ACTOR · BORN 1957
Stephen Fry
- Born
- 24 August 1957, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Known for
- V for Vendetta (2005), Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006), Wilde (1997), Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
48 archived facts 5 topics 1 source Last reviewed Nov 2026
Stephen Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an actor best known for V for Vendetta, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker and Wilde.
Stephen Fry over the years
48 Interesting Facts About Stephen Fry
Interesting Facts (32)
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Stephen Fry's highly recognisable crooked nose is the result of a fall in the school playground when he was six years old.
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Despite his fame and charitable efforts, Stephen Fry has been quite open and honest about the less respectable details of his past, such as a short prison stay for credit card fraud and a 15-year addiction to "coke" (cocaine). In his latest autobiography he offers a list of places whose facilities he took advantage of to indulge his illegal drug habit, for which he gives their owners his deepest apologies; among the places on the list were Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the Houses of Parliament, BBC headquarters, ITV headquarters and various military bases and headquarters.
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He was a close friend of Carrie Fisher.
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He has very wide-ranging musical tastes; his particular favorites are Richard Wagner, Led Zeppelin and ABBA. He is a great fan of the British comedy rock group The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (best known for their 1968 hit "I'm the Urban Spaceman") and on 28 January 2006 joined Adrian Edmondson, Paul Merton and Phill Jupitus at the band's 40th anniversary reunion shows at the Astoria in London. He is also a fan of the progressive rock group Jethro Tull.
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In 2019, Stephen Fry stated that he opposed Israel hosting the Eurovision Song Contest because of the conflict with Palestine, joining a petition organised by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters that was also backed by prog-rock legend Peter Gabriel. Fry signed a rival petition that accused Waters's petition of attacking the "spirit of togetherness".
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On an episode of QI, one of the panellists asked Jo Brand about her previous job as a psychiatric nurse, referring to the topic at hand, and asked, "If someone had said to you they were God, what would you have done?" Jo Brand laughed and said, "I probably would have punched him to the floor!" At that point Fry joked, "What a loss to the profession you were!"
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Behind the Scenes (10)
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He has very wide-ranging musical tastes; his particular favourites are Richard Wagner, Led Zeppelin and ABBA. He is a great fan of the British comedy rock group The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (best known for their 1968 hit "I'm the Urban Spaceman") and on 28 January 2006 joined Adrian Edmondson, Paul Merton and Phill Jupitus at their 40th anniversary reunion shows at the Astoria in London. He is also a fan of the progressive rock group Jethro Tull.
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In 2019, he stated that he opposed Israel hosting the Eurovision Song Contest due to the conflict with Palestine, in a petition organized by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd that prog-rock legend Peter Gabriel also supported. Fry signed a rival petition accusing Waters's petition of attacking the "spirit of togetherness".
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In one episode of QI, one of the panelists asked Jo Brand questions about her previous job as a psychiatric nurse, referring to the topic at hand, and asked, "If someone had said to you they were God, what would you have done?" Jo Brand laughed and said, "I probably would have punched him to the floor!" At this point Fry joked, "What a loss to the profession you were!"
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Characters & Cast (1)
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Stephen Fry's close friend and fellow Cambridge graduate was the writer Douglas Adams. Fry claims to know why Adams chose the number "42" as the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything in his novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but he refuses to explain it at length, or else he will act as if the microphone has magically failed, as though the Universe itself were preventing him from explaining. After Adams's untimely death in 2001, Fry was cast as the Narrator in the film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), taking over the role from the late Peter Jones.
Career & Awards (3)
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Stephen Fry was a member of Cambridge Footlights and in 1981, alongside Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer, became the first winner of the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Life & Family (2)
Related pages
- St. Trinian's — Stephen Fry comes up in the facts on that page
- Rowan Atkinson — Stephen Fry comes up in the facts on that page
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
- Wikipedia
- IMDb
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