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Stephen Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in London, England.
A man of many talents, Stephen Fry has established himself as an actor, novelist, comedian, librettist and all-round wit.

Stephen Fry's childhood and time at Cambridge has been well documented in his autobiography MOAB is my Washpot (1998), and it is these early years that have provided him with much of the content found in his novels. In particular, The Liar (1991) tells the story of a reckless ex-Cambridge student who becomes involved in an international espionage caper. The novel contains many episodes clearly inspired by the younger Fry.
Stephen Fry grew up in Norfolk and attended Uppingham School. After spending three months in prison for credit card fraud, he went to Queen's College, Cambridge where he studied English.

It was during this time that he met , with whom he was to form a prolific writing partnership and appear with in the legendary Cambridge Footlights University Club.
In 1984, Fry was asked to do the re-write for the musical Me & My Girl, which earned him a Tony nomination. The 80s also saw Fry do a large amount of work for television, including the comedy shows A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Blackadder.

More success came with Jeeves & Wooster, based on the novels of P.G. Wodehouse, with Fry taking the part of the sagacious butler opposite Hugh Laurie's bumbling Bertie Wooster.
With the occasional odd moment aside, like his sudden departure from the London stage during a run of Cell Mates, only to re-surface, sometime later on the continent, with the British press in hot pursuit, Fry has been prolific both with book and screen.

Peter's Friends (1992), and Wilde (1997) feature two of his most notable performances as an actor. And, in 2003, Fry made his directorial debut with Bright Young Things, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies. He has also been a keen contributor to national newspapers over the years, in particular The Daily Telegraph, and is the host of the BBC TV quiz show QI.

In 2005, Stephen Fry was the voice of the book in the big screen version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by .
Fry was also cast as a chat show host, Gordon Dietrich, in V for Vendetta.
Stephen Fry came top in a Radio Times poll of their readers on whom they thought were the smartest people on TV. was second and Lisa Simpson eighth equal!
In 2007, Stephen Fry starred in the title role of ITV's drama series Kingdom.
Stephen Fry, who drives a black cab, lives in London and Norfolk
Stephen Fry biography by Rupert Vandervell

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Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an , , and . With , as the comedy double act , he co-wrote and co-starred in , and the duo also played the title roles in . Fry played the lead in the film , was Melchett in the television series and is the host of the panel comedy trivia show, . He has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels nd an autobiography, .

Early life
Fry was born in , the son of Marianne Eve ( Newman) and Alan John Fry, who was an and inventor His maternal grandparents, Martin and Rosa Neumann were immigrants from , , and his mother's aunt and cousins were killed in concentration camp. Fry grew up in the village of near , , having moved from , when very young. Fry would have been brought up in America had his father not turned down a job at .
Fry briefly attended Cawston Primary School, Cawston, Norfolk, described later in his 1997 book Moab Is My Washpot, before going on to Preparatory School, and then to , , where he joined house. He was from when he was fifteen, and subsequently from . At seventeen, after leaving Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, Fry absconded with a stolen from a family friend, and as a result spent three months in for . Following his release he resumed education at , promising administrators that he would study rigorously to sit the entrance exams. He passed well enough to gain a scholarship to . At Cambridge, Fry gained a degree in , joined the , and appeared on . As a member of the Footlights, he also met his future comedy collaborator, Hugh Laurie.

Television
Fry's career in television began with the 1982 broadcasting of The Cellar Tapes, the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue written by Fry, Hugh Laurie, and . The revue caught the attention of , who, keen to replicate the success of the BBC's , hired Fry, Laurie and Thompson to star alongside in There's Nothing To Worry About! A second series, re-titled , was broadcast in 1983 and a third in 1984; it established 's reputation as a comedy double act. In 1983, the BBC offered them their own show, which became , a mixture of science fiction and mock documentary that was axed after the first episode. Undeterred, Fry and Laurie appeared in an episode of in 1984, and Fry in Ben Elton's 1985 series, .
Forgiving Fry and Laurie for The Crystal Cube, the BBC commissioned a sketch show in 1986 that was to become . The programme ran for 26 episodes spanning four series between 1986 and 1995, and was very successful. During this time Fry starred in as Lord , as the , and notably in as General Melchett. In 1988, he became a regular contestant on the popular radio show . However, when it moved to television, he only appeared three times: twice in the first series and once in the ninth.

