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Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (known professionally as Hugh Laurie; born 11 June 1959) 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.

Birthday: 1959-06-11

Place of birth: Oxford, England, UK

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Also known as: James Hugh Calum Laurie, ヒュー・ローリー, 휴 로리, Хʼю Лорі, هیو لوری

Street Kings
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2008-04-10

Captain James Biggs

Stuart Little
Stuart Little

1999-12-17

Mr. Little

Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility

1995-12-13

Mr. Palmer

Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2

2002-07-19

Mr. Little

Spice World
Spice World

1997-12-18

Poirot

Peter's Friends
Peter's Friends

1992-09-18

Roger Charleston

101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians

1996-11-27

Jasper

B.O.B.'s Big Break
B.O.B.'s Big Break

2009-09-30

Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

The Borrowers
The Borrowers

1997-12-05

Officer Steady

Lounge Act
Lounge Act

2000-01-01

The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask

1998-03-12

King's Advisor

Chica de Río
Chica de Río

2001-06-29

Raymond

Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby

2000-06-02

Sam Bell

Valiant
Valiant

2005-03-25

Gutsy (voice)

Monsters vs Aliens
Monsters vs Aliens

2009-03-19

Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Santa's Last Christmas
Santa's Last Christmas

1999-01-01

Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)

Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette

1998-06-12

Baron Hector Hulot

Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas

2011-11-10

Steve (voice)

Hop
Hop

2011-03-30

E.B.'s Dad (voice)

The Tale of Jack Frost
The Tale of Jack Frost

2004-08-04

Narrator (voice)

The Young Visiters
The Young Visiters

2003-12-26

Lord Bernard Clark

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

2009-04-01

Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988-12-23

Princes Regent / Pigmot

The Oranges
The Oranges

2011-09-09

David Walling

Mr. Pip
Mr. Pip

2012-09-08

Mr. Watts

Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Mrs. Capper's Birthday

1985-11-17

Bobby McMichael

Strapless
Strapless

1989-05-14

Colin

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023-06-16

Self – Contributor

The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen

1995-01-01

Peeps

The Cellar Tapes
The Cellar Tapes

1982-05-20

various

Carnivale
Carnivale

2000-02-09

Cenzo (voice)

The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost

2023-09-22

Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)

The Big Empty
The Big Empty

2005-07-01

Doctor

Up Line
Up Line

1987-02-04

Howard Caprice

The Legends of Treasure Island
The Legends of Treasure Island

1993-09-10

Squire Trelawney (voice)

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

2009-12-17

(archive footage)

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

1988-02-05

Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)

Blackadder: Back & Forth
Blackadder: Back & Forth

1999-03-29

George

Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland

2015-05-19

David Nix

The Amazing Maurice
The Amazing Maurice

2022-12-16

Maurice (voice)

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

2005-07-14

Mr. Little (voice)

Plenty
Plenty

1985-09-20

Michael

Treasure Island
Treasure Island

1997-07-14

Squire Trelawney

Second Star to the Left
Second Star to the Left

2001-12-24

Archie (voice)

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000-12-25

John Malkovich

Experiment IV
Experiment IV

1986-10-27

Lab Assistant 2

The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling

1997-09-04

Tarquin (voice)

The Laughing Prisoner
The Laughing Prisoner

1987-04-03

Assistant

Holmes & Watson
Holmes & Watson

2018-12-25

Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)

Lost in the Snow
Lost in the Snow

2002-11-11

Teddy

Brown Bear's Wedding
Brown Bear's Wedding

1991-12-25

Owl / Mice (voice)

White Bear's Secret
White Bear's Secret

1992-04-19

Owl (voice)

Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Dreamworks Spooky Stories

2012-08-01

Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Shrek's Thrilling Tales

2012-08-28

Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)