- BIRTH 11/06/1959
- Country United Kingdom
- SHOWS 39
- MOVIES 42
- SHOWRUNNER 2
- DIRECTOR 3
- SCRIPT 3
- PRODUCTION 1
Hugh Laurie
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 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.
Shows (39)
Blackadder
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movies (42)
The Canterville Ghost
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
Showrunner (2)
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Director (3)
Script (3)
The Crystal Cube
Production
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
