Stephen Fry

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Stephen John Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in the Hampstead area of London,{{cite journal |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.16544|title=Fry, Stephen John, (born 24 Aug. 1957), writer, actor, comedian|journal=Who's Who|year=2007}} the son of Marianne Eve Fry (née Neumann) and physicist and inventor Alan John Fry (1930–2019).[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/alan-fry-obituary?pid=191733604 "Alan John Fry obituary"]. The Times. Retrieved 30 July 2019{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comedy/all-or-nothingness-20100625-z9dy.html|title=All or nothing for Stephen Fry|first=Stephanie|last=Bunbury|date=26 June 2010|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s2_celeb_gallery_03.shtml|title=BBC - Family History - WDYTYA? Series Two: Celebrity Gallery|publisher=BBC}} He has an older brother, Roger, and a younger sister, Joanna.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jun/04/stephen-fry-hugh-laurie-television|title=A bout of Fry v Laurie|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|date=4 June 2009|work=The Guardian}} His paternal grandmother, Ella Fry (née Pring), had roots in Cheshire and Kent.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/stephen-fry-discovers-that-he-too-is-just-another-ruddy-peasant-1.30906|title=Stephen Fry discovers that he too is 'just another ruddy peasant'|date=26 January 2006|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/stephen-fry|title=Stephen Fry|first=Matt|last=Elton|date=29 June 2009|work=Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine|access-date=28 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625131735/http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/stephen-fry|archive-date=25 June 2014|url-status=dead}} The Fry family originates around the Shillingstone and Blandford areas of Dorset; in the early 1800s, Samuel Fry settled in Surrey, with his descendants residing in Middlesex.Visitation of England and Wales vol. 20, 1919, ed. Frederick Arthur Crisp, pp 41–44, 'Fry of Finchley, co. Middlesex' pedigree 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),{{Cite book|title=Moab is My Washpot|last=Fry|first=Stephen|publisher=Arrow|year=2004|isbn=9780099457046|pages=[https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3/page/163 163]|url=https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3}}{{cite book |author=Jem Roberts |year=2018 |title=Soupy Twists!: The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie |publisher=Unbound |location=London}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4mPtlqrPc&t=0m40s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/Gv4mPtlqrPc| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=QI: Why Did Hitler Have A Silly Moustache?| date=August 2018| via=YouTube|access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cbignore}} and the cricketer C. B. Fry.QI, Episode 1x8 ("Albania"), 30 October 2003{{cite news |last1=Luck |first1=Richard |title=Stephen Fry |url=https://www.esquireme.com/culture/film-and-tv/stephen-fry |access-date=5 December 2019 |work=Esquire Middle East |date=17 June 2014 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205083717/https://www.esquireme.com/culture/film-and-tv/stephen-fry |archive-date=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead }} Fry's mother is Jewish, but he was not brought up in a religious family.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/05/religion.hayfestival2005|title=I saw hate in a graveyard – Stephen Fry|first=David|last=Smith|work=The Observer|date=5 June 2005|access-date=7 June 2013|location=London}} His maternal grandparents, Martin and Rosa Neumann, were Hungarian Jews who emigrated from Šurany (now in Slovakia) to the UK in 1927. Rosa's parents, who originally lived in Vienna, were deported to a Nazi ghetto in Riga, where they perished.{{Cite news|last=Hamilton|first=Alan|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/candles-light-heart-of-darkness-vzh6rfhbkbc|title=Candles light heart of darkness|newspaper=The Times|access-date=4 February 2009|location=London|date=28 January 2005|url-access=subscription}} His mother's aunt and cousins were sent to Auschwitz and Stutthof and never seen again.

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. He briefly attended Cawston Primary School in Cawston, Norfolk,{{cite web|url=http://www.cawstonparish.info/Web%20Sites%20&%20Books%20About%20Cawston.htm|title=Cawston Parish in Norfolk|publisher=Cawstonparish.info|access-date=4 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725062633/http://www.cawstonparish.info/Web%20Sites%20%26%20Books%20About%20Cawston.htm|archive-date=25 July 2008}} 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".Fry and Laurie Reunited, 2010 (Gold) He took his O-levels in 1972 at the early age of 14 and passed all except physics,{{Cite book|title=Moab is My Washpot|last=Fry|first=Stephen|publisher=Arrow|year=2004|isbn=9780099457046|pages=[https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3/page/342 342]|url=https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3}} but was expelled from Uppingham half a term into the sixth form.{{Cite book|title=More Fool Me|last=Fry|first=Stephen|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2015|isbn=9781405918831|pages=[https://archive.org/details/morefoolme0000frys/page/46 46]|url=https://archive.org/details/morefoolme0000frys}} Fry described himself as a "monstrous" child and wrote that he was expelled for "various misdemeanours".{{cite web |last1=Fry |first1=Stephen |title=Stephen Fry |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/stephen-fry |website=tes.com |publisher=TES Magazine |access-date=19 July 2023}} He was later dismissed from Paston School, a grant-maintained grammar school that refused to let him progress to study A-Levels.

Fry moved to Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, where, after two years in the sixth form studying English, French, and History of Art,{{Cite book|title=Soupy Twists! The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Fry and Laurie|last=Roberts|first=Jem|publisher=Unbound|year=2018|isbn=9781783524518|page=69}} he ultimately failed his A-Levels, not turning up for his English and French papers.{{Cite book|title=Moab Is My Washpot|last=Fry|first=Stephen|publisher=Arrow|year=2004|isbn=9780099457046|pages=[https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3/page/386 386]|url=https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3}} Over the summer, Fry absconded with a credit card stolen from a family friend.{{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|title=Moab Is My Washpot – An Autobiography|publisher=Hutchinson|location=London|year=1997|pages=[https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys/page/305 305–335]|isbn=978-0-09-180161-8|url=https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys}} 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. He was arrested in Swindon and, as a result, spent three months in Pucklechurch Remand Centre on remand. Following his release, he resumed his education at City College Norwich, promising administrators that he would study rigorously and sit the Cambridge entrance exams. In 1977 he passed two A-levels in English and French, with grades of A and B. He also received a grade A in an alternative O-level in the Study of Art{{Cite web |last=Leishman |first=Fiona |date=14 August 2020 |title=Cambridge University's famous faces and what they studied |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-university-celebrities-footlights-famous-18753090 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314160407/https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-university-celebrities-footlights-famous-18753090 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=14 March 2024 |website=Cambridgeshire Live |language=en}} and scored a distinction in an S-level paper in English. Having successfully passed the entrance exams in 1977, Fry was offered a scholarship to Queens' College, Cambridge, for matriculation in 1978, briefly teaching at Cundall Manor School,{{Cite book |last=Fry |first=Stephen |url=https://yes-pdf.com/electronic-book/1697 |title=The Fry chronicles: an autobiography |date=2011 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-103980-0 |location=London |pages=39 |chapter=C is for Cigarettes |access-date=14 March 2024 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314161326/https://yes-pdf.com/electronic-book/1697 |url-status=dead }} a preparatory school in North Yorkshire, before taking his place.{{Cite book|title=Soupy Twists! The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Fry and Laurie|last=Roberts|first=Jem|publisher=Unbound|year=2018|isbn=9781783524518|page=56}} At Cambridge, he joined the Footlights, appeared on the University Challenge TV quiz,{{cite web |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/University_Challenge |title=University Challenge page at UK Game Shows |access-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105095425/http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/University_Challenge |archive-date=5 January 2010 |url-status=dead }} and read English Literature, graduating with an upper second-class honours BA degree in 1981 (subsequently promoted automatically to a Cambridge MA degree).{{cite web|url=http://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/distinguished-supporters/stephen-fry/|title=Stephen Fry. Actor, comedian, writer, presenter, and distinguished supporter of Humanism|work=British Humanist Association|access-date=7 June 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://literature.britishcouncil.org/stephen-fry|title=Stephen Fry|work=British Council: Literature|access-date=7 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513172241/http://literature.britishcouncil.org/stephen-fry|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead}} Fry also met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie (through their mutual friend Emma Thompson) at Cambridge and starred alongside him in the Footlights.{{cite news |title=Fry And Laurie Reunited |url=https://gold.uktv.co.uk/shows/fry-and-laurie/ |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=UK Gold |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620004557/https://gold.uktv.co.uk/shows/fry-and-laurie/ |url-status=dead }}

Fry wrote the play Latin! or Tobacco and Boys for the 1980 Edinburgh Festival, where it won the Fringe First prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.thinknoevil.com/latin_review.htm|title=Reviews for Latin!|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717044937/http://www.thinknoevil.com/latin_review.htm|archive-date=17 July 2011}} It had a revival in 2009 at London's Cock Tavern Theatre, directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher.{{cite web|url=http://www.notesfromtheunderground.co.uk/fryandley.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727010942/http://www.notesfromtheunderground.co.uk/fryandley.html|archive-date=27 July 2009|title=Review of Latin!|publisher=Notesfromtheunderground.co.uk|access-date=11 November 2009}} Archived at Wayback Engine. The Cellar Tapes, the Footlights Revue of 1981, won the Perrier Comedy Award. 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. The show transferred to Broadway and Fry was nominated for a Tony Award for his adaptation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/stephen-fry-84850#Awards|title=Stephen Fry – Broadway Cast & Staff |website=IBDB}}

Fry has appeared in numerous advertisements, predominantly on UK television – either on-screen or in voice-over – starting with an appearance as "Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" in a 1982 advert for Whitbread Best Bitter. Fry has said, in his memoirs, that after receiving his payment for this work – £25,000 – he has never subsequently experienced "what one could call serious money troubles".{{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2010|title=The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0-7181-5483-7|title-link=The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography|pages=234–237|quote="Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars"}} 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),{{cite book |last1=Dickason |first1=Renee |title=British Television Advertising: Cultural Identity and Communication |date=2000 |publisher=University of Luton Press |page=71}} After Eight mints, Direct Line insurance (with Paul Merton), Trebor mints, Virgin Media, Walkers potato crisps (fronting a new flavour),{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Rosie |title=Walkers to launch Stephen Fry crisps for Comic Relief |url=https://www.marketingweek.com/walkers-to-launch-stephen-fry-crisps-for-comic-relief/ |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=Marketing Week |date=14 January 2011}} and Sainsbury's supermarket.{{cite news |title=Sainsbury's launches new motto with Stephen Fry advert |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/sainsburys-launches-new-motto-stephen-20696830 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=Wales Online}} He filmed a 2016 advertisement where he explains the essence of British culture to foreigners arriving at London's Heathrow Airport.{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry's guide to being British|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12081397/Stephen-Frys-guide-to-being-British.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112822/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12081397/Stephen-Frys-guide-to-being-British.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=13 November 2016}}

Fry's career in television began with the 1982 broadcasting of The Cellar Tapes, the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue{{cite magazine| title=The Cambridge Footlights Revue - BBC Two England - 20 May 1982| url= https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a1a1b9be8e814ea9bf2a6a9086baf7f3 | magazine= Radio Times| issue= 3053| date= 13 May 1982| page= 63| access-date= 24 May 2021 }} which was written by Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Tony Slattery. 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! A second series, retitled Alfresco, was broadcast in 1983, and a third in 1984; it established Fry and Laurie's reputation as a comedy double act. 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. Undeterred, Fry, Laurie and Thompson appeared in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones from 1984 where they parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge",{{cite web|url=http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/hawkslane/231/yo21.html |title=The Young Ones – Bambi |access-date=10 February 2007 |work=Transcription of the "Young Ones" episode "Bambi" as it aired on American MTV in the mid-'80s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309155934/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/hawkslane/231/yo21.html |archive-date=9 March 2007 |url-status=dead }} and Fry also appeared in Ben Elton's 1985 Happy Families series. In April 1986, Fry was among the British comedians who appeared in the first live telethon Comic Relief.{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jem |title=Soupy Twists!: The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Fry and Laurie |date=2018 |publisher=Unbound Publishing}} In 1986 and 1987, Fry and Laurie performed sketches on the LWT/Channel 4 show Saturday Live.

In 1986, the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. Following a 1987 pilot, the programme ran for 26 episodes across four series between 1989 and 1995. 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. In a 1988 television special, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, he played the roles of Lord Melchett and Lord Frondo. Between 1990 and 1993, Fry starred as Jeeves (alongside Hugh Laurie's Bertie Wooster) in Jeeves and Wooster, 23-hour-long adaptations of P. G. Wodehouse's novels and short stories.{{Screenonline TV title|1060579}} Fry has appeared in a number of BBC adaptations of plays and books, including a 1992 adaptation of the Simon Gray play The Common Pursuit (he had previously appeared in the West End stage production).

Having made his film début in The Good Father (1985), followed by a brief cameo in A Fish Called Wanda (1988; getting clobbered by Kevin Kline in an airport), Fry was then featured by Kenneth Branagh as the eponymous Peter in Peter's Friends (1992). Fry came to the attention of radio listeners with the 1986 creation of his alter-ego, Donald Trefusis, whose "wireless essays" were broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends. In the 1980s, he starred as David Lander in four series of the BBC Radio 4 show Delve Special, written by Tony Sarchet, which then became the six-part Channel 4 series This is David Lander in 1988. In 1988, Fry wrote and presented a six-part comedy series entitled Saturday Night Fry. Frequent radio appearances have ensued, notably on panel games Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Fry was cast in Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit for its first staging in the West End on 7 April 1988, with Rik Mayall, John Sessions, Sarah Berger, Paul Mooney and John Gordon Sinclair, directed by Simon Gray.[http://simongray.org.uk/common-pursuit-other.html The Common Pursuit: other productions on the Simon Gray website] Retrieved 18 August 2010 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105193227/http://simongray.org.uk/common-pursuit-other.html |date=5 November 2013 }} 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. Fry helped to fund a 1988 London re-staging of Stanshall's Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera, written by Vivian and Ki Longfellow-Stanshall for the Bristol-based Old Profanity Showboat.

