Hugh Laurie
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-06-11 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Oxford, England, UK
Hugh Laurie
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
The Canterville Ghost
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
(2023)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self – Contributor
(2022)
The Amazing Maurice
as Maurice (voice)
(2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Mr. Dick
(2018)
Holmes & Watson
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
(2015)
Tomorrowland
as David Nix
(2015)
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
as Himself
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
as Himself
(2013)
(2012)
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
(2012)
Mr. Pip
as Mr. Watts
(2012)
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2012)
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
(2012)
(2012)
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Himself
(2012)
(2011)
Hop
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
(2011)
Arthur Christmas
as Steve (voice)
(2011)
The Oranges
as David Walling
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self
(2009)
Monsters vs Aliens
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
(2009)
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
(2009)
B.O.B.'s Big Break
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
(2009)
(2008)
Street Kings
as Captain James Biggs
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
Blackadder Rides Again
as himself
(2007)
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
as Self
(2005)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
as Mr. Little (voice)
(2005)
Valiant
as Gutsy (voice)
(2005)
The Big Empty
as Doctor
(2004)
Flight of the Phoenix
as Ian
(2004)
(2004)
The Tale of Jack Frost
as Narrator (voice)
(2003)
The Young Visiters
as Lord Bernard Clark
(2002)
Stuart Little 2
as Mr. Little
(2002)
Lost in the Snow
as Teddy
(2001)
(2001)
Chica de Río
as Raymond
(2001)
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Second Star to the Left
as Archie (voice)
(2000)
Maybe Baby
as Sam Bell
(2000)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as John Malkovich
(2000)
Carnivale
as Cenzo (voice)
(2000)
(1999)
Stuart Little
as Mr. Little
(1999)
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as George
(1999)
Santa's Last Christmas
as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
(1999)
Stuart Little: Making It Big
as Self
(1998)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as King's Advisor
(1998)
Cousin Bette
as Baron Hector Hulot
(1997)
The Borrowers
as Officer Steady
(1997)
Spice World
as Poirot
(1997)
The Ugly Duckling
as Tarquin (voice)
(1997)
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
(1996)
101 Dalmatians
as Jasper
(1996)
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Peeps
(1996)
The Adventures of Toad
as Toad
(1995)
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Palmer
(1995)
The Snow Queen
as Peeps
(1995)
A Pin for the Butterfly
as Uncle
(1995)
The Adventures of Mole
as Toad
(1993)
The Legends of Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
(1992)
Peter's Friends
as Roger Charleston
(1992)
White Bear's Secret
as Owl (voice)
(1992)
(1991)
Brown Bear's Wedding
as Owl / Mice (voice)
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
Strapless
as Colin
(1988)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Princes Regent / Pigmot
(1988)
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
(1987)
Up Line
as Howard Caprice
(1987)
(1987)
The Laughing Prisoner
as Assistant
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
Experiment IV
as Lab Assistant 2
(1985)
Plenty
as Michael
(1985)
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
as Bobby McMichael
(1982)
The Cellar Tapes
as various
Crew
(2013)
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Executive Producer
(2013)
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Executive Producer
(1987)
The Laughing Prisoner
Writer
(1982)
The Cellar Tapes
Writer