Stephen Fry: movies and TV shows
Stephen Fry has 350 credits in the archive: 234 films and 116 TV series, from 1994 to 2026. Highest rated: Heartstopper (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1994 – 2026 · busiest year: 2005 (21 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hexed | Elias Quire (voice) | Film | — | 68 |
| 2026 | The Three Urns | Bookseller | Film | — | 68 |
| 2026 | 100 Questions with Tom Simons | Self | TV | — | 68 |
| 2026 | Joke | Film | 6.0 | 68 | |
| 2026 | Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard | Self | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2026 | Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 68 |
| 2025 | Lubach | Self | TV | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2025 | Too Much | Simon Remen | TV | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2025 | Finding Father Christmas | Self | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2025 | The Celebrity Traitors | Self - Contestant | TV | 8.2 | 67 |
| 2025 | A Friend of Dorothy | Dickie | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2025 | Christmas Karma | Radio Presenter (Voice) | Film | 5.1 | 67 |
| 2025 | This Ordinary Thing | Self (voice) | Film | — | 67 |
| 2025 | Time Travel Is Dangerous! | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 67 |
| 2025 | The Assembly | Self | TV | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2025 | Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke | Self | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2025 | Recall Me Maybe | Kevin | Film | — | 67 |
| 2025 | Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future | Self | Film | 8.3 | 67 |
| 2025 | The Castle, Rebuilding History | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2025 | China's Wild Secrets | Narrated | TV | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2024 | Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Supervisor (voice) | TV | 6.8 | 66 |
| 2024 | Bottom: Exposed | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2024 | Jeopardy! | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.3 | 66 |
| 2024 | Jeopardy! | TV | 7.3 | 66 | |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the Proms | C (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2024 | Black Samphire | Mari's Boss | Film | — | 66 |
| 2024 | We Are Home | Self - narrator (voice) | Film | — | 66 |
| 2024 | About a Hero | Film | 5.5 | 66 | |
| 2024 | Treasure | Edek | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2024 | The Big Fat Quiz of Telly | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2024 | Jeopardy! Australia | Host | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2024 | We Work for the Dead | Pruitt (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2024 | This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) | Self | Film | 10.0 | 66 |
| 2024 | U.Me: The Musical | Narrator | Film | — | 66 |
| 2023 | Red, White & Royal Blue | King James III | Film | 7.9 | 65 |
| 2023 | The Inventor | Leonardo da Vinci (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2023 | Everything Now | Dr Nell | TV | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2023 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2023 | The Canterville Ghost | Film | 6.7 | 65 | |
| 2023 | Blackadder: A Cunning Story | Self - Contributor | Film | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2023 | George Michael: Portrait of an Artist | Self | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2023 | John Craxton: A Life of Gifts | John Craxton (Voice) | Film | — | 65 |
| 2023 | The Dinosaur Hour | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 2023 | Mind Games - The Experiment | Narrator | Film | 4.4 | 65 |
| 2023 | The Big Fat Quiz of Sport | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2023 | Dinosaur with Stephen Fry | TV | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2023 | Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Gilbert | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 2022 | Heartstopper | Headmaster Barnes (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 64 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self – writer and comedian | TV | 2.8 | 64 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self - Writer and Comedian | TV | 2.8 | 64 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self – Writer and broadcaster | TV | 2.8 | 64 |
| 2022 | The Dropout | Ian Gibbons | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Chapter Passages Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2022 | In Conversation with Alan Yentob | Self | TV | — | 64 |
| 2022 | Stuff the British Stole | Self | TV | 5.5 | 64 |
| 2022 | A Year on Planet Earth | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2022 | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2022 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | Film | 7.8 | 64 |
| 2022 | Mr Bear's Christmas | Narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 2022 | Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2022 | David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count | Self | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 2021 | It's a Sin | Arthur Garrison | TV | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2021 | Firebird | Film | 7.4 | 63 | |
| 2021 | It's Always Something | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2021 | Hating Peter Tatchell | Self (Actor, Comedian & Writer) | Film | 4.1 | 63 |
| 2021 | Sparkling: The Story Of Champagne | Self / Sir Fopling Flutter | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2021 | Night of the Living Dread | Meditation Guru (voice) | Film | 4.7 | 63 |
| 2021 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | The Interviewer | Film | 3.0 | 63 |
| 2021 | Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen Films | Narrator | Film | — | 63 |
| 2021 | Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean | Narrator | Film | — | 63 |
| 2020 | The Big Night In | Lord Melchett | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 2020 | Fear of Dancing | Self - Actor & Writer | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2020 | London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2020 | Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2020 | Scandal & Beauty: Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2020 | What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? | Self | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2020 | Doctor Who: Spyfall | C | Film | — | 62 |
| 2019 | Sex Education | NSQC Quizmaster | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Leonard Cromwell | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Brainiac (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 61 |
