Hugh Laurie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 11, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Experiment IV
Movie · as Second Assistant
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
Movie · as Maurice (voice)
Legacy of Spies
TV · as Control · 1 ep
The Wanted Man
TV · as Felix Carmichael · 8 eps
Dig
TV · as Neville · 10 eps
Behind the Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
TV · as Self · 1 ep
In the Know
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Movie · as Self - Contributor
The Canterville Ghost
Movie · as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
All the Light We Cannot See
TV · as Etienne LeBlanc · 4 eps
The Amazing Maurice
Movie · as Maurice (voice)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
TV · as Dr. James Nicholson · 2 eps
Avenue 5
TV · as Ryan Clark · 17 eps
Roadkill
TV · as Peter Laurence · 4 eps
Tehran
TV · as Eric Peterson · 8 eps
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie · as Mr. Dick
Catch-22
TV · as Major de Coverley · 3 eps
Holmes & Watson
Movie · as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
The Night Manager
TV · as Richard Roper · 12 eps
Chance
TV · as Eldon Chance · 20 eps
Tomorrowland
Movie · as David Nix
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest, John Lennon · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Life on Screen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Movie · as Self
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Movie · as Self
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Movie
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Movie
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Mr. Pip
Movie · as Mr. Watts
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Movie · as Self
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Movie · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Movie · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
Movie
House: Swan Song
Movie · as Self
Veep
TV · as Tom James · 20 eps
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as Steve (voice)
Hop
Movie · as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
The Oranges
Movie · as David Walling
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Movie · as Self
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Movie · as Self
Perspectives
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
B.O.B.'s Big Break
Movie · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Monsters vs Aliens
Movie · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Movie · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Jay Leno Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Street Kings
Movie · as Captain James Biggs
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
Movie · as Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie · as Self
Blackadder Rides Again
Movie · as Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie · as Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Valiant
Movie · as Gutsy (voice)
The Big Empty
Movie · as Doctor
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Movie · as Mr. Little (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie · as Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Monkey Trousers
TV · 7 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Flight of the Phoenix
Movie · as Ian
The Tale of Jack Frost
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
House
TV · as Gregory House · 176 eps
The Culture Show
TV · 1 ep
The Young Visiters
Movie · as Lord Bernard Clark
More Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Lord Monty / Derek Nippl-e (archive footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
TV · as Mr. Frederick Little (voice) · 13 eps
Fortysomething
TV · as Paul Slippery · 6 eps
QI
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MechaNick
TV · as Narrator · 80 eps
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
TV · as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) · 1 ep
Stuart Little 2
Movie · as Mr. Little
Lost in the Snow
Movie · as Teddy
Spooks
TV · as Jools Siviter · 2 eps
American Idol
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Chica de Río
Movie · as Raymond
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Second Star to the Left
Movie · as Archie (voice)
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Movie · as Self
Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Mathematician / Prince George (archive footage)
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
TV · as Vincente Minnelli · 2 eps
Lounge Act
Movie
Maybe Baby
Movie · as Sam Bell
Carnivale
Movie · as Cenzo (voice)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as John Malkovich
Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV · 1 ep
Preston Pig
TV · as Mr. Wolf · 26 eps
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV · 2 eps
Little Grey Rabbit
TV · 26 eps
Stuart Little
Movie · as Mr. Little
Santa's Last Christmas
Movie · as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Movie · as George
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Movie · as Self
Family Guy
TV · as Bar Patron (voice), Dr. Gregory House (voice) · 1 ep
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as King's Advisor
Cousin Bette
Movie · as Baron Hector Hulot
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Spice World
Movie · as Poirot
The Borrowers
Movie · as Officer Steady
Treasure Island
Movie · as Squire Trelawney
The Ugly Duckling
Movie · as Tarquin (voice)
Ruby
TV · as Self · 1 ep
101 Dalmatians
Movie · as Jasper
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Movie · as Peeps
The Adventures of Toad
Movie · as Toad
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Movie · as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
Tracey Takes On...
TV · 4 eps
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
TV · as Mr. Abercrombie (voice) · 1 ep
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
Sense and Sensibility
Movie · as Mr. Palmer
The Snow Queen
Movie · as Peeps
A Pin for the Butterfly
Movie · as Uncle
The Adventures of Mole
Movie · as Toad
Look at the State We're In!
TV · as Sir Michael Jaffa, Director · 1 ep
Friends
TV · as Gentleman on the Plane · 1 ep
The Legends of Treasure Island
Movie · as Squire Trelawney (voice)
Shooting Stars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Legends of Treasure Island
TV · as Squire Trelawney (voice) · 26 eps
All or Nothing at All
TV · as Leo Hopkins · 3 eps
Peter's Friends
Movie · as Roger Charleston
White Bear's Secret
Movie · as Owl (voice)
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 7 eps
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV · as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) · 1 ep
Brown Bear's Wedding
Movie · as Owl / Mice (voice)
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Jerry Bryce · 1 ep
Jeeves and Wooster
TV · as Bertie Wooster · 23 eps
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Movie · as Self
Strapless
Movie · as Colin
Customer Service From Hell
Movie
Teams from Hell
Movie
Colleagues From Hell
Movie
Interviewers From Hell
Movie
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV · 25 eps
The Simpsons
TV · as Roger (voice) · 1 ep
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie · as Princes Regent / Pigmot
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Movie · as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Movie · as Self
Kung-Fu Master!
Movie · as himself (footage)
Friday Night Live
TV · 1 ep
Comic Relief
TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Movie · as Self
Up Line
Movie · as Howard Caprice
The Laughing Prisoner
Movie · as Assistant
The New Statesman
TV · as Waiter · 1 ep
The Lenny Henry Show
TV · as Professor · 7 eps
Filthy Rich & Catflap
TV · as N'Bend · 1 ep
Up Line
TV · as Howard Caprice · 4 eps
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Movie
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Movie · as Self
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
TV · 1 ep
Saturday Live
TV · 30 eps
The Dangerous Brothers
TV · 1 ep
Mrs Capper's Birthday
Movie · as Bobby McMichael
Plenty
Movie · as Michael
Girls On Top
TV · as Tom · 1 ep
Happy Families
TV · as Jim · 2 eps
The Bill
TV · 1 ep
Alfresco
TV · as Admissions Officer, Various · 7 eps
Blackadder
TV · as The Prince Regent, Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh, Prince Ludwig, Simon Partridge · 6 eps
The Crystal Cube
TV · as Max Belhaven / Various Roles · 1 ep
The Cellar Tapes
Movie · as various
The Young Ones
TV · as Lord Monty · 1 ep
There's Nothing to Worry About!
TV · as Various · 3 eps
Wogan
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
TV · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV · as Self · 15 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Great Performances
TV · 1 ep