File:Napoleon Sarony - Oscar Wilde.JPG a role he was "born to play".]]

Fry's first novel, The Liar, was published in 1991. Fry has since written three further novels, several non-fiction works and three volumes of autobiography. 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 Führer. The book won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. The Hippopotamus (1994) is about Edward (Ted/Tedward) Wallace and his stay at his old friend Lord Logan's country manor in Norfolk. The Hippopotamus was later adapted into a 2017 film.{{cite magazine|first=Sheri|last=Linden|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hippopotamus-962931|title='The Hippopotamus': Film Review – Palm Springs 2017|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=18 January 2017}} The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000) is a modern retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo. Fry's book The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within is a guide to writing poetry.

When writing a book review for Tatler, Fry wrote under a pen name, Williver Hendry, editor of A Most Peculiar Friendship: The Correspondence of Lord Alfred Douglas and Jack Dempsey, a field close to his heart as an Oscar Wilde enthusiast. Once a columnist in The Listener and The Daily Telegraph, he wrote a weekly technology column in the Saturday edition of The Guardian. His blog attracted more than 300,000 visitors in its first two weeks.

Fry was cast in a lead role in Simon Gray's 1995 play Cell Mates, which he left three days into the West End run, pleading stage fright. He later recalled the incident as a hypomanic episode in his documentary about bipolar disorder, The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive. He acted in a 1998 Malcolm Bradbury adaptation of the Mark Tavener novel In the Red, taking the part of the Controller of BBC Radio 2; and in 2000 in the role of Professor Bellgrove in the BBC serial Gormenghast, which was adapted from the first two novels of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series. In the 1994 romantic comedy film I.Q., he played the role of James Moreland. 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.{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry on The Meaning of Life |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2015/0129/676394-watch-stephen-fry-on-the-meaning-of-life/ |access-date=19 April 2020 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}} It earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Drama. In 1997, he also had a cameo in the Spice Girls film Spice World.{{cite news |title=Spice World: the Movie |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/wqtc/spice-world-the-movie/ |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=Radio Times |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408152925/https://www.radiotimes.com/film/wqtc/spice-world-the-movie/ |url-status=dead }} A year later, Fry starred in David Yates' small independent film The Tichborne Claimant, and in 2001, he played the detective in Robert Altman's period costume drama, Gosford Park. In the same year, he also appeared in the Dutch film The Discovery of Heaven, directed by Jeroen Krabbé and based on the novel by Harry Mulisch.

In 2000, he began starring as Charles Prentiss in the Radio 4 comedy Absolute Power, reprising the role for three further series on radio, and two on television. In 2002, he played The Minister of Chance in the Doctor Who audio drama Death Comes to Time.{{cite news |title=Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/cd/deathcomestotime/ |access-date=23 May 2022}} 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. 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. In 2004 he was the narrator for an adaptation of Vanity Fair on BBC Radio 4.{{cite news |title=Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jvwb |access-date=9 May 2022 |publisher=BBC}} Fry has been the reader for the British versions of all of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of audiobooks. He discussed this project in an interview with Rowling in 2005.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076w0r |title=Living with Harry Potter |work=BBC Radio 4 |date=10 December 2005}} He has also read for Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film tie-in edition and has made recordings of his own books, such as The Stars' Tennis Balls and Moab Is My Washpot, and of works by Roald Dahl, Michael Bond, A. A. Milne, Anthony Buckeridge, Eleanor Updale, George Orwell, and Alexander Pushkin.

In 2003, Fry began hosting QI (Quite Interesting), a comedy panel game television quiz show. QI was created and co-produced by John Lloyd, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies. QI has the highest viewing figures for any show on BBC Four and Dave (formerly UKTV G2).[http://www.qi.com/tv/audience.php QI.com] Audience figures. Retrieved 21 June 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207132649/http://www.qi.com/tv/audience.php |date=7 February 2012 }}{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Stephen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/dec/17/digitaltvradio|title=Have you got your daily male?|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 December 2007|date=17 December 2007|location=London}} In 2006, Fry won the Rose d'Or award for "Best Game Show Host" for his work on the series. In October 2015, it was announced that Fry would retire as the host of QI after the "M" series, and he was replaced by Sandi Toksvig.{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry steps down as QI host|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/stephen-fry-qi|access-date=21 November 2015}}

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. Fry's first documentary was the Emmy Award-winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive in 2006.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8336425.stm "Fry ends row with Twitter critic"]. BBC. 1 November 2009. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/stephen-fry.shtml|title=Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Stephen Fry|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 May 2012}} In 2003, Fry made his directorial début with Bright Young Things, adapted by him from Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies. In 2001, he began hosting the BAFTA Film Awards, a role from which he stepped down in 2006.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5413838.stm|title=Fry quits as host of film Baftas|work=BBC News|date=6 October 2006|access-date=4 February 2009}} Later that same year, he wrote the English libretto and dialogue for Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of The Magic Flute.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kenneth-branaghs-2006-film-of-the-magic-flute-finally-arrives/2013/06/26/19dc708a-de47-11e2-b797-cbd4cb13f9c6_story.html|title=Kenneth Branagh's 2006 film of 'The Magic Flute' finally arrives|last=Midgette|first=Anne|date=28 June 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=5 January 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} Fry continued to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. He portrayed the clairvoyant 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. In 2005, he appeared in A Cock and Bull Story, based on Tristram Shandy. In the same year, in V for Vendetta, he played a closeted TV presenter who challenges a fascist state - the screenwriters, The Wachowskis, pointed out that it was Fry's "normalcy" in the face of the insanity of the censorship of BTV that made his character truly powerful and added a "wholly unexpected dimension to the film".{{cite web|url=http://www.liquida.com/wachowski-brothers-interview/ |title=Wachowski Brothers Interview |publisher=Liquida.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917103415/http://www.liquida.com/wachowski-brothers-interview/ |archive-date=17 September 2011 }} Fry performed several of Stanshall's numbers as part of the Bonzos' 2006 reunion concert at the London Astoria.

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. In 2007, Fry wrote, for director Peter Jackson, a script for a remake of The Dam Busters.{{cite magazine|first=Adam|last=Dawtrey|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/bbc-celebrates-fry-s-birthday-1117973025/|title=script writer for Dambusters film|magazine=Variety|access-date=4 February 2009|date=28 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123151601/http://variety.com/article/VR1117973025.html?categoryid=2523&cs=1|archive-date=23 January 2009|url-status=live}} That year he also appeared in Eichmann (2007).{{cite news |title='Eichmann' - Movie Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/movies/12eichmann.html |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=The New York Times|date=12 November 2010 |last1=Hale |first1=Mike }} Fry narrated The Story of Light Entertainment, which was shown from July–September 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0093t86|title=BBC Two – History of Light Entertainment (20:00)|publisher=BBC|date=12 May 2012|access-date=22 May 2012}} In 2007, he presented a documentary on the subject of HIV and AIDS, HIV and Me.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3668295/Last-night-on-television-Stephen-Fry-HIV-and-Me-BBC2-Great-British-Journeys-BBC2.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3668295/Last-night-on-television-Stephen-Fry-HIV-and-Me-BBC2-Great-British-Journeys-BBC2.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=James|last=Walton|title=Last night on television: Stephen Fry: HIV and Me (BBC2) – Great British Journeys (BBC2)|date=3 October 2007 |access-date=23 May 2012}}{{cbignore}} In 2007, Fry wrote a Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, which ran at London's Old Vic Theatre.{{cite web|url=http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whatson.php?id=37 |title=Old Vic Theatre – Cinderella |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085436/http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whatson.php?id=37 |archive-date=27 September 2011 }} In 2007, he hosted Current Puns, an exploration of wordplay, and Radio 4: This Is Your Life, to celebrate the radio station's 40th anniversary. He also interviewed the Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of a series of podcasts released by 10 Downing Street.{{cite web|url=http://number10.gov.uk/page12045 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100406114112/http://number10.gov.uk/page12045 |url-status=dead |archive-date= 6 April 2010 |date=1 March 2007 |title=Stephen Fry interviews Tony Blair |access-date=23 May 2012 }} He also narrated the first four Harry Potter games: Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire.

From 2007 to 2009, Fry played the lead role in (and was executive producer for) the legal drama Kingdom, which ran for three series on ITV1.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a181343/itv-axes-stephen-frys-kingdom.html|title=ITV axes Stephen Fry's 'Kingdom'|work=Digital Spy|date=9 October 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|archive-date=8 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308154641/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a181343/itv-axes-stephen-frys-kingdom.html|url-status=dead}} Starting from 2007, he took a recurring guest role as FBI psychiatrist Dr. (later chef) Gordon Wyatt in the popular American drama Bones.

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In February 2008, Fry began presenting podcasts entitled Stephen Fry's Podgrams, in which he recounts his life and recent experiences.{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/category/media/audio/|title=Stephen Fry's Podgrams|date=27 July 2009 }} The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry. Retrieved 30 August 2013. In July 2008, he appeared as himself in I Love Stephen Fry, an Afternoon Play for Radio 4 written by former Fry and Laurie script editor Jon Canter.Radio Times 28 June – 4 July 2008: Fry's a Dream Date On 7 May 2008, Fry gave a speech as part of a series of BBC lectures on the future of public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom,{{cite web|title=BBC – The future role of public service broadcasting – Stephen Fry|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/video_fry.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517101235/http://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/video_fry.shtml|archive-date=17 May 2008|access-date=19 June 2008}} which he later recorded for a podcast.{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/06/25/episode-4-broadcasting/|title=Stephen Fry's Podgrams|date=25 June 2008}} Broadcasting. Retrieved 30 August 2013. His six-part travel series Stephen Fry in America began on BBC One in October 2008, and saw him travel to each of the 50 US states.{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/10/21/i-give-up/|title=I Give Up|last=Fry|first= Stephen|publisher=stephenfry.com|date=21 October 2007|access-date=23 May 2012}} In the same year, he narrated the nature documentaries Spectacled Bears: Shadow of the Forest for the BBC Natural World series. In the 2009 television series Last Chance to See, Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine sought out endangered species, some of which had been featured in Douglas Adams' and Carwardine's 1990 book and radio series of the same name.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk36/last_chance_feature.shtml|title=Last Chance to See|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=11 November 2009}}

Fry's voice has been featured in a number of video games, including an appearance as Reaver, an amoral supporting character in Lionhead Studios games Fable II (2008) and Fable III (2010), and as the narrator of the LittleBigPlanet series.{{cite web|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/05/10/littlebigplanet-2-for-ps3-officially-announced-for-winter-2010/#comment-401630|title=LittleBigPlanet 2 for PS3 Officially Announced for Winter 2010! – PlayStation Blog|publisher=Blog.us.playstation.com|date=10 May 2010|access-date=14 June 2010}} He is also voiced in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, a crossover fighting game, as the same character in LittleBigPlanet for Sackboy's story in the game.{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/news/stephen-fry-lending-british-charm|title=Stephen Fry Lending British Charm to Little Big Planet PSP|last=Watts|first=Steve|date=21 April 2009|website=1UP.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311005212/http://www.1up.com/news/stephen-fry-lending-british-charm|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=18 October 2018}} He also narrates a section of Bungie's Destiny 2 (2017) expansion Warmind as the "Concierge"; an AI that, when interacted with at certain points, will give the player background information on Bray Exoscience.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/destiny-2-warmind-stephen-fry|title=Stephen Fry is in Destiny 2: Warmind|website=PCGamesN|date=9 May 2018 }} In 2008, Fry's narration for Bond's Paddington Bear story More About Paddington (1959) saw him receive the Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title from the Audio Publishers Association in the U.S.

Since August 2008, he has presented Fry's English Delight, a series on BBC Radio 4 about the English language.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frys_english.shtml|title=BBC Radio 4 – Program Guide for Fry's English Delight|publisher=BBC|date=8 September 2008|access-date=4 February 2009}} As of 2021, it has been running for ten series and 37 episodes. In the 2009 series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Fry was one of a trio of hosts replacing Humphrey Lyttelton (the others being Jack Dee and Rob Brydon).{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8097368.stm|title=Life after Humph|date=15 June 2009|work=BBC News|first=Graham|last=Satchell|access-date=6 January 2010}} Fry was offered a role in Valkyrie, but was unable to participate.{{cite web|title=Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Series 16: Episode 1|work=BBC iPlayer|date=23 January 2009|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fm6wz/Friday_Night_with_Jonathan_Ross_Series_16_Episode_1/|access-date=24 January 2009|archive-date=27 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127054052/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fm6wz/Friday_Night_with_Jonathan_Ross_Series_16_Episode_1/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/dongle/|title=The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry – The Dongle of Donald Trefusis – Episode 3 now available|publisher=Stephenfry.com|access-date=25 July 2009}} After its release, it reached No. 1 on the UK Album Chart list. Ultimately however only three episodes were released, the rest with the note 'exact release date pending'. Fry's use of the word "luvvie" (spelled "lovie" by Fry), in The Guardian on 2 April 1988, is given by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest recorded use of the word as a humorous synonym for "actor".{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00298007 |title=Luvvie, n |work=Oxford English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, England|date=1 March 2008 |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629021537/http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00298007 |archive-date=29 June 2011 }} (requires subscription) Fry was, at one time, slated to adapt A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole for the big screen.{{cite news|first=Alexander|last=Larman|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2019/07/31/confederacy-dunces-stephen-fry-decades-long-struggle-adapt-unfilmable/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2019/07/31/confederacy-dunces-stephen-fry-decades-long-struggle-adapt-unfilmable/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=A Confederacy of Dunces: Stephen Fry on his decades-long struggle to adapt the most unfilmable book ever written |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London, England|date=31 July 2019|access-date=24 October 2019}}{{cbignore}} In 2009, Fry provided the voice of St Peter for Liberace, Live From Heaven by Julian Woolford at London's Leicester Square Theatre. In 2010, having learned some Irish for the role,[http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283503&tpl=archnews&force=1 "Stephen Fry Learns Irish for 'Ros na Rún'"]. IFTN. he filmed a cameo role in Ros na Rún, an Irish-language soap opera broadcast in Ireland, Scotland and the US.Taylor, Charlie and Boland, Rosita. [https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1117/1224283529258.html "Stephen Fry to cameo in TG4 soap"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022153346/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1117/1224283529258.html |date=22 October 2012 }}. The Irish Times. 17 November 2010.[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fry-set-for-ros-na-run-cameo-2423842.html "Stephen Fry set for Ros na Run cameo"]. Irish Independent. 17 November 2010.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11774998 "'Full Irish' Fry takes soap role"]. BBC News. 17 November 2010.

