Name |
Stephen Fry |
Height |
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Naionality |
British |
Date of Birth |
24-August-1957 |
Place of Birth |
Hampstead, London, England, UK |
Famous for |
Acting |
Stephen John Fry an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and a director of Norwich City Football Club.
After a troubled childhood and adolescence, during which he was expelled from two schools and spent three months in prison for credit card fraud, he secured a place at Queens' College, Cambridge where he studied English Literature. Whilst at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his longtime collaborator Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and took the role of Jeeves (with Laurie playing Wooster) in Jeeves and Wooster.
Fry's acting roles include the lead in the film Wilde, Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, the titular character in the television series Kingdom, a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the crime series Bones, and as Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller V for Vendetta. He has also written and presented several documentary series including Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, which saw him explore his mental illness and earned an Emmy Award. He is also the longtime host of the television quiz show QI.