Editing Stephen Fry (section)

==Career==
=== 1981–1993: Sketch comedy beginnings ===
Fry wrote the play ''[[Latin! or Tobacco and Boys]]'' for the 1980 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Edinburgh Festival]], where it won the [[Fringe First]] prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thinknoevil.com/latin_review.htm|title=Reviews for Latin!|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717044937/http://www.thinknoevil.com/latin_review.htm|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> It had a revival in 2009 at London's [[Cock Tavern Theatre]], directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notesfromtheunderground.co.uk/fryandley.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727010942/http://www.notesfromtheunderground.co.uk/fryandley.html|archive-date=27 July 2009|title=Review of Latin!|publisher=Notesfromtheunderground.co.uk|access-date=11 November 2009}} Archived at Wayback Engine.</ref> ''The Cellar Tapes'', the Footlights Revue of 1981, won the [[Perrier Comedy Award]]. In 1984, Fry adapted the hugely successful 1930s musical ''[[Me and My Girl]]'' for the [[West End theatre|West End]], where it ran for eight years and received two [[Laurence Olivier Awards]]. The show transferred to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and Fry was nominated for a [[Tony Award]] for his adaptation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/stephen-fry-84850#Awards|title=Stephen Fry – Broadway Cast & Staff |website=IBDB}}</ref>

Fry has appeared in numerous advertisements, predominantly on UK television – either on-screen or in [[voice-over]] – starting with an appearance as "Count [[Ivan Skavinsky Skavar]]" in a 1982 advert for [[Whitbread]] [[bitter (beer)|Best Bitter]]. Fry has said, in his memoirs, that after receiving his payment for this work – £25,000 – he has never subsequently experienced "what one could call serious money troubles".<ref name=frychron>{{cite book|last=Fry|first=Stephen|year=2010|title=The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=978-0-7181-5483-7|title-link=The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography|pages=234–237|quote="Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars"}}</ref> 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),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dickason |first1=Renee |title=British Television Advertising: Cultural Identity and Communication |date=2000 |publisher=University of Luton Press |page=71}}</ref> [[After Eight]] mints, [[Direct Line Group|Direct Line]] insurance (with [[Paul Merton]]), [[Trebor (confectionery)|Trebor]] mints, [[Virgin Media]], [[Walkers (snack foods)|Walkers]] potato crisps (fronting a new flavour),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Rosie |title=Walkers to launch Stephen Fry crisps for Comic Relief |url=https://www.marketingweek.com/walkers-to-launch-stephen-fry-crisps-for-comic-relief/ |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=Marketing Week |date=14 January 2011}}</ref> and [[Sainsbury's]] supermarket.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sainsbury's launches new motto with Stephen Fry advert |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/sainsburys-launches-new-motto-stephen-20696830 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=Wales Online}}</ref> He filmed a 2016 advertisement where he explains the essence of British culture to foreigners arriving at London's [[Heathrow Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry's guide to being British|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12081397/Stephen-Frys-guide-to-being-British.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112822/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12081397/Stephen-Frys-guide-to-being-British.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=13 November 2016}}</ref>

Fry's career in television began with the 1982 broadcasting of ''[[Cambridge Footlights Revue#1981 revue|The Cellar Tapes]]'', the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue<ref>{{cite magazine| title=The Cambridge Footlights Revue - BBC Two England - 20 May 1982| url= https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a1a1b9be8e814ea9bf2a6a9086baf7f3 | magazine= [[Radio Times]]| issue= 3053| date= 13 May 1982| page= 63| access-date= 24 May 2021 }}</ref> which was written by Fry, [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Emma Thompson]], and [[Tony Slattery]]. 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!]]'' A second series, retitled ''[[Alfresco (TV series)|Alfresco]]'', was broadcast in 1983, and a third in 1984; it established Fry and Laurie's reputation as a comedy double act. In 1983, the BBC offered Fry, Laurie and Thompson their own show, which became ''[[The Crystal Cube]]'', a mixture of science fiction and [[mockumentary]] that was cancelled after the first episode. Undeterred, Fry, Laurie and Thompson appeared in "[[Bambi (The Young Ones)|Bambi]]", an episode of ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'' from 1984 where they parodied themselves as the ''[[University Challenge]]'' representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/hawkslane/231/yo21.html |title=The Young Ones – Bambi |access-date=10 February 2007 |work=Transcription of the "Young Ones" episode "Bambi" as it aired on American MTV in the mid-'80s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309155934/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/hawkslane/231/yo21.html |archive-date=9 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Fry also appeared in Ben Elton's 1985 ''[[Happy Families (1985 TV series)|Happy Families]]'' series. In April 1986, Fry was among the British comedians who appeared in the first live telethon [[Comic Relief]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jem |title=Soupy Twists!: The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Fry and Laurie |date=2018 |publisher=Unbound Publishing}}</ref> In 1986 and 1987, Fry and Laurie performed sketches on the LWT/Channel 4 show ''[[Saturday Live (UK TV series)|Saturday Live]]''.

In 1986, the BBC commissioned a sketch show that was to become ''[[A Bit of Fry & Laurie]]''. Following a 1987 pilot, the programme ran for 26 episodes across four series between 1989 and 1995. During this time, Fry starred in ''[[Blackadder II]]'' as Lord Melchett, made a guest appearance in ''[[Blackadder#Series 3: Blackadder the Third|Blackadder the Third]]'' as [[the Duke of Wellington]], then returned to a starring role in ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', as General Melchett. In a 1988 television special, ''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]'', he played the roles of Lord Melchett and Lord Frondo. Between 1990 and 1993, Fry starred as [[Jeeves]] (alongside Hugh Laurie's [[Bertie Wooster]]) in ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'', 23-hour-long adaptations of [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s novels and short stories.<ref>{{Screenonline TV title|1060579}}</ref> Fry has appeared in a number of BBC adaptations of plays and books, including a 1992 adaptation of the Simon Gray play ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' (he had previously appeared in the West End stage production).