In 2010, Fry became an investor in Pushnote,{{cite web |last=O'Hear |first=Steve |date=13 January 2011 |title=Stephen Fry to Pimp Pushnote To His 2m Followers |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/13/stephen-fry-to-pimp-pushnote-to-his-2m-followers-will-it-work-2/ |website=Tech Crunch |access-date=13 January 2011}} a UK tech startup. Similar to Google Sidewiki, Pushnote was a browser add-on that enabled users to leave comments on any site they visit. The following year, Fry announced the Pushnote launch to his then 2 million Twitter followers. Both Pushnote and Sidewiki were discontinued the following year.{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry's "Baby" Start-Up Shuts Down |url=https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/pushnote-shuts-down-82877 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=Silicon.co.uk}} He also appeared as a shiny New Millennium Bonzo on their post-reunion album, Pour l'Amour des Chiens, on which he recited a recipe for "Salmon Proust", played a butler in "Hawkeye the Gnu", and voiced ads for the fictitious "Fiasco" stores. Following three one-man shows in Australia, Fry announced a 'sort of stand-up' performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London for September 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/aug/12/stephen-fry-stand-up-show|title=Stephen Fry takes on stand-up comedy|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=13 August 2010|first=Mark|last=Brown}}

In 2010, Fry took part in a Christmas series of short films called Little Crackers. His short was based on a story from his childhood at school.{{cite web|url=http://sky1.sky.com/Little-Crackers-Stephen-Fry-About|title=Stephen Fry – Little Crackers|publisher=Sky UK|access-date=22 October 2011}}

Fry appeared as the Christian God in 2011's Holy Flying Circus. In 2011, he portrayed Professor Mildeye in the BBC adaptation of Mary Norton's 1952 novel The Borrowers.{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry and Victoria Wood to star in The Borrowers |last= Frost|first= Vicky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/18/the-borrowers-christmas-bbc |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=26 December 2013}} In August 2011, Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets was shown on Channel 4 as one of the 100 Greatest strand.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-frys-100-greatest-gadgets|title=Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=2 January 2012}} His choice for the greatest gadget was the cigarette lighter, which he described as "fire with a flick of the fingers". In the same month, the nature documentary series Ocean Giants, narrated by Fry, premiered. In September 2011, Fry's Planet Word, a five-part documentary about language, aired on BBC HD and BBC Two.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8787668/Stephen-Frys-Planet-Word-BBC-Two-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8787668/Stephen-Frys-Planet-Word-BBC-Two-review.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stephen Fry's Planet Word, BBC Two, review| location=London| work=The Daily Telegraph|first=James|last=Walton|date=25 September 2011|access-date=23 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-09-25/stephen-fry-shares-his-love-of-language-in-frys-planet-word|title=Stephen Fry shares his love of language in Fry's Planet Word|work=Radio Times|date=25 September 2011|access-date=12 October 2011|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927155038/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-09-25/stephen-fry-shares-his-love-of-language-in-frys-planet-word|url-status=dead}} In November 2011, an episode of Living The Life featured Fry in an intimate conversation discussing his life and career with The Rolling Stones' bass player Bill Wyman.{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry & Bill Wyman|url=http://www.livingthelife.co.uk/stephen-fry-bill-wyman|publisher=livingthelife.co.uk|access-date=26 June 2012|archive-date=9 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209160614/http://www.livingthelife.co.uk/stephen-fry-bill-wyman/|url-status=dead}}

Fry starred in the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, as the voice of the Cheshire Cat.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/20826-tim-burtons-alice-in-wonderland/|title=Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland|last=Mitchell|first=Lizzie|date=10 September 2009|magazine=The List|access-date=3 October 2009}} He played Mycroft Holmes in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, directed by Guy Ritchie.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11417860|title=Stephen Fry to play Sherlock Holmes' brother on film|publisher=BBC|date=25 December 2009|access-date=28 September 2010}} 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,{{cite news |last=Bulbeck |first=Pip |title=Stephen Fry Joins 'The Hobbit' |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-fry-joins-hobbit-190364 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=20 May 2011 |date=19 May 2011}} and the third The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. In 2011, Fry appeared on Kate Bush's album 50 Words for Snow, featuring on the title track where he recites a list of surreal words to describe snow.{{cite news |title=Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/17/kate-bush-50-words-snow |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=The Guardian}} In September 2012, Fry made a return to the stage at Shakespeare's Globe, appearing as Malvolio in a production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which transferred to the West End in November 2012.{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry in Twelfth Night, Globe Theatre, first review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9562248/Stephen-Fry-in-Twelfth-Night-Globe-Theatre-first-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9562248/Stephen-Fry-in-Twelfth-Night-Globe-Theatre-first-review.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=19 November 2012|location=London|first=Dominic|last=Cavendish|date=24 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry praised for return to West End stage|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20392831|work=BBC News|access-date=19 November 2012|date=19 November 2012}} He received excellent reviews. The production transferred to Broadway, with Opening Night on 10 November 2013. Fry was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his work in the Broadway revival.{{cite web|url=http://shakespearebroadway.com/tickets.php|title=SpotCo – Entertainment & Arts Advertising|work=shakespearebroadway.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104114313/http://www.shakespearebroadway.com/tickets.php|archive-date=4 November 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/shows/201306261372267605607.html|title=The Tony Award Nominees – Shows|work=TonyAwards.com|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821085529/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/shows/201306261372267605607.html|url-status=dead}} In August 2013, he lent his voice to the title role in Benjamin Britten's operetta Paul Bunyan at the Wales Millennium Centre with the Welsh National Youth Opera.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wno.org.uk/paulbunyan|title=Paul Bunyan|access-date=27 August 2013|archive-date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819021830/http://www.wno.org.uk/paulbunyan|url-status=dead}}

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In 2012, he appeared as a guest panellist in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show Wordaholics.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01c7lk6|title=Radio 4 Programmes – Wordaholics, Episode 1|publisher=BBC|date=20 February 2012|access-date=22 February 2012}} In September 2012, he guest-starred as himself in the audio comedy drama We Are The BBC, produced by the Wireless Theatre Company, written by Susan Casanove.{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry voices drama about the BBC|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/09/stephen-fry-voices-drama-about-the-bbc/|publisher=Radio Today|date=11 September 2012|access-date=14 November 2012}} At the 2012 Pride of Britain Awards shown on ITV on 30 October, Fry, along with Michael Caine, Elton John, Richard Branson and Simon Cowell, recited Rudyard Kipling's poem "If—" in tribute to the 2012 British Olympic and Paralympic athletes.{{cite news|title=Britain's biggest stars record iconic poem 'If' as tribute to Olympic heroes|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/britains-biggest-stars-record-iconic-poem-tribute-olympic-111750818.html|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=12 December 2014|access-date=22 November 2016|archive-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123055658/https://www.yahoo.com/news/britains-biggest-stars-record-iconic-poem-tribute-olympic-111750818.html|url-status=dead}} In November 2012, Fry hosted a gadgets show called Gadget Man, exploring the usefulness of various gadgets in different daily situations to improve the livelihoods of everyone.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-fry-gadget-man |title=Stephen Fry: Gadget Man |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=7 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527084102/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-fry-gadget-man |archive-date=27 May 2013 }}

In October 2013, Fry presented Stephen Fry: Out There, a two-part documentary in which he explores attitudes to homosexuality and the lives of gay people in different parts of the globe.{{cite web|title=BBC Two announces return to Modern Times alongside raft of new documentaries|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/bbc2-docs-2013.html#section-2|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 August 2013|archive-date=28 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628213236/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/bbc2-docs-2013.html#section-2|url-status=dead}} On Christmas Day 2013, Fry featured with adventurer Bear Grylls in an episode of Channel 4's Bear's Wild Weekends. Over the course of two days, in the Italian Dolomites, Fry travelled on the skids of a helicopter, climbed down a raging 500-foot waterfall, slept in a First World War trench and abseiled down a towering cliff face.{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/bears-wild-weekends/episode-guide |title=Bear's Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry, broadcast 25 December 2013 |publisher=Channel 4 |date=25 December 2013 |access-date=26 December 2013}} In June 2015, Fry was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. His favourite piece was the String Quartet No. 14 by Beethoven. His book choice was Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot and his luxury item was "canvasses, easels, brushes, an instruction manual".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05zg6ng|title=Stephen Fry|work=Desert Island Discs|publisher=BBC Radio 4 }}

Fry narrated the first two seasons of the English-language version of the Spanish children's animated series Pocoyo.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487849/ |title=Let's Go, Pocoyo |publisher=IMDb |date=22 November 2019 |access-date=22 November 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.pocoyo.com/en/funny-videos/season-1 |title=Umbrella! |website=pocoyo.com |publisher=Zinkia Entertainment, S.A. |date=25 May 2018 |access-date=22 November 2019}} In 2014, he began starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland and William Devane in 24: Live Another Day as British Prime Minister Alastair Davies.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25910270|title=Stephen Fry to play British PM in 24: Live Another Day|newspaper=BBC News|date=27 January 2014}} In July 2014, Fry appeared on stage with Monty Python on the opening night of their live show Monty Python Live (Mostly). Fry was the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch.{{cite news |title='Monty Python Live (mostly) – One Down Five to Go' – Celebrity Blackmail|url=http://www.montypython.com/news_Celebrity-Blackmail/72 |access-date=20 August 2019 |agency=Monty Python.com}}

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On 17 September 2015, Fry shared the role of the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show which was staged at London's Playhouse Theatre and broadcast as the Rocky Horror Show Live.{{Cite news |title=Richard O'Brien: updating Rocky Horror Show 'would be manipulative' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/richard-obrien-updating-rocky-horror-show-would-be-manipulative-a2945476.html |date=23 March 2017 |access-date=1 July 2022}} In June 2015, Fry backed children's fairy tale app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF together with other British celebrities Sir Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Joanna Lumley, Michael Caine, David Walliams, Dame Joan Collins, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna and Michael Ball.{{cite news|first=Stuart|last=Dredge|title=Roger Moore backs children's fairytales app in aid of Unicef|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/18/roger-moore-childrens-app-unicef-givingtales|work=The Guardian|date=18 June 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-stephen-fry-short-story-award|title=Podcast: Stephen Fry reads the winning story of the RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award {{!}} Blog {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=Royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626230105/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-stephen-fry-short-story-award|url-status=dead}} In February 2017, Audible released Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, a complete collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all read by Fry, who also narrated an introduction for each novel or collection of stories. In 2017, Fry also released his own audiobook on Audible, titled Mythos,{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Classics/Mythos-Audiobook/B071RLJWZX?ref=a_cat_Class_c8_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=2462b27a-82f2-4b34-a09c-092413ea54c0&pf_rd_r=197MJ889P4DZDTSFNZM9&|title=Audible.com: Audiobooks & Original Audio {{!}} Free book with 30 day Trial|via=Audible.co.uk|language=en|access-date=28 April 2018}} which he both wrote and narrated. In 2018, Fry released a follow-up to Mythos, titled Heroes.{{cite book|url=https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Heroes-Audiobook/1405940573?qid=1542807461&sr=sr_1_1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=EW05A0XZC6SCT8BXSYEB&com/|title=Heroes Audiobook – Stephen Fry – Audible.co.uk|publisher=Audible}} In June 2020, it was announced that Fry would read J. K. Rowling's children's book, The Ickabog.{{cite web|last=Kozlowski |first=Michael |url=https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/j-k-rowling-ickabog-audiobook-ebook-and-hardcover-now-available |title=J.K. Rowling Ickabog |publisher=Good e-Reader |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=28 May 2021}} Fry is the patron of the audiobook charity Listening Books.{{cite web |last=Fry |first=Stephen |title=Stephen Fry, Listening Books patron |url=http://www.listening-books.org.uk/stephen-fry-patron.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201012940/http://www.listening-books.org.uk/stephen-fry-patron.aspx |archive-date=1 December 2016 |access-date=3 January 2017 |website=}} Fry said of his patronage, "I'm proud and delighted to be patron of the first audiobook charity to offer downloads to its members and excited about what this will mean for all print impaired people who can now listen on-the-go."

