Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry (born 24 August, 1957) is a British comedian, author, actor, and director. He is the son of Alan and Marianne Fry.

Performances

• TV programmes
• Blackadder (Mostly Blackadder II and Blackadder Goes Forth, with a cameo in Blackadder The Third)
• Whose Line Is It Anyway (the original UK version)
• A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1986 pilot, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995)
• Jeeves and Wooster (1990-93)
• Common Pursuit (1992)
• Gormenghast (2000)
• QI (2003-onwards)
• Absolute Power (2003, 2005)
• Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
• Films
• A Fish Called Wanda (cameo, 1988)
• Peter's Friends (1992)
• I.Q. (1994)
• Wilde (1997)
• Spice World (1997)
• A Civil Action (1998)
• Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
• Relative Values (2000), based on Noel Coward's play
• Gosford Park (2001)
• The Discovery of Heaven
• Thunderpants (2002)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
• Plays
• The Common Pursuit (1988)
• Cell Mates, by Simon Gray (1995)
• Radio shows
• ': Murray Bost Henson, BBC Radio 4
• Saturday Night Fry (1998, BBC Radio 4, six episodes)
• A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1994, BBC Radio Four, two half-hour programmes compiled from selected previously-seen sketches from the TV series)
• Absolute Power, BBC Radio Four
• Regular guest panelist on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, BBC Radio Four
• Regular guest panelist on Just a Minute, BBC Radio Four
• Has a regular slot, The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music on Classic FM
• Played the lead, David Lander on Radio 4 series Delve Special
• 6 episode BBC radio series called Saturday Night Fry

Stephen Fry also narrates the UK audio versions of the Harry Potter books (this is Jim Dale's job in the US). He also made a guest appearance in a special webcast version of Doctor Who in a story called Death Comes to Time, in which he plays a Time Lord, the Minister of Chance. He will be writing the 11th episode of the 2006 series of Doctor Who.

Related Topics:
Harry Potter - Jim Dale - Doctor Who - Death Comes to Time - Time Lord - 2006

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