Having made his film début in ''[[The Good Father]]'' (1985), followed by a brief cameo in ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' (1988; getting clobbered by [[Kevin Kline]] in an airport), Fry was then featured by [[Kenneth Branagh]] as the eponymous Peter in ''[[Peter's Friends]]'' (1992). Fry came to the attention of radio listeners with the 1986 creation of his alter-ego, [[Donald Trefusis]], whose "wireless essays" were broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''[[Loose Ends (radio programme)|Loose Ends]]''. 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. In 1988, Fry wrote and presented a six-part comedy series entitled ''[[Saturday Night Fry]]''. Frequent radio appearances have ensued, notably on panel games ''[[Just a Minute]]'' and ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''.

Fry was cast in Simon Gray's ''[[The Common Pursuit]]'' for its first staging in the West End on 7 April 1988, with [[Rik Mayall]], [[John Sessions]], Sarah Berger, Paul Mooney and [[John Gordon Sinclair]], directed by Simon Gray.<ref>[http://simongray.org.uk/common-pursuit-other.html The Common Pursuit: other productions on the Simon Gray website] Retrieved 18 August 2010 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105193227/http://simongray.org.uk/common-pursuit-other.html |date=5 November 2013 }}</ref> 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]]. Fry helped to fund a 1988 London re-staging of Stanshall's ''[[Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera]]'', written by Vivian and [[Ki Longfellow]]-Stanshall for the [[Bristol]]-based [[The Thekla|Old Profanity Showboat]].

=== 1994–2008: Film roles, voice work and ''QI'' ===
[[File:Napoleon Sarony - Oscar Wilde.JPG|thumb|upright|Fry called Oscar Wilde ''(pictured)'' in the 1997 film ''[[Wilde (film)|Wilde]]'' a role he was "born to play".<ref name="Fry Oscar"/>]]
Fry's first novel, ''[[The Liar (novel)|The Liar]],'' was published in [[#CITEREFFry1991|1991]]. Fry has since written three further novels, several non-fiction works and three volumes of autobiography. ''[[Making History (novel)|Making History]]'' ([[#CITEREFFry1996|1996]]) is partly set in an alternative universe in which [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Alois Hitler|father]] is made infertile and his replacement proves a more effective Führer. The book won the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]]. ''[[The Hippopotamus]]'' ([[#CITEREFFry1994|1994]]) is about Edward (Ted/Tedward) Wallace and his stay at his old friend Lord Logan's country manor in Norfolk. ''The Hippopotamus'' was later adapted into [[The Hippopotamus (film)|a 2017 film]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Sheri|last=Linden|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hippopotamus-962931|title='The Hippopotamus': Film Review – Palm Springs 2017|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=18 January 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Stars' Tennis Balls]]'' ([[#CITEREFFry2000b|2000]]) is a modern retelling of ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]''. Fry's book ''[[The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within]]'' is a guide to writing poetry.

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. Once a columnist in ''[[The Listener (magazine)|The Listener]]'' and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', he wrote a weekly technology column in the Saturday edition of ''[[The Guardian]]''. His blog attracted more than 300,000 visitors in its first two weeks.<ref name="Stephen Fry I Give Up" />

Fry was cast in a lead role in Simon Gray's 1995 play ''[[Cell Mates (play)|Cell Mates]]'', which he left three days into the West End run, pleading [[stage fright]]. He later recalled the incident as a [[hypomanic]] episode in his documentary about [[bipolar disorder]], ''[[The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive]]''. He acted in a 1998 [[Malcolm Bradbury]] adaptation of the [[Mark Tavener]] novel ''[[In the Red (novel)|In the Red]]'', taking the part of the Controller of [[BBC Radio 2]]; and in 2000 in the role of Professor Bellgrove in the BBC serial ''[[Gormenghast (TV serial)|Gormenghast]]'', which was adapted from the first two novels of [[Mervyn Peake]]'s ''[[Gormenghast (series)|Gormenghast]]'' series. In the 1994 romantic comedy film [[I.Q. (film)|''I.Q.'']], he played the role of James Moreland. Portraying his idol [[Oscar Wilde]] (of whom he had been an ardent admirer since the age of 13) in the 1997 film ''[[Wilde (film)|Wilde]]'', he fulfilled the role to critical acclaim.<ref name="Fry Oscar">{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry on The Meaning of Life |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2015/0129/676394-watch-stephen-fry-on-the-meaning-of-life/ |access-date=19 April 2020 |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann}}</ref> It earned him a [[Golden Globe]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Drama]]. In 1997, he also had a cameo in the [[Spice Girls]] film ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spice World: the Movie |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/wqtc/spice-world-the-movie/ |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=Radio Times |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408152925/https://www.radiotimes.com/film/wqtc/spice-world-the-movie/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A year later, Fry starred in [[David Yates]]' small independent film ''[[The Tichborne Claimant (film)|The Tichborne Claimant]]'', and in 2001, he played the detective in [[Robert Altman]]'s period costume drama, ''[[Gosford Park]]''. In the same year, he also appeared in the Dutch film ''[[The Discovery of Heaven]]'', directed by [[Jeroen Krabbé]] and based on the novel by [[Harry Mulisch]].

