[98] In 2012, he appeared as a guest panellist in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show Wordaholics. [270], In 2008, Fry appeared in a film made by the Free Software Foundation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the GNU Project to create a completely free operating system. [92] In 2002, Fry was one of the narrators of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, in which he voiced Winnie-the-Pooh. [105], Fry is a long-standing fan of the anarchic British musical comedy group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and particularly of its eccentric front man, the late Vivian Stanshall. QI has the highest viewing figures for any show on BBC Four and Dave (formerly UKTV G2). Fry. He portrayed Maurice Woodruff in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, served as narrator in the 2005 film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and in 2005 appeared in both A Cock and Bull Story, based on Tristram Shandy, and V for Vendetta, as a closeted TV presenter who challenges the fascist state. It was possible she belonged to Jeremy, but a 2004 DNA test confirmed she was the biological daughter of Armstrong-Jonesand she was saddened to discover the truth. Following three one-man shows in Australia, Fry announced a 'sort of stand-up' performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London for September 2010. Ridiculus sociosqu cursus neque cursus curae ante scelerisque vehicula. [204], Fry was an active supporter of the Labour Party for many years and appeared in a party political broadcast on its behalf with Hugh Laurie and Michelle Collins in November 1993. [183], In 2021, he was made a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou for his contribution in enhancing knowledge about Greece in the United Kingdom and reinforcing ties between the two countries. [194] This vehicle has been featured in Fry's production Stephen Fry in America. Polly was born three weeks into their honeymoon. He also received a grade A in an alternative O-Level in the Study of Art[33] and scored a distinction in an S-Level paper in English. [10][11][12][13] He has an older brother, Roger, and a younger sister, Joanna. 1 on the UK Album Chart list. [119] In February 2017, Audible released Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, a complete collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all read by Fry, who also narrated an introduction for each novel or collection of stories. He portrayed an outdoor magazine publisher helping to ease his best worldly reporter (Joel McHale) into a desk job. The Wachowskis pointed out that it was Fry's "normalcy" in the face of the insanity of the censorship of BTV that makes his character truly powerful and adds a "wholly unexpected dimension to the film". In September 2012, Fry made a return to the stage at Shakespeare's Globe, appearing as Malvolio in a production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which transferred to the West End in November 2012. The following is the most up-to-date information related to Stephen Fry with Morgan Freeman in America - BBC One.flv. [187] His best friend is Hugh Laurie,[129] whom he met while both were at Cambridge and with whom he has collaborated many times over the years. Polly PerryFry Birth 12 Apr 1895 Dunlow, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA Death 29 Jan 1988 (aged 92) Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA Burial Community Memorial Gardens Wayne, Wayne County, Series Two: Celebrity Gallery", "Stephen Fry discovers that he too is 'just another ruddy peasant', "QI: Why Did Hitler Have A Silly Moustache? Fry, Stephen, 2017. He also interviewed the Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of a series of podcasts released by 10 Downing Street. [161] He also served two consecutive terms 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1998 as the student-elected Rector of the University of Dundee. [30] Over the summer, Fry absconded with a credit card stolen from a family friend. [135] After its release, it reached No. In 1986 the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. Fry also starred in the 2018 heist comedy film The Con Is On, previously titled The Brits Are Coming. Armstrong-Jones died in January of this year. He had a love child with Camilla Fry. [111], In July 2014, Fry appeared on stage with Monty Python on the opening night of their live show Monty Python Live (Mostly). [93], In 2007, he hosted Current Puns, an exploration of wordplay, and Radio 4: This Is Your Life, to celebrate the radio station's 40th anniversary. [37][38] Fry also met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie (through their mutual friend Emma Thompson) at Cambridge and starred alongside him in the Footlights.