
Acting
Community Rating
6.2
TMDB estimate
Born
June 11, 1959 (age 66)
Born in
Oxford, England, UK
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.

The Canterville Ghost
Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
2023

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
2023

The Amazing Maurice
Maurice (voice)
2022

The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mr. Dick
2019

Holmes & Watson
Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
2018

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Self
2015

Tomorrowland
David Nix
2015

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Himself
2013
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Self
2013

Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013

Mr. Pip
Mr. Watts
2012

Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012

Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012

House: Swan Song
休·劳瑞
2012

FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
2012

Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Self
2012

Arthur Christmas
Steve (voice)
2011

The Oranges
David Walling
2011