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Hugh Laurie
Actor, Director, Writer, Composer
Born June 11, 1959 (63 years)
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author. Laurie 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, Laurie 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. The two 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. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV Series) · as Dr. James Nicholson |
| 2020 | Avenue 5 (TV Series) · as Ryan Clark |
| 2020 | Roadkill (2020) (TV Series) · as Peter Laurence |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield · as Mr Dick |
| 2019 | Catch-22 (TV Series) · as Major de Coverley |
| 2018 | Holmes & Watson · as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Chance (TV Series) · as Eldon Chance |
| 2016 | The Night Manager (TV Series) · as Richard Roper |
| 2015 | Tomorrowland · as David Nix |
| 2014 | Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor · as Dr. Gregory House |
| 2012 | Mr. Pip · as Mr. Watts |
| 2012 | DreamWorks Spooky Stories · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Veep (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Shrek's Thrilling Tales · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2011 | Hop · as E.B.'s Dad (voice) |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas · as Steve (voice) |
| 2011 | The Oranges · as David Walling |
| 2011 | Wogan on Wodehouse · as Bertie Wooster |
| 2011 | America in Primetime (TV Series) · as Gregory House, House M.D. |
| 2011 | DreamWorks Spooky Stories Volume 2 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2010 | Farewell 'The Bill' · as Harrap |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2009 | B.O.B.'s Big Break · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2009 | Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2008 | Street Kings · as Captain James Biggs |
| 2005 | Valiant · as Gutsy (voice) |
| 2005 | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild · as Mr. Frederick Little (voice) |
| 2004 | Flight of the Phoenix · as Ian |
| 2004 | The Tale of Jack Frost · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Gregory House |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters · as Lord Bernard Clark |
| 2003 | Stuart Little (TV Series) · as Mr. Frederick Little (voice) |
| 2003 | FortySomething (TV Series) · as Paul Slippery |
| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 · as Mr. Frederick Little |
| 2002 | Lost in the Snow · as Teddy |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Second Star to the Left · as Archie (voice) |
| 2001 | Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Chica de Río · as Raymond |
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (TV Series) · as Vincente Minnelli |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby · as Sam Bell |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Monkey Trousers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Stuart Little · as Mr. Fredrick Little |
| 1999 | Carnivale · as Cenzo |
| 1999 | Blackadder Back & Forth · as George |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Bar Patron (voice) |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask · as King's Advisor |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette · as Baron Hector Hulot |
| 1997 | Spice World · as Poirot |
| 1997 | The Borrowers · as Police Officer Steady |
| 1997 | The Story of Bean · as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh |
| 1997 | The Ugly Duckling · as Tarquin (voice) |
| 1997 | Treasure Island · as Squire Trelawney |
| 1996 | The Snow Queen's Revenge · as Peeps |
| 1996 | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (TV Series) · as Mr. Abercrombie |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians · as Jasper |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Toad · as Toad |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Mr. Palmer |
| 1995 | The Snow Queen · as Peeps |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Mole · as Toad |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) · as The Gentleman on the Plane |
| 1993 | The Legends of Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Squire Trelawney (voice) |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends · as Roger Charleston |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (TV Series) · as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | White Bear's Secret · as Owl (voice) |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid (TV Series) · as Jerry Bryce |
| 1991 | Brown Bear's Wedding · as Owl / Mice (voice) |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) · as Bertie Wooster |
| 1989 | Strapless · as Colin |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Roger (voice) |
| 1989 | Hysteria 2! · as Bill Shakespeare |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol · as Princes Regent / Pigmot |
| 1988 | Blackadder: The Cavalier Years · as Roundhead with Cromwell |
| 1987 | A Bit of Fry & Laurie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap (TV Series) · as N'Bend |
| 1987 | The New Statesman (1987) (TV Series) · as Waiter |
| 1986 | Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Kate Bush: The Whole Story · as Assistant (clip: Experiment IV) |
| 1986 | Comic Relief · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Kate Bush: Experiment IV · as Assistant 2 |
| 1985 | Plenty · as Michael |
| 1985 | Mrs. Capper's Birthday · as Bobby McMichael |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Alfresco (TV Series) · as Admissions Officer |
| 1983 | Keep Off the Grass · as Man with Silly Hat |
| 1982 | Cambridge Footlights Revue · as various |
| 1982 | Blackadder (TV Series) · as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh |
| 1982 | The Young Ones (TV Series) · as Lord Monty |