He was a massive lover of cricket and used to play cricket. 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. Frys on-off relationship with Twitter means his latest departure has met with scepticism, and sparked speculation he will be back in the future in due course. He blacked out his website as part of Internet Blackout Week NZ to protest against the controversial New Zealand 'Section 92A' law which has ISPs disconnect users accused of copyright infringement. [28] He was later dismissed from Paston School, a grant-maintained grammar school that refused to let him progress to study A-Levels. ", "I saw hate in a graveyard Stephen Fry", "Bear's Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry, broadcast 25 December 2013", "University Challenge page at UK Game Shows", "Stephen Fry. It's utterly, utterly evil. Portraying his idol Oscar Wilde (of whom he had been an ardent admirer since the age of 13) in the 1997 film Wilde, he fulfilled the role to critical acclaim. In an interview, Fry has confronted that he is linked to former England cricketer C.B. Related: Why Craig Ferguson Completely Changed His Show For Stephen Fry [168] In 2017, Fry became the latest patron of the Norwich Film Festival, and said he was "Very proud now to be a patron of a festival that encourages people from Norfolk, Norwich and beyond to be enchanted, beguiled and entranced by all kinds of film that might not otherwise reach them. He appears frequently on other panel games, such as the radio programmes Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. [116], Fry has been the reader for the British versions of all of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of audiobooks. Season 2 of The Crown is currently streaming on Netflix. His short was based on a story from his childhood at school. Yes even YOU. 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. to the US Social Security Administration (SSA). Polly Fry, a member of the Fry's chocolate dynasty, has claimed that a DNA test proved that she was the illegitimate half-sister of Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, the [47], He reprised his role as (a descendant of) Lord Melchett for The Big Night In, a 20 April 2020 telethon held during the COVID-19 pandemic, for a skit in which he held a video call with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who made a surprise appearance. [30] Over the summer, Fry absconded with a credit card stolen from a family friend. "[249], Fry has repeatedly expressed opposition to organised religion, and has identified himself as an atheist and humanist, while declaring some sympathy for the ancient Greek belief in capricious gods. [83], Fry continues to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate company. In 1986 the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. The second night was composed of programmes selected by Fry, as well as a 60-minute interview with Mark Lawson and a half-hour special, Stephen Fry: Guilty. [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. A lifelong fan of "the Canaries" and a regular visitor to Carrow Road, he said, on being appointed, "Truly this is one of the most exciting days of my life, and I am as proud and pleased as I could be. Having made his film dbut in the 1985 film The Good Father, Fry had a brief appearance in A Fish Called Wanda (in which he is knocked out by Kevin Kline, who is posing as an airport security man), and then appeared as the eponymous Peter in Kenneth Branagh's Peter's Friends in 1992. The Life Summary of Polly. He portrayed an outdoor magazine publisher helping to ease his best worldly reporter (Joel McHale) into a desk job. In 2018, Fry released a follow-up to Mythos, titled Heroes. [250] In his first autobiography he described how he once considered ordination to the Anglican priesthood, but came to the conclusion that he "couldn't believe in God, because [he] was fundamentally Hellenic in [his] outlook. He was a friend of John Mills. [117] He has also read for Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film tie-in edition and has made recordings of his own books, such as The Stars' Tennis Balls and Moab Is My Washpot, and of works by Roald Dahl, Michael Bond, A. Meet Polly Fry, the photographer's love child. Stephen and Elliott shared snaps of their big day - publicly revealing details about their clandestine coupling. [100], Fry wrote the play Latin! 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. [238] While climbing aboard a boat, he slipped between it and the dock, and, stopping himself from falling into the water, his body weight snapped his right humerus. The Fry Family, Chocolate Makers. [278], In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fry appeared in a sketch alongside Prince William for a charity show titled The Big Night In on BBC One. Forty-four years later, in 2004, Polly contacted Tony. He was her godfather and had been a much-loved uncle-figure to all five Fry children as they grew up. But ever since she was 18, Polly had heard rumours from family friends that Tony, not Jeremy, was her father. "[256] Later that year, Fry joined 54 other public figures in signing an open letter published in The Guardian stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom being a state visit. [198] When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Fry quipped: "I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. [32] In 2018, alongside Nadiya Hussain and Olly Alexander, Fry was part of Sport Relief's attempt to raise awareness of mental health. In the 1980s, he starred as David Lander in four series of the BBC Radio 4 show Delve Special, written by Tony Sarchet, which then became the six-part Channel 4 series This is David Lander in 1988. 