Hugh Laurie
Acting
Biography
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born June 11, 1959), known professionally as Hugh Laurie, is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian, and author. He is known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama series House (2004–2012), for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and nominations for numerous other awards. He was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (2012–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination. Forced to abandon rowing during a bout of glandular fever, he joined the Cambridge Footlights, a university dramatic club that has produced many well-known actors and comedians. There he met Emma Thompson, with whom he had a romantic relationship, which later ended yet they remain good friends. She introduced him to his future comedy partner, Stephen Fry. Laurie, Fry and Thompson later parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge" in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones, with the series' co-writer Ben Elton completing their team.
Born: June 11, 1959
Place of Birth: Oxford, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Etienne LeBlanc
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
as Self – Contributor
as Maurice (voice)
as Dr. James Nicholson
as Peter Laurence
as Eric Peterson
as Ryan Clark
as Mr. Dick
as Major de Coverley
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
as Eldon Chance
as Richard Roper
as David Nix
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Mr. Watts
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Tom James
as Self
as Steve (voice)
as David Walling
as Himself
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
as Self
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Self
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Self
as Captain James Biggs
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Mr. Little (voice)
as Doctor
as Gutsy (voice)
as Ian
as Gregory House
as Narrator (voice)
as Lord Bernard Clark
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Paul Slippery
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Mr. Frederick Little (voice)
as Teddy
as Mr. Little
as Self
as Jools Siviter
as Archie (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Raymond
as Vincente Minnelli
as John Malkovich
as Mr. Wolf
as Sam Bell
as Cenzo (voice)
as Mr. Little
as George
as Bar Patron (voice)
as Dr. Gregory House (voice)
as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
as Self
as Baron Hector Hulot
as King's Advisor
as Self
as Poirot
as Officer Steady
as Tarquin (voice)
as Jasper
as Toad
as Mr. Abercrombie (voice)
as Peeps
as Toad
as Mr. Palmer
as Peeps
as Gentleman on the Plane
as Self
as Leo Hopkins
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
as Roger Charleston
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
as Owl (voice)
as Owl / Mice (voice)
as Jerry Bryce
as Bertie Wooster
as Roger (voice)
as Colin
as Princes Regent / Pigmot
as Self - Guest
as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
as Professor
as Waiter
as Assistant
as Howard Caprice
as N'Bend
as Bobby McMichael
as Tom
as Jim
as Michael
as Max Belhaven / Various Roles
as The Prince Regent
as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
as Simon Partridge
as Prince Ludwig
as Admissions Officer
as Various
as Lord Monty
as Various
as various
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host