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Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times opined that "Wilde has found a perfect Oscar in the formidably talented Stephen Fry, who brings an uncanny physical resemblance to the Victorian playwright along with a profound grasp of the great wit's psyche" and described the film as "a lustrous period piece with a high degree of authenticity in decor ...
Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, ... Fry called Oscar Wilde (pictured) in the 1997 film Wilde a role he was "born to play". [50]
He is also nominated for his two documentary series Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2007), and Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press (2009). For his work in film he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama nomination for his performance as Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (1998).
On 14 May 2012, Fry announced he and Laurie were working together on a new project, [1] which came to be an animated adaption of Oscar Wilde’s 1887 story "The Canterville Ghost". The film was released on October 20, 2023, and features Freddie Highmore as The Duke of Cheshire alongside Fry as Sir Simon de Canterville and Laurie as the Grim Reaper.
Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, played Melchett in the Blackadder television series, and was the host of celebrity comedy trivia show QI. He has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and three autobiographies, Moab Is My Washpot , The Fry Chronicles , and More Fool Me: A Memoir .
The Ghost of Canterville (1965–1966) is an opera by the Russian composer Alexander Knaifel to a libretto by Tatiana Kramarova based on Wilde's story. Das Gespenst von Canterville , television opera in 1 act, music by Heinrich Sutermeister, after Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost, 6 September 1964, Mainz, ZDF
It is based on the short story of the same name by Oscar Wilde. The film stars the voices of Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Freddie Highmore, Emily Carey, Imelda Staunton, Toby Jones, Miranda Hart, David Harewood, and Meera Syal. [1] [2] [3]
Stephen Fry – Wilde as Oscar Wilde; Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan as Captain John H. Miller; Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters as James Whale; Nick Nolte – Affliction as Wade Whitehouse; Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I. Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station (Central do Brasil) as Isadora "Dora" Teixeira