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-25/stephen-fry-joins-cast-of-sky-comedy-yonderland-as-cuddly-dick | title=Stephen Fry joins cast of Sky comedy Yonderland... as Cuddly Dick | work=Radio Times | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=25 January 2016 | author=Dowell, Ben | archive-date=26 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126095234/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-25/stephen-fry-joins-cast-of-sky-comedy-yonderland-as-cuddly-dick | url-status=dead }} In 2016, Fry had a lead role in the American sitcom The Great Indoors. He portrayed an outdoor magazine publisher helping to ease his best worldly reporter (Joel McHale) into a desk job.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/stephen-fry-cast-the-great0indoors-cbs-comedy-pilot-1201720843/|title=Stephen Fry To Co-Star In CBS Comedy Pilot 'The Great Indoors'|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=15 March 2016}} The show was cancelled after one season.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/the-great-indoors-canceled-cbs-1202425547/|title='The Great Indoors' Canceled After One Season at CBS|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=13 May 2017}} In November 2019, it was announced that Fry would guest star in "Spyfall", the two-part opening episode of Doctor Who{{'}}s twelfth series, which was broadcast on New Year's Day 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/dw-fry-henry|title=Stephen Fry and Sir Lenny Henry CBE to appear in the twelfth series of Doctor Who|work=BBC Media Centre|date=20 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/dw-spyfall|title=Doctor Who to land on Who Year's Day in Spyfall|work=BBC Media Centre|date=2 December 2019}} Fry also starred in the 2018 heist comedy film The Con Is On, previously titled The Brits Are Coming.{{cite news|title=Six More Join Uma Thurman in The Brits are Coming|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/476687-six-more-join-uma-thurman-in-the-brits-are-coming|access-date=28 August 2015|work=Comingsoon.net|date=27 August 2015}} From May to July 2018, Fry appeared in Mythos: A Trilogy, a stage version of his book Mythos, in the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. 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.{{cite news |last1=Fricker |first1=Karen |title=Mythos: Gods engages Shaw Festival audience with the mythology of Stephen Fry |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/review/2018/06/08/mythos-gods-engages-shaw-festival-audience-with-the-mythology-of-stephen-fry.html |access-date=6 July 2018 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=8 June 2018}} The production received its European premiere in August 2019 at the Edinburgh International Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/mythos|title=Mythos: A Trilogy|date=22 May 2019|website=Edinburgh International Festival|language=en|access-date=22 May 2019}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In September 2020, Fry was among the stars to mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Noël Coward's West End debut with a stage celebration titled "A Marvellous Party".{{cite news |title=All-star lineup celebrate Noël Coward's West End centenary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/08/noel-coward-tribute-west-end-centenary-judi-dench-emma-thompson |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=The Guardian}}

He reprised his role as (a descendant of) Lord Melchett for The Big Night In, a 20 April 2020 telethon held during the COVID-19 pandemic, for a skit in which he held a video call with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who made a surprise appearance.{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/videos/19901/the-big-night-in-general-melchett-talks-to-prince-william/ |title=The Big Night In – General Melchett talks to Prince William |publisher=British Comedy Guide |access-date=28 May 2021}}{{youTube|HuVdwEWrNkw|Prince William and Stephen Fry appear in comedy sketch for charity}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-dropout-william-h-macy-laurie-metcalf-elizabeth-marvel-utkarsh-ambudkar-kate-burton-cast-ihulu-limited-series-1234772855/ | title='The Dropout': William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Marvel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kate Burton Among 10 Cast in Hulu Limited Series | date=10 June 2021 }} He portrayed Fiddler's Green / Gilbert in the Netflix series The Sandman (2022). The same year he starred in two episodes of the Netflix romantic LGBT teen drama Heartstopper as headmaster of the main character's school.{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/heartstopper-stephen-fry-cameo-newsupdate/| title=Heartstopper star shocked so few recognised Stephen Fry in trailer | date=21 April 2022 }} In 2023, he portrayed a fictitious King James III in the LGBT romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue.{{cite news|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/red-white-royal-blue-stephen-fry-playing-homophobic-bully/|work=Pink News|title=Stephen Fry took 'delicious pleasure' in playing a "homophobic bully" in Red, White & Royal Blue|first=Asyia|last=Iftikhar|date=11 August 2023}}

That same year he also presented the Channel 4 documentary Stephen Fry: Willem & Frieda – Defying the Nazis to positive reviews.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Ellen E. |date=2 March 2023 |title=Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis review – oh, what an astounding story this is! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/02/stephen-fry-willem-and-frieda-defying-the-nazis-review-oh-what-an-astounding-story-this-is |work=The Guardian}}{{cite news |last1=Gregory |first1=Elizabeth |date=15 March 2023 |title=Stephen Fry presents new documentary about heroic queer WW2 artists |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/willem-and-frieda-defying-the-nazis-stephen-fry-channel-4-documentary-b1063911.html |access-date=7 August 2023 |work=Evening Standard}}

In May 2024, Fry was among the members of the previously all-male Garrick Club who spoke in favour of the admission of women members for the first time in the club's 193-year history. The motion was carried.{{Cite news |last=Stephens |first=Max |date=7 May 2024 |title=Garrick Club to allow female members for first time |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/07/garrick-club-allows-female-members/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

{{further|Stephen Fry bibliography and filmography}}

{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Fry}}

File:Richard Dawkins & Stepehn Fry CSICon 2018, Atheist Alliance Richard Dawkins Award.jpg and Fry in 2018]]

Over Fry's career he has received 11 BAFTA Award nominations for his work in television. For his performance as Oscar Wilde in Wilde (1998) he earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the ensemble of the Robert Altman directed murder mystery Gosford Park (2001). For his work on Broadway he received two Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical for Me and My Girl (1987) and Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Malvolio in the revival of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (2014).

In 1995, Fry was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D. h.c.) by the University of Dundee,[https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-information/honorary-degrees Honorary Degrees] - website of the University of Dundee which named their main Students' Association bar after his novel The Liar. Fry is a patron of its Lip Theatre Company.{{cite web|url=http://www.dusa.dundee.ac.uk/lip/history/history.htm |title=Lip Theatre: History |publisher=Dusa.dundee.ac.uk |access-date=4 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115023419/http://www.dusa.dundee.ac.uk/lip/history/history.htm |archive-date=15 January 2009 }} He also served two consecutive terms – 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1998 – as the student-elected Rector of the University of Dundee. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Letters (D.Litt. h.c.) by the University of East Anglia in 1999.[https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/stephen-fry-travel-awards-to-help-fund-university-of-east-anglia-students-american-dreams Stephen Fry Travel Awards to help fund University of East Anglia students' American dreams] - website of the University of East Anglia[https://www.uea.ac.uk/web/about/alumni-and-supporters/graduation/honorary-graduates?p_p_id=com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_hXNhzpc2bZjy&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_r_p_categoryId=3707173&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_hXNhzpc2bZjy_delta=30&p_r_p_resetCur=false&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_hXNhzpc2bZjy_cur=2 Honorary Graduates of UEA: Year of Award 1990-1999] - website of the University of East Anglia

In 2003 Fry was the last person to be named Pipe Smoker of the Year before the award was discontinued.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/annual-pipesmoker-award-is-extinguished-573577.html|title=Annual pipe-smoker award is extinguished|work=The Independent|access-date=5 September 2010|location=London|first=Jonathan|last=Thompson|date=18 January 2004}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He was awarded the AoC Gold Award in 2004, and was entered into their Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc_beacon_gold_and_other_awards/aoc_beacon_gold_awards/aoc_gold_awards/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-2004.cfm|title=Hall of Fame 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824002514/http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc_beacon_gold_and_other_awards/aoc_beacon_gold_awards/aoc_gold_awards/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-2004.cfm|archive-date=24 August 2013}} Fry was also awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University (D.Univ. h.c.) from Anglia Ruskin University in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/honorary/fry.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223074517/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/honorary/fry.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2012|title=Anglia Ruskin University's Honorary Graduate Site|publisher=Anglia.ac.uk|access-date=4 February 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4459724.stm|title=Fry talks of Cambridge 'elitism'|work=BBC News|date=22 November 2005|access-date=4 February 2009}}

In December 2006, he was ranked sixth for the BBC's Top Living Icon Award,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/12_december/01/icons.shtml|title=Living Icons|publisher=BBC|date=11 December 2006|access-date=4 February 2009}} was featured on The Culture Show, and was voted Most Intelligent Man on Television by readers of Radio Times. 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.{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2516664.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508102003/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2516664.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2007|title=Independent on Sunday Pink List 2007|work=The Independent|date=6 May 2007|access-date=4 February 2009|location=London}} Later the same month, he was announced as the 2007 Mind Champion of the Year,{{cite web|url=http://www.mind.org.uk/news/5260_stephen_fry_announced_as_new_president_of_mind|title=Stephen Fry announced as president of Mind|work=Mind|access-date=29 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807012459/http://www.mind.org.uk/news/5260_stephen_fry_announced_as_new_president_of_mind|archive-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead}} in recognition of the success of his documentary The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive in raising awareness of bipolar disorder. He was also nominated in "Best Entertainment Performance" for QI and "Best Factual Series" for Secret Life of the Manic Depressive at the British Academy Television Awards 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2007 |title=Television Nominations 2007 |work=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |date=31 July 2014 }} 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".{{Cite news|title=Hot 100: Talent|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/2007/12/hot_100_talent.html|work=Broadcast|date=18 December 2007|access-date=22 December 2007|format=free registration required|archive-date=5 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205160021/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/2007/12/hot_100_talent.html|url-status=dead}}

BBC Four dedicated two nights of programming to Fry on 17 and 18 August 2007, in celebration of his 50th birthday. The first night, comprising programmes featuring Fry, began with a sixty-minute documentary entitled Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out. The second night was composed of programmes selected by Fry, as well as a 60-minute interview with Mark Lawson and a half-hour special, Stephen Fry: Guilty.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/features/stephen-fry.shtml|title=BBC Four Stephen Fry Night|publisher=BBC|date=8 September 2007|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329045809/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/features/stephen-fry.shtml|archive-date=29 March 2009}}{{cite web |last1=Wollaston |first1=Sam |title=The weekend's TV: Stephen Fry: Guilty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/aug/20/theweekendstvstephenfrygu |website=The Guardnian Online |access-date=26 January 2020 |date=20 August 2007}} The weekend programming proved such a ratings hit for BBC Four that it was repeated on BBC Two on 16 and 17 September 2007. Fry was granted a lifetime achievement award at the British Comedy Awards on 5 December 2007,{{Cite news|last=Hemley|first=Matthew|title=Gavin and Stacey sweeps British Comedy Awards|work=The Stage|date=6 December 2007|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/19070/gavin-and-stacey-sweeps-british-comedy-awards|access-date=16 December 2007}} In 2009, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (Hon FRCPsych).[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychiatric-bulletin/article/royal-college-of-psychiatrists-winter-business-meeting-2009/38589FE7FBCA384705C5E954C4F34D73 The Royal College of Psychiatrists' Winter Business Meeting 2009] - website of Cambridge University Press On 20 January 2010, he was also granted the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards .{{Cite news|last=Williams|first=Lisa|title=Delight for Stephen Fry at TV awards|work=The Independent|date=21 January 2010|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/stephen-frys-tv-delight-1874511.html?action=Popup&ino=1|access-date=22 January 2010|location=London}}

He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge. On 13 July 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University,{{cite news|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-excellence.html|title=Honouring excellence|publisher=Cardiff University|date=10 July 2010|access-date=15 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129161552/http://cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-excellence.html|archive-date=29 November 2010}} and on 28 January 2011, he was made an honorary Doctor of the University (D.Univ. h.c.) by the University of Sussex, in recognition for his work campaigning for people suffering from mental health problems, bipolar disorder and HIV.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-12307469|title=Stephen Fry made honorary doctor at University of Sussex|work=BBC News|date=28 January 2011|access-date=28 January 2011}}[https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/6809 Broadcast News items: Dare to be different, says honorary graduate Stephen Fry] - website of the University of Sussex He is a Patron of the Norwich Playhouse theatre and a Vice-President of The Noël Coward Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.noelcoward.net/html/committee2007.html|title=Welcome to the Noël Coward Society|publisher=Noelcoward.net|access-date=4 February 2009|archive-date=4 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504011456/http://www.noelcoward.net/html/committee2007.html|url-status=usurped}}

In 2011, Fry was the subject of Molly Lewis's song An Open Letter to Stephen Fry, in which the singer jokingly offers herself as a surrogate mother for his child.{{cite web|url=http://mollylewis.bandcamp.com/track/an-open-letter-to-stephen-fry-2|title=An Open Letter to Stephen Fry|publisher=Mollylewis.bandcamp.com|date=11 February 2011|access-date=22 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030182131/http://mollylewis.bandcamp.com/track/an-open-letter-to-stephen-fry-2|archive-date=30 October 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:hch-presents-stephen-fry&catid=6:latest-news&Itemid=38|title=Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University Presents Stephen Fry|publisher=Harvardhumanist.org|access-date=22 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226101954/http://harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148%3Ahch-presents-stephen-fry&catid=6%3Alatest-news&Itemid=38|archive-date=26 February 2011|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, Fry wrote the foreword to the Union of UEA Students report on the student experience for LGBT+ members.{{cite web|url=http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/lgbt--student-experience-repor.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107061345/http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/lgbt--student-experience-repor.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2013|title=LGBT+ Student Experience Report|publisher=Union of UEA Students|date=October 2012}} As recognition of his public support for LGBT+ rights and for the Union's report, the Union of UEA Students awarded him, on 18 October 2012, Honorary Life Membership of the Union.{{cite web|url=http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/council-minutes-18-oct-final-.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106101503/http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/council-minutes-18-oct-final-.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2013|title=Minutes of Union Council (16/10/12)|publisher=Union of UEA Students|date=October 2012}} In March 2014, Fry beat David Attenborough and Davina McCall to win the Best Presenter award at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. The award was given for his BBC2 programme Stephen Fry: Out There.{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/03/19/stephen-fry-named-presenter-year-global-homophobia-documentary/|title=Stephen Fry named presenter of the year for global homophobia documentary|work=PinkNews|date=19 March 2014}} In an episode of QI, "M-Merriment", originally broadcast in December 2015, Fry was awarded membership of The Magic Circle.{{Cite web |date=7 September 2018 |title=6 Celebrities You Probably Didn't Know Are Magicians |url=https://darrendelaney.co.uk/news/celebrities-who-are-magicians/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=en-GB}}

