Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1959-06-11 (Age: 67)
Place of Birth
Oxford, England, UK
Hugh Laurie
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.
Filmography (94)
The Canterville Ghost
2023Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
The Amazing Maurice
2022
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
Holmes & Watson
2018
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015
Tomorrowland
2015
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2013Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Mr. Pip
2012
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012