In 2000, he began starring as Charles Prentiss in the Radio 4 comedy ''[[Absolute Power (comedy)|Absolute Power]]'', reprising the role for three further series on radio, and two on television. In 2002, he played [[The Minister of Chance]] in the Doctor Who audio drama ''[[Death Comes to Time]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/cd/deathcomestotime/ |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref> In 2002, Fry was one of the narrators of [[A. A. Milne]]'s ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' and ''The House at Pooh Corner'', in which he voiced [[Winnie-the-Pooh]]. He presented a 20-part, two-hour series, ''[[Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music|The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music]]'', a "witty guide" to the genre over the past 1,000 years, on [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]. In 2004 he was the narrator for an adaptation of ''[[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]]'' on BBC Radio 4.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jvwb |access-date=9 May 2022 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> Fry has been the reader for the British versions of all of [[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series of audiobooks. He discussed this project in an interview with Rowling in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076w0r |title=Living with Harry Potter |work=BBC Radio 4 |date=10 December 2005}}</ref> He has also read for [[Douglas Adams]]' ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' film tie-in edition and has made recordings of his own books, such as ''[[The Stars' Tennis Balls]]'' and ''[[Moab Is My Washpot]]'', and of works by [[Roald Dahl]], [[Michael Bond]], [[A. A. Milne]], [[Anthony Buckeridge]], [[Eleanor Updale]], [[George Orwell]], and [[Alexander Pushkin]].

In 2003, Fry began hosting ''QI'' (Quite Interesting), a comedy [[panel game]] television [[quiz show]]. ''QI'' was created and co-produced by [[John Lloyd (producer)|John Lloyd]], and features permanent panellist [[Alan Davies]]. ''QI'' has the highest viewing figures for any show on [[BBC Four]] and [[Dave (channel)|Dave]] (formerly UKTV G2).<ref>[http://www.qi.com/tv/audience.php ''QI''.com] Audience figures. Retrieved 21 June 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207132649/http://www.qi.com/tv/audience.php |date=7 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Stephen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/dec/17/digitaltvradio|title=Have you got your daily male?|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 December 2007|date=17 December 2007|location=London}}</ref> In 2006, Fry won the [[Rose d'Or]] award for "Best Game Show Host" for his work on the series. 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]].<ref name="Stephen Fry steps down as QI host">{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry steps down as QI host|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/stephen-fry-qi|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

Towards the end of 2003, Fry starred alongside [[John Bird (actor)|John Bird]] in the television adaptation of ''[[Absolute Power (comedy)|Absolute Power]]'', previously a radio series on BBC Radio 4. Fry's first documentary was the [[Emmy Award]]-winning ''[[Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive]]'' in 2006.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8336425.stm "Fry ends row with Twitter critic"]. BBC. 1 November 2009.</ref> The same year, he appeared on the BBC's genealogy series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', tracing his maternal family tree to investigate his Jewish ancestry.<ref name="BBC Who Do You Think You Are">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/stephen-fry.shtml|title=Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Stephen Fry|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> In 2003, Fry made his directorial début with ''[[Bright Young Things (film)|Bright Young Things]]'', adapted by him from [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s ''[[Vile Bodies]]''. In 2001, he began hosting the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts#Awards presented in London|BAFTA Film Awards]], a role from which he stepped down in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5413838.stm|title=Fry quits as host of film Baftas|work=BBC News|date=6 October 2006|access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref> Later that same year, he wrote the English [[libretto]] and dialogue for [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s film adaptation of ''[[The Magic Flute (2006 film)|The Magic Flute]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kenneth-branaghs-2006-film-of-the-magic-flute-finally-arrives/2013/06/26/19dc708a-de47-11e2-b797-cbd4cb13f9c6_story.html|title=Kenneth Branagh's 2006 film of 'The Magic Flute' finally arrives|last=Midgette|first=Anne|date=28 June 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=5 January 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Fry continued to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. He portrayed the clairvoyant [[Maurice Woodruff]] in ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'' and served as narrator in the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|2005 film version of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'']].  In 2005, he appeared in ''[[A Cock and Bull Story]]'', based on ''[[Tristram Shandy]]''.  In the same year, in ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]'', he played a [[closeted]] TV presenter who challenges a [[fascist]] state - the screenwriters, [[The Wachowskis]], pointed out that it was Fry's "normalcy" in the face of the insanity of the censorship of BTV that made his character truly powerful and added a "wholly unexpected dimension to the film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liquida.com/wachowski-brothers-interview/ |title=Wachowski Brothers Interview |publisher=Liquida.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917103415/http://www.liquida.com/wachowski-brothers-interview/ |archive-date=17 September 2011 }}</ref> Fry performed several of Stanshall's numbers as part of the Bonzos' 2006 reunion concert at the [[London Astoria]].

In 2006, he played the role of gadget-master Smithers in ''[[Stormbreaker (film)|Stormbreaker]]'', and in 2007, he appeared as himself hosting a quiz in ''[[St Trinian's (2007 film)|St Trinian's]]''. In 2007, Fry wrote, for director [[Peter Jackson]], a script for a [[Dambusters (2008 film)|remake]] of ''[[The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Adam|last=Dawtrey|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/bbc-celebrates-fry-s-birthday-1117973025/|title=script writer for Dambusters film|magazine=Variety|access-date=4 February 2009|date=28 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123151601/http://variety.com/article/VR1117973025.html?categoryid=2523&cs=1|archive-date=23 January 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> That year he also appeared in ''[[Eichmann (film)|Eichmann]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite news |title='Eichmann' - Movie Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/movies/12eichmann.html |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 November 2010 |last1=Hale |first1=Mike }}</ref> Fry narrated ''[[The Story of Light Entertainment]]'', which was shown from July–September 2006.<ref name="BBC Story of Light Entertainment">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0093t86|title=BBC Two – History of Light Entertainment (20:00)|publisher=BBC|date=12 May 2012|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> In 2007, he presented a documentary on the subject of HIV and AIDS, ''HIV and Me''.<ref name="Telegraph October 2007">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3668295/Last-night-on-television-Stephen-Fry-HIV-and-Me-BBC2-Great-British-Journeys-BBC2.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3668295/Last-night-on-television-Stephen-Fry-HIV-and-Me-BBC2-Great-British-Journeys-BBC2.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=James|last=Walton|title=Last night on television: Stephen Fry: HIV and Me (BBC2) – Great British Journeys (BBC2)|date=3 October 2007 |access-date=23 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2007, Fry wrote a Christmas pantomime, ''[[Cinderella#Pantomime|Cinderella]]'', which ran at London's [[Old Vic Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whatson.php?id=37 |title=Old Vic Theatre&nbsp;– Cinderella |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085436/http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whatson.php?id=37 |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> 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. He also interviewed the Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] as part of a series of podcasts released by [[10 Downing Street]].<ref name="number10 12045">{{cite web|url=http://number10.gov.uk/page12045 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100406114112/http://number10.gov.uk/page12045 |url-status=dead |archive-date= 6 April 2010 |date=1 March 2007 |title=Stephen Fry interviews Tony Blair |access-date=23 May 2012 }}</ref> He also narrated the first four ''[[Harry Potter]]'' games: ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (PlayStation video game)|Philosopher's Stone]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|Chamber of Secrets]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', and ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)|Goblet of Fire]]''.

From 2007 to 2009, Fry played the lead role in (and was executive producer for) the legal drama ''[[Kingdom (British TV series)|Kingdom]]'', which ran for three series on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a181343/itv-axes-stephen-frys-kingdom.html|title=ITV axes Stephen Fry's 'Kingdom'|work=Digital Spy|date=9 October 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|archive-date=8 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308154641/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a181343/itv-axes-stephen-frys-kingdom.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Starting from 2007, he took a recurring guest role as [[FBI]] psychiatrist Dr. (later chef) [[Gordon Wyatt]] in the popular American drama ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''.

=== 2008–2014: Return to theatre and documentaries ===
[[File:Stephen Fry Book Signing.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Fry signing autographs at the [[Apple Store]], [[Regent Street]], London in 2009]]

In February 2008, Fry began presenting podcasts entitled ''[[Stephen Fry's Podgrams]]'', in which he recounts his life and recent experiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/category/media/audio/|title=Stephen Fry's Podgrams|date=27 July 2009 }} The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry. Retrieved 30 August 2013.</ref> 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]].<ref>''Radio Times'' 28 June – 4 July 2008: Fry's a Dream Date</ref> 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]],<ref name="future">{{cite web|title=BBC&nbsp;– The future role of public service broadcasting&nbsp;– Stephen Fry|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/video_fry.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517101235/http://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/video_fry.shtml|archive-date=17 May 2008|access-date=19 June 2008}}</ref> which he later recorded for a [[podcast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/06/25/episode-4-broadcasting/|title=Stephen Fry's Podgrams|date=25 June 2008}} Broadcasting. Retrieved 30 August 2013.</ref> His six-part travel series ''[[Stephen Fry in America]]'' began on BBC One in October 2008, and saw him travel to each of the 50 US states.<ref name="Stephen Fry I Give Up">{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/10/21/i-give-up/|title=I Give Up|last=Fry|first= Stephen|publisher=stephenfry.com|date=21 October 2007|access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> In the same year, he narrated the [[nature documentary|nature documentaries]] ''Spectacled Bears: Shadow of the Forest'' for the BBC ''[[Natural World]]'' series. In the 2009 television series ''[[Last Chance to See (TV 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 [[Last Chance to See|1990 book and radio series of the same name]].<ref name="BBC Last Chance to See">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk36/last_chance_feature.shtml|title=Last Chance to See|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=11 November 2009}}</ref>

Fry's voice has been featured in a number of video games, including an appearance as Reaver, an amoral supporting character in [[Lionhead Studios]] games ''[[Fable II]]'' (2008) and ''[[Fable III]]'' (2010), and as the narrator of the ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/05/10/littlebigplanet-2-for-ps3-officially-announced-for-winter-2010/#comment-401630|title=LittleBigPlanet 2 for PS3 Officially Announced for Winter 2010! – PlayStation Blog|publisher=Blog.us.playstation.com|date=10 May 2010|access-date=14 June 2010}} He is also voiced in [[PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale]], a crossover fighting game, as the same character in LittleBigPlanet for Sackboy's story in the game.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/news/stephen-fry-lending-british-charm|title=Stephen Fry Lending British Charm to Little Big Planet PSP|last=Watts|first=Steve|date=21 April 2009|website=1UP.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311005212/http://www.1up.com/news/stephen-fry-lending-british-charm|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> He also narrates a section of Bungie's ''[[Destiny 2]]'' (2017) expansion Warmind as the "Concierge"; an AI that, when interacted with at certain points, will give the player background information on Bray Exoscience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/destiny-2-warmind-stephen-fry|title=Stephen Fry is in Destiny 2: Warmind|website=PCGamesN|date=9 May 2018 }}</ref> In 2008, Fry's narration for Bond's [[Paddington Bear]] story ''More About Paddington'' (1959) saw him receive the [[Audie Award]] for [[Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title|Young Listeners' Title]] from the [[Audio Publishers Association]] in the U.S.<ref name="Paddington"/>

Since August 2008, he has presented ''[[Fry's English Delight]]'', a series on BBC Radio 4 about the English language.<ref name="BBC Radio 4 September 2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frys_english.shtml|title=BBC Radio 4 – Program Guide for ''Fry's English Delight''|publisher=BBC|date=8 September 2008|access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref> As of 2021, it has been running for ten series and 37 episodes. In the 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]]).<ref name="BBC News June 2009">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8097368.stm|title=Life after Humph|date=15 June 2009|work=BBC News|first=Graham|last=Satchell|access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> Fry was offered a role in ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'', but was unable to participate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Series 16: Episode 1|work=[[BBC iPlayer]]|date=23 January 2009|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fm6wz/Friday_Night_with_Jonathan_Ross_Series_16_Episode_1/|access-date=24 January 2009|archive-date=27 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127054052/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fm6wz/Friday_Night_with_Jonathan_Ross_Series_16_Episode_1/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2009, Fry unveiled ''The Dongle of Donald Trefusis'', an audiobook series following Donald Trefusis (a fictional character from Fry's novel ''The Liar'' and from the BBC Radio 4 series ''[[Loose Ends (radio)|Loose Ends]]''), set over 12 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenfry.com/dongle/|title=The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry – The Dongle of Donald Trefusis – Episode 3 now available|publisher=Stephenfry.com|access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref> After its release, it reached No. 1 on the [[UK Album Chart]] list. Ultimately however only three episodes were released, the rest with the note 'exact release date pending'. Fry's use of the word "[[wikt:luvvy|luvvie]]" (spelled "lovie" by Fry), in ''The Guardian'' on 2 April 1988, is given by the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' as the earliest recorded use of the word as a humorous synonym for "actor".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00298007 |title=Luvvie, n |work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford, England|date=1 March 2008 |access-date=25 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629021537/http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00298007 |archive-date=29 June 2011 }} (requires subscription)</ref> Fry was, at one time, slated to adapt ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by [[John Kennedy Toole]] for the big screen.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alexander|last=Larman|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2019/07/31/confederacy-dunces-stephen-fry-decades-long-struggle-adapt-unfilmable/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2019/07/31/confederacy-dunces-stephen-fry-decades-long-struggle-adapt-unfilmable/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=A Confederacy of Dunces: Stephen Fry on his decades-long struggle to adapt the most unfilmable book ever written |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London, England|date=31 July 2019|access-date=24 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2009, Fry provided the voice of St Peter for ''Liberace, Live From Heaven'' by [[Julian Woolford]] at London's [[Leicester Square Theatre]]. In 2010, having learned some Irish for the role,<ref>[http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283503&tpl=archnews&force=1 "Stephen Fry Learns Irish for 'Ros na Rún'"]. IFTN.</ref> he filmed a cameo role in ''[[Ros na Rún]]'', an Irish-language soap opera broadcast in Ireland, Scotland and the US.<ref>Taylor, Charlie and Boland, Rosita. [https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1117/1224283529258.html "Stephen Fry to cameo in TG4 soap"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022153346/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1117/1224283529258.html |date=22 October 2012 }}. ''The Irish Times''. 17 November 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fry-set-for-ros-na-run-cameo-2423842.html "Stephen Fry set for Ros na Run cameo"]. ''Irish Independent''. 17 November 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11774998 "'Full Irish' Fry takes soap role"]. BBC News. 17 November 2010.</ref>

In 2010, Fry became an investor in Pushnote,<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Hear |first=Steve |date=13 January 2011 |title=Stephen Fry to Pimp Pushnote To His 2m Followers |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/13/stephen-fry-to-pimp-pushnote-to-his-2m-followers-will-it-work-2/ |website=Tech Crunch |access-date=13 January 2011}}</ref> a UK tech startup. Similar to [[Google Sidewiki]], Pushnote was a browser add-on that enabled users to leave comments on any site they visit. The following year, Fry announced the Pushnote launch to his then 2 million Twitter followers. Both Pushnote and Sidewiki were discontinued the following year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry's "Baby" Start-Up Shuts Down |url=https://www.silicon.co.uk/workspace/pushnote-shuts-down-82877 |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=Silicon.co.uk}}</ref> He also appeared as a shiny New Millennium Bonzo on their post-reunion album, ''[[Pour l'Amour des Chiens]]'', on which he recited a recipe for "Salmon Proust", played a butler in "Hawkeye the Gnu", and voiced ads for the fictitious "Fiasco" stores. Following three one-man shows in Australia, Fry announced a 'sort of stand-up' performance at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London for September 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/aug/12/stephen-fry-stand-up-show|title=Stephen Fry takes on stand-up comedy|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date=13 August 2010|first=Mark|last=Brown}}</ref>
In 2010, Fry took part in a Christmas series of short films called ''Little Crackers''. His short was based on a story from his childhood at school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sky1.sky.com/Little-Crackers-Stephen-Fry-About|title=Stephen Fry – Little Crackers|publisher=Sky UK|access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref>

Fry appeared as the Christian God in 2011's ''[[Holy Flying Circus]]''. In 2011, he portrayed Professor Mildeye in the BBC adaptation of Mary Norton's 1952 novel ''[[The Borrowers]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry and Victoria Wood to star in The Borrowers |last= Frost|first= Vicky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/18/the-borrowers-christmas-bbc |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> In August 2011, ''Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets'' was shown on [[Channel 4]] as one of the ''[[100 Greatest (UK TV series)|100 Greatest]]'' strand.<ref name="Channel 4 Greatest Gadgets">{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-frys-100-greatest-gadgets|title=Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref> His choice for the greatest gadget was the cigarette lighter, which he described as "fire with a flick of the fingers".<ref name="Channel 4 Greatest Gadgets" /> In the same month, the nature documentary series ''[[Ocean Giants]]'', narrated by Fry, premiered. In September 2011, ''[[Fry's Planet Word]]'', a five-part documentary about language, aired on BBC HD and BBC Two.<ref name="Telegraph September 2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8787668/Stephen-Frys-Planet-Word-BBC-Two-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8787668/Stephen-Frys-Planet-Word-BBC-Two-review.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stephen Fry's Planet Word, BBC Two, review| location=London| work=The Daily Telegraph|first=James|last=Walton|date=25 September 2011|access-date=23 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="rtword">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-09-25/stephen-fry-shares-his-love-of-language-in-frys-planet-word|title=Stephen Fry shares his love of language in Fry's Planet Word|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=25 September 2011|access-date=12 October 2011|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927155038/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-09-25/stephen-fry-shares-his-love-of-language-in-frys-planet-word|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Living The Life">{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry & Bill Wyman|url=http://www.livingthelife.co.uk/stephen-fry-bill-wyman|publisher=livingthelife.co.uk|access-date=26 June 2012|archive-date=9 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209160614/http://www.livingthelife.co.uk/stephen-fry-bill-wyman/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Fry starred in the [[Tim Burton]] version of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', as the voice of the [[Cheshire Cat]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/20826-tim-burtons-alice-in-wonderland/|title=Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland|last=Mitchell|first=Lizzie|date=10 September 2009|magazine=[[The List (magazine)|The List]]|access-date=3 October 2009}}</ref> He played [[Mycroft Holmes]] in the 2011 film ''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'', directed by [[Guy Ritchie]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11417860|title=Stephen Fry to play Sherlock Holmes' brother on film|publisher=BBC|date=25 December 2009|access-date=28 September 2010}}</ref> He portrayed the [[Esgaroth#In other media|Master of Lake-town]] in two of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|three film adaptation]] of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'': the second ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Bulbeck |first=Pip |title=Stephen Fry Joins 'The Hobbit' |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-fry-joins-hobbit-190364 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=20 May 2011 |date=19 May 2011}}</ref> and the third ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''. 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/17/kate-bush-50-words-snow |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In September 2012, Fry made a return to the stage at [[Shakespeare's Globe]], appearing as [[Malvolio]] in a production of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', which transferred to the West End in November 2012.<ref name=fry-globe-telegraph>{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry in Twelfth Night, Globe Theatre, first review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9562248/Stephen-Fry-in-Twelfth-Night-Globe-Theatre-first-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9562248/Stephen-Fry-in-Twelfth-Night-Globe-Theatre-first-review.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=19 November 2012|location=London|first=Dominic|last=Cavendish|date=24 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=fry-twelfthnight>{{cite news|title=Stephen Fry praised for return to West End stage|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20392831|work=BBC News|access-date=19 November 2012|date=19 November 2012}}</ref> He received excellent reviews.<ref name="fry-globe-telegraph"/><ref name="fry-twelfthnight"/> The production transferred to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], with Opening Night on 10 November 2013. Fry was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]] for his work in the Broadway revival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shakespearebroadway.com/tickets.php|title=SpotCo – Entertainment & Arts Advertising|work=shakespearebroadway.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104114313/http://www.shakespearebroadway.com/tickets.php|archive-date=4 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/shows/201306261372267605607.html|title=The Tony Award Nominees – Shows|work=TonyAwards.com|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821085529/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/shows/201306261372267605607.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2013, he lent his voice to the title role in [[Benjamin Britten]]'s operetta ''[[Paul Bunyan (operetta)|Paul Bunyan]]'' at the [[Wales Millennium Centre]] with the [[Welsh National Youth Opera]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wno.org.uk/paulbunyan|title=Paul Bunyan|access-date=27 August 2013|archive-date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819021830/http://www.wno.org.uk/paulbunyan|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Stephen Fry @ BorderKitchen autograph.jpg|thumb|right|Fry signing one of his books in the Netherlands in 2011]]
In 2012, he appeared as a guest panellist in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show ''[[Wordaholics]]''.<ref name="BBC February 2012">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01c7lk6|title=Radio 4 Programmes – Wordaholics, Episode 1|publisher=BBC|date=20 February 2012|access-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Radio Today September 2012">{{cite web|title=Stephen Fry voices drama about the BBC|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/09/stephen-fry-voices-drama-about-the-bbc/|publisher=[[Radio Today (website)|Radio Today]]|date=11 September 2012|access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> At the 2012 [[Pride of Britain Awards]] shown on [[ITV (TV network)|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 [[Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics|British Olympic]] and [[Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic]] athletes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Britain's biggest stars record iconic poem 'If' as tribute to Olympic heroes|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/britains-biggest-stars-record-iconic-poem-tribute-olympic-111750818.html|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=12 December 2014|access-date=22 November 2016|archive-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123055658/https://www.yahoo.com/news/britains-biggest-stars-record-iconic-poem-tribute-olympic-111750818.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-fry-gadget-man |title=Stephen Fry: Gadget Man |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=7 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527084102/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-fry-gadget-man |archive-date=27 May 2013 }}</ref>

In October 2013, Fry presented ''[[Stephen Fry: Out There]]'', a two-part documentary in which he explores attitudes to homosexuality and the lives of gay people in different parts of the globe.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Two announces return to Modern Times alongside raft of new documentaries|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/bbc2-docs-2013.html#section-2|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 August 2013|archive-date=28 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628213236/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/bbc2-docs-2013.html#section-2|url-status=dead}}</ref> On Christmas Day 2013, Fry featured with adventurer [[Bear Grylls]] in an episode of [[Channel 4]]'s ''Bear's Wild Weekends''. Over the course of two days, in the Italian [[Dolomites]], Fry travelled on the skids of a helicopter, climbed down a raging 500-foot waterfall, slept in a [[First World War]] trench and abseiled down a towering cliff face.<ref name=Grylls>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/bears-wild-weekends/episode-guide |title=Bear's Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry, broadcast 25 December 2013 |publisher=Channel 4 |date=25 December 2013 |access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> In June 2015, Fry was the guest on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. His favourite piece was the [[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14]] by Beethoven. His book choice was ''[[Four Quartets]]'' by [[T. S. Eliot]] and his luxury item was "canvasses, easels, brushes, an instruction manual".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05zg6ng|title=Stephen Fry|work=Desert Island Discs|publisher=BBC Radio 4 }}</ref>

Fry narrated the first two seasons of the English-language version of the Spanish children's animated series ''[[Pocoyo]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487849/ |title=Let's Go, Pocoyo  |publisher=IMDb |date=22 November 2019 |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pocoyo.com/en/funny-videos/season-1 |title=Umbrella! |website=pocoyo.com |publisher=Zinkia Entertainment, S.A. |date=25 May 2018 |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> In 2014, he began starring alongside [[Kiefer Sutherland]] and [[William Devane]] in ''[[24: Live Another Day]]'' as British Prime Minister [[Alastair Davies]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25910270|title=Stephen Fry to play British PM in 24: Live Another Day|newspaper=BBC News|date=27 January 2014}}</ref> In July 2014, Fry appeared on stage with [[Monty Python]] on the opening night of their live show ''[[Monty Python Live (Mostly)]]''. Fry was the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch.<ref>{{cite news |title='Monty Python Live (mostly) – One Down Five to Go' – Celebrity Blackmail|url=http://www.montypython.com/news_Celebrity-Blackmail/72 |access-date=20 August 2019 |agency=Monty Python.com}}</ref>

=== 2015–present ===
[[File:Stephen Fry June 2016.jpg|thumb|upright|Fry in 2016]]
On 17 September 2015, Fry shared the role of the Narrator in ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' which was staged at London's [[Playhouse Theatre]] and broadcast as the ''[[Rocky Horror Show Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Richard O'Brien: updating Rocky Horror Show 'would be manipulative' |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/richard-obrien-updating-rocky-horror-show-would-be-manipulative-a2945476.html |date=23 March 2017 |access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref> In June 2015, Fry backed children's fairy tale app [[GivingTales]] in aid of [[UNICEF]] together with other British celebrities Sir [[Roger Moore]], [[Ewan McGregor]],  [[Joanna Lumley]], [[Michael Caine]], [[David Walliams]], Dame [[Joan Collins]], [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Paul McKenna]] and [[Michael Ball]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Stuart|last=Dredge|title=Roger Moore backs children's fairytales app in aid of Unicef|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/18/roger-moore-childrens-app-unicef-givingtales|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 June 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Fry made a live audio recording of the winning short story of the annual RA & [[Pin Drop Studio|Pin Drop]] Short Story Award, ''Ms. Featherstone and the Beast'' by Bethan Roberts, at a ceremony held at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-stephen-fry-short-story-award|title=Podcast: Stephen Fry reads the winning story of the RA & Pin Drop Short Story Award {{!}} Blog {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=Royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626230105/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/podcast-stephen-fry-short-story-award|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2017, [[Audible (store)|Audible]] released ''Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection'', a complete collection of [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories, all read by Fry, who also narrated an introduction for each novel or collection of stories. In 2017, Fry also released his own audiobook on Audible, titled ''Mythos'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Classics/Mythos-Audiobook/B071RLJWZX?ref=a_cat_Class_c8_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=2462b27a-82f2-4b34-a09c-092413ea54c0&pf_rd_r=197MJ889P4DZDTSFNZM9&|title=Audible.com: Audiobooks & Original Audio {{!}} Free book with 30 day Trial|via=Audible.co.uk|language=en|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> which he both wrote and narrated. In 2018, Fry released a follow-up to ''Mythos'', titled ''Heroes''.<ref name="audible.com">{{cite book|url=https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Heroes-Audiobook/1405940573?qid=1542807461&sr=sr_1_1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=EW05A0XZC6SCT8BXSYEB&com/|title=Heroes Audiobook – Stephen Fry – Audible.co.uk|publisher=[[Audible (store)|Audible]]}}</ref> In June 2020, it was announced that Fry would read J. K. Rowling's children's book, ''[[The Ickabog]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kozlowski |first=Michael |url=https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/j-k-rowling-ickabog-audiobook-ebook-and-hardcover-now-available |title=J.K. Rowling Ickabog |publisher=Good e-Reader |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref> Fry is the patron of the audiobook charity Listening Books.<ref name="listening-books.org.uk">{{cite web |last=Fry |first=Stephen |title=Stephen Fry, Listening Books patron |url=http://www.listening-books.org.uk/stephen-fry-patron.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201012940/http://www.listening-books.org.uk/stephen-fry-patron.aspx |archive-date=1 December 2016 |access-date=3 January 2017 |website=}}</ref> Fry said of his patronage, "I'm 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."<ref name="listening-books.org.uk"/>

