Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, and musician celebrated for two Golden Globe wins as the iconic Dr. House and a distinguished career spanning television, film, and music.
Hugh Laurie - Personal Information
- Name: Hugh Laurie
- Date of Birth: June 11, 1959
- Place of Birth: Oxford, England, UK
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Creator, Music
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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Hugh Laurie's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- In the Know (TV - 2024) as Self
- All the Light We Cannot See (TV - 2023) as Etienne LeBlanc
- The Canterville Ghost (2023) as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
- Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023) as Self - Contributor
- The Amazing Maurice (2022) as Maurice (voice)
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV - 2022) as Dr. James Nicholson
- Roadkill (TV - 2020) as Peter Laurence
- Tehran (TV - 2020) as Eric Peterson
- Avenue 5 (TV - 2020) as Ryan Clark
- The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) as Mr. Dick
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