Between 1990 and 1993, Fry starred as (alongside Hugh Laurie's ) in , 23 hour-long adaptations of 's novels and short stories.
In 2003, he began hosting , an intellectual panel game that has become one of the most-watched entertainment programmes on British television. In 2006, he won the award for Best Game Show Host for his work on the series.

A foray into documentary-making has seen Fry fronting the -winning in 2006, and in 2007 a documentary on the subject of HIV and AIDS, . Also in 2006, he appeared in the genealogy series , tracing his family tree to discover his ancestry. His six-part travel series began on on 12 October 2008. A five-part companion series, More Fry in America, has been commissioned for BBC Four; it will feature in-depth essays that Fry couldn't include in the former documentary because of time constraints.

As of 2008, Fry is appearing in, and is executive producer for, the second series of legal drama . He has also taken up a recurring guest role as psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Wyatt in the popular American drama . While filming in Brazil for the series , Fry broke his right arm.
On 7 May 2008, Fry gave a speech as part of a series of BBC lectures on the future of , which he later recorded for a podcast.

Film
Having made his film debut in the 1985 film , Fry had a brief appearance in (in which he is knocked out by who is posing as an airport security man) and then appeared in the lead role for 's in 1992. Portraying (a man of whom he had been a fan since the age of 13) in the 1997 film , he fulfilled to critical acclaim a role that he has said he was "born to play". In 2001, he played the detective in Robert Altman's period costume drama, . In the same year he also appeared in little known Dutch film , directed by and based on the novel by .
In 2003, Fry made his directorial debut with , adapted by himself from 's . In 2001, he began hosting the , a role from which he stepped down in 2006. Later that same year, he wrote the English and dialogue for Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of .
Fry continues to make regular film appearances, notably in treatments of literary cult classics. He served as narrator in a film version of , and in 2005 he appeared in both , based on , and . In 2006, he played the role of gadget-master Smithers in , and in 2007 he appeared as himself hosting a quiz in . In 2007, Fry wrote a script for a of for director .

Personal life
Fry struggled to keep his secret during his years at , and was for 16 years from 1979 until 1995. When asked about when he knew he was homosexual he quotes an old friend and says, "I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, 'That's the last time I'm coming out of one of those.' " Fry currently lives in London with his partner, Daniel Cohen, whom he met in 1995. He famously drives a 1988 former . He also has a second home in West Bilney, near , .
Fry has been diagnosed with . He suffered a in 1995 while appearing in a play called and subsequently walked out of the production, prompting its early closure and incurring the displeasure of co-star and playwright . Mayall's comedy partner, , made light of the subject in his and Mayall's second live show. After walking out of the production, Fry went missing for several days while contemplating . He abandoned the idea and left the United Kingdom by ferry, eventually resurfacing in .

Fry has spoken publicly about his experience with bipolar disorder, which was also depicted in the documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic-Depressive. In the programme, he interviewed other sufferers of the illness including celebrities , and . Also featured were chef , whose father committed suicide, , who talks of his experience with , and comedienne/former mental health nurse .

Fry was an active supporter of the for many years, and appeared in a party political broadcast on its behalf with Hugh Laurie and in November, 1993. Despite this, he did not vote in the 2005 because of the stance of both the Labour and parties with regard to the . Despite his praising of the current government for social reform, Fry has been critical of the Labour Party's "" concept. He is on cordial terms with (despite a mild parody Fry performed in his role of in the comedy programme ), through his work with the . He attended the wedding of the Prince of Wales to in 2005.

Fry is a friend of British comedian and actor (and co-star) and was best man at Atkinson's wedding to Sunetra Sastry at the in . He was also a friend of British actor . He was best man at the wedding of Hugh Laurie (whom he considers to be his best friend) and is godfather to all three of Laurie's children.

