Hugh Laurie
ActingJames 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.
Known For
Monsters vs Aliens
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
101 Dalmatians
Jasper
Tomorrowland
David Nix
Sense and Sensibility
Mr. Palmer
Stuart Little
Mr. Little
Hop
E.B.'s Dad (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
King's Advisor
Street Kings
Captain James Biggs
Flight of the Phoenix
Ian
Arthur Christmas
Steve (voice)
Filmography — Acting
Monsters vs Aliens
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
101 Dalmatians
Jasper
Tomorrowland
David Nix
Sense and Sensibility
Mr. Palmer
Stuart Little
Mr. Little
Hop
E.B.'s Dad (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
King's Advisor
Street Kings
Captain James Biggs
Flight of the Phoenix
Ian
Arthur Christmas
Steve (voice)
Stuart Little 2
Mr. Little
Holmes & Watson
Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
Valiant
Gutsy (voice)
Spice World
Poirot
The Borrowers
Officer Steady
The Canterville Ghost
Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Mr. Little (voice)
The Amazing Maurice
Maurice (voice)
The Oranges
David Walling
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mr. Dick
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Plenty
Michael
Cousin Bette
Baron Hector Hulot
Maybe Baby
Sam Bell
Blackadder: Back & Forth
George
The Big Empty
Doctor
Peter's Friends
Roger Charleston
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Mr. Pip
Mr. Watts
Up Line
Howard Caprice
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
(archive footage)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Princes Regent / Pigmot
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
B.O.B.'s Big Break
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
The Snow Queen
Peeps
Chica de Río
Raymond
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
The Young Visiters
Lord Bernard Clark
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
John Malkovich
The Ugly Duckling
Tarquin (voice)
A Pin for the Butterfly
Uncle
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
Strapless
Colin
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Self
Blackadder Rides Again
Self
The Cellar Tapes
various
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Self
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Carnivale
Cenzo (voice)
Employees From Hell
The Adventures of Toad
Toad
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Peeps
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
The Legends of Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney (voice)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Self
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
Self
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Self
The Laughing Prisoner
Assistant
Second Star to the Left
Archie (voice)
White Bear's Secret
Owl (voice)
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
Teams from Hell
Brown Bear's Wedding
Owl / Mice (voice)
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Self
Colleagues From Hell
The Adventures of Mole
Toad
Lost in the Snow
Teddy
Lounge Act
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Self
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Mrs Capper's Birthday
Bobby McMichael
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Self
Happy Families
Jim
The Tale of Jack Frost
Narrator (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Santa's Last Christmas
Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Narrator (voice)
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Himself
Customer Service From Hell
Interviewers From Hell
Experiment IV
Second Assistant
House: Swan Song
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