Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry is an actor, writer and broadcaster whose sketch partnership with Hugh Laurie grew out of Cambridge's Footlights. They worked together on Alfresco before creating A Bit of Fry & Laurie, combining wordplay, elaborate characters and parodies of television and public life. Their partnership also extended to Jeeves and Wooster, with Fry playing the unflappable valet opposite Laurie's Bertie Wooster.

Fry's other television comedy includes Blackadder, while his film work includes playing Oscar Wilde in Wilde. He was the original host of the panel show QI and has written novels, memoirs and books retelling Greek mythology. His career connects sketch performance with acting, literary comedy and broadcasting.