A fan of , Fry is related to former England cricketer , and was recently interviewed for the Ashes Fever DVD, reporting on 's victory against in the series. Regarding , he is a supporter of (as mentioned in Ashes Fever), and is a regular visitor to .
He has been described as "deeply dippy for all things ", claims to have owned the second sold in the UK (the first going to ) and jokes that he has never encountered a that he has not bought. He counts Wikipedia among his favourite websites "because I like to find out that I died, and that I'm currently in a ballet in China, and all the other very accurate and important things that the Wikipedia site brings us all."

Fry has a long interest in internet production, including his own website since 1997. His current site, The Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry, has existed since 2002 and has attracted many visitors following his first blog in September 2007, which comprised a 6,500 word "blessay" on smartphones. In February 2008 Fry launched his private podcast series, Stephen Fry's Podgrams, and a forum, including discussions on depression and activities in which Fry is involved. The website content is created by Stephen Fry and produced by Andrew Sampson. Fry is also a supporter of and the . For the 25th anniversary of the GNU operating system, Fry appeared in a video explaining some of the philosophy behind GNU by likening it to the sharing found in science. In October 2008, he began posting to his stream, which he regularly updates.
On 30 April 2008, Fry signed an open letter, published in newspaper by some well known Jewish personalities, stating their opposition to celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the .

Health
· In Episode C.10 of he revealed he is allergic to champagne.
· In January 2008, Fry broke his arm while filming in Brazil. He later explained in a podcast how the accident happened. While climbing onboard a boat, he slipped between it and the dock and while stopping himself from falling into the water, his body weight caused his right to snap. The damage was more severe than first thought: the resulting vulnerability to his — which meant he was at risk of losing the use of his arm — was not diagnosed until he saw a consultant in the UK.
· He has a due to falling and breaking his nose when he was six.

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Birth Name
Stephen John Fry

Height
6' 4½" (1.94 m)

Mini Biography
Writer, actor, comedian, doer of good works, excellent good friend to the famous and not, Fry lives in his London SW1 flat and his Norfolk house when not traveling. Famous for his public declaration of celibacy in the "Tatler" back in the 1980s, has characterised her friend as "90 percent gay, 10 percent other." He grew up in Norfolk (where his parents still reside) and attended Uppingham School and Stout's Hill. After his notorious three months in Pucklechurch for credit card fraud, he attended Queens College, Cambridge in 1979, finishing with a 2:1 in English in 1981/2. While at Cambridge, he was a member of the Cherubs drinking club, and Footlights with Thompson, , , and (to whom he was introduced by E.T.). His prolific writing partnership with Laurie began in 1981 with resulting Footlights revues for (among others) Mayweek, Edinburgh Festival, and a three month tour of Australia. In 1984, Fry was engaged to do the rewrite of the musical "Me and My Girl," which made him a millionaire before the age of 30. It also earned him a nomination for a Tony in 1987. (Sidenote: It was upon SF's suggestion that landed a leading role in the London cast of this show.) Throughout the 1980s, Fry did a huge amount of television and radio work, as well as writing for newspapers (e.g. a weekly column in the "Daily Telegraph") and magazines (e.g. articles for "Arena"). He is probably best known for his television roles in (1986) and (1990).

His support of the Terence Higgins Trust through events such as the first "Hysteria" benefit, as well as numerous other charity efforts, are probably those works of which he is most proud. Fry's acting career has not been limited to films and television. He had successful runs in 's "Forty Years On," 's "The Common Pursuit" with , , , and others. 's "Look Look" and Gray's "Cell Mates" were less successful for both Fry and their playwrights, the latter not helped by his walking out of the play after only a couple of weeks. Fry has published four novels as well as a collection of his radio and journalistic miscellanea. He has recorded audiotapes of his novels (an unabridged version of "The Liar" was released in 1995), as well as many other works for both adults and children.

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His tall stature.
Often works with Hugh Laurie.

