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Stephen Fry
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An English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster. As a solo actor, Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, starred as the title character Peter Kingdom in the ITV series Kingdom, and is the host of the quiz show QI. He also presented a 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America, which saw him travelling across all 50 U.S. states in 6 episodes. Fry has a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones. Apart from his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written 4 novels and 2 volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 4, starring in the comedy series Absolute Power, being a frequent guest on panel games such as Just a Minute, and acting as chairman for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, where he was one of a trio of hosts who succeeded the late Humphrey Lyttelton. Fry is also known in the UK for his audiobook recordings, including as reader for all 7 Harry Potter novels.

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filmtypereleasedownedrole(s)
The Young Ones - Series Two TV 1984 owned Lord Snot
Blackadder II TV 1986 owned Lord Melchett
Blackadder the Third TV 1987 owned Duke of Wellington
A Fish Called Wanda film 1988 Hutchison
A Handful of Dust film 1988 Reggie
Blackadder Goes Forth TV 1989 owned General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
Cold Comfort Farm film 1995 owned Mybug
Gormenghast TV 2000 owned Professor Bellgrove
Gosford Park film 2001 owned Inspector Thompson
V for Vendetta film 2006 Gordon Deitrich
St. Trinian's film 2007 Stephen Fry
Alice in Wonderland film 2010 The Cheshire Cat (voice)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug film 2013 owned Master of Laketown
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies film 2014 owned Master of Laketown
 
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