[235] Fry has attempted suicide on a number of occasions, most recently in 2012. Fry appeared in campaign literature to support changing the British electoral system from first-past-the-post to alternative vote for electing members of parliament to the House of Commons in the Alternative Vote referendum of 2011. [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. 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[257] On 22 February 2011, Fry was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University.[258][259]. After her love affair with Peter Townsend, Margaret moved on with her first husband, who later became known as Lord Snowdon. Fry performed several of Stanshall's numbers as part of the Bonzos' 2006 reunion concert at the London Astoria. The website content is created by Fry and produced by Andrew Sampson. 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. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957)[1] is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. [269] Fry is the co-owner, with Gina Carter and Sandi Toksvig, of Sprout Pictures, an independent film and television company. "[266] In February 2014, Fry became the honorary president of Proud Canaries, a new club for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fans. He was the longtime host of the BBC television quiz show QI, with his tenure lasting from 2003 to 2016, during which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. But let's dedicate today to Douglas Adams's diamond jubilee". [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. [46] The show was cancelled after one season. 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. 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. "[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. [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. Possibly he was related to John Fry, a Dorset man who signed the death warrant for Charles I in 1648. In 2007, Fry wrote a Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, which ran at London's Old Vic Theatre. [167] Fry was the last person to be named Pipe Smoker of the Year before the award was discontinued. Following a 1987 pilot, the programme ran for 26 episodes across four series between 1989 and 1995. [163][164], He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge. 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. QI has the highest viewing figures for any show on BBC Four and Dave (formerly UKTV G2). He attributed the weight loss to walking while listening to audiobooks. In 2012 he played Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe. In 2002, he played The Minister of Chance in the Doctor Who audio drama Death Comes to Time. He was best man at Laurie's wedding and is godfather to all three of his children. [45] In 2016, Fry had a lead role in the American sitcom The Great Indoors. 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]. The Life Summary of Polly. [264] The following year, in 2018, the article on blasphemy was removed from the Irish Constitution following a referendum. 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 The actor, 65, admitted that he felt lost and adrift during his disastrous childhood after he was expelled from multiple schools. [219] In a tweet, Fry highlighted the plight of the Uyghurs.[220]. [114] The production received its European premiere in August 2019 at the Edinburgh International Festival. Polly Fry asserted that a DNA test in 2004 proved Snowdon's paternity. Jeremy Fry rejected her claim, and Snowdon denied having taken a DNA test. However, four years later, after Fry had died, Snowdon admitted that this account was true. [182] In an episode of QI, "M-Merriment", originally broadcast in December 2015, Fry was awarded membership of The Magic Circle. 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. 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. [73] In November 2012, Fry hosted a gadgets show called Gadget Man, exploring the usefulness of various gadgets in different daily situations to improve the livelihoods of everyone. Legendary actor Stephen Fry has come out as not a ", "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. Alan R Fry is also linked to this address. Polly Fry. Stephen Fry has told how he attempted to take his own life as a teenager in a candid new interview. He presented a 20-part, two-hour series, The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, a "witty guide" to the genre over the past 1,000 years, on Classic FM. His television roles include Lord Melchett in the BBC television comedy series Blackadder, the title character in the television series Kingdom and Absolute Power, as well as recurring guest roles as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the American crime series Bones and Arthur Garrison MP on the Channel 4 period drama It's a Sin. "[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. In the 1994 romantic comedy film I.Q., he played the role of James Moreland. [151], Fry has a history of temporarily distancing himself from the social networking site which began when he received criticism in October 2009. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. In 1988, Fry wrote and presented a six-part comedy series entitled Saturday Night Fry. [89] He portrayed the Master of Lake-town in two of Peter Jackson's three film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: the second The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,[90] and the third The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. When interviewed in 2015 by the Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne, Fry was asked what he would say if he came face-to-face with God, to which he replied: "Bone cancer in children: what's that about? [236] In an interview with Richard Herring in 2013, Fry revealed that he had attempted suicide the previous year while filming abroad. [62] Fry narrated The Story of Light Entertainment, which was shown from JulySeptember 2006. Lisa McLoughlin. is polly fry related to stephen 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. [129] He has since appeared in adverts for products and companies such as Marks & Spencer, Twinings, Kenco, Vauxhall Motors, Honda, Calpol, Heineken, Alliance & Leicester (a series of adverts which also featured Hugh Laurie),[130] After Eight mints, Direct Line insurance (with Paul Merton), Trebor mints, Virgin Media, Walkers potato crisps (fronting a new flavour),[131] and Sainsbury's supermarket. QI was created and co-produced by John Lloyd, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies. [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. 