In 2017, Fry became the latest patron of the Norwich Film Festival, and said he was "Very proud now to be a patron of a festival that encourages people from Norfolk, Norwich and beyond to be enchanted, beguiled and entranced by all kinds of film that might not otherwise reach them."{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/stephen_fry_becomes_patron_of_norwich_film_festival_1_4868050|title=Stephen Fry becomes patron of Norwich Film Festival|first=Emma|last=Knights|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130131606/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/stephen_fry_becomes_patron_of_norwich_film_festival_1_4868050|url-status=dead}} In the same year, the bird louse Saepocephalum stephenfryii was named after him, in honour of his contributions to the popularization of science as host of QI.{{cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4313.1.1|title=Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia -complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key|first1=Daniel R.|last1=Gustafsson|first2=Sarah E.|last2=Bush|date=31 August 2017|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4313|issue=1|pages=1–443|via=mapress.com|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4313.1.1|issn=1175-5326}} In 2019, Fry was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).[https://rsliterature.org/fellows/stephen-fry/ Fellows: Stephen Fry] - website of the Royal Society of Literature Stephen Fry was the Honorary President of the Classical Association between 2021 and 2022.[https://classicalassociation.org/competition/2022-creative-writing/ 2022- Creative Writing: Stephen Fry CA’s Honorary President for 2021-22] - website of the Classical Association

In 2021, Fry was appointed a Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix by Greek president Katerina Sakellaropoulou "for his contribution in enhancing knowledge about Greece in the United Kingdom and reinforcing ties between our two countries."{{Cite tweet |author=Stephen Fry |author-link=Stephen Fry |user=stephenfry |number=1384924734186532881 |title=Truly, one of the great honours of my life. With thanks to the Ambassador, to President Sakellaropoulou and to the people of Greece}}[https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/04/22/stephen-fry-order-of-the-phoenix/ Stephen Fry awarded with Medal of Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix] - website of the Greek City Times In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Authors.[https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fry-and-mosse-join-soa-fellowship Fry and Mosse join SoA fellowship] - website of the British magazine The Bookseller[https://societyofauthors.org/soa-profiles/stephen-fry/ SoA profiles: Stephen Fry, Fellow] - website of the Society of Authors Fry was awarded as Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (FRCGS) in 2024.[https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/stephen-fry-becomes-an-honorary-fellow-of-the-royal-canadian-geographical-society/ Stephen Fry becomes an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society] - website of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

In the 2025 New Year Honours, Fry was knighted by King Charles III "for services to mental health awareness, the environment and to charity".{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry 'startled and enchanted' with knighthood in New Year Honours |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/mind-new-year-honours-hugh-laurie-bbc-hiv-b2671801.html |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=The Independent}}{{LondonGazette |issue=64607 |date=31 December 2024 |supp=y |page=N2}} The same year, he also was awarded an honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) by the Belgian university KU Leuven to "commends him for his passion for language and culture, his impressive contributions to the public debate, and his call for an open dialogue on mental health".[https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2025/ku-leuven-awards-honorary-doctorate-to-author-actor-and-broadcaster-sir-stephen-fry KU Leuven awards honorary doctorate to author, actor, and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry] - website KU Leuven

Fry married comedian Elliott Spencer, 30 years his junior, in January 2015 in Dereham, Norfolk.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/elliott-spencer-addresses-disapproval-over-the-30-year-age-gap-between-him-and-new-husband-stephen-10035612.html "Elliott Spencer addresses disapproval over the 30-year age gap between him and new husband Stephen Fry"]. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 December 2016 Fry lives in West Bilney in Norfolk.{{cite news |title=Norfolk Day: Stephen Fry to give 'Toast to Norfolk' |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/stephen-fry-norfolk-day-toast-1576810 |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=Eastern Daily Press |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202093922/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/stephen-fry-norfolk-day-toast-1576810 |url-status=dead }} He became friends with King Charles III while Charles was Prince of Wales, through his work with The Prince's Trust. He attended the then-Prince's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. He is also a friend of Rowan Atkinson and was best man at Atkinson's wedding to Sunetra Sastry at the Russian Tea Room in New York City. He was a friend of Sir John Mills.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4476875.stm|title=Acting legend Sir John Mills dies|work=BBC News|date=24 April 2005|access-date=4 February 2009}} His best friend is Hugh Laurie, whom he met while both were at Cambridge and with whom he has collaborated many times over the years. He was best man at Laurie's wedding and is godfather to all three of his children.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=David|title=Doctor Hugh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/apr/24/comment.broadcasting|access-date=14 November 2011|newspaper=The Observer|date=23 April 2005|location=London}}

Fry started using cocaine in his twenties, and continued until 2001. He wrote about his drug use in the memoir More Fool Me (2014).{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Mary |title='Cocaine didn't seem to do me any physical harm': Stephen Fry |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/cocaine-didnt-seem-to-do-me-any-physical-harm-stephen-fry-20150525-gh8pso.html |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 May 2015 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=Roisin |title=Stephen Fry, 66, says childhood sweets were 'gateway' to his cocaine addiction |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/stephen-fry-cocaine-addiction-sweets-b2441590.html |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=The Independent |date=4 November 2023 |language=en}}

A fan of cricket, Fry has stated that he is related to former England cricketer C. B. Fry,{{cite episode|title=Series A, Episode 8|series=QI|airdate=30 October 2003|season=A|number=8}} and was interviewed for the Ashes Fever DVD, reporting on England's victory over Australia in the 2005 Ashes series. Regarding football, he is a supporter of Norwich City FC, and is a regular visitor to their home ground at Carrow Road. 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). He jokes that he has never encountered a smartphone that he has not purchased.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/series/dorktalk|title=Dork talk|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 February 2009|location=London|date=9 November 2007}} He counts Wikipedia among his favourite websites.{{cite web|url=http://www.videojug.com/interview/stephen-fry-the-internet|title=Interview with Stephen Fry|publisher=VideoJug|date=31 May 2007|access-date=4 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211141802/http://www.videojug.com/interview/stephen-fry-the-internet|archive-date=11 February 2009}}{{primary source inline|date=January 2025}}

Fry has a long-standing interest in Internet production, including having his own website since 1997. 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 consisted of a 6,500-word "blessay" on smartphones. In February 2008, he launched his private podcast series, Stephen Fry's Podgrams (defunct), and a forum, including discussions on depression and activities in which he is involved. The website content is created by Fry and produced by Andrew Sampson. Fry's weekly gadget column Dork Talk appeared in The Guardian from November 2007 to October 2008. Fry is also a supporter of GNU and the Free Software Foundation.{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2008supporters.html#TOCpatrons|title=Patronage of GNU Project|publisher=Gnu.org|access-date=4 February 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/fry/happy-birthday-to-gnu.html|title=Freedom Fry – "Happy birthday to GNU"|publisher=Gnu.org|date=20 October 2008|access-date=4 February 2009}}

When in London, he drives a dark green TX4 London cab.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2012/oct/23/black-cab-monument-london-life-austin|title=The black cab: a moving monument to London life|first=Oliver|last=Wainwright|date=24 October 2012|work=The Guardian}} This vehicle has been featured in Fry's production Stephen Fry in America.Fry S. [http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/2008/10/10/stephen-fry-in-america/ from Stephen Fry in America], 10 October 2008 On 16 April 2018, Fry released the first episode of a new podcast "Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins" available on his website and other podcasting platforms{{Cite web|url=https://play.acast.com/s/greatleapyears|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223072906/https://play.acast.com/s/greatleapyears|archive-date=23 December 2020|title=Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins on acast|date=April 2018 }} The first episode of the second series was released on 13 January 2020 and continued to be released over the course of nine weeks.{{cite web|url=https://stephenfry.com/7deadlysins/ |title=7 Deadly Sins - Official site of Stephen Fry |website=Stephenfry.com |access-date=28 May 2021}} In 2019, he was featured in the filmed poem rendition Love Goes Never Alone, for the online theatre publication First Night Magazine in support of the LGBTQ+ community.{{Cite web |date=5 July 2019 |title=Love Goes Never Alone |url=https://firstnightmagazine.com/2019/07/05/love-goes-never-alone/ |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=First Night Magazine |language=en}}

In 2023, during an 'Alternative Christmas message', broadcast on Channel 4, Fry remarked that he was proud of his Jewish heritage.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7uUGJhiehM |title=Stephen Fry Addresses The Nation {{!}} Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Message |date=25 December 2023 |access-date=31 January 2025 |via=YouTube}} He said: "I've been on lists of British Jews that some ultra-right wing newspapers and sites have published over the years. And I'm frankly damned if I'll let antisemites be the ones who define me, and take ownership of the word 'Jew', injecting it with their own spiteful venom. So I accept and claim the identity with pride, I am Stephen Fry, and I am a Jew."{{cite news |last1=Yossman |first1=K. J. |title=Stephen Fry Condemns Antisemitism in Channel 4 Christmas Message, Encourages People to Call Out 'Venomous Slurs and Hateful Abuse' |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/stephen-fry-antisemitism-channel-4-christmas-message-1235843483/ |work=Variety |date=18 December 2023|access-date=21 December 2023}}

Enabled by a 2020 change in citizenship legislation in Austria, Fry acquired Austrian citizenship as a descendant of persons persecuted by Nazism, thus regaining the citizenship his ancestors forcibly lost.{{cite web |title=Stephen Fry calls to Vote! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTUl0GUx-mM |via=YouTube| date=9 September 2024 }}{{Cite web |title=Britischer Schauspieler Stephen Fry wählt bei österreichischer Nationalratswahl |url=https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000235907/britischer-schauspieler-stephen-fry-waehlt-bei-oesterreichischer-nationalratswahl |access-date=11 September 2024 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}

File:StephenFryWorldPride.jpg marchers at WorldPride 2012 in London]]

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.{{cite web|title=The Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/moab/one-mans-journey/|access-date=11 May 2008}} When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Fry quipped: "I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, 'That's the last time I'm going up one of those'."{{cite news|first=Nick|last=Levine|title=Ten Things You Never Knew About Stephen Fry|date=19 September 2007|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a75964/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-stephen-fry.html|work=Digital Spy|access-date=23 March 2009}} In his 1997 autobiography titled Moab Is My Washpot, however, Fry attributed the joke to "a friend at university", adding, "I have since shamelessly used this as my own explanation of When I Knew."{{Cite book|title=Moab is My Washpot|last=Fry|first=Stephen|publisher=Random House, NY|year=1997|pages=[https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpota0000frys/page/24/mode/2up?view=theater 24]|isbn=0-375-50264-5|url=https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys|access-date=23 February 2025}}

Fry was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen that ended in 2010.{{citation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/stephen-fry-a-restless-soul-546925.html |title=Stephen Fry: A restless soul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205171852/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/stephen-fry-a-restless-soul-546925.html |archive-date=5 December 2008 |access-date=9 February 2014 |location=London |url-status=dead |work=The Independent}} Fry was listed number 2 in 2016 and number 12 in 2017 on the Pride Power list.{{cite web|title=Pride Power List 2016|url=http://www.pridepowerlist.co.uk/power-list-2016.html|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628002423/http://www.pridepowerlist.co.uk/power-list-2016.html|archive-date=28 June 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Pride Power List 2017|url=http://www.pridepowerlist.co.uk/pride-powerlist-2017.html|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313045528/http://www.pridepowerlist.co.uk/pride-powerlist-2017.html|archive-date=13 March 2018|url-status=dead}}

On 6 January 2015, British tabloid The Sun reported that Fry would marry his partner, comedian Elliott Spencer. Fry wrote on Twitter: "It looks as though a certain cat is out of a certain bag. I'm very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. Fat chance!"{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-30693048|title=Stephen Fry to marry partner Elliott Spencer|work=BBC News|date=6 December 2014}} Eleven days after the news story, Fry married Spencer on 17 January at Dereham in Norfolk.{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2015011722900/stephen-fry-elliott-spencer-marry/|title=Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer marry|work=Hello|access-date=17 January 2015|date=17 January 2015}}

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. He did not vote in the 2005 general election because of the stance of both the Labour and Conservative parties with regard to the Iraq War. Despite his praise of the Blair/Brown government's work on social reform, Fry was an outspoken critic of the Labour Party's Third Way concept. Fry appeared in campaign literature to support changing the British electoral system from first-past-the-post to alternative vote for electing members of parliament to the House of Commons in the Alternative Vote referendum of 2011.{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12950712|title=Benjamin Zephaniah 'airbrushed from Yes to AV leaflets'|work=BBC News|date=3 April 2011}}

