Stephen Fry: Movies, Awards & Box Office
- films
- 131
- on screen
- 1982–2025
- box office
- $108M
- nomination
- 1
- average score
- 65
- Born
- August 24, 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Hampstead, London, England
- Full name
- Stephen John Fry
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, Austria
- Occupations
- Actor, Broadcaster, Comedian, Director, Narrator, Writer
- Years active
- 1980-present
- Spouses
- Elliott Spencer
The Best Stephen Fry Movies
The highest-rated films Stephen Fry is credited on, by the Movie Echo Score that blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Red White & Royal Blue (2023) scores highest, at 75. The full ranking adds the biggest box office hits and the most awarded films.
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Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Red White & Royal Blue 2023 · Comedy -
Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Missing Link 2019 · Lord Piggot-Dunceby -
Movie Echo Score: Score 61 The Inventor 2023 · Leonardo da Vinci -
Movie Echo Score: Score 56 Greed 2020 · Drama -
Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Treasure 2024 · Edek -
Movie Echo Score: Score 45 The Canterville Ghost 2023 · Sir Simon de Canterville, Grim Reaper, Gardener
Stephen Fry's Career in Numbers
Stephen Fry's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Stephen Fry works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from The Cellar Tapes (1982) to A Friend of Dorothy (2025), and the 2010s were the busiest decade.
Stephen Fry Movies by Decade
- 1980s 8
- 1990s 9
- 2000s 23
- 2010s 24
- 2020s 18
The 2010s were Stephen Fry's busiest decade, with 24 films.
Stephen Fry Movies by Genre
- Comedy 22
- Drama 15
- Documentary 10
- Animation 9
- Family 5
- Sci-Fi 4
- Fantasy 3
- Adventure 2
- Romance 2
- Horror 1
Comedy is the genre Stephen Fry has worked in most, with 22 films, ahead of drama (15).
Stephen Fry Career Milestones
- First film
- The Cellar Tapes 1982
- Biggest box office hit
- Missing Link $26.6M worldwide
- Best-rated film
- Dancing with the Birds Movie Echo Score 85
- Newest film
- A Friend of Dorothy 2025
Stephen Fry Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Stephen Fry is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 65. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Stephen Fry Movies as an Actor
82- 2025
A Friend of Dorothy Comedy - 2024
About a Hero Drama - 2024
Black Samphire as Mari's Boss · Horror - 2024
Time Travel Is Dangerous! as Narrator · Fantasy Worldwide box office: $44.9K - 2024 Treasure as Edek · Comedy Worldwide box office: $1.75M Movie Echo Score: 50
- 2024
We Work for the Dead as Pruitt (voice) · Fantasy - 2024
Bottom: Exposed as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2023 The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville, Grim Reaper, Gardener · Animation Worldwide box office: $3.9M Movie Echo Score: 45
- 2023 The Inventor as Leonardo da Vinci · Animation Worldwide box office: $2.06M Movie Echo Score: 61
- 2023 Red White & Royal Blue Comedy Movie Echo Score: 75
- 2023
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis History - 2023
Mind Games - The Experiment as Narrator · Documentary - 2022
Mr Bear’s Christmas as Narrator · Family - 2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Chapter Passages Narrator (voice) · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 76 - 2021
It’s Always Something as Narrator - 2021
Night of the Living Dread as Meditation Guru (voice) · Animation Worldwide box office: $890K - 2021
The Picture of Dorian Gray as The Interviewer - 2020 Greed Drama Worldwide box office: $1.46M Movie Echo Score: 56
- 2019
Dancing with the Birds as Narrator · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 85 - 2019 Missing Link as Lord Piggot-Dunceby · Adventure Worldwide box office: $26.6M Movie Echo Score: 72
- 2018
Duck Duck Goose as Frazier · Adventure Worldwide box office: $19.8M - 2018
The Con Is On as Sidney · Comedy Worldwide box office: $221K Movie Echo Score: 30 - 2018
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity as M. C. Escher (voice) · Documentary Worldwide box office: $65K - 2016
Santa Forgot as Narrator · Animation - 2016
Pocoyo’s Halloween as Narrator · Family - 2015
Rocky Horror Show Live as Narrator · Comedy - 2014
Tiny Giants 3D as Narrator · Family Worldwide box office: $58.9K - 2014
Hidden Kingdoms as Narrator · Documentary - 2014
24: Live Another Day as Prime Minister Alastair Davies · Drama - 2013
Super Clyde as Randolph · Comedy - 2013
The Lonely Dodo as Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog · Animation - 2012
Doors Open as Professor Robert Gissing · Drama - 2012
Cicada Princess as Narrator (voice) · Romance - 2012
Shakespeare’s Sonnets - 2012
Twelfth Night as Malvolio · Comedy - 2012
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Skulkingworm · Comedy - 2011
