Hugh Laurie
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 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.
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Movies (33)
The Canterville Ghost
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self – Contributor
2023
The Amazing Maurice
as Maurice (voice)
2022
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Mr. Dick
2019
Holmes & Watson
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
2018
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
as Self
2015
Tomorrowland
as David Nix
2015
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
as Himself
2013
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
as Self
2013
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Mr. Pip
as Mr. Watts
2012
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
2012
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Self
2012
Arthur Christmas
as Steve (voice)
2011
The Oranges
as David Walling
2011
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
as Self
2011
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011
Hop
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
2011
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self
2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
2009
B.O.B.'s Big Break
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2009
Monsters vs Aliens
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2009
Blackadder Rides Again
as Self
2008
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
as Self
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
2008
Street Kings
as Captain James Biggs
2008
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
as Self
2007
TV Shows (17)
In the Know
as Self
2024
All the Light We Cannot See
as Etienne LeBlanc
2023
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Dr. James Nicholson
2022
Roadkill
as Peter Laurence
2020
Tehran
as Eric Peterson
2020
Avenue 5
as Ryan Clark
2020
Catch-22
as Major de Coverley
2019
Chance
as Eldon Chance
2016
The Night Manager
as Richard Roper
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
A Life on Screen
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Veep
as Tom James
2012
Perspectives
as Himself
2011
Conan
as Self
2010
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007