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! Both Pushnote and Sidewiki were discontinued the following year. [237], In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming Last Chance to See in Brazil. Stephen and Elliott shared snaps of their big day - publicly revealing details about their clandestine coupling. What Margaret didn't know was that Armstrong-Jones was having affairs behind her backand one of those women gave birth to a child. Research genealogy for Polly J. Fry of Thurman, Warren, New York, as well as other members of the Fry family, on Ancestry. In 1986 the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become A Bit of Fry & Laurie. [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. of people named Polly Fry. At this time Bristol was a major port where ships arrived from and departed to the New World. In 2004 Miss Fry persuaded Lord Snowdon to take a DNA test after persistent rumours that he - not his friend Jeremy Fry who had brought Polly up as his own - was her biological father. He has also made appearances in the films Chariots of Fire (1981), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). "[203] Eleven days after the news story, Fry married Spencer on 17 January at Dereham in Norfolk. During this time, Fry starred in Blackadder II as Lord Melchett, made a guest appearance in Blackadder the Third as the Duke of Wellington, then returned to a starring role in Blackadder Goes Forth, as General Melchett. Following his release, he resumed his education at City College Norwich, promising administrators that he would study rigorously and sit the Cambridge entrance exams. He jokes that he has never encountered a smartphone that he has not purchased. [68], In August 2011, Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets was shown on Channel 4 as one of the 100 Greatest strand. He later recalled the incident as a hypomanic episode in his documentary about bipolar disorder, The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive. "[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. [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. [201][202], On 6 January 2015, British tabloid The Sun reported that Fry would marry his partner, comedian Elliott Spencer. [191], Fry has a long-standing interest in Internet production, including having his own website since 1997. [155] Fry alluded to this on an April 2016 episode of The Rubin Report in which he criticised groupthink mentality and stated that his return to Twitter was a "maybe". [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. [253], In 2009, The Guardian published a letter from Fry addressing his younger self, explaining how his future is soon to unfold, reflecting on the positive progression towards gay acceptance and openness around him, and yet not everywhere, while warning on how "the cruel, hypocritical and loveless hand of religion and absolutism has fallen on the world once more. | 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. He may also have been related to the Quaker Frys who founded the chocolate company. His favourite piece was the String Quartet No. [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. [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". In January 2016, it was announced that Fry would be appearing as the character "Cuddly Dick" in Series 3 of the Sky One family comedy Yonderland. 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. [42] In 1986 and 1987, Fry and Laurie performed sketches on the LWT/Channel 4 show Saturday Live. "[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. 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. [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. Camilla died in 2000. In April 1986, Fry was among the British comedians who appeared in the first live telethon Comic Relief. [200] Fry was listed number 2 in 2016 and number 12 in 2017 on the Pride Power list. "[199] Fry was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen, which ended in 2010. to the US Social Security Administration (SSA). "[251] He has stated that religion can have positive effects: "Sometimes belief means credulity, sometimes an expression of faith and hope which even the most sceptical atheist such as myself cannot but find inspiring. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, 'That's the last time I'm going up one of those'. [88] He played Mycroft Holmes in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, directed by Guy Ritchie. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. 14 by Beethoven. Ultimately however only three episodes were released, the rest with the note 'exact release date pending'. [100], Fry wrote the play Latin! In 1997, he also had a cameo in the Spice Girls film Spice World. [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. [69] His choice for the greatest gadget was the cigarette lighter, which he described as "fire with a flick of the fingers". [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. [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. It was all me. [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. The Hippopotamus (1994) is about Edward (Ted/Tedward) Wallace and his stay at his old friend Lord Logan's country manor in Norfolk. Yes even YOU. His book choice was Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot and his luxury item was "canvasses, easels, brushes, an instruction manual". [111], In July 2014, Fry appeared on stage with Monty Python on the opening night of their live show Monty Python Live (Mostly). Stephen Fry is a comedy icon and a living representation of British humor. [223][224][225][226] Fry has since posted an apology in a six-page post on his personal blog, in which he apologised for his remarks, stating that "I didn't even really at the time notice the import of what I had said, so gave myself no opportunity instantly to retract the statement. He has published several books and hosts the TV comedy quiz show QI. "It captures the feeling of the times.". 