Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Oxford, England, UK
    Birthday
    11 June 1959
Chica de Río
Chica de Río
5.8
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby
5.3
The Tale of Jack Frost
The Tale of Jack Frost
0
The Snow Queen's Revenge
The Snow Queen's Revenge
5.5
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
6.5
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
5.7
Mr. Pip
Mr. Pip
6.2
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
5.2
The Crystal Cube
5
Second Star to the Left
Second Star to the Left
6.8
Lost in the Snow
Lost in the Snow
0
House: Swan Song
House: Swan Song
8
Santa's Last Christmas
Santa's Last Christmas
6
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
8
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
0
Hugh Laurie Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
0
The Amazing Maurice
The Amazing Maurice
6.8
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
0
B.O.B.'s Big Break
B.O.B.'s Big Break
5.9
Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas
6.8
The Young Visiters
The Young Visiters
5.1
The Oranges
The Oranges
5.5
The Cellar Tapes
The Cellar Tapes
6.8
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
0
Carnivale
Carnivale
6.4
A Pin for the Butterfly
6
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
6.2
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
0
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Fry and Laurie Reunited
6.8
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
0
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
7.9
Lounge Act
0
The Legends of Treasure Island
The Legends of Treasure Island
0
Monsters vs Aliens
Monsters vs Aliens
6.2
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
5.8
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen
6.4
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
5.2
Brown Bear's Wedding
Brown Bear's Wedding
0
White Bear's Secret
White Bear's Secret
0
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
7.1
Street Kings
Street Kings
6.6
Peter's Friends
Peter's Friends
6.5
Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette
5.7
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
0
Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland
6.3
The Laughing Prisoner
The Laughing Prisoner
5
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
8
The Adventures of Mole
The Adventures of Mole
6
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
0
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
6.3
The Adventures of Toad
The Adventures of Toad
0
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
6.7
Treasure Island
0
Stuart Little
Stuart Little
6.1
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2
5.8
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
5.9
Valiant
Valiant
5.5
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Blackadder: Back & Forth
7
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
6.8
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
6
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
7.2
Strapless
Strapless
8.3
The Big Empty
7.3
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield
6.4
Blackadder Rides Again
Blackadder Rides Again
7.6
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
8
Hop
Hop
5.8
Flight of the Phoenix
Flight of the Phoenix
6
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
7.4
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask
6.6
Plenty
Plenty
5.6
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
0
The Borrowers
The Borrowers
6
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
7.4
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
4.8
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
5
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
7.5
The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling
6.1
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
7.7
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
7.3
Up Line
Up Line
0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
7
Spice World
Spice World
4.8
Holmes & Watson
Holmes & Watson
4.3