Filmography140 titles
Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | This Ordinary ThingMovie | Self (voice) | 68 |
| 2025 | The Celebrity TraitorsSeries | Self - Contestant | 68 |
| 2025 | LubachSeries | Self | 68 |
| 2025 | The AssemblySeries | Self | 68 |
| 2025 | Time Travel Is Dangerous!Movie | Narrator (voice) | 68 |
| 2025 | Christmas KarmaMovie | Radio Presenter (Voice) | 68 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the PromsMovie | C (archive footage) | 67 |
| 2024 | Bottom: ExposedMovie | Narrator (voice) | 67 |
| 2024 | We Work for the DeadMovie | Pruitt (voice) | 67 |
| 2024 | TreasureMovie | Edek | 67 |
| 2023 | George Michael: Portrait of an ArtistMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2023 | The Dinosaur HourSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2023 | Blackadder: A Cunning StoryMovie | Self - Contributor | 66 |
| 2023 | Red, White & Royal BlueMovie | King James III | 66 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSeries | Self - Writer and Comedian | 65 |
| 2022 | The SandmanSeries | Gilbert | 65 |
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to HogwartsMovie | Chapter Passages Narrator (voice) | 65 |
| 2022 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to AqabaMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2022 | The DropoutSeries | Ian Gibbons | 65 |
| 2022 | David Baddiel: Jews Don't CountMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2022 | Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of LifeMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2020 | The Big Night InMovie | Lord Melchett | 63 |
| 2019 | Sex EducationSeries | NSQC Quizmaster | 62 |
| 2019 | Harley QuinnSeries | Brainiac (voice) | 62 |
| 2019 | The Morning ShowSeries | Leonard Cromwell | 62 |
| 2019 | GreedMovie | Self | 62 |
| 2019 | Missing LinkMovie | Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice) | 62 |
| 2019 | Churchill and the Movie MogulMovie | Self | 62 |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodMovie | Self | 61 |
| 2018 | The Big Narstie ShowSeries | Self | 61 |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn'tMovie | Self | 60 |
| 2017 | Elton John: The Nation's Favourite SongMovie | Self | 60 |
| 2017 | 50 Years LegalMovie | Self | 60 |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking GlassMovie | Cheshire Cat (voice) | 59 |
| 2016 | The Great IndoorsSeries | Roland | 59 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesMovie | Master of Laketown | 57 |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John OliverSeries | Winston Churchill (voice) | 57 |
| 2014 | A Life on ScreenSeries | Self | 57 |
| 2014 | The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That HillMovie | Self | 57 |
| 2014 | A Little Bit of Fry and WaddellMovie | Self - Darts Fan | 57 |
| 2014 | That Sugar FilmMovie | The Sugar Family Sketch | 57 |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet UntitledSeries | Self | 57 |
| 2014 | Lily's Driftwood BaySeries | Lord Stag (voice) | 57 |
| 2013 | The Last LegSeries | Self | 56 |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugMovie | The Master of Laketown | 56 |
| 2013 | Alleen Elvis blijft bestaanSeries | Self | 56 |
| 2013 | Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of PutinMovie | — | 56 |
| 2013 | The Look of LoveMovie | Barrister | 56 |
| 2012 | VeepSeries | Nikolai Genidze | 55 |
| 2012 | Playhouse PresentsSeries | The European | 55 |
| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham ChapmanMovie | Oscar Wilde (voice) | 55 |
| 2012 | Special Report – The Voice of DartsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 55 |
| 2012 | Gadget ManSeries | Presenter | 55 |
| 2012 | Just a MinuteSeries | Self | 55 |
| 2012 | The Story of MusicalsSeries | Self | 55 |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsMovie | Mycroft Holmes | 54 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross ShowSeries | Self | 54 |
| 2010 | Alice in WonderlandMovie | Cheshire Cat (voice) | 53 |
| 2010 | Fry and Laurie ReunitedMovie | Self | 53 |
| 2009 | The Meaning of LifeSeries | Self | 52 |
| 2009 | Chris Moyles' Quiz NightSeries | Self | 52 |
| 2009 | House of BoysMovie | Dr. Marsh | 52 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSeries | Self | 50 |
| 2007 | KingdomSeries | Peter Kingdom | 50 |
| 2007 | Snow White: The SequelMovie | The Narrator (voice) | 50 |
