Hugh Laurie
Acting
- Born:
- 1959-06-11
- Place of birth:
- Oxford, England, UK
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 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
Filmography
The Wanted Man
Dig
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
In the Know
All the Light We Cannot See
The Canterville Ghost
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
The Amazing Maurice
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Roadkill
Tehran
Avenue 5
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Catch-22
Holmes & Watson
Chance
The Night Manager
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Tomorrowland
A Life on Screen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Mr. Pip
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
House: Swan Song
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Veep
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Arthur Christmas
The Oranges
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Perspectives
Hop
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Conan
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
B.O.B.'s Big Break
The Jay Leno Show
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Monsters vs Aliens
Blackadder Rides Again
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Street Kings
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
The Graham Norton Show
The Reichen Show
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
The Big Empty
Monkey Trousers
Valiant
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Flight of the Phoenix
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
House
The Culture Show
The Tale of Jack Frost
The Young Visiters
MechaNick
QI
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Fortysomething
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
Lost in the Snow
Stuart Little 2
American Idol
Spooks
Second Star to the Left
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Chica de Río
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Preston Pig
Maybe Baby
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Carnivale
Little Grey Rabbit
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Lounge Act
Stuart Little
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Family Guy
Santa's Last Christmas
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Cousin Bette
The Man in the Iron Mask
Parkinson
Spice World
The Borrowers
The Ugly Duckling
Treasure Island
Ruby
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
101 Dalmatians
The Adventures of Toad
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
TFI Friday
Tracey Takes On...
The Snow Queen's Revenge
The Adventures of Mole
Sense and Sensibility
Look at the State We're In!
A Pin for the Butterfly
The Snow Queen
Friends
Shooting Stars
All or Nothing at All
The Legends of Treasure Island
The Legends of Treasure Island
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Peter's Friends
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
White Bear's Secret
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
Brown Bear's Wedding
Murder Most Horrid
Jeeves and Wooster
The Simpsons
Strapless
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Customer Service From Hell
Teams from Hell
Colleagues From Hell
Interviewers From Hell
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Kung-Fu Master!
Friday Night Live
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Comic Relief
The Lenny Henry Show
The New Statesman
The Laughing Prisoner
Up Line
Up Line
Filthy Rich & Catflap
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Saturday Live
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
The Dangerous Brothers
Mrs Capper's Birthday
Girls On Top
Happy Families
Plenty
The Bill
The Crystal Cube
Blackadder
Alfresco
The Young Ones
There's Nothing to Worry About!
The Cellar Tapes
Wogan
Wetten, dass..?
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Saturday Night Live
Great Performances
Experiment IV
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
The Raccoon Killer
Legacy of Spies