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Born in London in 1957 and grew up in Booton, Norfolk
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Attended Cambridge University, where he began a long-running partnership with Hugh Laurie
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The two appeared together in programmes including Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster and A Bit of Fry and Laurie
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His film roles include playing his idol Oscar Wilde and he also directed a film, Bright Young Things, in 2003
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Lent his voice to audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series, Roald Dahl adaptations and a number of video games
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Technology is one of his passions and he was an early adopter of Twitter, where he is followed by 8 million users
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