Acting
Hugh Laurie
EN, PT, DE, FR cinema · 98 credits
Born
11 June 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Oxford, England, UK
Also known as James Hugh Calum Laurie · Хʼю Лорі
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.
Known for
Filmography
Experiment IV
Experiment IV
as Second Assistant
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
as Maurice (voice)
O Pequeno Stuart Little 2
as Mr. Little
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
The Canterville Ghost
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
The Amazing Maurice
as Maurice (voice)
Holmes & Watson
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
Tomorrowland
as David Nix
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
as Self, Executive Producer
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Actor, Executive Producer
Mr. Pip
as Mr. Watts
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
Actor, Writer
House: Swan Song
as Self, Executive Producer
Arthur Christmas
as Steve (voice)
Hop
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
The Oranges
as David Walling
B.O.B.'s Big Break
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Monsters vs Aliens
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
Street Kings
as Captain James Biggs
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2008
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
as Self
Valiant
as Gutsy (voice)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
as Mr. Little (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tale of Jack Frost
as Narrator (voice)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self (archive footage)
The Young Visiters
as Lord Bernard Clark
More Great Comedy Moments
as Lord Monty / Derek Nippl-e (archive footage), Writer
Stuart Little 2
as Mr. Little
Chica de Río
as Raymond
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
as Narrator (voice)
Second Star to the Left
as Archie (voice)
Great Comedy Moments
as Mathematician / Prince George (archive footage), Writer
Maybe Baby
as Sam Bell
Carnivale
as Cenzo (voice)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as John Malkovich
Stuart Little
as Mr. Little
Santa's Last Christmas
as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as George
The Man in the Iron Mask
as King's Advisor
Cousin Bette
as Baron Hector Hulot
Spice World
as Poirot
The Borrowers
as Officer Steady
Treasure Island
1997
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
The Ugly Duckling
as Tarquin (voice)
101 Dalmatians
as Jasper
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Palmer
The Snow Queen
as Peeps
The Legends of Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
Peter's Friends
as Roger Charleston
White Bear's Secret
as Owl (voice)
Brown Bear's Wedding
as Owl / Mice (voice)
Strapless
as Colin
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Princes Regent / Pigmot
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
Kung-Fu Master!
as himself (footage)
Up Line
as Howard Caprice
The Laughing Prisoner
as Assistant, Writer
Mrs Capper's Birthday
as Bobby McMichael
Plenty
as Michael
The Cellar Tapes
as various, Writer