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Hugh Laurie

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1959-06-11 (65 years old)

Biography

James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (known professionally as Hugh Laurie; born 11 June 1959) 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 ed 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.

Filmography

all 166

Movies 91

TV Shows 75

self 42

Voice 25

Writer 6

Producer 4

Director 2

Narrator 1

Xavier Ramier

Hugh Laurie

Biography

Filmography

all 166

Movies 91

TV Shows 75

self 42

Voice 25

Writer 6

Producer 4

Director 2

Narrator 1

Miraculous (2027)

In the Know (2024)

All the Light We Cannot See (2023)

The Canterville Ghost (2023)

Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023)

The Amazing Maurice (2022)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022)

Rock House (2021)

Roadkill (2020)

Tehran (2020)

What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? (2020)

Avenue 5 (2020)

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

Catch-22 (2019)

Holmes & Watson (2018)

Chance (2016)

The Night Manager (2016)

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry (2015)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

Tomorrowland (2015)

A Life on Screen (2014)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary (2013)

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues (2013)

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker (2013)

Monsters vs Aliens Stories (2013)

Mr. Pip (2012)

Shrek's Thrilling Tales (2012)

Dreamworks Spooky Stories (2012)

Hugh Laurie Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (2012)

House: Swan Song (2012)

FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012)

Veep (2012)

Jools Holland: My Life in Music (2012)

Arthur Christmas (2011)

The Oranges (2011)

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues (2011)

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River (2011)

Perspectives (2011)

Hop (2011)

Fry and Laurie Reunited (2010)

Conan (2010)

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)

B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)

The Jay Leno Show (2009)

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Blackadder Rides Again (2008)

Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers (2008)

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008)

Street Kings (2008)

Stephen Fry: Guilty (2007)

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out (2007)

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

SNL Digital Shorts (2005)

The Reichen Show (2005)

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)

The Big Empty (2005)

Monkey Tros (2005)

Valiant (2005)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)

House (2004)

The Culture Show (2004)

The Tale of Jack Frost (2004)

The Lenny Henry Show (2004)