Editing Stephen Fry (section)

===Health===
Fry has [[cyclothymia]], a form of [[bipolar disorder]] (considered to be a milder type).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cahoon |first1=Lauren |last2=Chitale |first2=Radha |last3=Hunter |first3=Aina |title=The Cost Of Creativity: Bipolar Disorder and the Stars |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=4439015 |work=ABC News |date=1 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cousins |first1=Jon |title=Bipolar illness: My ever changing moods |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/bipolar-illness-my-ever-changing-moods-2248854.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/bipolar-illness-my-ever-changing-moods-2248854.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=22 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Martinson |first1=Jane |title=Stephen Fry to feature in BBC1 mental health season |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/01/stephen-fry-to-feature-in-bbc1-mental-health-season |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2016}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/neuroscience/patron/|title=Stephen Fry unveiled as Patron|publisher=[[Cardiff University]]|date=16 October 2008|access-date=4 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919021441/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/neuroscience/patron/|archive-date=19 September 2013}}</ref> In the programme, he interviewed other people with bipolar disorder including [[Carrie Fisher]], [[Richard Dreyfuss]] and [[Tony Slattery]]. He also interviewed Robbie Williams, who suffers with unipolar depression, and they discussed the differences and similarities of their mental health experiences and diagnoses. He is involved with the mental health charity [[Stand to Reason (charity)|Stand to Reason]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Reception with Stephen Fry |url=http://www.standtoreason.org.uk/news?id=23 |publisher=Standtoreason.org |access-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207005725/http://www.standtoreason.org.uk/news?id=23 |archive-date=7 February 2011 }}</ref> and is president of [[Mind (charity)|Mind]].<ref name="mind" /> In 2013, he said that, in the previous year, he had started taking medication for the first time, in an attempt to control his condition.<ref name="Grylls" /> In 2018, alongside [[Nadiya Hussain]] and [[Olly Alexander]], Fry was part of [[Sport Relief]]'s attempt to raise awareness of mental health.<ref name="fryreliefnads">{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/24/nadiya-hussain-stephen-fry-reveal-mental-health-battles-moving-sport-relief-film-7412661/|title=Nadiya Hussain and Stephen Fry reveal their mental health battles in moving Sport Relief film|newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=24 March 2018|access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref>

In 1995, while appearing in the West End play ''[[Cell Mates (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]].<ref name=life>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tgzp3 |title=BBC Two – A Life on Screen |website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref> Fry went missing for several days and contemplated suicide. He later said that he would have killed himself if he had not had "the option of disappearing".<ref name=life/> He abandoned the idea and left the United Kingdom by ferry, eventually resurfacing in Belgium.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5202066.stm|title=Comedian Fry reveals suicide bid|work=[[BBC News]]|date=21 July 2006|access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref> Fry has attempted suicide on a number of occasions, most recently in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/jun/05/stephen-fry-attempted-suicide-bipolar|title=Stephen Fry: recent attempted suicide a 'close-run thing'|first=David |last=Batty|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In an interview with [[Richard Herring]] in 2013, Fry said that he had attempted suicide the previous year while filming abroad. He said that he took a "huge number of pills and a huge [amount] of vodka" and had to be brought back to the UK to be "looked after".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22782913|title=Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=6 June 2013|date=6 June 2013}}</ref>

In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming ''[[Last Chance to See (TV series)|Last Chance to See]]'' in Brazil.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7196783.stm|title=Fry breaks arm filming in Brazil|website=[[BBC News]]|date=18 January 2008|access-date=18 January 2008}}</ref> 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 resulting vulnerability to his [[radial nerve]]&nbsp;– which affects use of the arm&nbsp;– was not diagnosed until he saw a consultant in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/podcasts/|title=Stephen Fry's Podgrams: Episode 1, Broken Arm|publisher=Stephenfry.com|access-date=4 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822173101/http://stephenfry.com/podcasts/|archive-date=22 August 2008}}</ref>

Appearing on the BBC's ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' in 2009, Fry had lost a significant amount of weight, and explained that he had shed a total of 6 [[Stone (unit)|stone]] (84&nbsp;lb; 38&nbsp;kg). He attributed the weight loss to walking while listening to [[audiobook]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/stephen-fry-in-our-reasonably-priced-car|title=Stephen Fry is a Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, part 1/2 (Series 13, Episode 2)|work=Top Gear|access-date=1 June 2012|archive-date=26 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826100015/http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/stephen-fry-in-our-reasonably-priced-car|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fry is between {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m}} and {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m}} in height.<ref>QI Season 7, Episode 10</ref><ref>QI Season 4 ep. 11 of 13</ref> Fry has [[prosopagnosia]] ("face blindness").<ref name="Seighart">{{cite web|last1=Sieghart|first1=Mary Ann|title=Who Are You Again?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hj65h|website=[[BBC Radio 4]]|date=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Hepworth">{{cite news |title=Who are you again? What it's like to never remember a face |first=David|last=Hepworth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jun/25/who-are-you-again-what-its-like-to-never-remember-a-face |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref>

In February 2018, Fry announced that he was recovering from an operation to treat [[prostate cancer]], involving the removal of the prostate and 11 adjacent [[lymph node]]s. He described the cancer as aggressive and said that early intervention had saved his life.<ref>{{cite news|last=Khomani|first=Nadia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/23/stephen-fry-has-prostate-cancer|title=Stephen Fry has prostate cancer|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 February 2018|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="BBCNEWS23">{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry recovering from prostate cancer surgery|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43171297|website=[[BBC News]]|date=23 February 2018}}</ref> In December 2020, Fry said he was having some radiotherapy, as is sometimes required after removal of the prostate to mop up remaining prostate cancer cells.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In March 2021, Fry hailed the "wonderful moment" of receiving the [[Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine|Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID vaccine]] at [[Westminster Abbey]]. The [[University of Cambridge]] alumnus joked that he would have to "put [[Oxford–Cambridge rivalry|petty rivalries]] behind [him]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/london/2021-03-10/stephen-fry-hails-wonderful-moment-as-he-is-vaccinated-in-westminster-abbey|title=Stephen Fry hails 'wonderful moment' as he is vaccinated in Westminster Abbey|publisher=[[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]|date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

On 14 September 2023, Fry was taken to hospital after he fell about {{cvt|6|feet}} onto a concrete floor, when exiting the stage following a conference on [[artificial intelligence]] at [[The O2 Arena]] in [[Greenwich]]; he had sustained injuries to his ribs and legs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=20 September 2023 |title=Stephen Fry rushed to hospital after fall from The O2 stage |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/stephen-fry-rushed-to-hospital-after-fall-from-the-o2-stage-3501249 |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephen Fry Falls Off Stage at Event in London and Taken to Hospital: 'Wishing Him a Swift Recovery' |url=https://people.com/stephen-fry-falls-off-stage-at-event-in-london-hospitalized-7972301 |access-date=9 December 2023 |website=Peoplemag}}</ref> After a recovery period he was reported to be back at work on 9 December.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2023 |title=Stephen Fry back at work three months after fall off stage |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67670081 |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref>