Editing Stephen Fry (section)

==Recognition==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Fry}}
[[File:Richard Dawkins & Stepehn Fry CSICon 2018, Atheist Alliance Richard Dawkins Award.jpg|thumb|right|[[Richard Dawkins]] and Fry in 2018]]
Over Fry's career he has received 11 [[BAFTA Award]] nominations for his work in television. For his performance as [[Oscar Wilde]] in ''[[Wilde (film)|Wilde]]'' (1998) he earned a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]. He won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] along with the ensemble of the [[Robert Altman]] directed murder mystery ''[[Gosford Park]]'' (2001). For his work on Broadway he received two [[Tony Award]] nominations for [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]] for ''[[Me and My Girl]]'' (1987) and [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]] for his performance as [[Malvolio]] in the revival of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (2014).

In 1995, Fry was awarded the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D. h.c.) by the [[University of Dundee]],<ref>[https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-information/honorary-degrees Honorary Degrees] - website of the [[University of Dundee]]</ref> which named their main [[Dundee University Students' Association|Students' Association]] bar after his novel ''[[The Liar (novel)|The Liar]]''. Fry is a patron of its Lip Theatre Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dusa.dundee.ac.uk/lip/history/history.htm |title=Lip Theatre: History |publisher=Dusa.dundee.ac.uk |access-date=4 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115023419/http://www.dusa.dundee.ac.uk/lip/history/history.htm |archive-date=15 January 2009 }}</ref> He also served two consecutive terms&nbsp;– 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1998&nbsp;– as the student-elected [[Rector of the University of Dundee]]. He was awarded an Honorary [[Doctor of Letters|Doctorate in Letters]] (D.Litt. h.c.) by the [[University of East Anglia]] in 1999.<ref>[https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/stephen-fry-travel-awards-to-help-fund-university-of-east-anglia-students-american-dreams Stephen Fry Travel Awards to help fund University of East Anglia students' American dreams] - website of the [[University of East Anglia]]</ref><ref>[https://www.uea.ac.uk/web/about/alumni-and-supporters/graduation/honorary-graduates?p_p_id=com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_hXNhzpc2bZjy&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_r_p_categoryId=3707173&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_hXNhzpc2bZjy_delta=30&p_r_p_resetCur=false&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_hXNhzpc2bZjy_cur=2 Honorary Graduates of UEA: Year of Award 1990-1999] - website of the [[University of East Anglia]]</ref>

In 2003 Fry was the last person to be named [[Pipe Smoker of the Year]] before the award was discontinued.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/annual-pipesmoker-award-is-extinguished-573577.html|title=Annual pipe-smoker award is extinguished|work=The Independent|access-date=5 September 2010|location=London|first=Jonathan|last=Thompson|date=18 January 2004}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Association of Colleges|AoC]] Gold Award in 2004, and was entered into their Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc_beacon_gold_and_other_awards/aoc_beacon_gold_awards/aoc_gold_awards/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-2004.cfm|title=Hall of Fame 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824002514/http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc_beacon_gold_and_other_awards/aoc_beacon_gold_awards/aoc_gold_awards/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-2004.cfm|archive-date=24 August 2013}}</ref> Fry was also awarded the honorary degree of [[Doctor of the University]] (D.Univ. h.c.) from [[Anglia Ruskin University]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/honorary/fry.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223074517/http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/honorary/fry.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2012|title=Anglia Ruskin University's Honorary Graduate Site|publisher=Anglia.ac.uk|access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4459724.stm|title=Fry talks of Cambridge 'elitism'|work=BBC News|date=22 November 2005|access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref>

