Elena Ternovaja · CC BY-SA 3.0

Stephen Fry built a career spanning nearly every register of British comedy and culture, from the sketch anarchy of Alfresco and Blackadder to his long-running double act with Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster, and thirteen years hosting the panel show QI. His stage career includes adapting Me and My Girl for a West End and Broadway run and a Tony-nominated book, and his screen work spans Chariots of Fire to The Hobbit trilogy. He was knighted in 2025 for his work on mental health awareness.