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[[File:StephenFryWorldPride.jpg|thumb|Stephen Fry at [[WorldPride 2012]]]]'''Stephen John Fry''' (born 1957) is an actor, journalist, comedian, and writer. | [[File:StephenFryWorldPride.jpg|thumb|Stephen Fry at [[WorldPride 2012]]]]'''Stephen John Fry''' (born 1957) is an actor, journalist, comedian, and writer. | ||
| − | He was | + | He was brought up in [[Norfolk]] and had a troubled childhood, being expelled from schools and spending time in gaol for credit card fraud. He then resumed his education and won a scholarship to Queen's College [[Cambridge]]. He joined the [[Cambridge Footlights]] where he met Hugh Laurie; the two have worked together on many television shows over the years. |
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| + | Since 2003 he has been the host of the comedy panel game ''QI''. | ||
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| + | In 1997 he took the role of his hero [[Oscar Wilde]] in the film ''Wilde'', a role that he has said he was "born to play". | ||
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| + | He had a 14-year relationship with Daniel Cohen and has said that he is 90% homosexual, but has been attracted to women on occasion.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1313262/The-women-10-cent--90-cent-gay-Stephen-Fry.html Chris Hastings, "The two women in my 10 per cent – by '90 per cent gay' Stephen Fry" ''Daily Mail'' 18 September 2010</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:05, 30 November 2012
Stephen Fry at WorldPride 2012
He was brought up in Norfolk and had a troubled childhood, being expelled from schools and spending time in gaol for credit card fraud. He then resumed his education and won a scholarship to Queen's College Cambridge. He joined the Cambridge Footlights where he met Hugh Laurie; the two have worked together on many television shows over the years.
Since 2003 he has been the host of the comedy panel game QI.
In 1997 he took the role of his hero Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde, a role that he has said he was "born to play".
He had a 14-year relationship with Daniel Cohen and has said that he is 90% homosexual, but has been attracted to women on occasion.[1]
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==References
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1313262/The-women-10-cent--90-cent-gay-Stephen-Fry.html Chris Hastings, "The two women in my 10 per cent – by '90 per cent gay' Stephen Fry" Daily Mail 18 September 2010
