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Stephen Fry

Birth Name:
Stephen John Fry
Birth Place:
Hampstead, England
Profession
Actor, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack, Director
Stephen Fry

Fast Facts

  • A sufferer of bipolar disorder, he supports the mental health charity Stand to Reason
  • Received the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy of Harvard University
  • Before entering Cambridge University, he spent three months in a prison for credit card fraud
  • Caught the attention of TV executives when he co-wrote "The Cellar Tapes" with Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery in 1981
  • Quote: "The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail․"
  • Quote: "To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions․"
  • Often collaborates with fellow actor Hugh Laurie on projects
  • Provided the voice of Reaver in the 2008 video game "Fable II․"
  • Provides the narration for the audiobook versions of the "Harry Potter" series
  • Was offered the chance to play a role in "Valkyrie․"
  • Was one of the guests at the wedding of Camilla Parker-Bowles and Prince Charles

Awards

  • 1998Golden Space Needle Award - Best Actor:Winner
  • 1999Chlotrudis Award - Best Actor:Nominated
  • 1999Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:Nominated
  • 1999Golden Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama:Nominated
  • 2001ACCA - Best Cast Ensemble:Nominated
  • 2002Actor - Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2002Critics Choice Award - Best Acting Ensemble:Winner
  • 2002FFCC Award - Best Ensemble Cast:Winner
  • 2002OFCS Award - Best Ensemble:Winner
  • 2002PFCS Award - Best Acting Ensemble:Nominated
  • 2002Special Achievement Award - Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble:Winner
  • 2003Douglas Hickox AwardNominated
  • 2004BAFTA TV Award - Best Entertainment Performance:Nominated
  • 2004Emden Film AwardNominated
  • 2005BAFTA TV Award - Best Entertainment Performance:Nominated
  • 2006Golden Rose - Best Game Show Host:Winner
  • 2007BAFTA TV Award - Best Entertainment Perfromance:Nominated
  • 2007British Comedy Award - Best Comedy Entertainment Personality:Nominated
  • 2008BAFTA TV Award - Best Entertainment Performance:Nominated
  • 2010BAFTA TV Award - Best Entertainment Performance:Nominated
  • 2011BAFTA TV Award - Best Entertainment Performance:Nominated
  • 2014CinEuphoria - Best Ensemble - International Competition:Nominated
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