Acting
Hugh Laurie
1959-06-11 · Oxford, England, UK
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
Friends
House
Tomorrowland
Monsters vs Aliens
Family Guy
Stuart Little
The Man in the Iron Mask
101 Dalmatians
Stuart Little 2
Sense and Sensibility
Street Kings
Arthur Christmas
Hop
The Night Manager
Valiant
Movie credits · 95
The Canterville Ghost
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
The Amazing Maurice
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Holmes & Watson
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Tomorrowland
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Mr. Pip
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
House: Swan Song
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Arthur Christmas
The Oranges
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Hop
Fry and Laurie Reunited
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
B.O.B.'s Big Break
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Monsters vs Aliens
Blackadder Rides Again
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Street Kings
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
The Big Empty
Valiant
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Flight of the Phoenix
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
TV credits · 80
The Wanted Man
Dig
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
In the Know
All the Light We Cannot See
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Roadkill
Tehran
Avenue 5
Catch-22
Chance
The Night Manager
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
A Life on Screen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Veep
Perspectives
Conan
The Jay Leno Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Reichen Show
Monkey Trousers
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
House
The Culture Show
MechaNick
QI
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Fortysomething
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
American Idol
Spooks
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Preston Pig
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Little Grey Rabbit
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Family Guy
Parkinson
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