Trivia
Son of Marianne Fry and physicist/inventor Alan Fry.
Older brother, Roger, and 7-year younger sister, Jo Foster (his agent).
MAC fanatic, Usenet lurker, Internet/WWW enthusiast.
Cricket fan, Sherlockian, charter member Groucho Club (Soho).
Rector of Dundee University and hon. doctorate from that institution (July 1995).
Flies his own classic biplane.
Claims the UK record for saying 'fuck' on television most times in one live broadcast.
He's regarded in the UK as 'Britain's Favourite Teddy Bear' and is a keen teddy bear collector himself.
He hosted the 2001 and 2002 British Academy Awards (BAFTAS), which have been their 2 most successful years.
A regular guest on the BBC quiz (1990) for many years, he now allegedly refuses to appear on the show as a protest against the sacking of former host, .
Narrates the audiobook versions (British releases) of the wildly popular Harry Potter series by
Was nominated for Broadway's 1987 Tony Award as one of several writers, including the deceased and as well as collaborator , as Best Book (Musical) for "Me and My Girl."
He was one of the guests at ' and ' wedding.
Smokes a pipe.
With , co-founded the Bear Rescue Foundation, a charitable trust to rescue and nurture distressed bears.
Godfather of and Jo Green's three children.
A book has recently been published in the U.K. entitled 'Tish and Pish: How to Be of a Speakingness Like Stephen Fry' (author: Stewart Ferris). It's a humorous tribute to Stephen's wonderful use of the English language.
Is a fan of .
Took part in a special celebrity edition of Blankety Blank on The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live. He won against contestant .
In the Independent on Sunday 2006 Pink List -- a list of the most influential gay men and women -- he came no. 23, down from 21.
He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1981, along with , , , , and , became the first winner of The Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh fringe festival.
He was a good friend of author .
Suffers from bipolar disorder.
Is a big fan of the iconic 60s British comedy rock band, the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, and participated in their 40th anniversary reunion show at the Astoria in London on January 28, 2006 along with 'Adrian Edmondson', and .
He has a very wide taste in music, with particular favorites being , and .
Very fond of vintage British TV themes.
In the 1980s he shared a house in London with Hugh Laurie. They needed some plastering doing. The plasterers turned out to be Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson who were inspired by Fry and Laurie to have a go at comedy.
Won the 1998 Sidewise Award for Alternate History for his novel Making History.
He has been described as "deeply dippy for all things digital", claims to have owned the second Macintosh sold in the UK and to have never encountered a smartphone that he has not bought.
When in London, Fry drives his own black cab for ease of transportation.
Ranked #44 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
Is related to English sportsman, politician and all-round polymath C. B. Fry.

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Biography
Although his comic persona is often smug, occasionally overbearing and sometimes even mannered, the multi-talented is quite unlike that in real life. Tall and husky, with large, expressive eyes, a broken nose , strong jaw and a sonorous yet mellow voice, the actor exudes an easy charm and rapier wit. It is not hard to understand how this man has been able to carve careers as both an actor of repute and a respected author.

Born in Hampsted, the middle child of a physicist father and housewife mother, Fry was a curious child, who was constantly seeking knowledge to the point of reportedly memorizing the "Guinness Book of World Records". His education however, proved troublesome; over its course he was asked to leave several of the boarding schools he attended. (Fry was later diagnosed as dyslexic). Acknowledging his homosexuality at an early age also led to conflict with his father, a suicide attempt at age 16 and a scrape with the law the following year. When he was 17, Fry ran away from home and supported himself by using stolen credit cards. Eventually he was caught and jailed for a few months before receiving probation at his trial. According to Fry, that experience made him get serious about his education and he buckled down, won a scholarship to Cambridge and began to come into his own as an actor and writer. As a member of the famed Footlights theater group at Cambridge, he debuted as a playwright and met future collaborators and co-stars and .

