Stephen Fry

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Stephen John Fry (born August 24, 1957; age 66) is a prolific British comedian, actor, author, and media personality who will play British Prime Minister Trevor Davies in 24: Live Another Day.

Born in Hampstead, London, Fry had a troubled childhood and adolescence, being expelled from two schools and spending three months in prison before attending Queen's College, Cambridge, where he met his best friend and collaborator Hugh Laurie. Fry's television career began with The Cellar Tapes, the 1982 Footlights Club revue, which landed Fry, Laurie, and co-star Emma Thompson starring roles in the ITV sketch comedy show There's Nothing to Worry About! As a comic duo, Fry and Laurie went on to write and star in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1986-1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990-1993). Fry has since become an ubiquitous presence on British television, starring in and/or producing numerous programs including Blackadder (1986-1989), The Common Pursuit (1992), In the Red (1998), Gormenghast (2000), and Kingdom (2007-2009). Since 2003, Fry has been the host of the popular comedy quiz show QI (Quite Interesting), winning the 2006 Rose d'Or award for Best Game Show Host. From 2007 to 2009, he appeared in a recurring role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt in the Fox series Bones (with series regular T.J. Thyne, John Eric Bentley, Jesse D. Goins, John Lacy, and James Hiroyuki Liao).

Fry has appeared in numerous films, often as the narrator, including A Fish Called Wanda (1988), I.Q. (1994), Wilde (1997), Gosford Park (2001), Stephen Hopkins' The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Recently, he starred as the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010) and as Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). He appeared as the Master of Lake-town in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and There and Back Again (2014), also starring Graham McTavish and Greg Ellis. Fry is also an accomplished performer in radio and theater, and a published novelist with four released works.

An openly gay atheist, Fry is an outspoken political activist, previously campaigning for the British Labour Party and championing causes such as gay rights and freedom of speech.

External links

• The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry - official site
• Stephen Fry at Wikipedia
• Stephen Fry at the Internet Movie Database
• Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) on Twitter