| 2007 | St Trinian'sMovie | Stephen Fry | 50 |
| 2006 | V for VendettaMovie | Deitrich | 49 |
| 2006 | The Secret ShowSeries | — | 49 |
| 2006 | LegendsSeries | Self (uncredited) | 49 |
| 2006 | The Story of Light EntertainmentSeries | Self - Narrator | 49 |
| 2005 | BonesSeries | Gordon Wyatt | 48 |
| 2005 | Doctor WhoSeries | C | 48 |
| 2005 | American Dad!Series | Mr. Cavendish (voice) | 48 |
| 2005 | ExtrasSeries | Stephen Fry | 48 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSeries | Self | 48 |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British ComedyMovie | General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited) | 48 |
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull StoryMovie | Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick | 48 |
| 2005 | NigellaSeries | Self | 48 |
| 2005 | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Movie | Self | 48 |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter SellersMovie | Maurice Woodruff | 47 |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Movie | Self | 47 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are?Series | Self | 47 |
| 2004 | ToothMovie | Pedro | 47 |
| 2003 | Le DivorceMovie | Piers Janely | 46 |
| 2003 | Bright Young ThingsMovie | Chauffeur | 46 |
| 2003 | Celebrity MastermindSeries | — | 46 |
| 2003 | QISeries | Self - Presenter | 46 |
| 2003 | Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his MindMovie | Self | 46 |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford ParkMovie | Self | 45 |
| 2001 | 24Series | Alastair Davies | 44 |
| 2001 | Gosford ParkMovie | Inspector Thompson | 44 |
| 2001 | The Discovery of HeavenMovie | Onno Quist | 44 |
| 2001 | In Search of the PrisonerMovie | Self | 44 |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Movie | Dr. Peter Robinson | 43 |
| 2000 | Sabotage!!Movie | Wellington | 43 |
| 2000 | LongitudeMovie | Sir Kenelm Digby | 43 |
| 2000 | GormenghastSeries | Professor Bellgrove | 43 |
| 2000 | ClickSeries | Self | 43 |
| 2000 | A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'Movie | Self | 43 |
| 1999 | Have I Got Buzzcocks All OverSeries | Self - Panellist | 42 |
| 1998 | So Graham NortonSeries | Self | 41 |
| 1998 | In the RedSeries | Controller, Radio 2 | 41 |
| 1998 | A Civil ActionMovie | Pinder | 41 |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSeries | Self | 41 |
| 1998 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Series | Self - Contestant | 41 |
| 1997 | Spice WorldMovie | Judge | 40 |
| 1997 | WildeMovie | Oscar Wilde | 40 |
| 1996 | Never Mind the BuzzcocksSeries | Self | 39 |
| 1995 | The Thin Blue LineSeries | Blaster Sump | 38 |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort FarmMovie | Mybug | 38 |
| 1995 | KulturzeitSeries | self | 38 |
| 1994 | Room 101Series | Self | 37 |
| 1994 | I.Q.Movie | James Morland | 37 |
| 1994 | An Audience with Bob MonkhouseMovie | — | 37 |
| 1993 | Shooting StarsSeries | Self | 36 |
| 1992 | Common PursuitMovie | — | 35 |
| 1992 | Peter's FriendsMovie | Peter Morton | 35 |
| 1990 | Jeeves and WoosterSeries | Jeeves | 33 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for YouSeries | Self | 33 |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsSeries | Terrance / Hazel / MI5 Man (voice) | 32 |
| 1989 | A Bit of Fry & LaurieSeries | — | 32 |
| 1989 | Colleagues From HellMovie | — | 32 |
| 1989 | Saturday Night CliveSeries | — | 32 |
| 1988 | A Handful of DustMovie | Reggie | 31 |
| 1988 | This MorningSeries | Self | 31 |
| 1988 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeMovie | Self | 31 |
| 1988 | A Fish Called WandaMovie | Hutchison | 31 |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway?Series | Self | 31 |
| 1987 | The New StatesmanSeries | Piers Lonsdale | 30 |
| 1985 | Screen TwoSeries | Humphrey Taylor | 28 |
| 1985 | The Good FatherMovie | Creighton | 28 |
| 1983 | BlackadderSeries | Lord Melchett | 26 |
| 1983 | Natural WorldSeries | Narrator | 26 |
| 1982 | CountdownSeries | — | 25 |
| 1982 | The Young OnesSeries | Lord Snot | 25 |
| 1981 | Chariots of FireMovie | Cambridge Student at Society Day (uncredited) | 24 |
| 1978 | An Audience with...Series | Self | 21 |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's BallSeries | Self | 19 |
| 1967 | OmnibusSeries | — | 10 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA AwardsSeries | Host | — |