Hugh Laurie

Also Known As: James Hugh Calum Laurie, ヒュー・ローリー, 휴 로리, Хʼю Лорі, هیو لوری

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Oxford, England, UK

Birthday: June 11, 1959

Adult: No

Gender: Male

Popularity:

11.89%

Known For:

Street Kings
Stuart Little
Sense and Sensibility
Stuart Little 2
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Spice World
Peter's Friends
101 Dalmatians
Flight of the Phoenix
B.O.B.'s Big Break
The Borrowers
Lounge Act
The Man in the Iron Mask
Maybe Baby
Chica de Río
Valiant
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Monsters vs Aliens
Santa's Last Christmas
Cousin Bette
Arthur Christmas
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Hop
The Tale of Jack Frost
The Young Visiters
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
The Oranges
Mr. Pip
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Strapless
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
The Cellar Tapes
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
Carnivale
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Hugh Laurie Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
A Pin for the Butterfly
The Canterville Ghost
The Big Empty
Up Line
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
The Legends of Treasure Island
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Tomorrowland
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
The Amazing Maurice
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Plenty
Treasure Island
Second Star to the Left
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Experiment IV
House: Swan Song
The Ugly Duckling
The Laughing Prisoner
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Holmes & Watson
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
The Adventures of Mole
Lost in the Snow
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Brown Bear's Wedding
White Bear's Secret
Blackadder Rides Again
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
The Adventures of Toad
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Employees From Hell
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Tomorrowland: The Dreamer's Cut