Hugh Laurie

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Hugh Laurie

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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.

Films Featuring Hugh Laurie

Street Kings

20086.7

Stuart Little

19996.1

Sense and Sensibility

19957.4

Stuart Little 2

20025.8

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

20137.1

Spice World

19974.9

Peter's Friends

19926.6

101 Dalmatians

19965.9

Flight of the Phoenix

20046.0

B.O.B.'s Big Break

20095.9

The Borrowers

19976.0

Lounge Act

200010.0

The Man in the Iron Mask

19986.7

Chica de Río

20015.6

Maybe Baby

20005.4

Valiant

20055.7

Monsters vs Aliens

20096.3

Santa's Last Christmas

19995.0

Cousin Bette

19985.5

Arthur Christmas

20116.8

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

20127.8

Hop

20115.8

The Tale of Jack Frost

20048.0

The Young Visiters

20035.3

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

20096.0

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

19877.5

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

19897.7

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

19887.5

The Oranges

20115.5

Mr. Pip

20126.2

Mrs Capper's Birthday

19854.0

Strapless

19897.4

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

20237.7

The Snow Queen's Revenge

19965.7

The Snow Queen

19956.5

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter

20016.9

The Cellar Tapes

19827.0

Jools Holland: My Life in Music

2012

Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers

Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers

2008

Carnivale

20006.1

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary

20136.1

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River

20118.7

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

2013

A Pin for the Butterfly

19955.6

The Canterville Ghost

20236.6

The Big Empty

20057.3

Up Line

1987

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues

20115.2

The Legends of Treasure Island

19938.0

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

20097.3

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

19887.2

Blackadder: Back & Forth

19997.0

Tomorrowland

20156.3

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

20078.0

The Amazing Maurice

20226.7

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

20055.2

Plenty

19855.7

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1997

Second Star to the Left

20016.8

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

20007.0

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

2015

The Ugly Duckling

19975.7

The Laughing Prisoner

19874.7

Fry and Laurie Reunited

20106.8

Holmes & Watson

20184.3

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

20087.8

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

20137.8

The Personal History of David Copperfield

20196.4

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

19866.6

The Adventures of Mole

19957.5

Lost in the Snow

2002

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

20016.0

Brown Bear's Wedding

1991

White Bear's Secret

1992

Blackadder Rides Again

20087.6

Dreamworks Spooky Stories

20126.4

The Adventures of Toad

1996

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

19868.0

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

20084.5

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

20126.7

Stuart Little: Making It Big

199910.0

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

19929.5

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs

201210.0

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse

1996

Experiment IV

4.0

Happy Families

1985

Customer Service From Hell

1989

Teams from Hell

1989

Colleagues From Hell

1989

Interviewers From Hell

1989

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

20056.5

House: Swan Song

20128.0

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

19886.5

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

20044.8

The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life