Hugh Laurie
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.
Acting
TV
The Simpsons
as Roger (voice)
1989
TV
Friends
as Gentleman on the Plane
1994
TV
House
as Gregory House
2004
Movie
Tomorrowland
as David Nix
2015
Movie
Monsters vs Aliens
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2009
TV
Family Guy
as Bar Patron (voice)
1999
TV
Family Guy
as Dr. Gregory House (voice)
1999
Movie
Stuart Little
as Mr. Little
1999
Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask
as King's Advisor
1998
Movie
101 Dalmatians
as Jasper
1996
Movie
Stuart Little 2
as Mr. Little
2002
Movie
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Palmer
1995
Movie
Street Kings
as Captain James Biggs
2008
Movie
Arthur Christmas
as Steve (voice)
2011
Movie
Hop
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
2011
TV
The Night Manager
as Richard Roper
2016
Movie
Valiant
as Gutsy (voice)
2005
Movie
Flight of the Phoenix
as Ian
2004
Movie
Holmes & Watson
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
2018
TV
Blackadder
as The Prince Regent
1983
TV
Blackadder
as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
1983
TV
Blackadder
as Simon Partridge
1983
TV
Blackadder
as Prince Ludwig
1983
Movie
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Mr. Dick
2019
Crew
TV
House
Director
2004
TV
The Night Manager
Executive Producer
2016
TV
Chance
Executive Producer
2016
TV
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Writer
1989
TV
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Director
2022
TV
Fortysomething
Director
2003
TV
Alfresco
Writer
1983
Movie
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Executive Producer
2013
Movie
The Cellar Tapes
Writer
1982
Movie
The Laughing Prisoner
Writer
1987
TV
The Crystal Cube
Writer
1983
TV
There's Nothing to Worry About!
Writer
1982