---
name: "Joel Fry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-fry"
fi1m_id: "joel-fry"
imdb_id: "nm2181128"
tmdb_id: 54811
wikidata_id: "Q16208371"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 May 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-12T19:58:37.729107+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joel Fry

## Identity

Joel Fry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-fry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-fry
- **IMDb ID:** nm2181128
- **TMDB ID:** 54811
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16208371
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Fry_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16208371, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2181128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54811

Actor. Born 20 May 1984 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 May 1984, London, England
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 76 (3), 2020s 61 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 60 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 7, Adventure 3, Drama 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,159m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Fry_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16208371, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2181128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54811

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Alice and Steve*](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md) (72), [*Cruella*](https://film.one/film/cruella.md) (66)
- **Apple TV:** [*Twenty Twelve*](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md) (77)
- **Netflix:** [*Love Wedding Repeat*](https://film.one/film/love-wedding-repeat.md) (42)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*10,000 BC*](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joel Fry is a British actor and musician. He was born on 20 May 1984 in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

On television he has appeared in *White Van Man* (2011–2012), *Twenty Twelve* (2012), *W1A* (2014–2017), *Trollied* (2011–2013), *Plebs* (2013–2016), *Game of Thrones* (2014–2015) as Hizdahr zo Loraq, and *Our Flag Means Death* (2022–2023). His film roles include Lu’kibu in *10,000 BC* (2008), Rocky in *Yesterday* (2019), Jasper in *Cruella* (2021), and Hugh in *Bank of Dave* (2023).

In 2026 he played Daniel in the series *Alice and Steve*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Alice and Steve* (2026), Fi1m 72, as Daniel — [page](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md)
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Joe the Postman — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *Cruella* (2021), Fi1m 66, as Jasper — [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *Love Wedding Repeat* (2020), Fi1m 42, as Bryan — [page](https://film.one/film/love-wedding-repeat.md)
- *Yesterday* (2019), Fi1m 60, as Rocky — [page](https://film.one/film/yesterday.md)
- *Paddington 2* (2017), Fi1m 91, as Postman — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-2.md)
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Karl Marx — [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *10,000 BC* (2008), Fi1m 40, as Lu’Kibu — [page](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alice and Steve* (2026), series, as Daniel — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md)
- *Stitch Head* (2025), as Creature (voice)
- *American Sweatshop* (2025), as Bob
- *Sycoraxe* (2025), as The Witchfinder
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), as Joe the Postman — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *The End We Start From* (2023), as R
- *Haunting of the Queen Mary* (2023), as Patrick Caulder
- *Bank of Dave* (2023), as Hugh
- *Our Flag Means Death* (2022), series, as Frenchie
- *A Boy Called Christmas* (2021), as Matt
- *Cruella* (2021), as Jasper — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *In the Earth* (2021), as Dr. Martin Lowery
- *Silent Night* (2020), as Seamus
- *Love Wedding Repeat* (2020), as Bryan — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/love-wedding-repeat.md)
- *Denmark* (2019), as Kirk
- *Cordelia* (2019), as Matt
- *Yesterday* (2019), as Rocky — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/yesterday.md)
- *Benjamin* (2019), as Stephen
- *Princess Emmy* (2019), as Ceasar (voice)
- *Requiem* (2018), series, as Harlan 'Hal' Fine
- *Paddington 2* (2017), as Postman — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-2.md)
- *Cla'am* (2017), as Hog
- *You, Me and the Apocalypse* (2015), series, as Dave
- *96 Ways to Say I Love You* (2015), as Al
- *W1A* (2014), series, as Karl Marx
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Finn — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Svengali* (2013), as Macca
- *Plebs* (2013), series, as Stylax
- *Rock And Roll F. 'n' Lovely* (2013), as Christmas
- *I, Samurai* (2012), as Jacob
- *Dog Boy* (2012), as Trevor
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Steve Taylor
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Hizdahr zo Loraq — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *White Van Man* (2011), series, as Darren
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), series, as Karl Marx — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *Fortune's Smile* (2011), as Ivan
- *Tamara Drewe* (2010), as Steve Culley
- *No Signal!* (2009), series, as Various
- *Octavia* (2009), as Charlie Mancini
- *10,000 BC* (2008), as Lu’Kibu — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md)
- *The Man Who Stole Portugal*, Actor
- *Slap*, as Morf · Producer
- *Lola and Freddie*, as Freddie
- *Diggers*, as Griffin

## Gallery

- ![Joel Fry](https://film.one/media/person/22007/gallery-27fccb03b2e9.jpg) Joel Fry — Steve  Bowbrick, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Joel_Fry.jpg/1280px-Joel_Fry.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joel Fry during rehearsals for Radio 4's live interactive drama 'Hashtag Love' at BBC Cardiff on 14 February 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/22007/gallery-e89fd31526d1.jpg) Joel Fry during rehearsals for Radio 4's live interactive drama 'Hashtag Love' at BBC Cardiff on 14 February 2017. — Steve Bowbrick, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Joel_Fry_in_February_2017.jpg/1280px-Joel_Fry_in_February_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joel Fry during rehearsals for Radio 4's live interactive drama 'Hashtag Love' at BBC Cardiff on 14 February 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/22007/gallery-17c70c854e79.jpg) Joel Fry during rehearsals for Radio 4's live interactive drama 'Hashtag Love' at BBC Cardiff on 14 February 2017. — Steve Bowbrick, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Joel_Fry_in_February_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Joel_Fry_in_February_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joel Fry](https://film.one/media/person/22007/gallery-b70b6b69b70e.jpg) Joel Fry — Image via TMDB
- ![Joel Fry](https://film.one/media/person/22007/gallery-d4d3e62d9581.jpg) Joel Fry — Image via TMDB

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