Hugh Laurie

Known for ActingBorn 1959-06-11 (age 66)Oxford, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs

Lounge Act

Stuart Little: Making It Big

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

Preston Pig

Ruby

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River

House

Friends

Tracey Takes On...

A Life on Screen

All or Nothing at All

House: Swan Song

The Tale of Jack Frost

Jeeves and Wooster

QI

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

The Legends of Treasure Island

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

The Simpsons

The Night Manager

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

Blackadder

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

The Legends of Treasure Island

Tehran

The Young Ones

Spooks

All the Light We Cannot See

Veep

Shooting Stars

Blackadder Rides Again

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

Monkey Trousers

Fortysomething

Catch-22

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

The Adventures of Mole

Family Guy

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

Sense and Sensibility

The Big Empty

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Strapless

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Conan