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.{{cite news|author=Close|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/30/israelandthepalestinians|title=The Guardian: We're not celebrating Israel's anniversary|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 February 2009| location=London| date=30 April 2008}} Furthermore, he is a signatory member of the British Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JJP) organisation, which campaigns for Palestinian rights.{{cite web|url=http://jfjfp.com/?page_id=9|title=Signatories|publisher=jfjfp.com|access-date=8 November 2009}} Fry was among over 100 signatories to a statement published by Sense about Science on 4 June 2009, condemning British libel laws and their use to "severely curtail the right to free speech on a matter of public interest".{{cite web|title=The law has no place in scientific disputes|url=http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/334|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607021143/http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/334|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2009|publisher=Sense about Science|date=7 October 2009|access-date=12 October 2009}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://stephen-fry-me.tumblr.com/post/57612770175/open-letter-to-david-cameron-and-the-ioc|title=Stephen Fry|work=tumblr.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810124308/http://stephen-fry-me.tumblr.com/post/57612770175/open-letter-to-david-cameron-and-the-ioc|archive-date=10 August 2013}}{{cite news |last1=Buckley |first1=Neil |title=Stephen Fry calls for Russia to lose Olympics over anti-gay law |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4a4311fa-ff8c-11e2-b990-00144feab7de |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/4a4311fa-ff8c-11e2-b990-00144feab7de |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2022 |work=Financial Times |date=7 August 2013}} Cameron stated on Twitter he believed "we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics".{{Cite news |date=10 August 2013 |title=Russian Antigay Law Protested |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/sports/russian-antigay-law-protested.html |access-date=18 March 2024 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |title=Cameron rejects Stephen Fry's call for Russian Winter Olympics boycott |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/10/cameron-rejects-stephen-fry-russia-winter-games-boycott |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 August 2013 |access-date=17 August 2013}} Fry said in 2015 that the Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre "has done more to damage the Britain I love than any single person".{{cite magazine|last=Fry|first=Stephen|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/06/stephen-fry-dont-fool-me-proust-questionnaire|title=Stephen Fry's Most Treasured Possession Is from P.G. Wodehouse|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=July 2015|access-date=29 December 2017}}

In March 2014, Fry publicly backed "Hacked Off" and its campaign towards press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable".{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-alfonso-cuaron-maggie-689289 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Georg | last=Szalai | title=Benedict Cumberbatch, Alfonso Cuaron, Maggie Smith Back U.K. Press Regulation | date=18 March 2014}}

In 2016 he caused controversy by accusing survivors of child sexual abuse of self-pity for expecting trigger warnings.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/stephen-fry-which-child-sexual-abuse-victim-do-you-think-changed-their-mind-about-trigger-warnings-when-you-told-them-to-grow-up-a6980546.html|title=Stephen Fry, which child sexual abuse victim do you think changed their mind about trigger warnings when you told them to 'grow up'?|work=The Independent|first=Harriet|last=Williamson|author-link=Harriet Williamson|date=12 April 2016|access-date=4 January 2025|language=en-gb}} Soon after he apologised for his comments.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stephen-fry-apologises-unreservedly-for-claiming-sex-abuse-survivors-should-grow-up-and-stop-pitying-themselves-a6983651.html|title=Stephen Fry apologises 'unreservedly' for claiming sex abuse survivors should 'grow up' and stop pitying themselves|work=The Independent|first=Heather|last=Saul|date=14 April 2016|access-date=4 January 2025|language=en-gb}}

On 18 May 2018, Fry participated in the semi-annual Munk Debates in Toronto, Canada, where he argued against political correctness on the Con side of the topic "Be it resolved, what you call political correctness, I call progress..." alongside Jordan Peterson, and in opposition to Pro side represented by Michelle Goldberg and Michael Eric Dyson.{{cite web | url=https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/Political-Correctness | title=Munk Debates – Political Correctness | work=The Munk Debates | date=18 May 2018 | access-date=31 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204045148/https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/Political-Correctness | archive-date=4 December 2018 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/a-politically-incorrect-debate-about-political-correctness-1.4683963 | title=A politically incorrect debate about political correctness | work=CBC Radio | date=30 May 2018 | access-date=31 October 2018}} During the debate, Fry paraphrased a famous sentence from the 1923 essay I Am Afraid, in which Old Bolshevik-turned-Soviet dissident Yevgeny Zamyatin denounced censorship in the Soviet Union. 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.""I Am Afraid" (1921) p. 57, in: A Soviet Heretic. trans. Mirra Ginsberg University of Chicago Press. (1970). p. 53-58 Fry's rendering, however, reads, "Progress is not achieved by preachers and guardians of morality, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and sceptics."[https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/2018/10/19/against-political-correctness-stephen-fry/ AGAINST POLITICAL CORRECTNESS] – BY STEPHEN FRY

19 October 2018.

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.{{cite news|date=23 February 2021|title=Holocaust survivors demand meeting with PM over 'genocide amendment' as government faces Lord defeat|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/holocaust-genocide-amendment-boris-johnson-b1806131.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/holocaust-genocide-amendment-boris-johnson-b1806131.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=1 March 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}} In a tweet, Fry highlighted the plight of the Uyghurs.{{cite tweet|user=stephenfry|title=As holocaust survivors, Ruth Barnett and Dorit Wolf know all too well what genocide is|number=1366325396103434241|date=1 March 2021}}

Poland controversy

{{see also|The Holocaust in Poland}}

On 6 October 2009, Fry was interviewed by Jon Snow on Channel 4 News{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/fryaposs+fears+over+toriesapos+antigay+links/3374297|title=Fry's fears over Tories' anti-gay links|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=9 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009105313/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/fryaposs%2Bfears%2Bover%2Btoriesapos%2Bantigay%2Blinks/3374297|archive-date=9 October 2009}} 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.{{Cite news|last=Charter|first= David|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/right-wing-polish-mep-michal-kaminski-becomes-tories-controversial-eu-leader-cdrnsq62kgx|title=Right-wing Polish MEP Michal Kaminski becomes Tories controversial EU leader|access-date=19 January 2025| location=London| date=16 July 2009}} During the interview, he stated:

{{blockquote|There has been a history, let's face it, in Poland of a right-wing Catholicism which has been deeply disturbing for those of us who know a little history, and remember which side of the border Auschwitz was on and know the stories, and know much of the anti-semitic, and homophobic and nationalistic elements in countries like Poland.}}

The remark prompted a complaint from the Polish Embassy in London, an editorial in The Economist and criticism from British Jewish historian David Cesarani.{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14635055|title=Europe.view: Unoccupied Britain|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=17 October 2009|date=15 October 2009}}{{cite news|first=David |last=Ceserani|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/oct/12/stephen-fry-auschwitz-poland|title=Stephen Fry's Auschwitz blunder|work=The Guardian |date=13 October 2009|access-date=17 October 2009| location=London}}{{cite news|last=Day|first= Matthew|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/6274395/Stephen-Fry-provokes-Polish-fury-over-Auschwitz-remark.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/6274395/Stephen-Fry-provokes-Polish-fury-over-Auschwitz-remark.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stephen Fry provokes Polish fury over Auschwitz remark|access-date=9 October 2009| date=8 October 2009}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/complaints+fry+aposslanderedapos+poland+over+auschwitz/3377697|title=Complaints: Fry 'slandered' Poland over Auschwitz|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=9 October 2009|archive-date=12 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012075722/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/complaints%2Bfry%2Baposslanderedapos%2Bpoland%2Bover%2Bauschwitz/3377697|url-status=dead}} Fry later posted an apology in a six-page post on his personal blog, in which he apologised for his remarks, stating that "I didn't even really at the time notice the import of what I had said, so gave myself no opportunity instantly to retract the statement. It was a rubbishy, cheap and offensive remark that I have been regretting ever since. I take this opportunity to apologise now." and "It detracted from and devalued my argument, such as it was, and it outraged and offended a large group of people for no very good reason."{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2009/10/19/poles-politeness-and-politics-in-the-age-of-twitter/|title=Poles, Politeness and Politics in the age of Twitter|access-date=19 October 2009|date=19 October 2009}}

Fry has cyclothymia, a form of bipolar disorder (considered to be a milder type).{{cite news |last1=Cahoon |first1=Lauren |last2=Chitale |first2=Radha |last3=Hunter |first3=Aina |title=The Cost Of Creativity: Bipolar Disorder and the Stars |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=4439015 |work=ABC News |date=1 July 2008}}{{cite news |last1=Cousins |first1=Jon |title=Bipolar illness: My ever changing moods |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/bipolar-illness-my-ever-changing-moods-2248854.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/bipolar-illness-my-ever-changing-moods-2248854.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=22 March 2011}}{{cite news |last1=Martinson |first1=Jane |title=Stephen Fry to feature in BBC1 mental health season |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/01/stephen-fry-to-feature-in-bbc1-mental-health-season |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2016}} Fry has spoken publicly about his experience with the condition, which was depicted in the documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive.{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/neuroscience/patron/|title=Stephen Fry unveiled as Patron|publisher=Cardiff University|date=16 October 2008|access-date=4 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919021441/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/neuroscience/patron/|archive-date=19 September 2013}} In the programme, he interviewed other people with bipolar disorder including Carrie Fisher, Richard Dreyfuss and Tony Slattery. He also interviewed Robbie Williams, who suffers with unipolar depression, and they discussed the differences and similarities of their mental health experiences and diagnoses. He is involved with the mental health charity Stand to Reason{{cite web|title=Reception with Stephen Fry |url=http://www.standtoreason.org.uk/news?id=23 |publisher=Standtoreason.org |access-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207005725/http://www.standtoreason.org.uk/news?id=23 |archive-date=7 February 2011 }} and is president of Mind. In 2013, he said that, in the previous year, he had started taking medication for the first time, in an attempt to control his condition. In 2018, alongside Nadiya Hussain and Olly Alexander, Fry was part of Sport Relief's attempt to raise awareness of mental health.{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/24/nadiya-hussain-stephen-fry-reveal-mental-health-battles-moving-sport-relief-film-7412661/|title=Nadiya Hussain and Stephen Fry reveal their mental health battles in moving Sport Relief film|newspaper=Metro|date=24 March 2018|access-date=24 March 2018}}

In 1995, while appearing in the West End play Cell Mates, Fry had a nervous breakdown and walked out of the production, causing its early closure and incurring the displeasure of co-star Rik Mayall and playwright Simon Gray.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tgzp3 |title=BBC Two – A Life on Screen |website=BBC News|access-date=4 January 2016}} Fry went missing for several days and contemplated suicide. He later said that he would have killed himself if he had not had "the option of disappearing". He abandoned the idea and left the United Kingdom by ferry, eventually resurfacing in Belgium.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5202066.stm|title=Comedian Fry reveals suicide bid|work=BBC News|date=21 July 2006|access-date=4 February 2009}} Fry has attempted suicide on a number of occasions, most recently in 2012.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/jun/05/stephen-fry-attempted-suicide-bipolar|title=Stephen Fry: recent attempted suicide a 'close-run thing'|first=David |last=Batty|work=The Guardian}} In an interview with Richard Herring in 2013, Fry said that he had attempted suicide the previous year while filming abroad. 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".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22782913|title=Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=6 June 2013|date=6 June 2013}}

In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7196783.stm|title=Fry breaks arm filming in Brazil|website=BBC News|date=18 January 2008|access-date=18 January 2008}} While climbing aboard a boat, he slipped between it and the dock, and, stopping himself from falling into the water, his body weight snapped his right humerus. The resulting vulnerability to his radial nerve – which affects use of the arm – was not diagnosed until he saw a consultant in the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/podcasts/|title=Stephen Fry's Podgrams: Episode 1, Broken Arm|publisher=Stephenfry.com|access-date=4 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822173101/http://stephenfry.com/podcasts/|archive-date=22 August 2008}}

Appearing on the BBC's Top Gear in 2009, Fry had lost a significant amount of weight, and explained that he had shed a total of 6 stone (84 lb; 38 kg). He attributed the weight loss to walking while listening to audiobooks.{{cite web|url=http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/stephen-fry-in-our-reasonably-priced-car|title=Stephen Fry is a Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, part 1/2 (Series 13, Episode 2)|work=Top Gear|access-date=1 June 2012|archive-date=26 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826100015/http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/stephen-fry-in-our-reasonably-priced-car|url-status=dead}} Fry is between {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m}} and {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m}} in height.QI Season 7, Episode 10QI Season 4 ep. 11 of 13 Fry has prosopagnosia ("face blindness").{{cite web|last1=Sieghart|first1=Mary Ann|title=Who Are You Again?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hj65h|website=BBC Radio 4|date=1 July 2016}}{{cite news |title=Who are you again? What it's like to never remember a face |first=David|last=Hepworth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jun/25/who-are-you-again-what-its-like-to-never-remember-a-face |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=1 July 2016}}

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 described the cancer as aggressive and said that early intervention had saved his life.{{cite news|last=Khomani|first=Nadia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/23/stephen-fry-has-prostate-cancer|title=Stephen Fry has prostate cancer|work=The Guardian|date=23 February 2018|access-date=23 February 2018}}{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry recovering from prostate cancer surgery|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43171297|website=BBC News|date=23 February 2018}} In December 2020, Fry said he was having some radiotherapy, as is sometimes required after removal of the prostate to mop up remaining prostate cancer cells.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In March 2021, Fry hailed the "wonderful moment" of receiving the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at Westminster Abbey. The University of Cambridge alumnus joked that he would have to "put petty rivalries behind [him]".{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/london/2021-03-10/stephen-fry-hails-wonderful-moment-as-he-is-vaccinated-in-westminster-abbey|title=Stephen Fry hails 'wonderful moment' as he is vaccinated in Westminster Abbey|publisher=ITV|date=10 March 2021}}

