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Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

Birthday: 1959-06-11 | Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author. Laurie 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, Laurie 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. The two 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. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
The Amazing Maurice

as    Maurice (voice)

2022
Holmes & Watson: The Abandoned Case

as    Mycroft Holmes

2020
Roadkill

as    Peter Laurence

2020
Avenue 5

as    Ryan Clark

2016
Chance

as    Eldon Chance

2016
The Night Manager

as    Richard Roper

2015
Tomorrowland

as    David Nix

2015
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

as    Himself

2012
Mr. Pip

as    Mr. Watts

2011
The Oranges

as    David Walling

2011
Hop

as    E.B.'s Dad (voice)

2011
Arthur Christmas

as    Steve (voice)

2009
Monsters vs Aliens

as    Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

as    Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

2009
B.O.B.'s Big Break

as    Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

2008
Street Kings

as    Captain James Biggs

2008
Blackadder Rides Again

as    himself

2006
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

as    Mr. Little (voice)

2005
Valiant

as    Gutsy (voice)

2004
House

as    Gregory House

2004
Flight of the Phoenix

as    Ian

2004
The Tale of Jack Frost

as    Narrator (voice)

2003
The Young Visiters

as    Lord Bernard Clark

2003
Stuart Little: The Animated Series

as    Mr. Frederick Little (voice)

2003
Fortysomething

as    Paul Slippery

2002
Stuart Little 2

as    Mr. Little