The Borrowers as Professor Mildeye · Fantasy - 2011
Holy Flying Circus as God · Drama - 2011
March of the Dinosaurs as Narrator (UK) · Drama - 2011
Fry’s Planet Word Documentary - 2011
Ocean Giants as Narrator · Documentary - 2010
Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House as Stephen Fry - 2009
Last Chance to See as Presenter · Documentary - 2008
Pocoyo & the Space Circus as Narrator · Animation - 2008
Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo as Narrator · Animation - 2007
Eichmann as Minister Tormer · Drama Worldwide box office: $2.71K - 2007
Snow White: The Sequel as The Narrator (voice) · Animation Worldwide box office: $50.1K - 2006
Stormbreaker as Smithers · Family Worldwide box office: $23.9M - 2006
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive Documentary - 2005
A Cock and Bull Story as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick · Comedy - 2005
Meet Pocoyo! as Narrator · Animation - 2005
Pocoyo & Friends as Narrator - 2005
Tom Brown’s Schooldays as Dr. Thomas Arnold · Drama - 2004
A Bear Named Winnie as Protheroe · Family - 2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Maurice Woodruff · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.79M - 2004
Tooth as Pedro · Comedy Worldwide box office: $2.35M - 2002
Thunderpants as Sir Anthony Silk · Sci-Fi Worldwide box office: $3.06M - 2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Minister of Chance · Sci-Fi - 2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Andre Breton · Comedy - 2001
The Discovery of Heaven as Onno Quist · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.79M - 2001
Four Play as Nigel Steele · Comedy - 2000
Sabotage!! as Wellington · Action - 2000
Relative Values as Frederick Crestwell · Comedy - 2000
Longitude as Sir Kenhelm Digby · Drama - 2000
Gormenghast Drama - 1999
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Dr. Peter Robinson · Comedy Worldwide box office: $2.54K - 1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth as Melchett · Sci-Fi - 1998
Wilde Biography Worldwide box office: $2.16M - 1998
In the Red as Controller, Radio 2 · Crime - 1996
The Wind in the Willows as The Judge · Comedy - 1996
Cold Comfort Farm Comedy Worldwide box office: $5.68M - 1993
Stalag Luft as Wing Commander James Forrester · Drama - 1992
Common Pursuit Drama - 1992
Peter’s Friends as Peter Morton · Comedy Worldwide box office: $4.06M - 1988
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol as Lords Melchett / Frondo · Comedy - 1988
A Handful of Dust as Reggie · Romance Worldwide box office: $1.56M - 1988
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as King Charles I · Comedy - 1987
The Laughing Prisoner as No. 2 · Comedy - 1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger Comedy - 1985
The Good Father as Creighton · Drama Worldwide box office: $421K - 1983
The Crystal Cube as Dr. Adrian Cowlacey · Sci-Fi - 1982
The Cellar Tapes as various · Comedy
Stephen Fry in Documentaries & Specials
49- 2025
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future as Self · Documentary - 2024
The Big Fat Quiz of Telly as Self - 2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self – Contributor · Documentary - 2023
The Big Fat Quiz Of Sport as Self - 2023
PET.E.R O'TOOLE: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self · Documentary - 2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count as Self · Documentary - 2022
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self · Documentary - 2022
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History as Self - Narrator · Documentary - 2021
Sparkling: The Story of Champagne as Self, Sir Fopling Flutter · Documentary Worldwide box office: $18.8K - 2021
Hating Peter Tatchell as Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer) · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 76 - 2021
M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity as Self · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 79 - 2020
What’s the Matter with Tony Slattery? as Himself · Documentary - 2020
Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley as Himself · Documentary - 2019
Greed as Self · Comedy Worldwide box office: $1.46M Movie Echo Score: 69 - 2019
Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Himself · Documentary - 2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self - Author and Actor · Documentary Worldwide box office: $462K Movie Echo Score: 67 - 2017
And the Winner Isn’t as Self · Documentary - 2017
Queer as Art as Self · Documentary - 2017
50 Years Legal as Self · Documentary - 2017
Battle of Soho as Himself · Documentary - 2017
Elton John: The Nation’s Favourite Song as Self · Music - 2016
The Killing$ of Tony Blair as Self · Documentary Worldwide box office: $25.3K - 2016
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self · Documentary - 2016