14 by Beethoven. [55][56][57] In 2014, he began starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland and William Devane in 24: Live Another Day as British Prime Minister Alastair Davies. [84] In 2006, he played the role of gadget-master Smithers in Stormbreaker, and in 2007, he appeared as himself hosting a quiz in St Trinian's. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, 'That's the last time I'm going up one of those'. "[217] Fry's rendering, however, reads, "Progress is not achieved by preachers and guardians of morality, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and sceptics. [261] Fry later stated he did not refer to any specific religion, and said: "I said quite a few things that were angry at this supposed God. Matthew Goode as Antony Armstrong-Jones and Vanessa Kirby as Princess MargaretArmstrong-Jones became Lord Snowdon after he married Princess Margaret. 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. [281] In March 2021, Fry narrated a short film for Cambridge Children's Hospital. [35] At Cambridge, he joined the Footlights, appeared on University Challenge,[36] and read for a degree in English Literature, graduating with upper second-class honours. [42] In 1986 and 1987, Fry and Laurie performed sketches on the LWT/Channel 4 show Saturday Live. The book won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. The website content is created by Fry and produced by Andrew Sampson. [68], In August 2011, Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets was shown on Channel 4 as one of the 100 Greatest strand. [237], In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil. In 1997, he also had a cameo in the Spice Girls film Spice World. For most of her life, Polly grew up believing Jeremy was her biologic father. In the 1994 romantic comedy film I.Q., he played the role of James Moreland. "[227], Fry has cyclothymia, a form of bipolar disorder (considered to be a milder type). In 2011, he was the subject of Molly Lewis's song An Open Letter to Stephen Fry, in which the singer jokingly offers herself as a surrogate mother for his child. In April 1986, Fry was among the British comedians who appeared in the first live telethon Comic Relief. [1] In 2013, he revealed that, in the previous year, he had started taking medication for the first time, in an attempt to control his condition. [23] His maternal grandparents, Martin and Rosa Neumann,[13] were Hungarian Jews who emigrated from urany (now in Slovakia) to the UK in 1927. "[254] Later that year, he and Christopher Hitchens participated in an "Intelligence Squared" debate in which they argued against Ann Widdecombe and Archbishop John Onaiyekan, who supported the view that the Catholic Church was a force for good. : 1) Stephen Fry 2) 1957 3) Miss Piggy 4) Muhammad Ali 4) Who played the role of Kenneth Parcell on the TV [234] He abandoned the idea and left the United Kingdom by ferry, eventually resurfacing in Belgium. Research genealogy for Polly J. Fry of Thurman, Warren, New York, as well as other members of the Fry family, on Ancestry. Fry was nominated for a Tony in the category Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for the Broadway revival. "[252] Fry claims to have been expelled from Salt Lake City, Utah, because of a joke made about doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [151], Fry has a history of temporarily distancing himself from the social networking site which began when he received criticism in October 2009. As The Crown series reveals in Episode 7 "Matrimonial," Camilla became pregnant with Armstrong-Jones's child during his engagement to Princess Margaret. Alan R Fry is also linked to this address. This comprised a set of three one-man shows (titled Gods, Heroes and Men), each two hours in length, which were performed consecutively, multiple times during the show's run. | Fauna & Flora International", "Stephen Fry brings spit, wit and tweets to conservation group", "Stephen Fry and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall call for carbon pricing to tackle climate change", "Stephen Fry urges people to stand with Extinction Rebellion", "BBC Big Night In: Prince William jokes he hasn't seen Tiger King as he 'avoids shows about royalty', "Even Prince William Can't Escape 'Tiger King', "Prince William and Stephen Fry join forces for iconic skit as they chat about EastEnders and Tiger King", "Stephen Fry backs development of new Cambridge Children's Hospital", Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, National Television Award for Special Recognition, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Fry&oldid=1132032549, Commanders