Stephen Fry bibliography and filmography
Fry in "Happy Birthday to GNU (2008)"
Stephen Fry is an English actor, comedian, author and television presenter. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster. Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the Blackadder television series and was the host of celebrity comedy trivia show, QI. He has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and three autobiographies, Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles, and More Fool Me: A Memoir.
Written works
Films and screenplays
| Year | Film/Show | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Nominated – British Independent Film Awards Nominated – Emden International Film Festival |
| 2006 | The Magic Flute | English translation of the libretto[1] |
Musicals
| Year | Film/Show | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Me and My Girl | Adapted from Lupino Lane's script |
Books
| Year | Book | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Liar | |
| 1992 | Paperweight | Collection of Articles |
| 1994 | The Hippopotamus | |
| 1996 | Making History | Alternate History Won – Sidewise Award for Alternate History |
| 1997 | Moab Is My Washpot | Autobiography |
| 2000 | The Stars' Tennis Balls | Revenge: A Novel in the US Fry's take on The Count of Monte Cristo |
| 2002 | Rescuing the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Diary | |
| 2004 | Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music | Ghostwritten by Tim Lihoreau |
| 2005 | The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within | |
| 2008 | Stephen Fry in America | |
| 2010 | The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography[2] | Autobiography |
| 2014 | More Fool Me: A Memoir | Autobiography |
| 2017 | Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece |
Plays
| Year | Book | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Latin! (or Tobacco and Boys.) | Included in Paperweight Won – Fringe First at the 1980 Edinburgh Festival. |
| 2007 | Pantomime Cinderella | Performed at the Old Vic at Christmas.[3] |
Published Television Scripts
| Year | Book | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series One |
| 1991 | A Bit More Fry & Laurie | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series Two |
| 1992 | 3 Bits of Fry & Laurie | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series Three |
| 1995 | Fry & Laurie Bit No. 4 | A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Series Four |
Performances
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Singer in 'H.M.S. Pinafore' | Uncredited |
| 1982 | Cambridge Footlights Revue | Various Characters | Also Writer TV Movie |
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Dr. Adrian Cowlacey/ Various Roles | Also Writer TV Movie |
| 1985 | The Good Father | Creighton | |
| 1987 | The Laughing Prisoner | No.2 | Also Writer TV Movie |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Reggie | |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Hutchison | |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Peter Morton | |
| 1993 | Stalag Luft | Wing Commander James Forrester | TV Movie |
| 1994 | IQ | James Moreland | |
| 1995 | Laughter and Loathing | Juvenal | TV Movie |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mybug | |
| 1995 | The Steal | Wimborne | |
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Judge | |
| 1997 | Wilde | Oscar Wilde | Won – Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama |
| 1997 | Spice World | Judge | |
| 1997 | Live from the Lighthouse | Host | |
| 1998 | The Tichborne Claimant | Hawkins | |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Pinder | |
| 1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Dr. Peter Robinson | |
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | Ambassador / Modern Man | |
| 2000 | Best | Frazer Crane | |
| 2000 | Relative Values | Frederick Crestwell | |
| 2000 | Sabotage | Lord Wellington | |
| 2001 | Four Play | Nigel Steele | |
| 2001 | The Discovery of Heaven | Onno | |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Inspector Thompson | Won – Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Acting Ensemble Won – Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble Cast Won – Online Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Won – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Acting Ensemble Won – Satellite Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Won – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dalí | André Breton | TV Movie |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Sir Anthony Silk | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Chauffeur | Also Director/ Writer/ Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Piers Janely | |
| 2004 | Tooth | Pedro | |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Maurice Woodruff | |
| 2004 | A Bear Named Winnie | Protheroe the Zookeeper | |
| 2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Dr. Thomas Arnold | TV Movie |
| 2005 | MirrorMask | Librarian | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Narrator/ The Guide | Voice Only |
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Patrick Curator/Parson Yorick | |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Deitrich | |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Smithers | |
| 2007 | Eichmann | Minister Tormer | |
| 2007 | St Trinian's | Himself | |
| 2007 | Snow White: The Sequel | The Narrator | Voice Only: English Language Version |
| 2008 | Tales of the Riverbank | Owl | |
| 2009 | House of Boys | Dr. Marsh | |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice Only |
| 2010 | Animals United | Socrates | Voice Only: English Language Version |
| 2011 | Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins | The Narrator | Voice Only |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mycroft Holmes | |
| 2011 | Summer Night, Winter Moon | Rufus | |
| 2012 | Clovis Dardentor | Mr. Eustache | |
| 2012 | Doors Open | Professor Gissing | TV Movie Also Executive Producer |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Master of Lake Town | |
