Hugh Laurie
Biography
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (known professionally as Hugh Laurie; born 11 June 1959) 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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-06-11
Place of birth
Oxford, England, UK
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Cast
Street Kings
2008
6.63
Stuart Little
1999
6.06
Sense and Sensibility
1995
7.42
Stuart Little 2
2002
5.76
Spice World
1997
4.85
Peter's Friends
1992
6.48
101 Dalmatians
1996
5.93
Flight of the Phoenix
2004
5.99
B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009
5.89
The Borrowers
1997
6.00
Lounge Act
2000
0.00
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
6.60
Maybe Baby
2000
5.40
Chica de Río
2001
5.66
Valiant
2005
5.53
Monsters vs Aliens
2009
6.22
Santa's Last Christmas
1999
4.33
Cousin Bette
1998
5.70
Arthur Christmas
2011
6.77
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
7.30
Hop
2011
5.80
The Tale of Jack Frost
2004
0.00
The Young Visiters
2003
5.36
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
5.84
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
7.75
The Oranges
2011
5.51
Mr. Pip
2012
6.18
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1985
1.00
Strapless
1989
7.50
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
7.50
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
5.41
The Snow Queen
1995
6.17
The Cellar Tapes
1982
6.80
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012
0.00
Carnivale
2000
6.09
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011
8.70
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013
0.00
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
4.75
The Canterville Ghost
2023
6.65
Up Line
1987
0.00
The Big Empty
2005
7.30
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
8.00
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988
7.19
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
7.03
Tomorrowland
2015
6.28
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
0.00
The Amazing Maurice
2022
6.72
Plenty
1985
5.74
Treasure Island
1997
0.00
Second Star to the Left
2001
6.40
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015
0.00
Experiment IV
1986
4.00
House: Swan Song
2012
0.00
The Ugly Duckling
1997
5.60
The Laughing Prisoner
1987
3.00
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
6.80
Holmes & Watson
2018
4.30
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
8.00
The Adventures of Mole
1995
6.00
Lost in the Snow
2002
0.00
Brown Bear's Wedding
1991
0.00
White Bear's Secret
1992
0.00
Blackadder Rides Again
2008
7.70
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
2012
6.30
The Adventures of Toad
1996
0.00
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012
6.70
Employees From Hell
1989
0.00
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999
0.00
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992
9.50