In December 2006, he was ranked sixth for the BBC's Top Living Icon Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/12_december/01/icons.shtml|title=Living Icons|publisher=BBC|date=11 December 2006|access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref> was featured on ''[[The Culture Show]]'', and was voted ''Most Intelligent Man on Television'' by readers of ''[[Radio Times]]''. 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2516664.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508102003/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2516664.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2007|title=Independent on Sunday Pink List 2007|work=The Independent|date=6 May 2007|access-date=4 February 2009|location=London}}</ref> Later the same month, he was announced as the 2007 ''[[Mind (charity)|Mind]] Champion of the Year'',<ref name="mind">{{cite web|url=http://www.mind.org.uk/news/5260_stephen_fry_announced_as_new_president_of_mind|title=Stephen Fry announced as president of Mind|work=[[Mind (charity)|Mind]]|access-date=29 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807012459/http://www.mind.org.uk/news/5260_stephen_fry_announced_as_new_president_of_mind|archive-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> in recognition of the success of his documentary ''The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive'' in raising awareness of bipolar disorder. He was also nominated in "Best Entertainment Performance" for ''[[QI]]'' and "Best Factual Series" for ''Secret Life of the Manic Depressive'' at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2007]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2007 |title=Television Nominations 2007 |work=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |date=31 July 2014 }}</ref> That same year, ''[[Broadcast (magazine)|Broadcast]]'' magazine listed Fry at number four in its "Hot 100" list of influential on-screen performers, describing him as a [[polymath]] and a "[[national treasure]]".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Hot 100: Talent|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/2007/12/hot_100_talent.html|work=[[Broadcast (magazine)|Broadcast]]|date=18 December 2007|access-date=22 December 2007|format=free registration required|archive-date=5 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205160021/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/2007/12/hot_100_talent.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[BBC Four]] dedicated two nights of programming to Fry on 17 and 18 August 2007, in celebration of his 50th birthday. The first night, comprising programmes featuring Fry, began with a sixty-minute documentary entitled ''[[Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out]]''. The second night was composed of programmes selected by Fry, as well as a 60-minute interview with [[Mark Lawson]] and a half-hour special, ''Stephen Fry: Guilty''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/features/stephen-fry.shtml|title=BBC Four Stephen Fry Night|publisher=BBC|date=8 September 2007|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329045809/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/features/stephen-fry.shtml|archive-date=29 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wollaston |first1=Sam |title=The weekend's TV: Stephen Fry: Guilty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/aug/20/theweekendstvstephenfrygu |website=The Guardnian Online |access-date=26 January 2020 |date=20 August 2007}}</ref> The weekend programming proved such a ratings hit for BBC Four that it was repeated on BBC Two on 16 and 17 September 2007. Fry was granted a lifetime achievement award at the [[British Comedy Awards]] on 5 December 2007,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hemley|first=Matthew|title=Gavin and Stacey sweeps British Comedy Awards|work=The Stage|date=6 December 2007|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/19070/gavin-and-stacey-sweeps-british-comedy-awards|access-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> In 2009, he was elected an [[Royal College of Psychiatrists|Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists]] (Hon FRCPsych).<ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychiatric-bulletin/article/royal-college-of-psychiatrists-winter-business-meeting-2009/38589FE7FBCA384705C5E954C4F34D73 The Royal College of Psychiatrists' Winter Business Meeting 2009] - website of [[Cambridge University Press]]</ref> On 20 January 2010, he was also granted the Special Recognition Award at the [[National Television Awards]] .<ref>{{Cite news|last=Williams|first=Lisa|title=Delight for Stephen Fry at TV awards|work=The Independent|date=21 January 2010|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/stephen-frys-tv-delight-1874511.html?action=Popup&ino=1|access-date=22 January 2010|location=London}}</ref>

He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his ''alma mater'' [[Queens' College, Cambridge]]. On 13 July 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of [[Cardiff University]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-excellence.html|title=Honouring excellence|publisher=[[Cardiff University]]|date=10 July 2010|access-date=15 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129161552/http://cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honouring-excellence.html|archive-date=29 November 2010}}</ref> and on 28 January 2011, he was made an honorary [[Doctor of the University]] (D.Univ. h.c.) by the [[University of Sussex]], in recognition for his work campaigning for people suffering from mental health problems, bipolar disorder and HIV.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-12307469|title=Stephen Fry made honorary doctor at University of Sussex|work=BBC News|date=28 January 2011|access-date=28 January 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/6809 Broadcast News items: Dare to be different, says honorary graduate Stephen Fry] - website of the [[University of Sussex]]</ref> He is a Patron of the [[Norwich Playhouse]] theatre and a Vice-President of The Noël Coward Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noelcoward.net/html/committee2007.html|title=Welcome to the Noël Coward Society|publisher=Noelcoward.net|access-date=4 February 2009|archive-date=4 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504011456/http://www.noelcoward.net/html/committee2007.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

