Stephen John Fry was born on 24th August 1957, in Hampstead, London UK of Austro/Hungarian-Jewish descent on his mother’s side, and English on his father’s. Stephen Fry is known around the world as a media personality, which includes being a comedian, actor, writer, presenter and activist.
So just how riich is Stephen Fry? Stephen has an estimated net worth which is over $30 million, earned from his multi-faceted career which began in 1982 with ‘The Cellar Tapes’ , written by Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery.
Stephen Fry Net Worth $30 Million
Stephen Fry was not a model student, but completed his school education at City College, Norwich, after a term on remand in prison for stealing a credit card, scoring well enough in the Cambridge entrance examination to gain a scholarship to Queens’ College. At Cambridge, Fry joined the Footlights Club – a performing group where he met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie – appeared on the TV quiz show ‘University Challenge’, and graduated with a degree in English Literature.
After the successful aforementioned start, Stephen was invited to work on the sketch comedy show ‘There’s Nothing to Worry About!’ as a cast member together with Hugh Laurie. Later, they created a mockumentary television pilot ‘The Crystal Cube’ in which they were main cast members, but BBC chose not to take it to a full series, so they created sketch comedy TV series ‘A Bit of Fry & Laurie’ which they both wrote, and starred in. Moreover, Fry increased his net worth while starring in the sitcom ‘Blackadder II’ and its sequels created by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton ‘Jeeves and Wooster’, comedy series ‘Absolute Power’, and others.These all contributed significantly to Stephen’s net worth.
Stephen Fry added further to his net worth while appearing in dramas, including ‘The Common Pursuit’, ‘In the Red’, ‘Gormenghast’, ‘The Borrowers’, ‘Kingdom’, ’24: Live Another Day’ and others. Stephen was also active in documentaries and other factual programmes. His first documentary film was ‘Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive’ which won an Emmy Award, and he also appeared in the genealogy series ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, narrated ‘The Story of Light Entertainment’, travel series ‘Stephen Fry in America’, nature documentaries ‘Spectacled Bears: Shadow of the Forest’, and others. Currently, Stephen is still the host of the quiz show ‘QI’ which was created and produced by John Lloyd and won the Rose d’Or award for “Best Game Show Host” which has updated Fry’s net worth.
Stephen Fry has also been active in cinematography. He starred in ‘Wilde’, the British biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert, a role which brought him a nomination for Best Actor in Drama in the 1998 Golden Globe Awards. He also starred in ‘Gosford Park’ directed by Robert Altman, ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers’ directed by Stephen Hopkins, and others.
Stephen increased his net worth while not only starring in films but also directing them. He wrote and directed ‘Bright Young Things’ and others. He has also created radio programmes, with shows like ‘Saturday Night Fry’, ‘I Am Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’, ‘The Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music’ and lots of more.
Stephen Fry has written scripts for theatre plays, and has also starred on stage. Further, Fry has been reading audio books, including J. K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series, Douglas Adams’s ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ and etc.
Recently, Stephen was ranked sixth for the BBC’s Top Living Icon Award, Broadcast magazine listed Fry at number four in its “Hot 100” list of influential on-screen performers, and he has been described as a polymath and a ‘national treasure’. Given Stephen’s crowded career to date, one cannot deny that these awards are well deserved.
In his personal life, Stephen Fry kept his homosexuality from the public until 1995. When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Stephen is supposed to have said: “I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, ‘That’s the last time I’m going up one of those’.”
Fry was in a 15-year relationship with Daniel Cohen, then in 2015 he married his partner, stand-up comedian Elliott Spencer.
