Stephen Fry
Novelist, Celebrity
1957 –
Who is Stephen Fry?
Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist.
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. While at university, Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time 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 in Jeeves and Wooster.
Fry's acting roles include a Golden Globe Award–nominated lead performance in the film Wilde, Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, the title 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 the Emmy Award–winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, which saw him explore his mental illness. He is also the long-time host of the BBC television quiz show QI.
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- Born
- Aug 24, 1957
Hampstead - Also known as
- Stephen John Fry
- Mr. Stephen Fry
- stephenfry
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Daniel Cohen
(1995 - 2010)
- Daniel Cohen
- Religion
- Atheism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- English people
- Hungarians in the United Kingdom
- British Jews
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Queens' College, Cambridge
- Uppingham School
- Bachelor's degree, City College Norwich
English Literature - Paston College
- Cawston Primary School
- University of Cambridge
- Lived in
- Norfolk
- London
- Rutland
- Hollywood
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on July 23, 2013
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