After graduation, Fry, Thompson, Laurie and fellow Cantabrigian joined the TV sketch comedy series "Alfresco" in 1982. Two years later, he garnered acclaim and earned millions for adapting the book of the musical "Me and ", which teamed and Emma Thompson in London. When the show transferred to Broadway, only Lindsay was allowed to perform, but it proved to be one of the hits of the 1986-87 season and earned Fry a Tony nomination for his contributions to the script. He went on to portray the sniveling Lord Melchett opposite in "Blackadder II" (BBC, 1986) and reprised the role (now transposed to 1917) as General Melchett in the final segments "Blackadder Goes Forth" (BBC, 1989). Sandwiched between were three seasons of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", co-written with and co-starring Hugh Laurie and a column for THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. He and Laurie had a second success as "Jeeves & Wooster" (BBC, 1990-1993), adapted from the stories.

In features, Fry actually began his career as a screenwriter contributing to "Gossip" (1983) before moving in front of the cameras turning in insightful bits in "The Good Father" (1986) and "" (1988). Working with several of his Cambridge colleagues, he was the host of a reunion of college chums in 's comedy-drama "Peter's Friends" (1992). In "I.Q." (1994), Fry was cast as 's conniving psychologist fiance while in "" (1995), he was an odd-ball pursuing . For much of his life, the actor had been told of his more than passing resemblance to the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde; he even got to portray the writer in a 1993 episode of the CBS series "Ned Blessing: The Story of and Times" directed by . That was just a warm-up, however, for 's 1997 biopic "Wilde". Touted as a role he was born to play, "Wilde" allowed the actor to deliver a fine impersonation but he was done in by a rather pallid script that attempted to stuff too much information into the feature. Fry returned to supporting turns as an expert witness called by lawyer in "" (1998).

Throughout his illustrious career, Fry has periodically returned to the theater as an actor. He won particular notice for creating the role of the philosopher Humphry in 's "The Common Pursuit" in 1988 (and reprised it in a 1992 TV production). So there was much anticipation when he agreed to co-star in Gray's spy drama "Cell Mates" in 1995. Three days after the play opened to rather poor reviews, the actor apparently quit causing mayhem; although he was replaced by , the producers found the resulting negative publicity too difficult to overcome and the show shut down ten weeks ahead of its scheduled closing. Fry's disappearance sparked headlines, with some fearing the actor was dead. Fry was found in Europe, copped to suffering a nervous breakdown and underwent psychiatric counseling. He also agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to the producers in an out-of-court financial settlement.
In addition to his acting career, Fry has found modest success as an author, penning three novels, "The Liar" (1991), "The Hippopotamus" (1994) and "Making History" (1998) and a memoir "Moab Is My Washpot" (1997).

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Actor, comedian, novelist, columnist, noted wit, vocal gay rights advocate, and general bon vivant, Stephen Fry is nothing if not one of the more versatile and outspoken talents to come along in the latter half of the 20th century. Since beginning his creative partnership with in 1981, Fry has become a fixture on British television with programs such as A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. In addition, he has made a number of films and established himself as a respected commentator on the various happenings in British society.

Born in London on August 24, 1957, Fry was the second of three children born to a homemaker mother and physicist/investor father. The family moved to Norfolk when Fry was very young and he was sent off for a public school education at the age of eight. Over the course of his education, first at Uppingham and then at Stout's Hill, Fry got into lavish amounts of trouble thanks to his tendency to lie, cheat, and steal, a habit that would land him in jail for three months when he was 18. After serving time at Pucklechurch prison for credit card fraud, Fry began to turn his life around, beginning with an acceptance to Queens College, Cambridge. It was at Cambridge that he began doing comedy, performing with the legendary Cambridge University Footlights Club (previously home to various members, among others). Other Footlighters at the time included , , and , the last of whom was introduced to Fry by Thompson.

Fry and Laurie began their collaboration in 1981, performing Footlights revues at various venues around Great Britain, including the Edinburgh Festival, and doing a three month tour of Australia. In 1984, after making occasional television appearances for a couple of years (including a hilarious send-up of the Oxbridge set on an episode of ), Fry found great critical and financial success when he was asked to rewrite 's +Me and My Girl. The stage production, which starred Fry's Cambridge friend , won wide acclaim, eventually garnering Fry a 1987 Tony nomination.