In 2011, Fry was the subject of [[Molly Lewis (ukulele player)|Molly Lewis]]'s song ''An Open Letter to Stephen Fry'', in which the singer jokingly offers herself as a surrogate mother for his child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mollylewis.bandcamp.com/track/an-open-letter-to-stephen-fry-2|title=An Open Letter to Stephen Fry|publisher=Mollylewis.bandcamp.com|date=11 February 2011|access-date=22 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030182131/http://mollylewis.bandcamp.com/track/an-open-letter-to-stephen-fry-2|archive-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> In February 2011, Fry was awarded the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at [[Harvard University]], the Harvard Secular Society and the [[American Humanist Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:hch-presents-stephen-fry&catid=6:latest-news&Itemid=38|title=Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University Presents Stephen Fry|publisher=Harvardhumanist.org|access-date=22 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226101954/http://harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148%3Ahch-presents-stephen-fry&catid=6%3Alatest-news&Itemid=38|archive-date=26 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, Fry wrote the foreword to the [[Union of UEA Students]] report on the student experience for [[LGBT+]] members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/lgbt--student-experience-repor.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107061345/http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/lgbt--student-experience-repor.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2013|title=LGBT+ Student Experience Report|publisher=Union of UEA Students|date=October 2012}}</ref> As recognition of his public support for LGBT+ rights and for the Union's report, the [[Union of UEA Students]] awarded him, on 18 October 2012, Honorary Life Membership of the Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/council-minutes-18-oct-final-.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106101503/http://www.ueastudent.com/image_uploads/council-minutes-18-oct-final-.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2013|title=Minutes of Union Council (16/10/12)|publisher=Union of UEA Students|date=October 2012}}</ref> In March 2014, Fry beat [[David Attenborough]] and Davina McCall to win the Best Presenter award at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. The award was given for his [[BBC2]] programme ''[[Stephen Fry: Out There]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/03/19/stephen-fry-named-presenter-year-global-homophobia-documentary/|title=Stephen Fry named presenter of the year for global homophobia documentary|work=PinkNews|date=19 March 2014}}</ref> In an episode of ''QI'', "M-Merriment", originally broadcast in December 2015, Fry was awarded membership of [[The Magic Circle (organisation)|The Magic Circle]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2018 |title=6 Celebrities You Probably Didn't Know Are Magicians |url=https://darrendelaney.co.uk/news/celebrities-who-are-magicians/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2017, Fry became the latest patron of the [[Norwich Film Festival]], and said he was "Very proud now to be a patron of a festival that encourages people from Norfolk, Norwich and beyond to be enchanted, beguiled and entranced by all kinds of film that might not otherwise reach them."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/stephen_fry_becomes_patron_of_norwich_film_festival_1_4868050|title=Stephen Fry becomes patron of Norwich Film Festival|first=Emma|last=Knights|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130131606/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/stephen_fry_becomes_patron_of_norwich_film_festival_1_4868050|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the same year, the [[bird louse]] ''Saepocephalum stephenfryii'' was named after him, in honour of his contributions to the popularization of science as host of ''QI''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4313.1.1|title=Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia -complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key|first1=Daniel R.|last1=Gustafsson|first2=Sarah E.|last2=Bush|date=31 August 2017|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4313|issue=1|pages=1–443|via=mapress.com|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4313.1.1|issn=1175-5326}}</ref> In 2019, Fry was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]] (FRSL).<ref>[https://rsliterature.org/fellows/stephen-fry/ Fellows: Stephen Fry] - website of the [[Royal Society of Literature]]</ref> Stephen Fry was the Honorary President of the [[Classical Association]] between 2021 and 2022.<ref>[https://classicalassociation.org/competition/2022-creative-writing/ 2022- Creative Writing: Stephen Fry CA’s Honorary President for 2021-22] - website of the [[Classical Association]]</ref>

In 2021, Fry was appointed a [[Order of the Phoenix (Greece)|Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix]] by Greek president [[Katerina Sakellaropoulou]] "for his contribution in enhancing knowledge about Greece in the United Kingdom and reinforcing ties between our two countries."<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Stephen Fry |author-link=Stephen Fry |user=stephenfry |number=1384924734186532881 |title=Truly, one of the great honours of my life. With thanks to the Ambassador, to President Sakellaropoulou and to the people of Greece}}</ref><ref>[https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/04/22/stephen-fry-order-of-the-phoenix/ Stephen Fry awarded with Medal of Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix] - website of the Greek City Times</ref> In 2023, he was elected a [[Society of Authors|Fellow of the Society of Authors]].<ref>[https://www.thebookseller.com/news/fry-and-mosse-join-soa-fellowship Fry and Mosse join SoA fellowship] - website of the British magazine [[The Bookseller]]</ref><ref>[https://societyofauthors.org/soa-profiles/stephen-fry/ SoA profiles: Stephen Fry, Fellow] - website of the [[Society of Authors]]</ref> Fry was awarded as [[Royal Canadian Geographical Society|Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society]] (FRCGS) in 2024.<ref>[https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/stephen-fry-becomes-an-honorary-fellow-of-the-royal-canadian-geographical-society/ Stephen Fry becomes an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society] - website of the [[Royal Canadian Geographical Society]]</ref>

In the [[2025 New Year Honours]], Fry was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by [[King Charles III]] "for services to mental health awareness, the environment and to charity".<ref>{{cite news |title=Stephen Fry 'startled and enchanted' with knighthood in New Year Honours |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/mind-new-year-honours-hugh-laurie-bbc-hiv-b2671801.html |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{LondonGazette |issue=64607 |date=31 December 2024 |supp=y |page=N2}}</ref> The same year, he also was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] (Dr.h.c.) by the Belgian university [[KU Leuven]] to "commends him for his passion for language and culture, his impressive contributions to the public debate, and his call for an open dialogue on mental health".<ref>[https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2025/ku-leuven-awards-honorary-doctorate-to-author-actor-and-broadcaster-sir-stephen-fry KU Leuven awards honorary doctorate to author, actor, and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry] - website [[KU Leuven]]</ref> Fry is also a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts]] (FRSA).<ref>[https://www.thersa.org/rsa-journal/fellowship-news-and-events-3/ Knighthood awarded to RSA Chair] - website of the [[Royal Society of Arts]]</ref>