ACTOR

Stephen Fry

1957 - Today

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Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He first came to prominence as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984) alongside Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Robbie Coltrane and in Blackadder (1986–1989) alongside Rowan Atkinson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Fry has received more than 15,605,871 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Stephen Fry is the 1,101st most popular actor (down from 1,044th in 2019), the 1,179th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,170th in 2019) and the 158th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stephen Fry ranks 1,101 out of 13,578. Before him are Victoria Abril, Marika Rökk, Hervé Villechaize, Angie Dickinson, Shih Kien, and Brad Davis. After him are Victor French, Liv Tyler, Emily Blunt, Gary Busey, Don Murray, and Ernie Hudson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Stephen Fry ranks 54. Before him are Hwang Kyo-ahn, Yuen Biao, Shannon Tweed, Subcomandante Marcos, Spike Lee, and Preben Elkjær. After him are Jan Ceulemans, Cesare Prandelli, Yoshihiko Noda, Georgi Parvanov, Dani Rodrik, and Daniel Stern.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Fry ranks 1,179 out of 8,785. Before him are John Charles (1931), Peter Green (1946), Robert Hardy (1925), Glenda Jackson (1936), Sarah Brightman (1960), and J. B. S. Haldane (1892). After him are Marc Bolan (1947), John Gay (1685), William Sturgeon (1783), Emily Blunt (1983), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), and Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stephen Fry ranks 158. Before him are Frances Fisher (1952), Bernard Lee (1908), Rosemary Harris (1927), Joan Plowright (1929), Robert Hardy (1925), and Glenda Jackson (1936). After him are Emily Blunt (1983), Ray Stevenson (1964), Robert Shaw (1927), David Thewlis (1963), Ciarán Hinds (1953), and James Faulkner (1948).

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