[270], In 2008, Fry formed SamFry Ltd, with long-term collaborator Andrew Sampson to produce and fund new material and manage his official website. For his adaptation of Me and My Girl for the West End, he received two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play following its transfer to Broadway. Stephen Fry. Prince William and Stephen Fry appear in comedy sketch for charity, Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, 1990 book and radio series of the same name, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within, List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Fry, state-sanctioned persecution of LGBT people in Russia, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom, Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism, "Stephen Fry announced as president of Mind", "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue returns to Radio 4", "BBC - Family History - WDYTYA? In January 2016, it was announced that Fry would be appearing as the character "Cuddly Dick" in Series 3 of the Sky One family comedy Yonderland. Bones est une srie tlvise amricaine en 246 pisodes de 42 minutes cre par Hart Hanson d'aprs les romans de Kathy Reichs, . This comprised a set of three one-man shows (titled Gods, Heroes and Men), each two hours in length, which were performed consecutively, multiple times during the show's run. Stephen Fry is to appear in three episodes of hit US crime drama Bones. Famous for his public declaration of celibacy in the "Tatler" back in the 1980s, Emma Thompson has characterised her friend as "90 percent gay, 10 percent other. In 2005, he appeared in A Cock and Bull Story, based on Tristram Shandy. I take this opportunity to apologise now." 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[268] Fry said, "My five years in the role have been an honour and a privilege beyond almost anything I can remember. The revue caught the attention of Granada Television, who, keen to replicate the success of the BBC's Not the Nine O'Clock News, hired Fry, Laurie and Thompson to star alongside Ben Elton in There's Nothing to Worry About! Stephen Fry is a name that warms the hearts of millions in the British Isles and beyond. Fry spent most of his childhood and . En novembre 2016, Stephen Fry est annonc son tour pour reprendre son rle du D r Gordon Wyatt, qu'il avait tenu lors de la deuxime, quatrime et cinquime saison [31]. Making History (1996) is partly set in an alternative universe in which Adolf Hitler's father is made infertile and his replacement proves a more effective Fhrer. Why was Stephen Fry on Bones? We are in the Royal Diner, a replica Washington eaterie open for business at a real Los Angeles. "Between Emos, Goths. [100] In 2012, he appeared as a guest panellist in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show Wordaholics. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist, known primarily for appearances in the BBC television series Blackadder, the crime series Bones, and in V for Vendetta. Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles. He has been described as "deeply dippy for all things digital" and claims to have bought the third Macintosh computer sold in the UK (his friend Douglas Adams bought the first two). @hellomag. [199], Fry struggled to keep his homosexuality secret during his teenage years at public school, and by his own account did not engage in sexual activity for 16 years until the mid-1990s. Fry is also a prolific writer, contributing to newspapers and magazines and has written four novels and three autobiographies: Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. After it transferred to Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination. [208] Furthermore, he is a signatory member of the British Jews for Justice for Palestinians organisation, which campaigns for Palestinian rights. [62], Fry's first documentary was the Emmy Award-winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive in 2006. He grew up in Norfolk and attended Uppingham School and Stout's Hill. Portraying his idol Oscar Wilde (of whom he had been an ardent admirer since the age of 13) in the 1997 film Wilde, he fulfilled the role to critical acclaim. The Harry Potter author's latest is a fairytale set in Cornucopia, a tiny kingdom ruled by King Fred. [37][38] Fry also met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie (through their mutual friend Emma Thompson) at Cambridge and starred alongside him in the Footlights.[39]. He briefly attended Cawston Primary School in Cawston, Norfolk,[25] before going on to Stouts Hill Preparatory School in Uley, Gloucestershire, at the age of seven, and then to Uppingham School in Rutland, where he joined Fircroft house and was described as a "near-asthmatic genius". [194] For the 25th anniversary of the GNU operating system, Fry appeared in a video explaining some of the philosophy behind GNU by likening it to the sharing found in science. [165][166], He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge. [169] Fry was the last person to be named Pipe Smoker of the Year before the award was discontinued. Sponsored. Fry, Stephen, 2017. Frequent radio appearances have ensued, notably on panel games Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. He was a friend of John Mills. [69], In May 2009, Fry unveiled The Dongle of Donald Trefusis, an audiobook series following Donald Trefusis (a fictional character from Fry's novel The Liar and from the BBC Radio 4 series Loose Ends), set over 12 episodes. [17] In his autobiographical writings and elsewhere, Fry has claimed relationship to the Fry family that founded the eponymous chocolate company, John Fry (one of the signatories to the death warrant for Charles I),[18][19][20] and the cricketer C. B. [53] He has also taken up a recurring guest role as FBI psychiatrist Dr. (later chef) Gordon Wyatt in the popular American drama Bones. 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. In 1984 he adapted Me and My Girl for the West End where it ran for eight years and received two Laurence Olivier Awards. Actor, Comedian, Author, Journalist, Broadcaster, Film Director, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. [94] In 2002, Fry was one of the narrators of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, in which he voiced Winnie-the-Pooh. Ultimately however only three episodes were released, the rest with the note 'exact release date pending'. He is not only the narrator for the LittleBigPlanet games, but also stars as a video game hero-villain Reaver in Fable 2 and 3. Fat chance! 