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 attended the then-Prince's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. [228][229][230] Fry has spoken publicly about his experience with the condition, which was depicted in the documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive. [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. [135] After its release, it reached No. In 2004 he was the narrator for an adaptation of Vanity Fair on BBC Radio 4. [70][71] In November 2011, an episode of Living The Life featured Fry in an intimate conversation discussing his life and career with The Rolling Stones' bass player Bill Wyman. He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (19831984) alongside Laurie, Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane, and in Blackadder (19861989) alongside Rowan Atkinson. [267], In May 2022, it was announced that Fry would succeed Clare Connor as the president of Marylebone Cricket Club in October. [193] When in London, he drives a dark green TX4 London cab. He was a massive lover of cricket and used to play cricket. : 1) 1946 2) Tracy Morgan 3) Frank Oz 4) Tracy Morgan 2) What year was actor Stephen Fry born? [83], Fry continues to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. 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. [175], BBC Four dedicated two nights of programming to Fry on 17 and 18 August 2007, in celebration of his 50th birthday. The latest news about Stephen Fry With Morgan Freeman In America Bbc One Flv. Anne de Courcy reported this claim by Polly, born in the third week of He has also 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. [150] As of June2021[update] he had 12.4million followers. Similar to Google Sidewiki, Pushnote was a browser add-on that enabled users to leave comments on any site they visit. In September 2011, Fry's Planet Word, a five-part documentary about language, aired on BBC HD and BBC Two. [188], A fan of cricket, Fry has stated that he is related to former England cricketer C. B. Fry,[189] and was interviewed for the Ashes Fever DVD, reporting on England's victory over Australia in the 2005 Ashes series. In 2017, Fry also released his own audio book on Audible, titled Mythos,[120] which he both wrote and narrated. After it transferred to Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination. 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". [231] In the programme, he interviewed other people with bipolar disorder including Robbie Williams, Carrie Fisher, Richard Dreyfuss and Tony Slattery. She married Philip Fry. [233], In 1995, while appearing in the West End play Cell Mates, Fry had a nervous breakdown and walked out of the production, causing its early closure and incurring the displeasure of co-star Rik Mayall and playwright Simon Gray. [139][140] He is frequently asked to promote various charities and causes, often inadvertently causing their websites to crash because of the volume of traffic generated by his large number of followers; as Fry notes on his website: "Four thousand hits a second all diving down the pipeline at the same time for minutes on end. In 2003, Fry made his directorial dbut with Bright Young Things, adapted by him from Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies. [101] It had a revival in 2009 at London's Cock Tavern Theatre, directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher. Polly Fry is the daughter Lord Snowdon fathered before marrying Princess Margaret. [208], In August 2013, Fry published an open letter to David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, and the International Olympic Committee calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, due to concerns over the state-sanctioned persecution of LGBT people in Russia under the 2013 anti-"gay propaganda" laws. [123] Fry said of his patronage, "Im proud and delighted to be patron of the first audiobook charity to offer downloads to its members and excited about what this will mean for all print impaired people who can now listen on-the-go. On 6 October 2009, Fry was interviewed by Jon Snow on Channel 4 News[221] as a signatory of a letter to British Conservative Party leader David Cameron expressing concern about the party forming a political alliance with the right-wing Polish Law and Justice party in the European Parliament. Season 2 of The Crown is currently streaming on Netflix. Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me: With Stephen Fry, Jackie Clune, Jo Crocker. Armstrong-Jones died in January of this year. What's that about? "You see how Margaret was a victim of Tony Armstrong-Jones even before they got married," royal historian Robert Lacey told People magazine on Tuesday. Fry. Love you all. He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (19831984) alongsi [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. [206] Furthermore, he is a signatory member of the British Jews for Justice for Palestinians organisation, which campaigns for Palestinian rights. The Independent on Sunday Pink List named Fry the second most influential gay person in Britain in May 2007; he had taken the twenty-third position on the list the previous year. "[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. 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