| 2019 | Missing Link | Lord Piggot-Dunceby (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2019 | Ponyboi | Film | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 2019 | Greed | Self | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 2019 | Dancing with the Birds | Narrator | Film | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2019 | Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2019 | Churchill and the Movie Mogul | Self | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2019 | Mankind | Film | 4.2 | 61 | |
| 2019 | Tomorrow | Chris | Film | — | 61 |
| 2019 | Almost Human | Narrator | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2018 | Apple & Onion | William Steakspeare (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2018 | Apple & Onion | Onion's Dad (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 2018 | The Big Narstie Show | Self | TV | 4.3 | 60 |
| 2018 | Duck Duck Goose | Frazier (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2018 | The Con Is On | Sidney | Film | 3.9 | 60 |
| 2018 | Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) | Film | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 2018 | M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity | M. C. Escher (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2018 | Pocoyo's Easter Picnic | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Self | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2017 | Battle of Soho | Self | Film | 2.7 | 59 |
| 2017 | The Hippopotamus | Film | 6.4 | 59 | |
| 2017 | Britain's Great Gay Buildings | TV | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2017 | Queer as Art | Self | Film | 3.2 | 59 |
| 2017 | Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song | Self | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2017 | 50 Years Legal | Self | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2017 | All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Cheshire Cat (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2016 | The Great Indoors | Roland | TV | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2016 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Sir Francis Spring | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2016 | Love & Friendship | Mr. Johnson | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2016 | Tickled | Film | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 2016 | Santa Forgot | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2016 | Pocoyo's Halloween | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2016 | Wild Africa / Tiny Giants | Narrator (Tiny Giants) | Film | — | 58 |
| 2016 | The Killing$ of Tony Blair | Self | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2016 | The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On | Self | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2016 | A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats | Self | Film | 1.0 | 58 |
| 2015 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Uncle Duke (voice) | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2015 | Danger Mouse | Colonel K (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2015 | Rocky Horror Show Live | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2015 | Do I Sound Gay? | Self | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2015 | A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2015 | Stephen Fry in Central America | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 2015 | Wimbledon: 2015 Official Film Review | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 2015 | Nightstand | Film | 4.6 | 57 | |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Winston Churchill (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Master of Laketown | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | Self | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2014 | Lily's Driftwood Bay | Lord Stag (voice) | TV | 4.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Self | TV | 2.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | Hidden Kingdoms | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | That Sugar Film | The Sugar Family Sketch | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2014 | A Life on Screen | Self | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | Tiny Giants 3D | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk | Narrator | Film | — | 56 |
| 2014 | Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me | Self | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | Le peuple miniature | Film | 6.0 | 56 | |
| 2014 | Our Gay Wedding: The Musical | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2014 | Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2014 | Marked | Father Christmas | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | A Little Bit of Fry and Waddell | Self - Darts Fan | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill | Self | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | The Master of Laketown | Film | 7.6 | 55 |
| 2013 | Yonderland | Cuddly Dick | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2013 | The Look of Love | Barrister | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 2013 | Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan | Self | TV | — | 55 |
| 2013 | The Lonely Dodo | Narrator/Mascarene Grass Frog | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 2013 | Super Clyde | Randolph | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2013 | Stephen Fry: Out There | Self | TV | 6.1 | 55 |
| 2013 | Stephen Fry: Out There | TV | 6.1 | 55 | |
| 2013 | Stephen Fry: Out There | TV | 6.1 | 55 | |
| 2013 | Frost on Sketch Shows | Self | Film | 8.5 | 55 |
| 2013 | Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2013 | Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was | Narrator | Film | — | 55 |
| 2013 | Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2013 | Stephen Fry's Key to the City | Self - Presenter | Film | — | 55 |
| 2012 | Veep | Nikolai Genidze | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | The European | TV | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2012 | Gadget Man | Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2012 | The Story of Musicals | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 2012 | Wagner & Me | Self | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2012 | Shakespeare's Sonnets | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2012 | Just a Minute | Self | TV | 9.5 | 54 |
