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Stephen Fry Net Worth and Biography

Stephen Fry is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, and writer, with an estimated net worth of $40 Million.

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October 13, 2022

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Stephen Fry is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, and writer, with an estimated net worth of $40 Million. 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 few TV series. Since 2011, he has served as president of the mental health charity Mind.

Bio Data

Full Names	Stephen John Fry
Dates of Birth	24 August 1957
Gender	Male
Marital Status	Married
Career	Comedian
Net worth	$40 Million
Nationality	British

Biography

Stephen John Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in London, England. He is the son of Marianne Eve Fry and physicist and inventor Alan John Fry. He grew up in the village of Booton, Norfolk, having moved at an early age from Buckinghamshire, where he had attended Chesham Preparatory School.

Stephen briefly attended Cawston Primary School in Cawston, Norfolk, before going on to Stouts Hill Preparatory School in Uley, Gloucestershire, at the age of seven, and then to Uppingham School in Rutland. He was expelled from Uppingham half a term into the sixth form,

Fry moved to Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, where he stayed for two years in the sixth form studying English, French, and History of Art. After three months in Pucklechurch Prison on remand for stealing a credit card, he resumed his education at City College Norwich.

He study rigorously and sat for the Cambridge entrance exams. Having successfully passed the entrance exams in autumn 1977, Fry was offered a scholarship to Queens’ College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he joined the Footlights, appeared on University Challenge, and read for a degree in English Literature, graduating with upper second-class honours.

Career

Stephen Fry 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 (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984) alongside Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Robbie Coltrane, and in Blackadder (1986–1989) alongside Rowan Atkinson.

Stephen also featured in numerous movies, playing his Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (1997), Inspector Thompson in Robert Altman’s murder mystery Gosford Park (2001); and Mr. Johnson in Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship (2016), among others.

He is also notable on Televison, playing Lord Melchett in the BBC television comedy series Blackadder and the title character in the television series Kingdom and Absolute Power. He played recurring guest roles as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the American crime series Bones and Arthur Garrison MP on It’s a Sin.

Stephen has written and presented several documentary series, including the Emmy Award-winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, which saw him explore his bipolar disorder, and the travel series Stephen Fry in America. He was the longtime host of the BBC television quiz show QI and appears frequently on other panel games, such as the radio programmes Just a Minute and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.

From 2001 to 2017 Stephen Fry hosted the British Academy Film Awards 12 times. He is also known for his work in theatre. In 1984 he adapted Me and My Girl for the West End In 2012 he played Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare’s Globe. Fry is also a prolific writer, contributing to newspapers and magazines and has written four novels and three autobiographies: Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles, and More Fool Me.

Honours and Accolades

Stephen Fry is a recipients of numerous award, including the British Comedy Awards and the National Television Awards. He has received eleven British Academy Television Award nominations for his works on Televison. He also he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – for his performance as Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (1998).

Stephen received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Robert Altman’s murder mystery Gosford Park (2001). For his work on the Broadway stage he received two Tony Award nominations. He received a lifetime achievement award at the British Comedy Awards in 2007, and the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards in 2010.

In 1995, Fry was presented with an honorary doctorate from the University of Dundee, He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his alma mater Queens’ College, Cambridge. On 13 July 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University,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.