[39]. Steven Fry performes stand up and recounts personal experiences to coincide with the release of his memoir. ', "Richard Dawkins challenges police to arrest him for blasphemy", "Stephen Fry blasphemy probe dropped after garda fail to find 'substantial number of outraged people', "Stephen Fry steps down from Norwich City board as Delia's nephew joins", "Proud Canaries LGBT group supported by Stephen Fry", "Stephen Fry announced as new MCC President", "Sprout Pictures is an independent Film and Television production company owned by Gina Carter and Stephen Fry", "Stephen Fry Happy birthday to GNU GNU Project Free Software Foundation", "FSF and Stephen Fry celebrate the GNU Project 25th anniversary", "Stephen Fry backs The Wildlife Trusts' appeal on Giving Tuesday | The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside", "Stephen Fry elected as Vice President of FFI! [211][212] Fry said in 2015 that the Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre "has done more to damage the Britain I love than any single person". Camilla died in 2000. Meet Polly Fry, the photographer's love child. [64], On 7 May 2008, Fry gave a speech as part of a series of BBC lectures on the future of public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom,[65] which he later recorded for a podcast. [240] Fry is between 6feet 4inches (1.93m) and 6feet 5inches (1.96m) in height. After it transferred to Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination. [215][216] During the debate, Fry paraphrased a famous sentence from the 1923 essay I Am Afraid, in which Old Bolshevik-turned-Soviet dissident Yevgeny Zamyatin denounced censorship in the Soviet Union. In 2003, Fry made his directorial dbut with Bright Young Things, adapted by him from Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies. Tony was in the third week of his honeymoon in the Caribbean when, back in Britain, a daughter was born to Jeremy and Camilla Fry. [245][246], In February 2018, Fry announced that he was recovering from an operation to treat prostate cancer, involving the removal of the prostate and 11 adjacent lymph nodes. [121] In June 2020, it was announced that Fry would read J. K. Rowling's children's book, The Ickabog. He also appeared as a shiny New Millennium Bonzo on their post-reunion album, Pour l'Amour des Chiens, on which he recited a recipe for "Salmon Proust", played a butler in "Hawkeye the Gnu", and voiced ads for the fictitious "Fiasco" stores. The revue caught the attention of Granada Television, who, keen to replicate the success of the BBC's Not the Nine O'Clock News, hired Fry, Laurie and Thompson to star alongside Ben Elton in There's Nothing to Worry About! [8], Stephen John Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in the Hampstead area of London,[9] the son of Marianne Eve Fry (ne Newman) and physicist and inventor Alan John Fry (19302019). He was a friend of John Mills. and "It detracted from and devalued my argument, such as it was, and it outraged and offended a large group of people for no very good reason. [115] In September 2020, Fry was among the stars to mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Nol Cowards West End debut with a stage celebration titled "A Marvellous Party". Related Stories 'The Crown' Tackles Duke of Windsor's . He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (19891995) and Jeeves and Wooster (19901993). At this time Bristol was a major port where ships arrived from and departed to the New World. : 1) Stephen Fry 2) 1957 3) Miss Piggy 4) Muhammad Ali 4) Who played the role of Kenneth Parcell on the TV The website content is created by Fry and produced by Andrew Sampson. Fry's career in television began with the 1982 broadcasting of The Cellar Tapes, the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue[40] which was written by Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Tony Slattery. But now I'm so happy to relinquish my seat on the board to Thomas Smith and to engage as fully as I can in the role of ambassador for Norwich City. [255], In 2010, Fry was made a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association, stating: "it is essential to nail one's colours to the mast as a humanist. [2][3][4], Fry is also known for his work in theatre. [213], In March 2014, Fry publicly backed "Hacked Off" and its campaign towards press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable. Similar to Google Sidewiki, Pushnote was a browser add-on that enabled users to leave comments on any site they visit. The show accurately portrays Margaret's relationship with Armstrong-Jones. The original sentence reads, "True literature can exist only when it is created, not by diligent and reliable officials, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics. Ridiculus sociosqu cursus neque cursus curae ante scelerisque vehicula. Fry captioned one image with the words: 'On Saturday afternoon we did have cake. Fry was the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch. On 13 July 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University,[165] and on 28 January 2011, he was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Sussex, for his work campaigning for people suffering from mental health problems, bipolar disorder and HIV. He described the cancer as aggressive and said that early intervention had saved his life. A