Magnitsky Awards
Presenter’s Bio

Stephen Fry

ACTOR, COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR

Award Presenter 2020

Courage Under Fire

Stephen Fry is an English author, actor, screenwriter, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, broadcaster, podcaster and film director. Fry’s film acting roles include playing his idol Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (1997), a performance which saw him nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

As well as his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, appears frequently on radio and reads for voice-overs. He has won many prizes for his performances as an audiobook narrator – of his own works and most notably as the voice of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books.

Fry has written and presented several documentary series, contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, appears frequently on radio, reads for voice-overs and has written four novels and three volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and his latest, More Fool Me.