On 14 September 2023, Fry was taken to hospital after he fell about {{cvt|6|feet}} onto a concrete floor, when exiting the stage following a conference on artificial intelligence at The O2 Arena in Greenwich; he had sustained injuries to his ribs and legs.{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=20 September 2023 |title=Stephen Fry rushed to hospital after fall from The O2 stage |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/stephen-fry-rushed-to-hospital-after-fall-from-the-o2-stage-3501249 |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Stephen Fry Falls Off Stage at Event in London and Taken to Hospital: 'Wishing Him a Swift Recovery' |url=https://people.com/stephen-fry-falls-off-stage-at-event-in-london-hospitalized-7972301 |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=Peoplemag}} After a recovery period he was reported to be back at work on 9 December.{{Cite news |date=9 December 2023 |title=Stephen Fry back at work three months after fall off stage |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67670081 |access-date=9 December 2023}}

Fry has repeatedly expressed opposition to organised religion, and has identified himself as an atheist and humanist, while declaring some sympathy for the ancient Greek belief in gods.{{Citation|title=Stephen Fry on God {{!}} The Meaning Of Life {{!}} RTÉ One| date=28 January 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/-suvkwNYSQo| archive-date=28 October 2021|language=en|access-date=12 December 2019}}{{cbignore}} In his first autobiography, he described how he once considered ordination to the Anglican priesthood, but came to the conclusion that he "couldn't believe in God, because [he] was fundamentally Hellenic in [his] outlook".{{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|title=Moab is my washpot|publisher=Arrow books|year=2004|orig-year=1997|page=[https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3/page/382 382]|isbn=978-0-09-945704-6|url=https://archive.org/details/moabismywashpot0000frys_u0u3}} He has stated that religion can have positive effects: "Sometimes belief means credulity, sometimes an expression of faith and hope which even the most sceptical atheist such as myself cannot but find inspiring."Stephen Fry, The Spectator Lecture at the Royal Geographical Society, reprinted as "Would I live in America? In a heartbeat", The Spectator, 9 May 2009, p. 28. Fry claims to have been expelled from Salt Lake City, Utah, because of a joke made about doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{cite episode|title= Empire|series=QI|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzpH-PkMw74| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/fzpH-PkMw74| archive-date=28 October 2021|season=5|number=12}}{{cbignore}}{{primary source inline|date=January 2025}}

In 2009, The Guardian published a letter from Fry addressing his younger self, explaining how his future is soon to unfold, reflecting on the positive progression towards gay acceptance and openness around him, and yet not everywhere, while warning on how "the cruel, hypocritical and loveless hand of religion and absolutism has fallen on the world once more".{{cite news|first=Stephen |last=Fry|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/30/stephen-fry-letter-gay-rights|title='The Guardian': Stephen Fry's letter to himself: Dearest absurd child|work=The Guardian |access-date=10 May 2009|location=London|date=30 April 2009}} Later that year, he and Christopher Hitchens participated in an "Intelligence Squared" debate in which they argued against Ann Widdecombe and Archbishop John Onaiyekan, who supported the view that the Catholic Church was a force for good. Fry and Hitchens argued that the church did more harm than good, and were declared the victors after an audience vote. Fry attacked the Catholic Church's teachings on sexuality and denounced its wealth.{{Cite news|url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/23rd-october-2009/1/atheist-duo-convince-crowd-that-the-church-is-not-|title=Atheist duo convince crowd that the Church is not a force for good|first=Ed |last=West|work=The Catholic Herald|access-date=18 February 2012|location=London|date=23 October 2009}}

In 2010, Fry was made a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association, stating: "it is essential to nail one's colours to the mast as a humanist."{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry: "it is essential to nail one's colours to the mast as a humanist".|publisher=British Humanist Association|url=https://humanism.org.uk/2010/02/04/news-447/|date=10 February 2010}} Later that year, Fry joined 54 other public figures in signing an open letter published in The Guardian stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom being a state visit.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/15/harsh-judgments-on-pope-religion|title=Letters: Harsh judgments on the pope and religion|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 September 2010|location=London|date=15 September 2010}} On 22 February 2011, Fry was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.{{cite news|url=http://harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:hch-presents-stephen-fry&catid=6:latest-news&Itemid=38 |title=Letters: HCH Presents Stephen Fry |work=Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard |access-date=27 January 2011 |location=Cambridge, MA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226101954/http://harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148%3Ahch-presents-stephen-fry&catid=6%3Alatest-news&Itemid=38 |archive-date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://theageofblasphemy.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/395/|title=Stepehn (sic) Fry Wins Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism|work=The Age of Blasphemy blog|date=24 January 2011|access-date=15 December 2012}}

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? How dare you? How dare you create a world where there is such misery that's not our fault? It's utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?"{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/30/atheist-stephen-fry-delivers-stunning-answer-when-asked-what-he-would-say-if-he-came-face-to-face-with-god_n_6581710.html?1422648370|title=Atheist Stephen Fry Delivers Incredible Answer When Asked What He Would Say If He Met God|work=The Huffington Post UK|date=30 January 2015}} Within days, the video was viewed over five million times.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/stephen-fry-responds-to-the-meaning-of-life-controversy-1.2093869|title=Stephen Fry responds to The Meaning of Life controversy|author=Rosin Agnew|date=6 February 2015|newspaper=The Irish Times}} Fry later stated he did not refer to any specific religion: "I said quite a few things that were angry at this supposed God. I was merely saying things that Bertrand Russell and many finer heads of the mind have said for many thousands of years, going all the way back to the Greeks."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stephen-fry-responds-to-christian-backlash-after-confronting-god-with-bone-cancer-in-children-whats-that-about-10027984.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stephen-fry-responds-to-christian-backlash-after-confronting-god-with-bone-cancer-in-children-whats-that-about-10027984.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stephen Fry responds to Christian backlash after confronting God with 'Bone cancer in children? What's that about?'|date=6 February 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=9 April 2017}} "Because the God who created this universe, if it was created by God, is quite clearly a maniac, utter maniac."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stephen-fry-blasphemy-ireland-probe-investigation-richard-dawkins-arrest-a7728321.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stephen-fry-blasphemy-ireland-probe-investigation-richard-dawkins-arrest-a7728321.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Richard Dawkins challenges police to arrest him for blasphemy|date=10 May 2017|work=The Independent}} In May 2017, it was announced that Fry, along with broadcaster RTÉ, were under criminal investigation for blasphemy under the Defamation Act 2009, following a complaint from a member of the public about the broadcast: the case was dropped after Gardaí confirmed that they had not been able to locate a sufficient number of offended people.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/stephen-fry-blasphemy-probe-dropped-after-garda-fail-to-find-substantial-number-of-outraged-people-35692915.html|work=Irish Independent|title=Stephen Fry blasphemy probe dropped after gardaí fail to find 'substantial number of outraged people'|first=Cathal|last=McMahon|date=8 May 2017}} The following year, in 2018, the article on blasphemy was removed from the Irish Constitution following a referendum.

He has praised Anglican priest Michael Coren's book The Rebel Christ, saying: "Integrity, wit and passion. A fine advocate for the best of Christian thought and a faith that encompasses the human as well as the divine."{{cite news|url=https://www.premierchristianity.com/apologetics/a-famous-atheist-endorsed-my-book-about-jesus/14707.article|work=Premier Christianity|title=A famous atheist endorsed my book about Jesus'|first=Michael|last=Coren|date=19 January 2023}}

Fry is known for his extensive voice-over work; he read all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the UK audiobook recordings, narrated Paddington Bear audiobooks,{{cite news |title=Audie Award Winners of 2008 (partial) |url=https://www.learnoutloud.com/Content/Topic-Pages/Audie-Award-Winners-of-2008/141 |access-date=22 May 2019 |work=LearnOutLoud.com |issue=E-Magazine No. 070 |publisher=LearnOutLoud, Inc. |date=5 June 2008}} narrated the video game series LittleBigPlanet and Birds of Steel, narrated an animated series of explanations of the laws of cricket{{Cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/about-the-laws-of-cricket|title=About the Laws of Cricket | MCC|website=Lords.org}} and narrated a series of animations about humanism for Humanists UK.{{cite web|url=http://humanism.org.uk/thatshumanism/|title=That's Humanism!|publisher=British Humanist Association}}

Fry wielded a considerable amount of influence through his use of Twitter.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8406898.stm|work=BBC News|title=A portrait of the decade|date=14 December 2009|access-date=24 May 2010}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/gill-hornby/6349700/Dont-laugh---Stephen-Fry-is-giving-the-orders-now.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019223004/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/gill-hornby/6349700/Dont-laugh---Stephen-Fry-is-giving-the-orders-now.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2009|title=Don't laugh – Stephen Fry is giving the orders now|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=17 October 2009|location=London|first=Gill|last=Hornby|date=16 October 2009}} He was frequently asked to promote various charities and causes, often inadvertently causing their websites to crash because of the volume of traffic generated by his large number of followers; as Fry noted on his website: "Four thousand hits a second all diving down the pipeline at the same time for minutes on end."{{cite web|first=Stephen |last=Fry|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2009/08/26/servers-with-a-smile/#more-1197|title=Servers with a Smile " The New Adventures of Stephen Fry|publisher=Stephenfry.com|date=26 August 2009|access-date=17 October 2009}} He used his influence to recommend underexposed musicians and authors (who often saw large increases in web hits and sales){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6170777/Stephen-Frys-Twitter-posts-on-David-Eagleman-novel-sparks-6000-sales-spike.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6170777/Stephen-Frys-Twitter-posts-on-David-Eagleman-novel-sparks-6000-sales-spike.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stephen Fry's Twitter posts on David Eagleman novel sparks 6000% sales spike|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=11 September 2009|access-date=17 October 2009|location=London}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8306827.stm|title=Fry's Twitter lift for singer, 16|work=BBC News|access-date=17 October 2009|date=14 October 2009}} and to raise awareness of contemporary issues in the world of media and politics, notably the dropping of an injunction against The Guardian{{cite news|first=Alan |last=Rusbridger|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/14/trafigura-fiasco-tears-up-textbook|title=The Trafigura fiasco tears up the textbook|work=The Guardian |date=13 May 2009|access-date=17 October 2009|location=London}}{{cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Seth|url=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/54667,news-comment,business,twitter-claims-another-scalp-as-trafigura-backs-down|title=Twitter claims another scalp as Trafigura backs down|work=The First Post|date=13 October 2009|access-date=17 October 2009|archive-date=16 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016225830/http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/54667,news-comment,business,twitter-claims-another-scalp-as-trafigura-backs-down|url-status=dead}} and public anger over Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir's article on the death of Boyzone member Stephen Gately.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8311499.stm|title=Anger over Mail column on Gately|work=BBC News|access-date=17 October 2009|date=16 October 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a182344/twitter-outrage-over-gately-smear.html|title=Twitter outrage over Gately smear|work=Digital Spy|access-date=17 October 2009|date=16 October 2009|archive-date=19 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019061841/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a182344/twitter-outrage-over-gately-smear.html|url-status=dead}}

In November 2009, Fry's Twitter account reached one million followers. He commemorated the million-followers milestone with a humorous video blog in which a 'Step Hen Fry' clone speaks from the year 2034, where MySpace, Facebook and Twitter have combined to form 'Twit on MyFace'.{{cite news|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2009/11/14/twillionth/|title=Twillionth|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117154947/http://www.stephenfry.com/2009/11/14/twillionth/|archive-date=17 November 2009}} In November 2010, he welcomed his two-millionth follower with a blog entry detailing his opinions and experiences of Twitter.{{cite web|last=Fry|first=Stephen|title=Two Million Reasons To Be Cheerful|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/11/30/two-million-reasons-to-be-cheerful/|publisher=The New Adventures of Stephen Fry|access-date=3 December 2010|date=30 November 2010}} 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. Love you all. Yes even YOU. But let's dedicate today to Douglas Adams's diamond jubilee".{{cite tweet |last=Fry |first=Stephen |user=stephenfry |number=178760058656653312|title=Tweet |date=11 March 2012 |access-date=28 March 2012 }} {{As of|2021|June}} he had 12.4 million followers.{{twitter|stephenfry}}

Fry had a history of temporarily distancing himself from the social networking site which began when he received criticism in October 2009. However, he retracted the announcement that he would be leaving the following day.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8336425.stm|title=Fry ends row with Twitter critic|date=1 November 2009|access-date=6 January 2010 |work=BBC News}} In October 2010, Fry left Twitter for a few days, with a farewell message of "Bye bye", following press criticism of a quote taken from an interview he had given. After returning, he explained that he had left Twitter to "avoid being sympathised with or told about an article" he "would otherwise never have got wind of".{{cite web|last=Fry|first=Stephen|title=Silliness|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/11/04/silliness/4/|publisher=The New Adventures of Stephen Fry|access-date=5 November 2010|date=4 November 2010}} The methods Fry uses on Twitter have been criticised.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/8137164/My-Twitter-row-with-Stephen-Fry.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/8137164/My-Twitter-row-with-Stephen-Fry.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=16 November 2010|title=My 'Twitter row' with Stephen Fry|last=Yiannopoulos|first= Milo|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=22 May 2012|location=London}}{{cbignore}} On 15 February 2016, Fry deleted his Twitter account after receiving criticism for a tweet commenting on Jenny Beavan's outfit choice at that year's BAFTAs where she received an award for costume design.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35577913|title=Stephen Fry 'quits' Twitter over Bafta jibe|date=15 February 2015|access-date=15 February 2016|work=BBC News}} Fry alluded to this on an April 2016 episode of The Rubin Report in which he criticised groupthink mentality and stated that his return to Twitter was a "maybe".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJQHakkViPo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/eJQHakkViPo| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=Stephen Fry on political correctness and clear thinking|via=YouTube|date=4 April 2016|access-date=10 April 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/stephen-fry-speaks-about-erosion-of-free-speech-on-student-campuses_uk_570bb53de4b07a35187c5a96|title=Stephen Fry Speaks About Erosion Of 'Free Speech' On Student Campuses in Controversial Rubin Report Interview |website=The Huffington Post UK |date=11 April 2016 |first=George |last=Bowden |access-date=22 November 2016}} He returned to Twitter in August 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegayuk.com/stephen-fry-is-back-on-twitter/|title=Stephen Fry is back on Twitter – The Gay UK|date=17 August 2016}} He left Twitter again in November 2022,{{ cite web | url=https://www.stephenfry.com/contact/ | title=Contact - Official site of Stephen Fry | website=stephenfry.com | date=8 November 2022 | access-date=8 November 2022 | archive-date=8 November 2022 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108193142/https://www.stephenfry.com/contact/}} joining Mastodon that same month.{{cite web|url=https://mastodonapp.uk/@stephenfry|title=Stephen Fry's page at Mastodon|date=9 November 2022|access-date=9 November 2022}}