| 2014 | That Sugar Film | Himself | Documentary |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Master of Lake Town | |
| 2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Sir Francis Spring | |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice Only |
| 2016 | Love and Friendship | Mr. Johnson | |
| 2018 | The Con Is On | Sydney | Direct-to-VOD |
| 2018 | Duck Duck Goose | Voice Only |
Plays
| Year | Play | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Common Pursuit | |
| 1995 | Cell Mates | |
Radio shows
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase: Murray Bost Henson, BBC Radio 4
- Saturday Night Fry (1988, 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
- Occasional guest panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, BBC Radio Four
- Regular guest panellist 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
- A series of "wireless essays", supposedly by his alter ego, the elderly Cambridge philology professor Donald Trefusis, were featured in the BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends, hosted by Ned Sherrin
- Fry contributed regular parodies of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat to the same station's arts programme Studio B15
- Afternoon Play: I Love Stephen Fry (2008, BBC Radio Four)
- Fry's English Delight (3 series, 2008–2010, BBC Radio Four)
- Stephen Fry on the Phone (2011, BBC Radio Four, five episodes)
Television programmes
- Filthy Rich & Catflap (1986)
- The Blackadder Series: Blackadder II (1986), Blackadder the Third (1987), Blackadder: The Cavalier Years and Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988), Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988, 1997)
- A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987 pilot, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995)
- This is David Lander (1988)
- The New Statesman (1989)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
- The Common Pursuit (1992)
- The Thin Blue Line (1995)
- In the Red (1998)
- Watership Down (voice, series 1 and 2 only) (1999–2000)
- Gormenghast (2000)
- QI (2003–2016)
- A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
- Absolute Power (2003, 2005)
- Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
- Pocoyo (2005) – an animated children's television programme, which he narrated
- Extras (2006)
- Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2006)
- Bones (2007-2017)
- Kingdom (2007)
- Shrink Rap (2007); a quasi-therapeutic interview conducted by Pamela Stephenson
- Stephen Fry: HIV and Me (2007)
- Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press (2008)
- Stephen Fry in America (2008)
- Last Chance to See (2009)
- Stephen Fry on Wagner (2010, aka Wagner & Me)
- Little Crackers (2010) - 10-minute short film
- Fry and Laurie Reunited (2010)
- Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets (2011)
- Fry's Planet Word (2011) -A five-part series in which Stephen Fry explores language, coming to understand how we learn it, write it and sometimes lose it, and why it defines us.
- Derren Brown: The Experiments (2011)
- March of the Dinosaurs (2011)
- Gadget Man (2012) Host
- Stephen Fry's Key to the City (2013)
- Stephen Fry: Out There (2013)
- Hidden Kingdoms (2014)
- 24: Live Another Day (2014)
- American Dad! (2014) as Mr. Cavendish
- Danger Mouse (2015-present) as Colonel K
- Yonderland (2016) as Cuddly Dick
- The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On (2016)
- The Great Indoors (2016-2017) as Roland
- Veep (2017) as Nikolai Genidze
- Neo Yokio (2017–present) as Principal
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | There's Nothing to Worry About! | |||
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Dr. Adrian Cowlacey/ Various Roles | Also Writer TV Movie | |
| 1983-84 | Alfresco | |||
| 1984 | The Young Ones | |||
| 1985 | Happy Families | |||
| 1986 | Filthy Rich & Catflap | |||
| 1986 | Blackadder II | |||
| 1993 | Stalag Luft | Wing Commander James Forrester | TV Movie | |
| 1994 | IQ | James Moreland | ||
| 1995 | Laughter and Loathing | Juvenal | TV Movie | |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mybug | ||
| 1995 | The Steal | Wimborne | ||
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Judge | ||
| 1997 | Wilde | Oscar Wilde | Won – Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
| 1997 | Spice World | Judge | ||
| 1997 | Live from the Lighthouse | Host | ||
| 1998 | The Tichborne Claimant | Hawkins | ||
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Pinder | ||
| 1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Dr. Peter Robinson | ||
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | Ambassador / Modern Man | ||
| 2000 | Best | Frazer Crane | ||
| 2000 | Relative Values | Frederick Crestwell | ||
| 2000 | Sabotage | Lord Wellington | ||
| 2001 | Four Play | Nigel Steele | ||
| 2001 | The Discovery of Heaven | Onno | ||
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Inspector Thompson | Won – Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Acting Ensemble Won – Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble Cast Won – Online Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Won – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Acting Ensemble Won – Satellite Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Won – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |
| 2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dalí | André Breton | TV Movie | |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Sir Anthony Silk | ||
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Chauffeur | Also Director/ Writer/ Executive Producer | |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Piers Janely | ||
| 2004 | Tooth | Pedro | ||
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Maurice Woodruff | ||
| 2004 | A Bear Named Winnie | Protheroe the Zookeeper | ||
| 2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Dr. Thomas Arnold | TV Movie | |
| 2005 | MirrorMask | Librarian | ||
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Narrator/ The Guide | Voice Only | |
