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Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

Actor · Born 1959-06-11 · Oxford, England, UK

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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 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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Simpsons (1989) — Roger (voice)
  2. Friends (1994) — Gentleman on the Plane
  3. House (2004) — Gregory House
  4. Tomorrowland (2015) — David Nix
  5. Monsters vs Aliens (2009) — Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
  6. Family Guy (1999) — Bar Patron (voice)
  7. Stuart Little (1999) — Mr. Little
  8. The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) — King's Advisor
  9. 101 Dalmatians (1996) — Jasper
  10. Stuart Little 2 (2002) — Mr. Little
  11. Sense and Sensibility (1995) — Mr. Palmer
  12. Street Kings (2008) — Captain James Biggs
  13. Arthur Christmas (2011) — Steve (voice)
  14. Hop (2011) — E.B.'s Dad (voice)
  15. The Night Manager (2016) — Richard Roper
  16. Valiant (2005) — Gutsy (voice)
  17. Flight of the Phoenix (2004) — Ian
  18. Holmes & Watson (2018) — Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
  19. Blackadder (1983) — The Prince Regent
  20. The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) — Mr. Dick
  21. Veep (2012) — Tom James
  22. Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005) — Mr. Little (voice)
  23. The Borrowers (1997) — Officer Steady
  24. The Oranges (2011) — David Walling
  25. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  26. Spice World (1997) — Poirot
  27. Avenue 5 (2020) — Ryan Clark
  28. Tehran (2020) — Eric Peterson
  29. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  30. All the Light We Cannot See (2023) — Etienne LeBlanc
  31. Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) — Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
  32. Catch-22 (2019) — Major de Coverley
  33. QI (2003) — Self
  34. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self - Guest
  35. Conan (2010) — Self
  36. Peter's Friends (1992) — Roger Charleston
  37. The Amazing Maurice (2022) — Maurice (voice)
  38. Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) — George
  39. American Idol (2002) — Self
  40. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self

Directed

  1. House (2004) — Director
  2. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022) — Director
  3. Fortysomething (2003) — Director
  4. Look at the State We're In! (1995) — Director