Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

  • Birthday: 1959-06-11
  • Place of birth: Oxford, England, UK
  • Also know as: James Hugh Calum Laurie

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.

Filmography

Chica de Río

2001

As Raymond

Maybe Baby

2000

As Sam Bell

The Tale of Jack Frost

2004

As Narrator (voice)

Mr. Pip

2012

As Mr. Watts

The Crystal Cube

1983

As Max Belhaven

Second Star to the Left

2001

As Archie (voice)

Lost in the Snow

2002

As Teddy

House: Swan Song

2012

As Self

Santa's Last Christmas

1999

As Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)

The Amazing Maurice

2022

As Maurice (voice)

B.O.B.'s Big Break

2009

As Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Arthur Christmas

2011

As Steve (voice)

The Young Visiters

2003

As Lord Bernard Clark

The Oranges

2011

As David Walling

The Cellar Tapes

1982

As various

Carnivale

2000

As Cenzo (voice)

The Canterville Ghost

2023

As Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

1985

As Bobby McMichael

Lounge Act

2000

As

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

As Squire Trelawney (voice)

Monsters vs Aliens

2009

As Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

2009

As Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

The Snow Queen

1995

As Peeps

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

2005

As Mr. Little (voice)

Brown Bear's Wedding

1991

As Owl / Mice (voice)

White Bear's Secret

1992

As Owl (voice)

Street Kings

2008

As Captain James Biggs

Peter's Friends

1992

As Roger Charleston

Cousin Bette

1998

As Baron Hector Hulot

Tomorrowland

2015

As David Nix

The Laughing Prisoner

1987

As Assistant

Dreamworks Spooky Stories

2012

As Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

2012

As Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Treasure Island

1997

As Squire Trelawney

Stuart Little

1999

As Mr. Little

Stuart Little 2

2002

As Mr. Little

101 Dalmatians

1996

As Jasper

Valiant

2005

As Gutsy (voice)

Strapless

1989

As Colin

The Big Empty

2005

As Doctor

Blackadder Rides Again

2008

As himself

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

As Princes Regent / Pigmot

Hop

2011

As E.B.'s Dad (voice)

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

As King's Advisor

Plenty

1985

As Michael

The Borrowers

1997

As Officer Steady

Sense and Sensibility

1995

As Mr. Palmer

The Ugly Duckling

1997

As Tarquin (voice)

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023

As Self – Contributor

Up Line

1987

As Howard Caprice

Spice World

1997

As Poirot

Holmes & Watson

2018

As Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)

Production

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary

2013

As Executive Producer

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

2013

As Executive Producer

House: Swan Song

2012

As Executive Producer

The Laughing Prisoner

1987

As Writer

The Cellar Tapes

1982

As Writer

The Crystal Cube

1983

As Writer

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