Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is a British actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He presents the television programme QI.

Fry was born in Hampstead, London and grew up in Norfolk. His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jews. He is a Jewish^[1] atheist and is openly gay.^[2] He has been diagnosed with cyclothymia, a mild form of bipolar disorder.^[3] From 1995 to 2010, Fry had a relationship with Daniel Cohen. In January 2015, Fry married his partner, Elliot Spencer.

In February 2018, Fry announced via a video that he had an operation to treat prostate cancer and have 11 lymph nodes removed and was recovering from the surgery. He described the cancer as aggressive and said that early intervention had saved his life.^[4]^[5]

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Fry at rehearsals for a student production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, 1975
Fry called Oscar Wilde (pictured) in the 1997 film Wilde a role he was "born to play".
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Fry signing autographs at the Apple Store, Regent Street, London in 2009
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Fry signing one of his books in the Netherlands in 2011
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Fry at Winfield House, June 2016
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Richard Dawkins and Fry in 2018
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Fry with Stonewall marchers at WorldPride 2012 in London
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Fry's Paddington Bear statue—themed "Paddington is Great"—at 10 Downing Street in London, auctioned to raise funds for the NSPCC