Stephen Fry
Born August 24, 1957 (Age: 68)
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Hampstead, London, England, UK
Biography
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster. As a solo actor, Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, starred as the title character Peter Kingdom in the ITV series Kingdom, and is the host of the quiz show QI. He also presented a 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America, which saw him travelling across all 50 U.S. states in six episodes. Fry has a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones. Apart from his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and two volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 4, starring in the comedy series Absolute Power, being a frequent guest on panel games such as Just a Minute, and acting as chairman for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, where he was one of a trio of hosts who succeeded the late Humphrey Lyttelton. Fry is also known in the UK for his audiobook recordings, including as reader for all seven Harry Potter novels.
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and the duo also played the title roles in Jeeves and Wooster.
As a solo actor, Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, starred as the title character Peter Kingdom in the ITV series Kingdom, and is the host of the quiz show QI. He also presented a 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America, which saw him travelling across all 50 U.S. states in six episodes. Fry has a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones.
Apart from his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and two volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 4, starring in the comedy series Absolute Power, being a frequent guest on panel games such as Just a Minute, and acting as chairman for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, where he was one of a trio of hosts who succeeded the late Humphrey Lyttelton. Fry is also known in the UK for his audiobook recordings, including as reader for all seven Harry Potter novels.
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Filmography
The Three Urns
2026
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as Bookseller
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Age: 68
Joke
2026
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as
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Age: 68
Christmas Karma
2025
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as Radio Presenter (Voice)
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Age: 68
Treasure
2024
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as Edek
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Age: 66
The Canterville Ghost
2023
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as Sir Simon de Canterville (voice)
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Age: 66
The Inventor
2023
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as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
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Age: 66
The Big Fat Quiz of Sport
2023
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as Self
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Age: 65
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts
2023
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as John Craxton (Voice)
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Age: 65
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
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as Self
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Age: 65
Greed
2019
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as Self
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Age: 62
Missing Link
2019
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as Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice)
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Age: 61
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
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as Self
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Age: 60
Love & Friendship
2016
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as Mr. Johnson
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Age: 58
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
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as Cheshire Cat (voice)
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Age: 58
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
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as Sir Francis Spring
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Age: 58
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
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as Narrator
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Age: 58
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
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as Master of Laketown
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Age: 57
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
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as The Master of Laketown
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Age: 56
No Image
Special Report – The Voice of Darts
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 55
Shakespeare's Sonnets
2012
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as
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Age: 54
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
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as Mycroft Holmes
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Age: 54
Making Qi
2011
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as Self
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Age: 54
Wogan on Wodehouse
2011
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as Self
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Age: 54
Botham: The Legend of '81
2011
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as Self
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Age: 53
Alice in Wonderland
2010
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as Cheshire Cat (voice)
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Age: 52
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
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as Self
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Age: 52
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
2009
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 51
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
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as Self – Narrator (voice)
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Age: 51
St Trinian's
2007
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as Stephen Fry
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Age: 50
Stephen Fry: HIV & Me
2007
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as Self
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Age: 50
Stormbreaker
2006
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as Smithers
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Age: 48
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
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as Deitrich
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Age: 48
V for Vendetta
2006
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as Deitrich
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Age: 48
The Transporters
2006
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as Narrator
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Age: 48
Ashes Fever
2005
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as Self
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Age: 48
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
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as Self
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Age: 48
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
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as Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick
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Age: 47
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
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as Self
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Age: 47
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
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as Narrator / The Guide (voice)
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Age: 47
MirrorMask
2005
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as Librarian
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Age: 47
Supergrass: A Home Movie
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 46
No Image
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope
2004
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as Narrator
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Age: 46
Le Divorce
2003
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as Piers Janely
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Age: 45
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
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as Self
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Age: 44
Thunderpants
2002
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as Sir Anthony Silk
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Age: 44
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
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as The Minister of Chance
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Age: 44
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
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as Andre Breton
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Age: 44
Gosford Park
2001
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as Inspector Thompson
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Age: 44
No Image
Funny Old World
2001
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 43
No Image
Funny Old World 5
2001
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 43
No Image
Funny Old World 4
2001
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 43
No Image
Funny Old World 3
2001
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 43
No Image
Funny Old World 2
2001
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 43
Sabotage!!
2000
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as Wellington
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Age: 43
Relative Values
2000
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as Frederick Crestwell
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Age: 42
Best
2000
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as Frazer Crane
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Age: 42
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
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as Dr. Peter Robinson
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Age: 42
Longitude
2000
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as Sir Kenelm Digby
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Age: 42
A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 42
No Image
Stanley Baxter in Person
1998
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as Self
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Age: 41
A Civil Action
1998
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as Pinder
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Age: 41
Spice World
1997
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as Judge
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Age: 40
Simply Wilde
1997
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as Self
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Age: 40
Oscar
1997
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as Self
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Age: 40
An Audience with Elton John
1997
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as Self
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Age: 40
Wilde
1997
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as Oscar Wilde
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Age: 40
The Wind in the Willows
1996
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as The Judge
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Age: 39
I.Q.
1994
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as James Moreland
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Age: 37
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
1994
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as
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Age: 36
Camp Christmas
1993
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as Santa Claus
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Age: 36
Stalag Luft
1993
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as Wing Commander James Forrester
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Age: 36
Common Pursuit
1992
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as
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Age: 35
Peter's Friends
1992
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as Peter Morton
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Age: 35
Old Flames
1990
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as Daniel Davenport
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Age: 32
Colleagues From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 31
Employees From Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 31
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
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as Self
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Age: 31
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
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as Lords Melchett / Frondo
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Age: 31
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
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as Hutchison
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Age: 30
A Handful of Dust
1988
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as Reggie
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Age: 30
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988
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as King Charles I
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Age: 30
The Laughing Prisoner
1987
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as No. 2
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Age: 29
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
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as Self
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Age: 29
The Good Father
1985
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as Creighton
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Age: 28
Happy Families
1985
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as Dr. De Quincy
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Age: 28
Chariots of Fire
1981
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as Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited)
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Age: 23