Fat chance! [193] When in London, he drives a dark green TX4 London cab. ", She continued: "Despite my recent discovery, I still believe in the sanctity of family life even if in my own case it has proved to be a tad more complicated than I had previously thought.". Fry is a patron of its Lip Theatre Company. [99] In September 2012, he guest-starred as himself in the audio comedy drama We Are The BBC, produced by the Wireless Theatre Company, written by Susan Casanove. [28] He was later dismissed from Paston School, a grant-maintained grammar school that refused to let him progress to study A-Levels. [45] In 2016, Fry had a lead role in the American sitcom The Great Indoors. [149] On 11 March 2012, Fry noted his passing of the four-million-followers mark with a tweet: "Lordy I've breasted the 4 million followers tape. From 2001 to 2017 he hosted the British Academy Film Awards 12 times. [26] He took his O-Levels in 1972 at the age of 14 and passed all except physics,[27] but was expelled from Uppingham half a term into the sixth form. [154] On 15 February 2016, Fry deleted his Twitter account, after receiving criticism for a tweet about Jenny Beavan and her dress. [137], In 2011, Fry appeared on Kate Bush's album 50 Words for Snow, featuring on the title track where he recites a list of surreal words to describe snow. In 2001, he began hosting the BAFTA Film Awards, a role from which he stepped down in 2006. Stephen Fry. For other people named Stephen Fry, see Stephen Fry (disambiguation). Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He and Hugh Laurie are the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster . [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. 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[268], In 2008, Fry formed SamFry Ltd, with long-term collaborator Andrew Sampson to produce and fund new material and manage his official website. I'm very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. [190] Fry is also a supporter of GNU and the Free Software Foundation. Fry also starred in the 2018 heist comedy film The Con Is On, previously titled The Brits Are Coming. [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. In 2007, Fry wrote, for director Peter Jackson, a script for a remake of The Dam Busters. Despite his praise of the Blair/Brown government's work on social reform, Fry was an outspoken critic of the Labour Party's Third Way concept. "It captures the feeling of the times.". He has been described as "deeply dippy for all things digital" and claims to have bought the third Macintosh computer sold in the UK (his friend Douglas Adams bought the first two). [31] He had taken a coat when leaving a pub, planning to spend the night sleeping rough, but had then discovered the card in a pocket. [219] In a tweet, Fry highlighted the plight of the Uyghurs.[220]. In 2012 he played Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe. "[227], Fry has cyclothymia, a form of bipolar disorder (considered to be a milder type). [61] The same year, he appeared on the BBC's genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?, tracing his maternal family tree to investigate his Jewish ancestry. [180] As recognition of his public support for LGBT+ rights and for the Union's report, the Union of UEA Students awarded him, on 18 October 2012, Honorary Life Membership of the Union. Stephen Frys paternal ancestors are thought to have come from Dorset. He had a love child with Camilla Fry. She married Philip Fry. "[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. [240] Fry is between 6feet 4inches (1.93m) and 6feet 5inches (1.96m) in height. [58], In November 2019, it was announced that Fry would guest star in "Spyfall", the two-part opening episode of Doctor Who's twelfth series, which was broadcast on New Year's Day 2020. In the summer 2009 series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Fry was one of a trio of hosts replacing Humphrey Lyttelton (the others being Jack Dee and Rob Brydon). "[214], On 18 May 2018, Fry participated in the semi-annual Munk Debates in Toronto, Canada, where he argued against political correctness on the Con side of the topic "Be it resolved, what you call political correctness, I call progress" alongside Jordan Peterson, and in opposition to Pro side represented by Michelle Goldberg and Michael Eric Dyson. 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". "[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. [111], In July 2014, Fry appeared on stage with Monty Python on the opening night of their live show Monty Python Live (Mostly). [15][16] The Fry family originates around the Shillingstone and Blandford areas of Dorset; in the early 1800s, Samuel Fry settled in Surrey, with his descendants residing in Middlesex. I wish I could take credit for ushering the club up from League One to the Premiership during that time on the Board. [197], Fry struggled to keep his homosexuality secret during his teenage years at public school, and by his own account did not engage in sexual activity for 16 years until the mid-1990s. He did not leave any money to Polly, but she attended his funeral at Westminster Abbey, Town and Country magazine noted. 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What's that about? He portrayed an outdoor magazine publisher helping to ease his best worldly reporter (Joel McHale) into a desk job. [85] That year he also appeared in Eichmann (2007). [95] In July 2008, he appeared as himself in I Love Stephen Fry, an Afternoon Play for Radio 4 written by former Fry and Laurie script editor Jon Canter. 8808 deaths of people with the. In the 2009 television series Last Chance to See, Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine sought out endangered species, some of which had been featured in Douglas Adams' and Carwardine's 1990 book and radio series of the same name. [109][110] In August 2013, he lent his voice to the title role in Benjamin Britten's operetta Paul Bunyan at the Wales Millennium Centre with the Welsh National Youth Opera. When writing a book review for Tatler, Fry wrote under a pen name, Williver Hendry, editor of A Most Peculiar Friendship: The Correspondence of Lord Alfred Douglas and Jack Dempsey, a field close to his heart as an Oscar Wilde enthusiast. [69] His choice for the greatest gadget was the cigarette lighter, which he described as "fire with a flick of the fingers". The numbers currently linked to Polly are (408) 275-8855 (Pacific Bell), (408) 569-6447 (Sprint Spectrum LPPacific Bell). Stephen Fry. [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. Fry grew up in the village of Booton, Norfolk, having moved at an early age from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, where he had attended Chesham Preparatory School. He did not vote in the 2005 general election because of the stance of both the Labour and Conservative parties with regard to the Iraq War. Meet Polly Fry, the photographer's love child. 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