second series, retitled Alfresco, was broadcast in 1983, and a third in 1984; it established Fry and Laurie's reputation as a comedy double act. The child's mother, Camilla Fry, was the wife of Armstrong-Jones's best friend, Jeremy. [83], Fry continues to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. [44] He appeared as the Christian God in 2011's Holy Flying Circus. [175], BBC Four dedicated two nights of programming to Fry on 17 and 18 August 2007, in celebration of his 50th birthday. [237], In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil. In the summer of 1977, he passed two A-Levels in English and French, with grades of A and B. [102] The Cellar Tapes, the Footlights Revue of 1981, won the Perrier Comedy Award. In 2017, the bird louse Saepocephalum stephenfryii was named after him, in honour of his contributions to the popularization of science as host of QI. [198] When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Fry quipped: "I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. [191], Fry has a long-standing interest in Internet production, including having his own website since 1997. [264] The following year, in 2018, the article on blasphemy was removed from the Irish Constitution following a referendum. The actor, 65, admitted that he felt lost and adrift during his disastrous childhood after he was expelled from multiple schools. What Margaret didn't know was that Armstrong-Jones was having affairs behind her backand one of those women gave birth to a child. [138], Fry wields a considerable amount of influence through his use of Twitter. [235] Fry has attempted suicide on a number of occasions, most recently in 2012. [72], At the 2012 Pride of Britain Awards shown on ITV on 30 October, Fry, along with Michael Caine, Elton John, Richard Branson and Simon Cowell, recited Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" in tribute to the 2012 British Olympic and Paralympic athletes. [118], In 2015, Fry made a live audio recording of the winning short story of the annual RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award, Ms. Featherstone and the Beast by Bethan Roberts, at a ceremony held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. [192] For the 25th anniversary of the GNU operating system, Fry appeared in a video explaining some of the philosophy behind GNU by likening it to the sharing found in science. Fry's use of the word "luvvie" (spelled "lovie" by Fry), in The Guardian on 2 April 1988, is given by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest recorded use of the word as a humorous synonym for "actor". [126], In 2010, Fry became an investor in Pushnote,[127] a UK tech startup. In 1997, he also had a cameo in the Spice Girls film Spice World. [96], Since August 2008, he has presented Fry's English Delight, a series on BBC Radio 4 about the English language. Polly Fry (she Is Now Married To Barnaby Higson)the Now 44 Year Old Society Heiress Who Claims She Is The Society Love [32] In 2018, alongside Nadiya Hussain and Olly Alexander, Fry was part of Sport Relief's attempt to raise awareness of mental health. In 2008, Fry's narration for Bond's Paddington Bear story More About Paddington (1959) saw him receive the Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title from the Audio Publishers Association in the U.S.[6] In June 2015, Fry backed children's fairy tale app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF together with other British celebrities Sir Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Joanna Lumley, Michael Caine, David Walliams, Dame Joan Collins, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna and Michael Ball. He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate company. [46] The show was cancelled after one season. In October 2015, it was announced that Fry would retire as the host of QI after the "M" series, and he was replaced by Sandi Toksvig.[79]. Over the course of two days, in the Italian Dolomites, Fry travelled on the skids of a helicopter, climbed down a raging 500-foot waterfall, slept in a First World War trench and abseiled down a towering cliff face. [231] In the programme, he interviewed other people with bipolar disorder including Robbie Williams, Carrie Fisher, Richard Dreyfuss and Tony Slattery. [266] Fry said, "My five years in the role have been an honour and a privilege beyond almost anything I can remember. [66] His six-part travel series Stephen Fry in America began on BBC One in October 2008, and saw him travel to each of the 50 US states. [173] He was also granted a lifetime achievement award at the British Comedy Awards on 5 December 2007,[174] and the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards on 20 January 2010. Rosa's parents, who originally lived in Vienna, were sent to a concentration camp in Riga. According to The Daily Mail, she attended Lord Snowdon's funeral in 2017, [150] As of June2021[update] he had 12.4million followers. [80] It earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor Drama. 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