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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. He was the longtime host of the BBC television quiz show QI, with his tenure lasting from 2003 to 2016, during which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. . He presented a 20-part, two-hour series, The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, a "witty guide" to the genre over the past 1,000 years, on Classic FM. He said that he took a "huge number of pills and a huge [amount] of vodka" and had to be brought back to the UK to be "looked after". [128], In 2010, Fry became an investor in Pushnote,[129] a UK tech startup. He has starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Blackadder, Kingdom, Stephen Fry in America, QI, Bones and Jeeves and Wooster. Stephen Fry was raised alongside an older brother, Roger Fry, and a younger sister, Joanna Jo Fry. 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In 1983, the BBC offered Fry, Laurie and Thompson their own show, which became The Crystal Cube, a mixture of science fiction and mockumentary that was cancelled after the first episode. $5.69 . His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants, while his father's family was of English background. A Fry s Laurie du egyik fele, ahol trsa Hugh Laurie volt, az Egy kis Fry & Laurie s a Majd a komornyik trsszerzje s trsszereplje. HELLO! Dr. Gordon Wyatt 6 episodes, 2007-2017 John M. Jackson . He was awarded the AoC Gold Award in 2004, and was entered into their Hall of Fame. How dare you create a world where there is such misery that's not our fault? 4.0 out of 5 stars Try. [136] The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000) is a modern retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo. Character Eugene Onegin), This page was last edited on 10 April 2023, at 19:15. Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead, London , on August 24, 1957 and is an actor, author, and comedian. 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[108], In 2009, Fry provided the voice of St Peter for Liberace, Live From Heaven by Julian Woolford at London's Leicester Square Theatre. [61] The same year he starred in two episodes of the Netflixromantic LGBT teen drama Heartstopper as headmaster of the main characters school. Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead, London, to Marianne Eve (Newman) and Alan Fry, a physicist and inventor. [131] He has since appeared in adverts for products and companies such as Marks & Spencer, Twinings, Kenco, Vauxhall Motors, Honda, Calpol, Heineken, Alliance & Leicester (a series of adverts which also featured Hugh Laurie),[132] After Eight mints, Direct Line insurance (with Paul Merton), Trebor mints, Virgin Media, Walkers potato crisps (fronting a new flavour),[133] and Sainsbury's supermarket. Menu. Stephen Fry's Finest . [174] That same year, Broadcast magazine listed Fry at number four in its "Hot 100" list of influential on-screen performers, describing him as a polymath and a "national treasure". In 2001, he began hosting the BAFTA Film Awards, a role from which he stepped down in 2006. How dare you? Stephen Fry's return to guest star in Bones brought the Sky1 US forensic science drama just over 600,000 viewers last night, Thursday 30 April. Bones His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants, while his father's family was of English background. . [156] On 15 February 2016, Fry deleted his Twitter account, after receiving criticism for a tweet about Jenny Beavan and her dress. He also interviewed the Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of a series of podcasts released by 10 Downing Street. The award was given for his BBC2 programme Stephen Fry: Out There. His site The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry has existed since 2002 and has attracted many visitors following his first blog in September 2007, which was consisted of a 6,500-word "blessay" on smartphones. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act . He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (19891995) and Jeeves and Wooster (19901993). "Aaaaand that's a wrap on # 24LAD - not revealing if I live, die in a hail of gunfire or become ruler of the world. Verified Purchase. [178][179] The weekend programming proved such a ratings hit for BBC Four that it was repeated on BBC Two on 16 and 17 September 2007. 17 Mar 2022. Regarding football, he is a supporter of Norwich City FC, and is a regular visitor to their home ground at Carrow Road. [43], Towards the end of 2003, Fry starred alongside John Bird in the television adaptation of Absolute Power, previously a radio series on BBC Radio 4. Richly reimagined, witty and spellbindingly told, Troy explores the timeless human passions that beat at the heart of this age old story of heroism, love, despair and revenge. A lifelong fan of "the Canaries" and a regular visitor to Carrow Road, he said, on being appointed, "Truly this is one of the most exciting days of my life, and I am as proud and pleased as I could be. [31] He had taken a coat when leaving a pub, planning to spend the night sleeping rough, but had then discovered the card in a pocket. [151] On 11 March 2012, Fry noted his passing of the four-million-followers mark with a tweet: "Lordy I've breasted the 4 million followers tape. [183] In March 2014 Fry beat David Attenborough and Davina McCall to win the Best Presenter award at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. [211][212] Cameron stated on Twitter he believed "we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics". I came acroos this recent magazine article about Stephen talking about his comeback to 'Bones' and although its not my article, I decided to add it! Usually dispatched within 2-3 days. [237] Fry has attempted suicide on a number of occasions, most recently in 2012. Birth date - Unabridged. When interviewed in 2015 by the Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne, Fry was asked what he would say if he came face-to-face with God, to which he replied: "Bone cancer in children: what's that about? [118], Fry has been the reader for the British versions of all of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of audiobooks. Read more. [210], In August 2013, Fry published an open letter to David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, and the International Olympic Committee calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, due to concerns over the state-sanctioned persecution of LGBT people in Russia under the 2013 anti-"gay propaganda" laws. "[201] Fry was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen that ended in 2010. [206], Fry was an active supporter of the Labour Party for many years and appeared in a party political broadcast on its behalf with Hugh Laurie and Michelle Collins in November 1993. [137] After its release, it reached No. [246] Fry also has prosopagnosia ("face blindness"). [59][60] In 2022, Fry had a recurring role as biochemist Ian Gibbons in the Hulu miniseries The Dropout, which dramatizes the scandal involving biotechnology company Theranos. Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. The comedian, actor, novelist, critic, quiz show . [63] The same year, he appeared on the BBC's genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?, tracing his maternal family tree to investigate his Jewish ancestry. [86], In 2006, he played the role of gadget-master Smithers in Stormbreaker, and in 2007, he appeared as himself hosting a quiz in St Trinian's. "The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. [247][248], In February 2018, Fry announced that he was recovering from an operation to treat prostate cancer, involving the removal of the prostate and 11 adjacent lymph nodes. He portrayed Maurice Woodruff in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and served as narrator in the 2005 film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. So, Stephen Fry doesn't believe in God because of bone cancer in children and parasitic eye insects. Fry grew up in the village of Booton, Norfolk, having moved at an early age from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, where he had attended Chesham Preparatory School. In 2010, having learned some Irish for the role,[54] he filmed a cameo role in Ros na Rn, an Irish-language soap opera broadcast in Ireland, Scotland and the US. The book won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. In 1986 the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. QI was created and co-produced by John Lloyd, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies. Fry is a patron of its Lip Theatre Company. "[220], On 1 February 2021, Fry supported the petition of two Holocaust survivors, Dorit Oliver-Wolff and Ruth Barnett who were asking to meet Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding the 'genocide amendment' to the trade bill; this amendment would allow an independent parliamentary judicial committee to examine evidence of genocide. [107], Fry is a long-standing fan of the anarchic British musical comedy group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and particularly of its eccentric front man, the late Vivian Stanshall. I was so glad to hear that Stephen Fry is back as the wacky but lovable psychiatrist, Dr. Gordon Wyatt, or "Gordon Gordon" to Booth! On 6 October 2009, Fry was interviewed by Jon Snow on Channel 4 News[223] as a signatory of a letter to British Conservative Party leader David Cameron expressing concern about the party forming a political alliance with the right-wing Polish Law and Justice party in the European Parliament. [91] He portrayed the Master of Lake-town in two of Peter Jackson's three film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: the second The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,[92] and the third The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Stephen John Fry ( London, Egyeslt Kirlysg, 1957. augusztus 24. Stephen Fry, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, Bradley Walsh, and Jodie Whittaker. Both Pushnote and Sidewiki were discontinued the following year. Magazine Interview with Stephen Fry. He is also the narrator for the English version of the toddler show Pocoyo created by Guillermo Garca Cars, Luis Gallego and David Cantolla, and had also made audiobooks of a few Harry . [64] Fry narrated The Story of Light Entertainment, which was shown from JulySeptember 2006. He was best man at Laurie's wedding and is godfather to all three of his children. The original sentence reads, "True literature can exist only when it is created, not by diligent and reliable officials, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me." BBC. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, 'That's the last time I'm going up one of those'. [113], In July 2014, Fry appeared on stage with Monty Python on the opening night of their live show Monty Python Live (Mostly). [207], On 30 April 2008, Fry signed an open letter, published in The Guardian newspaper by a number of Jewish personalities, stating their opposition to celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. An old man had a police phone box of the kind we saw in the street all the time. 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[120], In 2015, Fry made a live audio recording of the winning short story of the annual RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award, Ms. Featherstone and the Beast by Bethan Roberts, at a ceremony held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. During this time, Fry starred in Blackadder II as Lord Melchett, made a guest appearance in Blackadder the Third as the Duke of Wellington, then returned to a starring role in Blackadder Goes Forth, as General Melchett. The Independent on Sunday Pink List named Fry the second most influential gay person in Britain in May 2007; he had taken the twenty-third position on the list the previous year. [46] The show was cancelled after one season. In the . Dr. Gordon Wyatt. [109][110] He received excellent reviews. Stephen Fry is an English actor and the narrator for the LittleBigPlanet games. As well as his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written . [35] At Cambridge, he joined the Footlights, appeared on University Challenge,[36] and read for a degree in English Literature, graduating with upper second-class honours. [239], In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil. Stephen Fry It's utterly, utterly evil. In 1984, Fry adapted the hugely successful 1930s musical Me and My Girl for the West End, where it ran for eight years and received two Laurence Olivier Awards. While most parts of the country live in peace and harmony, the inhabitants in the marsh are often threatened by the monster, Ickabog. [180] In February 2011, Fry was awarded the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University, the Harvard Secular Society and the American Humanist Association.[181]. Fry performed several of Stanshall's numbers as part of the Bonzos' 2006 reunion concert at the London Astoria. His book choice was Four Quartets by T. S. 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