Throughout the remainder of the decade, Fry won fame in his native country for his work on various television and radio shows, and in supporting roles in a number of films. Some of his more notable television work included A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) and 's series, while he made appearances in films such as (1988) and the same year's A Handful of Dust. Meanwhile, Fry was also gaining recognition for his columns for The Daily Telegraph, as well as a certain amount of notoriety for various well-publicized statements he made in the press. Two of the more memorable of these were a magazine article in which he declared his celibacy and a television appearance where he claimed the U.K. record for saying "f" the most times in one live broadcast.

The 1990s brought more film and television work for Fry, as well as the publication of three best-selling novels -The Liar, -The Hippopotamus, and -Making History, as well as -Paperweight, a collection of his columns, and -Moab Is My Washpot, his autobiography. In addition to the transatlantic recognition he received for his books, some of the films he appeared in gave him fame beyond the PBS set (who had become further acquainted with him via the acclaimed series Jeeves and Wooster, in which he starred with Laurie). Most memorable of these were: (1992), in which Fry co-starred with Thompson, , and various members of the Footlights set; 's (1995); (1997); (1998); and (1998). He got particular attention for his work in , owing both to the filmmakers' decision not to gloss over the details of the Victorian playwright's sex life and to Fry's uncanny physical resemblance to Oscar Wilde, something that no doubt helped to enhance the actor's performance. Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide.

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Biography
Comedian, actor and writer Stephen Fry was born in 1957 in London and brought up in Norfolk. He attended Queen's College Cambridge from 1979, joining the Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Club where he met Hugh Laurie, with whom he forged a highly successful writing partnership. His first play, Latin! or Tobacco and Boys, written for Footlights, won a Fringe First at Edinburgh Festival in 1980. He wrote again for theatre in 1984 when he rewrote Noel Gay's musical Me and My Girl (1990). This was nominated for a Tony Award in 1987.
He has written for television and screen, and as a newspaper columnist – for the Literary Review, Daily Telegraph and The Listener.
Stephen Fry's four novels are The Liar (1991), The Hippopotamus (1994), Making History (1996) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000). He has also published a collection of work entitled Paperweight (1992); Moab is My Washpot (1997) - an autobiography; and Rescuing the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian Journey (2002) – his diary of the making of a documentary on the plight of the spectacled bears of Peru.
His book, Stephen Fry's Incomplete History of Classical Music (2004), written with Tim Lihoreau, is based on his award-winning series on Classic FM and is an irreverent romp through the history of classical music. The Ode Less Travelled - a book about poetry - was published in 2005.
His latest book is Stephen Fry in America (2008).

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Stephen Fry is a British television actor and much more. He has performed in plays, movies, audio books and on radio; and directed plays, movies, and documentaries. He has written for all of the above as well as television scripts and treatments. His books include several novels and assorted non-fiction including his autobiography. He wrote for opera librettos, songs, newspapers and similar media; and is also known as a comedian, host, and presenter. He has been named as one of Britain's favourite entertainers by numerous publications and polls.

Stephen John Fry was born on 24 August 1957 in Hampstead, London, England, UK, to Marianne and Alan Fry, a physicist and inventor, but grew up in the countryside of Norfolk, England. He has one older brother, Roger, and a younger sister, Jo. In his childhood and teen years he got into trouble in various boarding schools, along the way discovering that he was gay He spent three month in Pucklechurch Prison for using stolen credit cards, until he studied hard enough to gain a scholarship to Cambridge University. He joined the famed drama club where he met and befriended fellow actors, , , and , the last of whom became his best friend, writing partner, and eventually, co-star in shows such as and . In addition, he is the godfather to three children.

From there, various aspects of his career took off, making him a millionaire before age thirty. He still had rocky times, however, and following a nervous breakdown in 1995 was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression). He credits his life being "saved" by Daniel Cohen, whom he proudly calls his boyfriend and since then, the two have lived together in London and Norfolk.