Hugh Laurie
Biography
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (known professionally as Hugh Laurie; born 11 June 1959) 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
2008
asCaptain James Biggs
1999
asMr. Little
1995
asMr. Palmer
2002
asMr. Little
2013
asSelf
1997
asPoirot
1992
asRoger Charleston
1996
asJasper
2004
asIan
2009
asDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
1997
asOfficer Steady
2000
as
1998
asKing's Advisor
2001
asRaymond
2000
asSam Bell
2005
asGutsy (voice)
2004
asSelf
2009
asDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
1999
asGeoffrey the Seagull (voice)
1998
asBaron Hector Hulot
2011
asSteve (voice)
2012
asSelf
2011
asE.B.'s Dad (voice)
2004
asNarrator (voice)
2003
asLord Bernard Clark
2009
asDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
1987
asSelf
1989
asSelf
1988
asPrinces Regent / Pigmot
2011
asDavid Walling
2012
asMr. Watts
1985
asBobby McMichael
1989
asColin
2023
asSelf – Contributor
1996
asPeeps
1995
asPeeps
2001
asNarrator (voice)
1982
asvarious
2012
asHimself
2008
asSelf
2000
asCenzo (voice)
2013
asHimself
2011
as2013
as2012
as1995
asUncle
2023
asGrim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
2005
asDoctor
1987
asHoward Caprice
2011
asHimself
1993
asSquire Trelawney (voice)
2009
as
1988
asRoundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
1999
asGeorge
2015
asDavid Nix
2007
asSelf
2022
asMaurice (voice)
2005
asMr. Little (voice)
1985
asMichael
1997
asSquire Trelawney
2001
asArchie (voice)
2000
asJohn Malkovich
2015
asHimself
1986
asLab Assistant 2
2012
as
1997
asTarquin (voice)
1987
asAssistant
2010
asSelf
2018
asMycroft Holmes (uncredited)
2008
asSelf
2013
as
2019
asMr. Dick
1986
as
1995
asToad
2002
asTeddy
2001
asSelf
1991
asOwl / Mice (voice)
1992
asOwl (voice)
2008
ashimself
2012
asDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
1996
asToad
1986
as
2008
asSelf
2012
asDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
1989
as
1999
asSelf
1992
as
1988
asSelf (in AIDS sketch) (uncredited)
asAdmissions Officer
asVarious
asSelf
as
asRoger (voice)
asJerry Bryce
asSelf
asGregory House
as
asBar Patron (voice)
asBertie Wooster
as
asTom
as
asSelf
as
asSelf
asJools Siviter
asSelf
asLord Monty
asWaiter
asSelf
as
asMr. Abercrombie (voice)
asProfessor
asSquire Trelawney (voice)
asMr. Frederick Little (voice)
asSelf
asPaul Slippery
asVarious
asSir Michael Jaffa
asas 
asSelf - Host
asRichard Roper
asDr. Gregory House (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asEldon Chance
asThe Prince Regent
asLieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
asEtienne LeBlanc
asGentleman on the Plane
asSelf
asHimself
asPrince Ludwig
asSimon Partridge
asSelf - Guest
asDr. James Nicholson
asSelf
asLeo Hopkins
asVincente Minnelli
asNarrator
asSelf
asSelf
asHimself
asTom James
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asRyan Clark
asMajor de Coverley
asMr. Wolf
asJohnny Town-Mouse (voice)
as
asSelf
as
as
asN'Bend
as 
asPeter Laurence
asMax Belhaven / Various Roles
asSelf
asSelf
asEric Peterson
asJim
as
asasFelix Carmichael
Production
Crew
Directing
