Stephen Fry
Director, Actor
Blackadder - The Ultimate Edition Boxset (1983-1989)
- Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny…
- All four "Blackadder" series (24 episodes), plus the specials ("Christmas Carol", "Back & Forth", "The Cavalier Years") remastered in a 6–disc…
Alfresco (TV Series) (1983-1984)
- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Ben Elton…
- A comedy sketch show, intended as ITV's equivalent to Not The Nine O'Clock News, which was currently popular on BBC. Written by Ben Elton, with…
Comic Relief (1986)
- Feat. Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan…
- The stars of THE YOUNG ONES (along with many other stellar Brit comedians) perform for charity, in this irreverant satirical stageshow.
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV Series) (1986-1995)
- Feat. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry
- A longrunning and consistently inventive sketch series by British funnymen Hugh Laurie (HOUSE M.D.) and Stephen Fry (WILDE), who manage to outbaffle…
Secret Policeman's Third Ball, The (1987)
- Feat. John Cleese, Ben Elton, Jennifer Saunders…
- A selection of the very best of 1980s British comedians perform live for charity. Also includes backstage footage with some of the stars.
Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) (1990-1993)
- Feat. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
- The novels of P G Wodehouse are brought to life by the talents and comic rapport of Stephen Fry (as butler Jeeves) and Hugh Laurie (as English dandy…
Peter's Friends (1992)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie…
- British stiff–upper–lip spin on the BIG CHILL with Kenneth Brannagh and friends. They come across as something of a lacklustre lot,…
Stalag Luft (1993)
- Dir. Adrian Shergold
Feat. Stephen Fry, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Geoffrey Palmer…
- Made–for–TV POW spoof could easily be dubbed 'The Worst Escape'; it stars Stephen Fry as a would–be escapee whose many attempts at…
Tichborne Claimant, The (1997)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Stephen Fry
- Based on a real–life 19th century mystery concerning the fabulously wealthy Sir Roger Tichborne, who disappeared in the South Pacific in 1866.…
Wilde (1998)
- Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle
- It seems this belated dramatisation of the life of Oscar Wilde was simply waiting for the right man for the job and they found him in Stephen Fry,…
Civil Action, A (1999)
- Dir. Steven Zaillian
Feat. John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy…
- Fact–based account of a protracted courtroom duel between two corporations and small–town folk, whose children have been affected by…
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Stephen Fry, Laura Fraser…
- This whimsical coming–of–age tale set in the divide between disco and punk cultures in 1977 Britain has more to offer than just vibrant…
Blackadder - Back and Forth (1999)
- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry…
- The old gang return for a one–off episode, whereby a present–day Lord Blackadder steps into a time–machine for a jaunt back through…
Longitude (1999)
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry…
- Adapted from the book by Dava Sobel, this tells the intriguing story surrounding the 18th century search for an accurate way to calculate longitude,…
Gormenghast (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Andy Wilson
Feat. Christopher Lee, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ian Richardson…
- Immaculately designed – if somewhat overstated – BBC rendition of Mervyn Peake's cult novel set in an immense castle where the…
Gosford Park (2001)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith…
- A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
Thunderpants (2002)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Paul Giamatti…
- Sweet but slight comedy concerning a 10–year old prodigy who turns his scientific talents towards helping a misfit friend who suffers from high…
Blackadder's A Christmas Carol (2002)
- Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Robbie Coltrane…
- Version of Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, completely Blackadder–ised for your viewing pleasure.
Le Divorce (2003)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Leslie Caron…
- Neither romantic escapism nor French farce American–style, this comedy from ‘prestige’ partnership Merchant–Ivory can’t find shape…
Bright Young Things (2003)
- Dir. Stephen Fry
Feat. Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dan Aykroyd…
- Set among the aspirant youth of 1930s Britain, this fresh satirical comedy marks a promising debut for dir. Fry, even if the drama is sliced a little…
Absolute Power (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Stephen Fry
- With its cynical heart in the right place, this BBC comedy has a cunning Stephen Fry running a shameless PR firm, who act as spin doctors to the…
QI (TV Series) (Quite Interesting) (2003-2012)
- Feat. Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Rob Brydon…
- Stephen Fry hosts this high and low–brow quiz show where celebrity panellists earn points for knowledge and invention and are penalised for…
Bear Named Winnie, A (2004)
- Dir. John Kent Harrison
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Gil Bellows, David Suchet…
- Interesting telemovie based on the true story of a Canadian black bear cub who was 'adopted' by a soldier in 1914, eventually placed in the London…
Tom Brown's Schooldays (2004)
- Dir. David Moore
Feat. Stephen Fry, Jemma Redgrave, Alex Pettyfer
- Movie based on the classic novel of the same name by Thomas Hughes, with Stephen Fry playing the young Tom Brown at a Victorian boys' public school…
V for Vendetta (2005)
- Dir. James McTeigue
Feat. Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea…
- Set in the year 2020, this dystopian thriller adapts Alan Moore's graphic novel about a world where deadly viruses have wiped out most of America and…
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes…
- Postmodern comedy adapted from Laurence Stern's 18th century pre–post–modern novel, has dir. Winterbottom depict a few bare events in the…
Stormbreaker (2006)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy…
- A British–oriented spin on the kid super–agent premise, with gadgets and evil masterminds galore, based on the popular Alex Rider series…
Kingdom (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Stephen Fry, Phyllida Law, Celia Imrie…
- Agreeable BBC series stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a country solicitor who helps the eccentric populace of Market Shipborough with their…
Eichmann (2007)
- Dir. Robert Young
Feat. Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franke Potente…
- Middling account of Adolf Eichmann's confessions as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution. German Kretschmann is strong in the title…
Tales of the Riverbank (2008)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Stephen Fry, Jim Broadbent, Steve Coogan…
- Based on the classic UK tv series, this tells the story of Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig, who, in the wake of a big storm, embark…