In August 2010, Fry joined the board of directors at Norwich City Football Club. 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."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10968940|work=BBC News|title=Stephen Fry joins Norwich City board|date=13 August 2010}} Fry stepped down from his Board position in January 2016, to take up a new position as "Norwich City Ambassador".{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/stephen_fry_steps_down_from_norwich_city_board_as_delia_s_nephew_joins_1_4384262|title=Stephen Fry steps down from Norwich City board as Delia's nephew joins|work=edp24.co.uk|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119190952/http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/stephen_fry_steps_down_from_norwich_city_board_as_delia_s_nephew_joins_1_4384262|url-status=dead}} Fry said, "My five years in the role have been an honour and a privilege beyond almost anything I can remember. I wish I could take credit for ushering the club up from League One to the Premiership during that time on the Board. Actually, I'm going to. It was all me. It can't have been a coincidence ... But now I'm so happy to relinquish my seat on the board to Thomas Smith and to engage as fully as I can in the role of ambassador for Norwich City." In February 2014, Fry became the honorary president of Proud Canaries, a supporters' group for Norwich City's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans.{{cite news|title=Proud Canaries LGBT group supported by Stephen Fry|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-26316210|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 February 2014|date=23 February 2014}}

Fry succeeded Clare Connor to become president of Marylebone Cricket Club on 1 October 2022, relinquishing the role after one year to his successor Mark Nicholas in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/stephen-fry-announced-as-new-mcc-president-1313487|title=Stephen Fry announced as new MCC President|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 May 2022}}{{Cite news |title=We need to help more people come to cricket - Fry |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/62037856 |access-date=10 November 2023}}

In 2008, Fry formed SamFry Ltd, with long-term collaborator Andrew Sampson to produce and fund new material and to manage his official website.{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/misc/about-us/|title=About|publisher=Stephenfry.com|access-date=4 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206235654/http://www.stephenfry.com/misc/about-us|archive-date=6 February 2009}} Fry is the co-owner, with Gina Carter and Sandi Toksvig, of Sprout Pictures, an independent film and television company.{{cite web|url=http://sproutpictures.com/|title=Sprout Pictures is an independent Film and Television production company owned by Gina Carter and Stephen Fry.|work=sproutpictures.com}}

In 2016, Fry launched Pindex, "a self-funded online platform that creates and curates educational videos and infographics for teachers and students," founded and run by a four-person team.{{Cite news |last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=3 February 2016 |title=Did you know ... Stephen Fry has founded a tech startup? |url=https://www.theregister.com/2016/02/03/stephen_fry_tech_startup_pindex/ |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=the Register}}

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In 2008, Fry appeared in a film made by the Free Software Foundation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the GNU Project to create a completely free operating system.{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/fry/ |title=Stephen Fry – Happy birthday to GNU |work=GNU}} In the film, Fry explains the principles of software freedom central to the development of the Linux and GNU software projects.{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Matt |url=https://www.fsf.org/news/freedom-fry/ |title=FSF and Stephen Fry celebrate the GNU Project 25th anniversary |work=FSF |date=1 September 2008}} For the Comic Relief telethon in 2011, Fry was one of four celebrities who represented a new flavour of Walkers crisps: Stephen Fry Up, with the flavour inspired by the full English breakfast (also known as a 'fry up').{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Alex |title=Walkers reveal Comic Relief comedy crisps |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a299134/walkers-reveal-comic-relief-comedy-crisps/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=19 June 2024 |date=20 January 2011 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319091112/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a299134/walkers-reveal-comic-relief-comedy-crisps/ |url-status=live }} In 2014, Fry designed a Paddington Bear statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film Paddington, which was auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).{{cite news |first=Lilit |last=Marcus |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |date=24 November 2014 |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Condé Nast}}

Fry is a supporter of nature and wildlife conservation.{{cite web |title=Stephen Fry backs The Wildlife Trusts' appeal on Giving Tuesday |url=https://www.lancswt.org.uk/news/stephen-fry-backs-wildlife-trusts-appeal-giving-tuesday |work=Lancashire Wildlife Trust |date=1 December 2020 |access-date=12 December 2024}} He has been the president of the Great Fen Project since 2006{{cite web |title=Presidents and Patrons |url=https://www.greatfen.org.uk/about-great-fen/partners-and-supporters/presidents-and-patrons |work=Great Fen Project |access-date=12 December 2024}} and vice-president of international NGO Fauna and Flora International since 2009.{{cite web |last=Foges |first=Rebecca |title=Stephen Fry elected as Vice President of FFI! |url=https://www.fauna-flora.org/news/stephen-fry-elected-as-vice-president-of-ffi |work=Fauna and Flora International |orig-date=Original date 13 November 2009 |date=30 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223001354/http://www.fauna-flora.org/news/stephen-fry-elected-as-vice-president-of-ffi/ |archive-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|date=13 November 2009|title=Stephen Fry brings spit, wit and tweets to conservation group|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/13/stephen-fry-last-chance-to-see|access-date=5 December 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Fry has also expressed support for action on climate change{{cite web|date=24 November 2020|title=Stephen Fry and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall call for carbon pricing to tackle climate change|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/stephen-fry-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall-carbon-pricing-climate-change-769673|access-date=5 December 2020|website=i (newspaper)|language=en}} and activist group Extinction Rebellion, and has criticized climate change denial.{{cite news|date=24 August 2020|title=Stephen Fry urges people to stand with Extinction Rebellion|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stephen-fry-extinction-rebellion-writers-rebel-think-tank-lawson-a9681596.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stephen-fry-extinction-rebellion-writers-rebel-think-tank-lawson-a9681596.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 December 2020|website=The Independent|language=en}}

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fry appeared in a sketch alongside Prince William for a charity show titled The Big Night In on BBC One.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/prince-william-tiger-king-bbc-big-night-in-stephen-fry-blackadder-a9481091.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/prince-william-tiger-king-bbc-big-night-in-stephen-fry-blackadder-a9481091.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= BBC Big Night In: Prince William jokes he hasn't seen Tiger King as he 'avoids shows about royalty'|website= Independent|access-date= 24 April 2020}} In the lighthearted sketch, Fry reprises his Blackadder character Lord Melchett, who is on a Zoom call with the then Duke of Cambridge as they talk about television shows such as EastEnders and Tiger King as well as homeschooling.{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/tiger-king-prince-william-stephen-fry-blackadder-melchett-bbc-big-night-in-1234588925/|title= Even Prince William Can't Escape 'Tiger King'|website= Variety|date= 24 April 2020|access-date= 24 April 2020}} The sketch had been put together by Comic Relief and Children in Need to raise money and keep people entertained during the lockdown.{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/23/prince-william-stephen-fry-12602349/|title= Prince William and Stephen Fry join forces for iconic skit as they chat about EastEnders and Tiger King|website=Metro|location=UK|access-date= 24 April 2020}} In March 2021, Fry narrated a short film for Cambridge Children's Hospital.{{cite news |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-03-19/stephen-fry-backs-development-of-new-cambridge-childrens-hospital |title=Stephen Fry backs development of new Cambridge Children's Hospital |publisher=ITV |date=19 March 2021 |access-date=6 March 2022}}

Fry has been the patron of UK audiobook charity Listening Books since 2005.{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry, Our Patron Listening Books|url=https://www.listening-books.org.uk/celebrity-support/our-patron|access-date=5 April 2024|website=listening-books.org.uk}}

Fiction

• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=1991|title=The Liar|publisher=Soho|isbn=978-0-939149-82-7|title-link=The Liar (novel)}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=1994|title=The Hippopotamus|publisher=Soho Press|isbn=978-1-56947-054-1|title-link=The Hippopotamus}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=1996|title=Making History|publisher=Arrow|isbn=978-0-09-946481-5|title-link=Making History (novel)}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2000|title=The Stars' Tennis Balls|publisher=Hutchinson|isbn=978-0-09-180151-9|ref=CITEREFFry2000b|title-link=The Stars' Tennis Balls}} US edition:
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2003|title=Revenge: A Novel|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-8129-6819-4|title-link=The Stars' Tennis Balls}}
• {{cite book | last1=Fry | first1=Edna | last2=Fry | first2=Stephen | title=Mrs Fry's Diary | date=2010 | publisher=Hodder & Stoughton | isbn=978-1-4447-2077-8}}

Non-fiction

• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=1992|title=Paperweight|publisher=William Heinemann|isbn=978-0434274086}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2002|title=Rescuing the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Diary|publisher=Hutchinson|isbn=978-0-8129-6819-4|url=}}
• {{cite book|last1=Fry|first1=Stephen|year=2004|title=Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music|first2=Tim|last2=Lihoreau|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9780752225340|title-link=Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2005|title=The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within|publisher=Hutchinson|isbn=978-0091795238|title-link=The Ode Less Travelled}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2017|title=Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece|title-link=Mythos (book)|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0718188726}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2018|title=Heroes|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0241380369}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2020|title=Troy|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0241424599}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2021|title=Fry's Ties: the Life and Times of a Tie Collection |publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0241493045}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2024|title=Odyssey|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0241486368}}

Autobiography

• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=1997|title=Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography|publisher=Soho Press|isbn=978-1-56947-202-6|title-link=Moab Is My Washpot: An Autobiography}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2010|title=The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0-7181-5483-7|title-link=The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2014|title=More Fool Me: A Memoir|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0718179786|title-link=More Fool Me (memoir)}}

Scripts from A Bit of Fry & Laurie

• {{cite book|last1=Fry|first1=Stephen|year=1990|title=A Bit of Fry and Laurie|first2=Hugh|last2=Laurie|publisher=Mandarin|isbn=978-0-7493-0705-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bitoffrylaurie0000frys}}
• {{cite book|last1=Fry|first1=Stephen|year=1991|title=A Bit More Fry and Laurie|first2=Hugh|last2=Laurie|publisher=Mandarin|isbn=978-0749310769|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bitmorefrylaurie0000frys}}
• {{cite book|last1=Fry|first1=Stephen|year=1992|title=3 Bits of Fry and Laurie|first2=Hugh|last2=Laurie|publisher=Mandarin|isbn=978-0434271931}}
• {{cite book|last1=Fry|first1=Stephen|year=1995|title=Fry and Laurie 4|first2=Hugh|last2=Laurie|publisher=Mandarin|isbn=978-0749319670}}

• {{cite book|last=Adams|first=Douglas|author-link=Douglas Adams|year=2005|title=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|title-link=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|type=Audiobook, narr. by Stephen Fry|publisher=Random House Audio}}
• Fry, Stephen, (1999-2007). "Harry Potter Audiobooks (Narrated by Stephen Fry)"{{cite web |title=Harry Potter Audiobooks (Stephen Fry) |date=1999 |url=https://archive.org/details/harry-potter-audiobooks_202411 |access-date=1 April 2025 |via=archive.org}}
• Fry, Stephen, (2009). Short Stories by Anton Chekhov (Stephen Fry Presents). {{ISBN|978-0007316373}}
• {{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2017|title=Fry's English Delight|publisher=Audible Studios|isbn=978-1536635058}}
• Fry, Stephen, 2017. "Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin Audiobook" (Stephen Fry Reads James E. Fallen, trans. Eugene Onegin)
• Fry. Stephen, (2017), "Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection"
• Fry. Stephen, (2017), "Mythos"

• {{cite book|last1=Lloyd|first1=John|year=2006|title=The Book of General Ignorance|first2=Stephen|last2=Fry|first3=John|last3=Mitchinson|editor=John Mitchinson|publisher=Faber and Faber|isbn=978-0-571-23368-7|title-link=The Book of General Ignorance}}
• {{cite book|last1=Carwardine|first1=Mark|year=2009|title=Last Chance to See|first2=Stephen|last2=Fry|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited|isbn=978-0-00-729072-7|url=https://archive.org/details/lastchancetosee0000carw}}

• {{cite book|editor1-last=Højer|editor1-first=Torsten|year=2016|title=Speak My Language, and Other Stories: An Anthology of Gay Fiction|publisher=Constable & Robinson|isbn=978-1472119971}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Whittard|editor1-first=Tim|year=2020|title=Mental & Behavioural State Examination: Theory into Practice – A Nurse's Perspective on Psychiatric Assessment|publisher=The Choir Press|isbn=978-1789630954}}
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