| 2012 | The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff | Skulkingworm | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | Oscar Wilde (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2012 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2012 | Walking the Dogs | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2012 | Cicada Princess | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2012 | Doors Open | Professor Robert Gissing | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 2012 | Doors Open | Film | 5.2 | 54 | |
| 2012 | Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets | Self | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2012 | Jools Holland: My Life in Music | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 2012 | Special Report – The Voice of Darts | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 54 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | TV | 5.2 | 53 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.2 | 53 |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mycroft Holmes | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 2011 | March of the Dinosaurs | Narrator (UK) | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 2011 | Ocean Giants | Narrater | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2011 | The Borrowers | Professor Mildeye | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 2011 | Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry | Self | TV | — | 53 |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | God | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 2011 | Fry's Planet Word | TV | 8.2 | 53 | |
| 2011 | Fry's Planet Word | TV | 8.2 | 53 | |
| 2011 | Fry's Planet Word | TV | 8.2 | 53 | |
| 2011 | Making Qi | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2011 | Hugh Laurie: Down by the River | Film | 8.7 | 53 | |
| 2011 | Ocean Giants | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2011 | Wogan on Wodehouse | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 2011 | Benjamin Sniddlegrass and The Cauldron of Penguins | The Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 2011 | Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues | Film | 5.2 | 53 | |
| 2011 | Botham: The Legend of '81 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Cheshire Cat (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 2010 | In Confidence | TV | — | 52 | |
| 2010 | The Bible: A History | TV | 6.0 | 52 | |
| 2010 | Fry and Laurie Reunited | Self | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 2010 | Stephen Fry Live at the Sydney Opera House | Stephen Fry | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2010 | The Great American Oil Spill | Self | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 2010 | Lost Connection | Dad | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 2010 | Wagner and Me | Star | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2009 | Country Tracks | Self | TV | — | 51 |
| 2009 | Chris Moyles' Quiz Night | Self | TV | 5.3 | 51 |
| 2009 | The Meaning of Life | Self | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 2009 | House of Boys | Dr. Marsh | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2009 | Last Chance to See | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Self – Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.4 | 51 |
| 2009 | Last Chance to See | Self | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2009 | Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 51 |
| 2009 | Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News | Self | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 2008 | Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | Self | Film | 7.8 | 50 |
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again | Self | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2008 | Pocoyo & the Space Circus | Narrator (English) | Film | 4.3 | 50 |
| 2008 | Stephen Fry in America | Self - Host | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2008 | Stephen Fry in America | TV | 7.4 | 50 | |
| 2008 | Tales of the Riverbank | Owl (voice) | Film | 4.6 | 50 |
| 2008 | Me and My Girl | Film | — | 50 | |
| 2008 | The Machine That Made Us | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2008 | Happy Birthday to GNU | Self | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2008 | Pocoyo: Fun & Dance with Pocoyo | Narrator | Film | — | 50 |
| 2008 | Last of the Dambusters | Narrator | Film | — | 50 |
| 2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self | Film | 4.5 | 50 |
| 2008 | Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest | Narrator | Film | — | 50 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2007 | Kingdom | Peter Kingdom | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2007 | Kingdom | TV | 7.1 | 49 | |
| 2007 | St Trinian's | Stephen Fry | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2007 | Shrink Rap | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2007 | Snow White: The Sequel | The Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.4 | 49 |
| 2007 | Eichmann | Minister Tormer | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: Guilty | Self | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: HIV & Me | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: HIV & Me | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2007 | J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life | Self | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: HIV & Me | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 2007 | Stephen Fry: HIV & Me | TV | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 48 |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta | Deitrich | Film | 7.9 | 48 |
| 2006 | Legends | Self (uncredited) | TV | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2006 | The Secret Show | TV | 8.8 | 48 | |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Smithers | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 2006 | 'V for Vendetta' Unmasked | Deitrich | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 2006 | The Story of Light Entertainment | Self - Narrator | TV | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2006 | The Magic Flute | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 2006 | The Magic Flute | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 2006 | The Magic Flute | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 2006 | The Transporters | Narrator | Film | — | 48 |
| 2006 | Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive | TV | 8.3 | 48 | |
| 2006 | Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 2006 | Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot | Self | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | C | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 2005 | Bones | Gordon Wyatt | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | John Michael Heaton (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Mr. Cavendish (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2005 | Pocoyo | Narrator | TV | — | 47 |
