Hugh Laurie
Birthday: 1959-06-11 | Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UKJames Hugh Calum Laurie CBE is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author. Laurie 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, Laurie 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. The two 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. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Etienne LeBlanc
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
as Maurice (voice)
as Mycroft Holmes
as Eric Peterson
as Mr. Dick
as Peter Laurence
as Ryan Clark
as Eldon Chance
as Richard Roper
as David Nix
as Himself
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Mr. Watts
as Self
as David Walling
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
as Steve (voice)
as Self
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