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]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-25/stephen-fry-joins-cast-of-sky-comedy-yonderland-as-cuddly-dick | title=Stephen Fry joins cast of Sky comedy Yonderland... as Cuddly Dick | work=[[Radio Times]] | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=25 January 2016 | author=Dowell, Ben | archive-date=26 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126095234/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-25/stephen-fry-joins-cast-of-sky-comedy-yonderland-as-cuddly-dick | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, Fry had a lead role in the American sitcom ''[[The Great Indoors (TV series)|The Great Indoors]]''. He portrayed an outdoor magazine publisher helping to ease his best worldly reporter ([[Joel McHale]]) into a desk job.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/stephen-fry-cast-the-great0indoors-cbs-comedy-pilot-1201720843/|title=Stephen Fry To Co-Star In CBS Comedy Pilot 'The Great Indoors'|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=15 March 2016}}</ref> The show was cancelled after one season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/the-great-indoors-canceled-cbs-1202425547/|title='The Great Indoors' Canceled After One Season at CBS|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=13 May 2017}}</ref> In November 2019, it was announced that Fry would guest star in "[[Spyfall (Doctor Who)|Spyfall]]", the two-part opening episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Doctor Who (series 12)|twelfth series]], which was broadcast on New Year's Day 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/dw-fry-henry|title=Stephen Fry and Sir Lenny Henry CBE to appear in the twelfth series of Doctor Who|work=BBC Media Centre|date=20 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/dw-spyfall|title=Doctor Who to land on Who Year's Day in Spyfall|work=BBC Media Centre|date=2 December 2019}}</ref> Fry also starred in the 2018 heist comedy film ''The Con Is On'', previously titled ''The Brits Are Coming''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Six More Join Uma Thurman in The Brits are Coming|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/476687-six-more-join-uma-thurman-in-the-brits-are-coming|access-date=28 August 2015|work=Comingsoon.net|date=27 August 2015}}</ref> From May to July 2018, Fry appeared in ''Mythos: A Trilogy,'' a stage version of his book [[Mythos (book)|''Mythos'']], in the [[Shaw Festival]] Theatre in [[Niagara-on-the-Lake]], Ontario. This comprised a set of three one-man shows (titled ''Gods'', ''Heroes'' and ''Men''), each two hours in length, which were performed consecutively, multiple times during the show's run.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fricker |first1=Karen |title=Mythos: Gods engages Shaw Festival audience with the mythology of Stephen Fry |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/review/2018/06/08/mythos-gods-engages-shaw-festival-audience-with-the-mythology-of-stephen-fry.html |access-date=6 July 2018 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=8 June 2018}}</ref> The production received its European premiere in August 2019 at the [[Edinburgh International Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/mythos|title=Mythos: A Trilogy|date=22 May 2019|website=Edinburgh International Festival|language=en|access-date=22 May 2019}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In September 2020, Fry was among the stars to mark the 100th anniversary of Sir [[Noël Coward]]'s West End debut with a stage celebration titled "A Marvellous Party".<ref>{{cite news |title=All-star lineup celebrate Noël Coward's West End centenary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/08/noel-coward-tribute-west-end-centenary-judi-dench-emma-thompson |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/videos/19901/the-big-night-in-general-melchett-talks-to-prince-william/ |title=The Big Night In – General Melchett talks to Prince William  |publisher=British Comedy Guide |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{youTube|HuVdwEWrNkw|Prince William and Stephen Fry appear in comedy sketch for charity}}</ref> In 2022, Fry had a recurring role as biochemist [[Ian Gibbons (biochemist)|Ian Gibbons]] in the [[Hulu]] miniseries ''[[The Dropout]]'', which dramatizes the scandal involving biotechnology company [[Theranos]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-dropout-william-h-macy-laurie-metcalf-elizabeth-marvel-utkarsh-ambudkar-kate-burton-cast-ihulu-limited-series-1234772855/ | title='The Dropout': William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Marvel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kate Burton Among 10 Cast in Hulu Limited Series | date=10 June 2021 }}</ref> He portrayed [[Fiddler's Green (character)|Fiddler's Green / Gilbert]] in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Sandman (TV series)|The Sandman]]'' (2022). The same year he starred in two episodes of the [[Netflix]] romantic LGBT teen drama ''[[Heartstopper (TV series)|Heartstopper]]'' as headmaster of the main character's school.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/heartstopper-stephen-fry-cameo-newsupdate/| title=Heartstopper star shocked so few recognised Stephen Fry in trailer | date=21 April 2022 }}</ref> In 2023, he portrayed a fictitious [[King of the United Kingdom|King]] James III in the LGBT romantic comedy ''[[Red, White & Royal Blue (film)|Red, White & Royal Blue]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/11/red-white-royal-blue-stephen-fry-playing-homophobic-bully/|work=Pink News|title=Stephen Fry took 'delicious pleasure' in playing a "homophobic bully" in Red, White & Royal Blue|first=Asyia|last=Iftikhar|date=11 August 2023}}</ref>
That same year he also presented the [[Channel 4]] documentary ''[[Stephen Fry: Willem & Frieda – Defying the Nazis]]'' to positive reviews.<ref name="Jones">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Ellen E. |date=2 March 2023 |title=Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis review – oh, what an astounding story this is! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/02/stephen-fry-willem-and-frieda-defying-the-nazis-review-oh-what-an-astounding-story-this-is |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="Gregory">{{cite news |last1=Gregory |first1=Elizabeth |date=15 March 2023 |title=Stephen Fry presents new documentary about heroic queer WW2 artists |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/willem-and-frieda-defying-the-nazis-stephen-fry-channel-4-documentary-b1063911.html |access-date=7 August 2023 |work=[[Evening Standard]]}}</ref>

In May 2024, Fry was among the members of the previously all-male [[Garrick Club]] who spoke in favour of the admission of women members for the first time in the club's 193-year history. The motion was carried.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stephens |first=Max |date=7 May 2024 |title=Garrick Club to allow female members for first time |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/07/garrick-club-allows-female-members/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>