| 2005 | Extras | Stephen Fry | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Narrator / The Guide (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 2005 | Missing | TV | — | 47 | |
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Patrick Curator / Parson Yorick | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 2005 | Nigella | Self | TV | 6.3 | 47 |
| 2005 | MirrorMask | Librarian | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | General Sir Anthony Melchett (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Dr. Thomas Arnold | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | Dirty Tricks | Owl (voice) | TV | — | 47 |
| 2005 | Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 2005 | 29 Minutes of Fame | Self - Panelist | TV | 10.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | Pocoyo & Friends | Narrator | Film | — | 47 |
| 2005 | Ashes Fever | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 2005 | Meet Pocoyo! | Narrator | Film | — | 47 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2004 | Tooth | Pedro | Film | 4.1 | 46 |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Maurice Woodruff | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2004 | A Bear Named Winnie | Protheroe | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 2004 | Supergrass: A Home Movie | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 46 |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 2004 | The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 2003 | QI | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 2003 | Absolute Power | Charles Prentiss | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 2003 | Fortysomething | Derek | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Chauffeur | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Piers Janely | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 2003 | The Biggest Nose in Borneo | Narrator | Film | — | 45 |
| 2003 | Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind | Self | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2002 | Thunderpants | Sir Anthony Silk | Film | 3.4 | 44 |
| 2002 | The Making of Gosford Park | Self | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 2002 | Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time | The Minister of Chance | Film | 8.7 | 44 |
| 2002 | Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali | Andre Breton | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 2001 | 24 | Alastair Davies | TV | 7.8 | 43 |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Inspector Thompson | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2001 | The Discovery of Heaven | Onno Quist | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 2001 | J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me | Narrator of the Audiobooks | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Film | 6.2 | 43 | |
| 2001 | Baddiel's Syndrome | The Psychiatrist | TV | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2001 | Funny Old World 4 | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 2001 | Funny Old World 5 | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 2001 | Funny Old World 3 | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 2001 | Funny Old World 2 | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 2001 | Four Play | Nigel Steele | Film | 4.2 | 43 |
| 2001 | Paddington Bear: The Early Years | Film | 9.0 | 43 | |
| 2001 | Funny Old World | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 2001 | In Search of the Prisoner | Self | Film | — | 43 |
| 2001 | Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making | Self | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 2000 | Click | Self | TV | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Sir Kenelm Digby | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Professor Bellgrove | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2000 | Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration | Self | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 2000 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | TV | — | 42 | |
| 2000 | Longitude | Sir Kenelm Digby | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 2000 | Relative Values | Frederick Crestwell | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Dr. Peter Robinson | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2000 | Best | Frazer Crane | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2000 | Sabotage!! | Wellington | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 2000 | A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1999 | Watership Down | Cowslip (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1999 | The Magician's House | Jasper the Owl (voice) | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1999 | Blackadder: Back & Forth | Melchett | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1999 | Geri | Self | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1999 | The Tichborne Claimant | Hawkins | Film | 8.7 | 41 |
| 1999 | Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over | Self - Panellist | TV | — | 41 |
| 1999 | A Profile of The Importance of Being Earnest | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 40 |
| 1998 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Self - Contestant | TV | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton | Self | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Pinder | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1998 | In the Red | Controller, Radio 2 | TV | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1998 | Stanley Baxter in Person | Self | Film | — | 40 |
| 1997 | Wilde | Oscar Wilde | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1997 | Spice World | Judge | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1997 | Simply Wilde | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 1997 | Oscar | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 1997 | An Audience with Elton John | Self | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Panellist | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Judge | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1996 | Wildlife SOS | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1995 | Kulturzeit | self | TV | 4.7 | 37 |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Film | 7.4 | 37 | |
| 1995 | The Thin Blue Line | Blaster Sump | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Mybug | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1995 | The Steal | Wimborne | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self | TV | 6.6 | 36 |