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Stephen Fry

Birth name: Stephen John Fry

Birth date: 24.08.1954

Writer, actor, comedian, do-er of good works, excellent good friend to the famous and not, Fry lives in his London SW1 flat and his Norfolk house when not traveling. Famous for his public declaration of celibacy in the "Tatler" back in the 80s, Emma Thompson has characterised her friend as "90 percent gay, 10 percent other". He grew up in Norfolk (where his parents still reside) and attended Uppingham School and Stout's Hill. After his notorious three months in Pucklechurch prison for credit card fraud, he attended Queens College, Cambridge in 1979, finishing with a 2:1 in English in 1981/2. While at Cambridge he was a member of the Cherubs drinking club, and Footlights with Thompson, Tony Slattery, Martin Bergmann, and Hugh Laurie (to whom he was introduced by E.T.). His prolific writing partnership with Laurie began in 1981 with resulting Footlights revues for (among others) Mayweek, Edinburgh Festival, and a three month tour of Australia. In 1984 Fry was engaged to do the rewrite of the Noel Gay musical "Me and My Girl", which made him a millionaire before the age of 30. It also earned him a nomination for a Tony award in 1987. (Sidenote: It was upon SF's suggestion that Emma Thompson landed a leading role in the London cast of this show.) Throughout the 1980s Fry did a huge amount of television and radio work, as well as writing for newspapers (e.g. a weekly column in the "Daily Telegraph") and magazines (e.g. articles for "Arena"). He is probably best known for his television roles in "Blackadder II" (1986) and "Jeeves and Wooster" (1990). His support of the Terence Higgins Trust through events such as the first "Hysteria" benefit, as well as numerous other charity efforts, are probably those works of which he is most proud. Fry's acting career has not been limited to films and television. He had successful runs in Alan Bennett's "Forty Years On", Simon Gray's "The Common Pursuit" with John Sessions, Rik Mayall, John Gordon Sinclair, and others. Michael Frayn's "Look Look" and Gray's "Cell Mates" were less successful for both Fry and their playwrights, the latter not helped by his walking out of the play after only a couple of weeks. Fry has published four novels as well as a collection of his radio and journalistic miscellanea. He has recorded audiotapes of his novels (an unabridged version of "The Liar" was released in 1995), as well as many other works for both adults and children.

Filmography

# House of Boys (2007) (pre-production) .... Dr. Marsh # The Water Warriors (2006) (filming) # Stormbreaker (2006) .... Mr. Smithers # V for Vendetta (2005) .... Gordon Deitrich ... aka V for Vendetta: At the IMAX (UK: IMAX version) ... aka V wie Vendetta (Germany) # Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (VG) .... Narrator # "Pocoyo" (2005) TV Series .... Narrator # A Cock and Bull Story (2005) .... Patrick Curator/Parson Yorick ... aka Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (USA) # The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (voice) .... Narrator/The Guide # MirrorMask (2005) .... Librarian # Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005) (TV) .... Dr. Thomas Arnold # A Bear Named Winnie (2004) (TV) .... Protheroe the Zookeeper # Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Narrator # The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) .... Maurice Woodruff # Tooth (2004) .... Pedro # "Absolute Power" .... Charles Prentiss - Burn and Crash (2003) TV Episode .... Charles Prentiss - History Man (2003) TV Episode .... Charles Prentiss # Divorce, Le (2003) .... Piers Janely # "Fortysomething" (2003) TV Series .... Derek (pilot) # Bright Young Things (2003) (uncredited) .... Chauffeur # Thunderpants (2002) .... Sir Anthony Silk ... aka Donderbroek (Netherlands) ... aka Incroyable histoire de Patrick Smash, L' (France) # Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002) (TV) .... Andre Breton # Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Narrator # Gosford Park (2001) .... Inspector Thompson ... aka Gosford Park (Germany) # The Discovery of Heaven (2001) .... Onno Quist ... aka Ontdekking van de hemel, De (Netherlands) # Londinium (2001) .... Nigel Steele (Therapist) ... aka Four Play (Australia: Pay-TV title) (UK) ... aka Fourplay (UK) (USA) # "Baddiel's Syndrome" (2001) TV Series (voice) .... The Psychiatrist # "Da Mob" (2001) TV Series (voice) .... Maurice # Sabotage! (2000) .... Wellington ... aka Sabotage!! (Spain) ... aka Sabotaje (Spain) # Relative Values (2000) .... Frederick Crestwell # Best (2000) .... Frazer Crane # "Gormenghast" (2000) (mini) TV Series .... Professor Bellgrove # Longitude (2000) (TV) .... Sir Kenelm Digby # The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV) .... Ambassador/Modern Man # Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) .... Bishop Flavius Melchett/Melchett/General Melchecus/Wellington # Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999) .... Dr. Peter Robinson # The Magician's House (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Jasper the Owl # "Richard Whiteley Unbriefed" - Episode dated 29 May 1999 (1999) TV Episode # "Watership Down" (1999) TV Series (voice) .... Cowslip (I) # "Fire Island" (1999) TV Series .... Narrator # A Civil Action (1998) .... Pinder # The Tichborne Claimant (1998) .... Hawkins # In the Red (1998) (TV) .... Controller, Radio 2 # Spice World (1997) .... Judge # Wilde (1997) .... Oscar Wilde ... aka Oscar Wilde (Germany) (Japan: English title) # The Wind in the Willows (1996) .... The Judge ... aka Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (USA: video title) # "The Thin Blue Line" - Kids Today (1995) TV Episode .... Brigadier Blaster Sump # The Steal (1995) .... Wimborne # "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" .... Various Characters - Episode #4.7 (1995) TV Episode .... Various Characters - Episode #4.6 (1995) TV Episode .... Various Characters - Episode #4.5 (1995) TV Episode .... Various Characters - Episode #4.4 (1995) TV Episode .... Various Characters - Episode #4.3 (1995) TV Episode .... Various Characters (21 more) # Laughter and Loathing (1995) (TV) .... Juvenal # Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) .... Mybug # I.Q. (1994) .... James Moreland # "The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller" - Episode #1.1 (????) TV Episode # "Woof!" - The Hunt for the Red Fox (1993) TV Episode # Stalag Luft (1993) (TV) .... James Forrester # "Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times" - Oscar (1993) TV Episode .... Oscar Wilde # "Jeeves and Wooster" .... Reginald Jeeves - The Ex's Are Nearly Married Off (1993) TV Episode .... Reginald Jeeves - Totleigh Towers (1993) TV Episode .... Reginald Jeeves - Arrested in a Night Club (1993) TV Episode .... Reginald Jeeves - Honoria Glossop Turns Up (1993) TV Episode .... Reginald Jeeves - Lady Florence Craye Arrives in New York (1993) TV Episode .... Reginald Jeeves (18 more) # Sylvia Hates Sam (1993) .... God # Peter's Friends (1992) .... Peter Morton # Common Pursuit (1992) (TV) .... Humphrey Taylor # Mr. Roadrunner (1991) (TV) .... Narrator # Old Flames (1990) (TV) .... Daniel Davenport # "Rita Rudner" - Episode #1.2 (1990) TV Episode # "Blackadder Goes Forth" .... Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett - Goodbyeee (1989) TV Episode .... Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett - General Hospital (1989) TV Episode .... Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett - Private Plane (1989) TV Episode .... Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett - Major Star (1989) TV Episode .... Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett - Corporal Punishment (1989) TV Episode .... Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett (1 more) # "The New Statesman" - The Haltemprice Bunker (1989) TV Episode .... Piers Lonsdale # A Fish Called Wanda (1988) .... Hatchison # A Handful of Dust (1988) .... Reggie # Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) (TV) .... King Charles I # "This Is David Lander" (1988) TV Series .... David Lander # Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV) .... Lord Melchett/Lord Frondo # "Blackadder the Third" ... aka Blackadder 3 (UK) ... aka Blackadder III (USA: video title) - Duel and Duality (1987) TV Episode .... The Duke of Wellington # The Laughing Prisoner (1987) (TV) .... No. 2 # "Filthy Rich & Catflap" - Episode #1.2 (1987) TV Episode .... P'Farty # "Chance in a Million" - The Wedding (1986) TV Episode .... Rev. Hoblyn # "Blackadder II" .... Lord Melchett ... aka Black-Adder II - Chains (1986) TV Episode .... Lord Melchett - Beer (1986) TV Episode .... Lord Melchett - Money (1986) TV Episode .... Lord Melchett - Potato (1986) TV Episode .... Lord Melchett - Head (1986) TV Episode .... Lord Melchett (1 more) # The Good Father (1985) .... Creighton # "Alas Smith & Jones" ... aka Smith & Jones (UK: new title) - Episode #2.5 (1985) TV Episode - Episode #2.4 (1985) TV Episode # "Happy Families" .... Dr. De Quincy - Reunion (1985) TV Episode .... Dr. De Quincy # "The Lenny Henry Show" - Episode #2.2 (1985) TV Episode # "The Young Ones" - Bambi (1984) TV Episode .... Lord Snot # The Crystal Cube (1983) (TV) .... Dr. Adrian Cowlacey/Various roles # "Alfresco" (1983) TV Series .... Various roles # Cambridge Footlights Revue (1982) (TV) .... Various Characters # Chariots of Fire (1981) (uncredited) .... Artist