy Award-winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2006) and the travel series Stephen Fry in America (2008). He is also a prolific writer, contributing to newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and three autobiographies. He has lent his voice to numerous projects, including the audiobooks for all seven of the Harry Potter novels as well as the Paddington Bear books. Since 2011, Fry has served as president of the mental health charity Mind. In 2025, Fry was knighted for services to mental health awareness, the environment, and charity.
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Known For

Heartstopper

Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! Australia

London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year

QI

QI XL

The British Academy Film Awards

The Interrogator

100 Years Younger in 21 Days

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

A Year on Planet Earth

Absolute Power

Alfresco

Blackadder

Comic Relief's Great Big Excellent African Adventure

Danger Mouse

Dinosaur with Stephen Fry

easyJet: Inside the Cockpit

Everything Now

Eye Spy

Fire Island

Fry's Planet Word

Gadget Man

Gormenghast

Great Migrations

Happy Families

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Hidden Kingdoms

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

In the Red

It's a Sin

Jeeves & Wooster

Kingdom

Last Chance to See

Pocoyo

Stephen Fry in America

Stephen Fry in Central America

Stephen Fry: Out There

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

The Great Indoors

The Sandman

The Story of Light Entertainment

The Virtual Revolution

This is David Lander

Too Much

Yonderland
Part of Crew
Recently Updated Shows

The Hunting Party
When a secret prison suffers a mysterious explosion that allows the nation's most violent serial killers to escape, a former profiler is thrust back into a thrilling game of cat and mouse. Alongside a team of soldiers, spies and special agents, she has no choice but to track down and recapture these dangerous criminals… before they kill again.

Elsbeth
Elsbeth follows Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. After leaving her successful legal career in Chicago to tackle a new investigative role in New York City, Elsbeth finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner, a charismatic and revered leader. Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke, a stoic and ethical officer who quickly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth's insightful and offbeat ways.


