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Stephen Fry
Age: 52
Height: 6' 4 1/2"
Birth Place: Hampstead, London, England, UK
Born: Aug. 24th, 1957
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BIOGRAPHY: Writer, actor, comedian, doer of good works, excellent good friend to the famous and not, Fry lives in his London SW1 flat and his Norfolk house when not traveling. Famous for his public declaration of celibacy in the "Tatler" back in the 1980s, Emma Thompson (I) has characterised her friend as "90 percent gay, 10 percent other." He grew up in Norfolk (where his parents still reside) and attended Uppingham School and Stout's Hill. After his notorious three months in Pucklechurch prison for credit card fraud, he attended Queens College, Cambridge in 1979, finishing with a 2:1 in English in 1981/2. While at Cambridge, he was a member of the Cherubs drinking club, and Footlights with Thompson, Tony Slattery, Martin Bergmann, and Hugh Laurie (to whom he was introduced by E.T.). His prolific writing partnership with Laurie began in 1981 with resulting Footlights revues for (among others) Mayweek, Edinburgh Festival, and a three month tour of Australia. In 1984, Fry was engaged to do the rewrite of the Noel Gay musical "Me and My Girl," which made him a millionaire before the age of 30. It also earned him a nomination for a Tony award in 1987. (Sidenote: It was upon SF's suggestion that Emma Thompson (I) landed a leading role in the London cast of this show.) Throughout the 1980s, Fry did a huge amount of television and radio work, as well as writing for newspapers (e.g. a weekly column in the "Daily Telegraph") and magazines (e.g. articles for "Arena"). He is probably best known for his television roles in "Blackadder II" (1986) and "Jeeves and Wooster" (1990).
His support of the Terence Higgins Trust through events such as the first "Hysteria" benefit, as well as numerous other charity efforts, are probably those works of which he is most proud. Fry's acting career has not been limited to films and television. He had successful runs in Alan Bennett (I)'s "Forty Years On," Simon Gray (I)'s "The Common Pursuit" with John Sessions, Rik Mayall, John Gordon Sinclair, and others. Michael Frayn's "Look Look" and Gray's "Cell Mates" were less successful for both Fry and their playwrights, the latter not helped by his walking out of the play after only a couple of weeks. Fry has published four novels as well as a collection of his radio and journalistic miscellanea. He has recorded audiotapes of his novels (an unabridged version of "The Liar" was released in 1995), as well as many other works for both adults and children.
TRIVIA:
- Suffers from bipolar disorder.
- In the 1980s he shared a house in London with Hugh Laurie. They needed some plastering doing. The plasterers turned out to be Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson who were inspired by Fry and Laurie to have a go at comedy.
- He's regarded in the UK as 'Britain's Favourite Teddy Bear' and is a keen teddy bear collector himself.
- Very fond of vintage British TV themes.
- He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1981, along with 'Hugh Laurie' (qv), 'Tony Slattery' (qv), 'Emma Thompson (I)' (qv), 'Penny Dwyer' (qv), and 'Paul Shearer (I)' (qv), became the first winner of The Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh fringe festival.
- Rector of Dundee University and hon. doctorate from that institution (July 1995).
- Narrates the audiobook versions (British releases) of the wildly popular Harry Potter series by 'J.K. Rowling' (qv)
- A regular guest on the BBC quiz _"Have I Got News for You" (1990)_ (qv) for many years, he now allegedly refuses to appear on the show as a protest against the sacking of former host, 'Angus Deayton' (qv).
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