Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry (born August 24, 1957) is a well known British comedian, author and actor. Son of Alan and Marriane Fry.
He was educated at Stout's Hill, Uppingham and Queens' College, Cambridge, England. He lives in Norfolk, London, and New York City. He is an erstwhile collaborator of Hugh Laurie's.
Written work
- Novels
- The Liar (1992)
- The Hippopotamus (1994)
- Making History (an excellent example of alternate history) (1997)
- The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)
- Other books
- Paperweight (collection of articles) (1992)
- Moab is My Washpot: An Autobiography (1997)
- TV scripts
- A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1990)
- A Bit More Fry and Laurie
- Fry & Laurie #3
- Three Bits of Fry and Laurie
- Fry & Laurie Bit No. 4
- Plays
- Latin! (1979, included in Paperweight). Winner of the Fringe First at the 1980 Edinburgh Festival.
- Musicals
- Me and My Girl (adapted Lupino Lane's script) (1983)
Performances
- TV shows
- Blackadder (Mostly Blackadder II and Blackadder Goes Forth, with cameos in other series)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (the U.K. version)
- A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987 pilot, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990-93)
- Common Pursuit (1992)
- Gormenghast (2000)
- Films
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- Peter's Friends (1992)
- I.Q. (1994)
- Wilde (1997)
- Spice World (1997)
- A Civil Action (1998)
- Gosford Park (2001)
- The Discovery of Heaven
- Thunderpants (2002)
- Plays
- The Common Pursuit (1988)
- Cell Mates, by Simon Gray (1995)
- Radio shows
- Saturday Night Fry (1988, BBC Radio Four, 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)