Hugh Laurie profile
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Hugh Laurie

11th June 1959 Oxford, England, UK Acting

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 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.

87 Movies 78 TV Shows 183 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Canterville Ghost poster
The Canterville Ghost 22nd September 2023 as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
Mr. Pip poster
Mr. Pip 8th September 2012 as Mr. Watts
Hop poster
Hop 30th March 2011 as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
Valiant poster
Valiant 25th March 2005 as Gutsy (voice)
Up Line poster
Up Line 4th February 1987 as Howard Caprice
Plenty poster
Plenty 20th September 1985 as Michael
Roadkill poster
Roadkill 18th October 2020 as Peter Laurence
Tehran poster
Tehran 22nd June 2020 as Eric Peterson
Catch-22 poster
Catch-22 17th May 2019 as Major de Coverley
Chance poster
Chance 19th October 2016 as Eldon Chance
Veep poster
Veep 22nd April 2012 as Tom James
Conan poster
Conan 8th November 2010 as Self
House poster
House 16th November 2004 as Gregory House
QI poster
QI 11th September 2003 as Self
Spooks poster
Spooks 13th May 2002 as Jools Siviter
Family Guy poster
Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Dr. Gregory House (voice)
Ruby poster
Ruby 12th May 1997 as Self
Friends poster
Friends 22nd September 1994 as Gentleman on the Plane
Blackadder poster
Blackadder 15th June 1983 as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
Alfresco poster
Alfresco 1st May 1983 as Admissions Officer