of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece), English people of Hungarian-Jewish descent, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners, Articles with dead external links from October 2022, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from December 2021, Articles with dead external links from September 2016, Articles with dead external links from May 2021, Articles with dead external links from August 2021, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing potentially dated statements from June 2021, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [195] On 16 April 2018, Fry released the first episode of a new podcast "Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins" available on his website and other podcasting platforms[196] The first episode of the second series was released on 13 January 2020 and continued to be released over the course of nine weeks. Fry and was also a part of an interview during Englands victory over Australia in ashes 2005. [76], In 2003, Fry began hosting QI (Quite Interesting), a comedy panel game television quiz show. He attended the then-Prince's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. "[218], On 1 February 2021, Fry supported the petition of two Holocaust survivors, Dorit Oliver-Wolff and Ruth Barnett who were asking to meet Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding the 'genocide amendment' to the trade bill; this amendment would allow an independent parliamentary judicial committee to examine evidence of genocide. He also interviewed the Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of a series of podcasts released by 10 Downing Street. But Stephen Fry is more than just a popular British comedian. "[265] Fry stepped down from his Board position in January 2016, to take up a new position as "Norwich City Ambassador". [2][3][4], Fry is also known for his work in theatre. What's that about? [209][210] Cameron stated on Twitter he believed "we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics". [62] Fry narrated The Story of Light Entertainment, which was shown from JulySeptember 2006. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. [32] He was arrested in Swindon and, as a result, spent three months in Pucklechurch Prison on remand. His maternal grandparents, Martin and Rosa Neumann, were Hungarian Jewish immigrants from urany, which is now in Slovakia. [103], Fry was cast in Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit for its first staging in the West End on 7 April 1988, with Rik Mayall, John Sessions, Sarah Berger, Paul Mooney and John Gordon Sinclair, directed by Simon Gray. However, he retracted the announcement that he would be leaving the following day. In 2011, Fry portrayed Professor Mildeye in the BBC adaptation of Mary Norton's 1952 novel The Borrowers. Fry was born in Hampstead, London, on 24 August 1957, the son of Marianne Eve Fry (ne Newman) and Alan John Fry, who was an English physicist and inventor. [148] In November 2010, he welcomed his two-millionth follower with a blog entry detailing his opinions and experiences of Twitter. [239], Appearing on the BBC's Top Gear in 2009, Fry had lost a significant amount of weight, and explained that he had shed a total of 6 stone (84lb; 38kg). 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. [272], Fry is a supporter of nature and wildlife conservation. He is perhaps best known for his comedy partnership with Hugh Laurie, with whom he appeared in the popular series Blackadder alongside Rowan Atkinson. Ultimately however only three episodes were released, the rest with the note 'exact release date pending'. "[141] He uses his influence to recommend underexposed musicians and authors (who often see large increases in web hits and sales)[142][143] and to raise awareness of contemporary issues in the world of media and politics, notably the dropping of an injunction against The Guardian[144][145] and public anger over Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir's article on the death of Boyzone member Stephen Gately. I was merely saying things that Bertrand Russell and many finer heads of the mind have said for many thousands of years, going all the way back to the Greeks. [154] On 15 February 2016, Fry deleted his Twitter account, after receiving criticism for a tweet about Jenny Beavan and her dress. He portrays the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and its 2016 sequel, and the Master of Lake-town in the film series adaptation of The Hobbit. The production was then taken to the West End before transferring to Broadway where he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Gutting IRS Will Help Wealthy Avoid More Taxes | Opinion, Eliminating Income Tax Means More Money for Americans | Opinion, 'The Crown' Tackles Duke of Windsor's Nazi Collusion, 'The Crown' Adapts Princess Margaret's Queer Love. [152] In October 2010, Fry left Twitter for a few days, with a farewell message of "Bye bye", following press criticism of a quote taken from an interview he had given. [46] The show was cancelled after one season. Fry wrote on Twitter: "It looks as though a certain cat is out of a certain bag. 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