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Patrick Curator/Parson Yorick | ||
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Deitrich | ||
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Smithers | ||
| 2007 | Eichmann | Minister Tormer | ||
| 2007 | St Trinian's | Himself | ||
| 2007 | Snow White: The Sequel | The Narrator | Voice Only: English Language Version | |
| 2008 | Tales of the Riverbank | Owl | ||
| 2009 | House of Boys | Dr. Marsh | ||
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice Only | |
| 2010 | Animals United | Socrates | Voice Only: English Language Version | |
| 2011 | Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins | The Narrator | Voice Only | |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mycroft Holmes | ||
| 2011 | Summer Night, Winter Moon | Rufus | ||
| 2012 | Clovis Dardentor | Mr. Eustache | ||
| 2012 | Doors Open | Professor Gissing | TV Movie Also Executive Producer | |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Master of Lake Town | ||
| 2014 | That Sugar Film | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Master of Lake Town | ||
| 2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Sir Francis Spring | ||
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Cheshire the Cheshire Cat | Voice Only | |
| 2016 | Love and Friendship | Mr. Johnson | ||
| 2018 | The Con is On | Sydney | Direct-to-VOD | |
| 2018 | Duck Duck Goose | Voice Only |
- There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982)
- The Crystal Cube (one-off BBC2 sketch show) (1983)
- Alfresco (1983–84)
- The Young Ones (1984)
- Happy Families (1985)
- Filthy Rich & Catflap (1986)
- The Blackadder Series: Blackadder II (1986), Blackadder the Third (1987), Blackadder: The Cavalier Years and Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988), Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988, 1997)
- A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987 pilot, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995)
- This is David Lander (1988)
- The New Statesman (1989)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
- The Common Pursuit (1992)
- The Thin Blue Line (1995)
- In the Red (1998)
- Watership Down (voice, series 1 and 2 only) (1999–2000)
- Gormenghast (2000)
- QI (2003–2016)
- A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
- Absolute Power (2003, 2005)
- Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
- Pocoyo (2005) – an animated children's television programme, which he narrated
- Extras (2006)
- Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2006)
- Bones (2007) and (2009)
- Kingdom (2007)
- Shrink Rap (2007); a quasi-therapeutic interview conducted by Pamela Stephenson
- Stephen Fry: HIV and Me (2007)
- Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press (2008)
- Stephen Fry in America (2008)
- Last Chance to See (2009)
- Stephen Fry on Wagner (2010, aka Wagner & Me)
- Little Crackers (2010) - 10-minute short film
- Fry and Laurie Reunited (2010)
- Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets (2011)
- Fry's Planet Word (2011) -A five-part series in which Stephen Fry explores language, coming to understand how we learn it, write it and sometimes lose it, and why it defines us.
- Derren Brown: The Experiments (2011)
- March of the Dinosaurs (2011)
- Gadget Man (2012) Host
- Stephen Fry's Key to the City (2013)
- Stephen Fry: Out There (2013)
- Hidden Kingdoms (2014)
- 24: Live Another Day (2014)
- American Dad! (2014) as Mr. Cavendish
- Danger Mouse (2015-present) as Colonel K
- Yonderland (2016) as Cuddly Dick
- The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On (2016)
- The Great Indoors (2016-2017) as Roland
- Veep (2017) as Nikolai Genidze
- Neo Yokio (2017–present) as Principal
Audiobooks
- Moab Is My Washpot (1997) ISBN 1-85686-268-2
- Paperweight Volume 1 (1998) ISBN 978-1-85686-296-7
- Harry Potter series, UK versions (1999–2007)
- The Hippopotamus (2000) ISBN 1-84197-129-4
- Montmorency (2004) ISBN 978-1-84440-025-6
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) ISBN 1-4050-5397-6
- Higher Ground Project (2005) ISBN 1-84458-643-X
- The Ode Less Travelled (2006) ISBN 1-85686-842-7
- Paperweight Volume 2 (2007) ISBN 978-1-85686-501-2
- The Best of Paddington on CD: Complete & Unabridged (2008) ISBN 0-00-716169-7
- Stephen Fry Presents a Selection of Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (Unabridged) (2008)
- Stephen Fry Presents a Selection of Oscar Wilde's Short Stories (Unabridged) (2008)
- The Dongle of Donald Trefusis (Podcasts, 2009)
- The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography (2010)
- Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection (2017)
Video games
- Destiny 2 – Clovis Bray's AI
- Fable II – Reaver
- Fable III – Reaver
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- LittleBigPlanet – Narrator
- LittleBigPlanet 2 – Narrator
- LittleBigPlanet 3 – Narrator
- LittleBigPlanet PSP – Narrator
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale – Narrator
Miscellaneous
- Fry has a guest appearance in a webcast of Doctor Who called Death Comes to Time, as Time Lord, the Minister of Chance.
- He does the voice of the telephone in the Direct Line adverts alongside Paul Merton, who voices the mouse.
- Fry introduced the television show Wildlife SOS.
- He provided voiceovers for Argos' Christmas adverts in 2007.
- He is the character in the Twinings Earl Grey tea adverts on British TV.
- He performs the voice of "Jeeves" for Voco Clocks' Clocks That Talk.
- He performs on the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's 2007 album, Pour l'Amour des Chiens.
- Fry appeared in a video entitled Freedom Fry — "Happy birthday to GNU", celebrating the GNU's 25th birthday.
- He provided his voice for the outro of YouTube videos by Charlie McDonnell, used since 2009.
- He recites "50 Words for Snow" off Kate Bush's 2011 album of the same name.
Directorial filmography
- Bright Young Things (director, 2003)
References
External links
- Stephen Fry on IMDb
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