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Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

Acting

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 Movies

Acting

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Street Kings

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Street Kings
Captain James Biggs
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Stuart Little

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Stuart Little
Mr. Little
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Sense and Sensibility

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Sense and Sensibility
Mr. Palmer
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Stuart Little 2

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Stuart Little 2
Mr. Little
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Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

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Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
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Spice World

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Spice World
Poirot
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Peter's Friends

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Peter's Friends
Roger Charleston
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101 Dalmatians

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101 Dalmatians
Jasper
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Flight of the Phoenix

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Flight of the Phoenix
Ian
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B.O.B.'s Big Break

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B.O.B.'s Big Break
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

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The Cellar Tapes

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Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom BluesMOVIE
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Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Executive Producer
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Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary

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Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
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The Laughing Prisoner

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The Laughing Prisoner
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House M.D.: The Doctor Directs

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
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Gallery

Hugh Laurie portrait
Hugh Laurie portrait