Hugh Laurie
- Acting
- June 11, 1959 · Oxford, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Wanted Man · Felix Carmichael, Executive producer
- Dig · Neville
- Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions · Self
- In the Know · Self
- All the Light We Cannot See · Etienne LeBlanc
- The Canterville Ghost · Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (Voice)
- Blackadder: A Cunning Story · Self
- The Amazing Maurice · Maurice (Voice)
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? · Dr. James Nicholson, Director
- Roadkill · Peter Laurence
- Tehran · Eric Peterson
- Avenue 5 · Ryan Clark
- The Personal History of David Copperfield · Mr. Dick
- Catch-22 · Major de Coverley
- Holmes & Watson · Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
- Chance · Eldon Chance, Executive producer
- The Night Manager · Richard Roper, Executive producer
- A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self, John Lennon
- Tomorrowland · David Nix
- A Life on Screen · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary · Self, Executive producer
- Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues · Executive producer
- Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker · Self
- Monsters vs Aliens Stories
- Mr. Pip · Mr. Watts
- Shrek's Thrilling Tales · Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Voice)
- House M.D.: The Doctor Directs · Writer
- Dreamworks Spooky Stories · Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Voice)
- House: Swan Song · Self, Executive producer
- FOX 25th Anniversary Special · Self
- Veep · Tom James
- Jools Holland: My Life in Music · Self
- Arthur Christmas · Steve (Voice)
- The Oranges · David Walling
- Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues · Self
- Hugh Laurie: Down by the River · Self
- Perspectives · Self
- Hop · E.B.'s Dad (Voice)
- Fry and Laurie Reunited · Self
- Conan · Self
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas · (archive footage)
- B.O.B.'s Big Break · Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Voice)
- The Jay Leno Show · Self
- Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space · Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Voice)
- Monsters vs Aliens · Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Voice)
- Blackadder Rides Again · Self
- Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers · Self
- Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments · Self
- Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga · Self
- Street Kings · Captain James Biggs
- Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild · Mr. Little (Voice)
- The Big Empty · Doctor
- Monkey Trousers
- Valiant · Gutsy (Voice)
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy · Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson · Self
- Flight of the Phoenix · Ian
- Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? · Self
- House · Gregory House, Director
- The Culture Show
- The Tale of Jack Frost · Narrator (Voice)
- The Young Visiters · Lord Bernard Clark
- MechaNick · Narrator
- QI · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Fortysomething · Paul Slippery, Director
- DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection · Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (Voice)
- Stuart Little: The Animated Series · Mr. Frederick Little (Voice)
- Lost in the Snow · Teddy
- Stuart Little 2 · Mr. Little
- American Idol · Self
- Spooks · Jools Siviter
- Second Star to the Left · Archie (Voice)
- Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter · Narrator (Voice)
- Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making · Self