Hugh Laurie
Known For
Acting
Born
1959-06-11 in Oxford, England, UK
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 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.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Roger (voice)
Family Guy
as Bar Patron (voice)
Family Guy
as Dr. Gregory House (voice)
House
as Gregory House
Friends
as Gentleman on the Plane
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Conan
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Great Performances
Tehran
as Eric Peterson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
American Idol
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
The Night Manager
as Richard Roper
QI
as Self
Veep
as Tom James
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self