Joel Fry
Birthdate: May 20, 1985
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Joel Fry is best known as a cast member of HBO’s Games of Thrones (2014-2015) and Our Flag Means Death (2022-2023), and made his big-screen debut in a supporting role in director/co-writer/producer Roland Emmerich’s Ice Age adventure, 10,000 BC (2008), with Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis and Omar Sharif, produced by Legendary Pictures/Centropolis Entertainment and released by Warner Bros. Pictures to a good gross of $270 million.
Fry joined the cast of the Stephen Frears-directed comedy, Tamara Drewe (2010), based on Posy Simmonds’ comic strip and graphic novel, starring Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, and Luke Evans, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival before a $12 million release by Momentum Pictures.
Fry appeared in the cast of director/co-writer Paul King’s live-action/animated sequel, Paddington 2 (2017)--dedicated to the late Paddington creator Michael Bond—starring Hugh Bonneville, Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi and Hugh Grant, produced by Heyday Films and released by StudioCanal to an outstanding $283.7 million gross. Fry landed his first major film role in director/writer Simon Amstell’s British comedy-drama, Benjamin (2018), with Colin Morgan, Anna Chancellor, Phenix Brossard, Jack Rowan, and Jessica Raine, launching at the London Film Festival before a limited release.
Joel Fry co-starred with Rafe Spall in the Adrian Shergold-directed British tragicomedy, Denmark (2019), written by Jeff Murphy, co-starring Simone Lykke, Thomas W. Gabrielsson and Benedikte Hansen, and co-produced by BBC Film/Daybreak Pictures/Ffilm Cymru Wales, and then Fry co-starred with Himesh Patel and Lily James in the jukebox musical directed by Danny Boyle and written by Richard Curtis, Yesterday (2019), co-starring Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal, and grossing a robust $154.6 million for Universal Pictures.
Fry had a major supporting role in director/writer/producer Will Thorne’s indie British crime movie, Silent Night (2020), co-starring Bradley Taylor, Cary Crankson, Frank Harper, and Nathaniel Martello-White, and produced by BUF/Break Em Films/Dicentium Films. Fry had his biggest role to date playing opposite star Emma Stone and co-star Emma Thompson in Disney’s live-action Cruella (2021), co-written by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara’s and directed by Craig Gillespie’s alternate story to Disney’s original animated
101 Dalmatians (1961), based on Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel, co-starring Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong, and which grossed a fine $233.5 million. Fry then had his first big-screen lead role in director/writer/editor Ben Wheatley’s British sci-fi horror movie, In the Earth (2021), with Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, John Hollingworth, and Mark Monero, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and released by Neon (U.S.)/Universal Pictures-Focus Features (International).
Joel Fry starred with Alice Eve in director/co-writer Gary Shore’s period horror U.K. movie, Haunting of the Queen Mary (2023), with Nell Hudson, Wil Coban, Dorian Lough, Tim Downie and Jim Piddock, and released by Vertigo Releasing, followed by Fry co-starring Jodie Comer in the British survival movie, The End We Start From (2023), with Katherine Waterston, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Strong under Mahalia Belo’s direction and adapted by writer Alice Birch from Megan Hunter’s 2017 novel, and released by Republic Pictures (U.S.)/Signature Entertainment (U.K.) after a Toronto Film Festival premiere.
Fry returned to his role in the live action/animated sequel, Paddington in Peru (2024), with new cast members Emily Mortimer, Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas under Dougal Wilson’s direction, co-produced by StudioCanal/Columbia Pictures/Stage 6 Films/Marmalade Pictures and released by Sony Pictures Releasing (U.S.)/StudioCanal (U.K./France) and delivering a solid $192 million gross. Fry co-starred with Lili Reinhart and Daniela Melchior in the German/U.S. co-production, American Sweatshop (2025), with Christiane Paul, Tim Plester and Max Croes under Uta Briesewitz’s direction, written by Matthew Nemeth, produced by Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, and premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival before a release by Brainstorm Media (U.S.)/Plaion Pictures (Germany).
Joel Fry co-starred in a voice with Asa Butterfield in director/writer Steve Hudson’s animated horror comedy, Stitch Head (2025), adapted from Guy Bass’s 2011 novel, with Tia Bannon, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Fern Brady and Jamali Maddix, and distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment (U.S.)/Wild Bunch (Germany and France)/Kazoo Films (U.K.). Fry co-starred in the title role with Naomie Harris in director/co-writer Dean Craig’s rom-com, Lola and Freddie (date to be announced), with Jameela Jamil and Olivia Lee, and produced by Lee Nelson, Christopher Simon, and David Tish for Bankside Films/Envision Media Arts.
Personal life
Joel Fry was born and raised in London, England, by his parents. Fry studied acting and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005 from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Fry’s height is 6’ 1”.
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Joel Fry Movies
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Previous (15)
- 2025 |
Stitch Head
asCreature
Follows Stitch Head, a small creature awoken by a Mad Professor in a castle to protect the professor's other creations from the townspeople of Grubbers Nubbin.
- 2025 |
Paddington in Peru
asJoe the Postman
Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey.
- 2023 | Bank of Daveas Hugh
- 2023 |
The End We Start From
asR
A woman who along with her newborn try to find their way home as environmental crisis that submerges London in flood waters and sees a young family torn apart in the chaos.
- 2023 |
Silent Night
asSeamus
A grieving father enacts his long-awaited revenge against a ruthless gang on Christmas Eve.
- 2021 |
A Boy Called Christmas
asMatt
In this origin story of Father Christmas, an ordinary boy--with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer at his side--sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find his father, who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm.
- 2021 |
- 2021 |
In the Earth
asMartin Lowery
As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.
- 2020 | Love Wedding Repeatas Bryan
- 2019 | Cordeliaas Matt
- 2019 | Denmarkas The Captain
- 2019 |
- 2018 | Benjaminas Stephen
- 2013 | Svengalias Macca
- 2008 | A Distant Mirageas Andy
Facts About Joel Fry
Musician: Joel Fry has performed and recorded as a musician with the band Animal Circus, primarily on guitar.
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