The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On as Himself · Documentary - 2015
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self · Documentary - 2014
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me as Self · Comedy Worldwide box office: $13.9K - 2014
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill as Self · Documentary - 2013
Stephen Fry: Out There as Himself · Documentary - 2012
Stephen Fry’s 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self · Documentary - 2011
Making Qi as Self · Documentary - 2010
Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self · Documentary - 2009
Not Again: Not the Nine O’Clock News as Self · Documentary - 2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self – Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2008
Blackadder Rides Again as Self · Documentary - 2008
Blackadder’s Most Cunning Moments as Self · Documentary - 2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self · Documentary - 2008
The Machine That Made Us as Himself - Presenter · Documentary - 2008
Stephen Fry in America as Self - Host · Documentary - 2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self · Documentary - 2005
Don’t Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ as Self · Documentary - 2004
Remember the Secret Policeman’s Ball? as Self · Documentary - 2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self · Documentary - 2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self · Documentary - 2002
The Making of ‘Gosford Park’ as Self · Documentary - 2001
Baldrick’s Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self · Documentary - 1999
Geri as Self · Documentary - 1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self · Comedy - 1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self · Comedy
Stephen Fry: Awards & Nominations
1 nomination across 1 award body. Every ceremony is listed newest first, with the category and the film.
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56th Golden Globe Awards- Stephen Fry: Nominated Best Actor – Drama Wilde
Who Is Stephen Fry?
Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead, London, England in 1957 and is 69 years old. Credited on films since 1982, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
Stephen John Fry, widely famous as an English actor, comedian, and writer, was known for his unique blend of humor and wit. His hilarious work in British television and film earned him a dedicated fan base. Balancing comedy with his writing pursuits, Fry earned acclaim in both circuits. He initially gained recognition as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie. Hits like 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie' (1989–1995) and 'Jeeves and Wooster' (1990–1993) laid the foundation of his successful career. Not limiting his talents to acting, Fry also featured prominently in radio shows, voice work, and writing. His spirit for life was not dimmed by the challenges he faced. As a lifelong patient of bipolar disorder, his courage and hope inspire audiences worldwide. Off-camera, Fry consistently contributed to causes close to his heart, never shying away from speaking up about mental health, homophobia, and national politics.
Who Stephen Fry Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Stephen Fry shares the most films with. Hugh Laurie comes first, with 20 films together, followed by Rowan Atkinson (10).
Stephen Fry: Questions & Answers
How many movies Stephen Fry has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Stephen Fry been in?
Stephen Fry is credited on 131 films, from 1982 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Stephen Fry's highest-grossing movie?
Missing Link (2019) is Stephen Fry's biggest box office hit, with $26.6M worldwide, ahead of Stormbreaker (2006) ($23.9M). Across every film with box office figures, Stephen Fry's movies have made $108M.
Stephen Fry's biggest hits What is the best Stephen Fry movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Stephen Fry's best-rated film is Dancing with the Birds (2019) with a score of 85, followed by M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity (2021) (79).
Best Stephen Fry movies, ranked Has Stephen Fry won an Oscar?
Stephen Fry has not been nominated for an Oscar. Across every ceremony in the awards database, Stephen Fry has 0 wins from 1 nomination.
How old is Stephen Fry?
Stephen Fry is 69 years old, born on August 24, 1957 in Hampstead, London, England.
What is Stephen Fry's newest movie?
The most recent film on Stephen Fry's filmography is A Friend of Dorothy (2025).
Who does Stephen Fry work with most often?
Stephen Fry shares the most films with Hugh Laurie (20 films), Rowan Atkinson (10 films) and Miriam Margolyes (8 films).
The Best Stephen Fry Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 131 credits.
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