Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie
Biography
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE 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
Actor
as Tom James (Veep)
as Self
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
as Self – Contributor
as Etienne LeBlanc
as Maurice (voice)
as Dr. James Nicholson
as Peter Laurence
as Eric Peterson
as Ryan Clark
as Mr. Dick
as Major de Coverley
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
as Eldon Chance
as Richard Roper
as Himself
as David Nix
as Himself
as Self
as Himself
as Mr. Watts
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Self
as Himself
as Tom James
as Steve (voice)
as David Walling
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Self
as himself
as Captain James Biggs
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Mr. Little (voice)
as Doctor
as Gutsy (voice)
as Self
as Ian
as Narrator (voice)
as Gregory House
as Lord Bernard Clark
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Paul Slippery
as Mr. Frederick Little (voice)
as Teddy
as Mr. Little
as Self
as Jools Siviter
as Archie (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Raymond
as Vincente Minnelli
as John Malkovich
as Sam Bell
as Cenzo (voice)
as Mr. Wolf
as Mr. Little
as George
as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
as Bar Patron (voice)
as Dr. Gregory House (voice)
as Baron Hector Hulot
as King's Advisor
as Self
as Poirot
as Officer Steady
as Tarquin (voice)
as Squire Trelawney
as Self
as Jasper
as Toad
as Peeps
as Mr. Abercrombie (voice)
as Toad
as Mr. Palmer
as Uncle
as Peeps
as Sir Michael Jaffa
as Gentleman on the Plane
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
as Self
as Leo Hopkins
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
as Roger Charleston
as Owl (voice)
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
as Owl / Mice (voice)
as Jerry Bryce
as Bertie Wooster
as Colin
as Roger (voice)
as Princes Regent / Pigmot
as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
as Self - Guest
as Assistant
as Howard Caprice
as Professor
as Waiter
as N'Bend
as Lab Assistant 2
as Bobby McMichael
as Michael
as Tom
as Jim
as Max Belhaven / Various Roles
as The Prince Regent
as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
as Simon Partridge
as Prince Ludwig
as Princes Regent / Pigmot
as Admissions Officer
as Various
as various
as Lord Monty
as Various
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Executive
as Jeffrey Billings (archive footage)
Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
Sound
as Music