
Hugh Laurie
Department: 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 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

Street Kings
2008

Stuart Little
1999

Sense and Sensibility
1995

Stuart Little 2
2002

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013

Spice World
1997

Peter's Friends
1992

101 Dalmatians
1996

Flight of the Phoenix
2004

B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009

The Borrowers
1997

Lounge Act
2000

The Man in the Iron Mask
1998

Chica de Río
2001

Maybe Baby
2000

Valiant
2005

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004

Monsters vs Aliens
2009

Santa's Last Christmas
1999

Cousin Bette
1998

Arthur Christmas
2011

FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012

Hop
2011

The Tale of Jack Frost
2004

The Young Visiters
2003

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988

The Oranges
2011

Mr. Pip
2012

Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985

Strapless
1989

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023

The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996

The Snow Queen
1995

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
2001

The Cellar Tapes
1982

Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012

Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2008

Carnivale
2000

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2013

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013

A Pin for the Butterfly
1995

The Canterville Ghost
2023

The Big Empty
2005

Up Line
1987

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
2011

The Legends of Treasure Island
1993

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988

Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999

Tomorrowland
2015

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007

The Amazing Maurice
2022

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005

Plenty
1985

Treasure Island
1997

Second Star to the Left
2001

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015

The Ugly Duckling
1997

The Laughing Prisoner
1987

Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010

Holmes & Watson
2018

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008

Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013

The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986

The Adventures of Mole
1995

Lost in the Snow
2002

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001

Brown Bear's Wedding
1991

White Bear's Secret
1992

Blackadder Rides Again
2008

Dreamworks Spooky Stories
2012

The Adventures of Toad
1996

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008

Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012

Employees From Hell
1989

Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996

Experiment IV
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Happy Families
1985

Customer Service From Hell
1989

Teams from Hell
1989

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Interviewers From Hell
1989

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005

House: Swan Song
2012

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988

Alfresco
1983

Alfresco
1983

Shooting Stars
1993

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989

The Simpsons
1989

Murder Most Horrid
1991

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

House
2004

Monkey Trousers
2005

Family Guy
1999

Jeeves and Wooster
1990

The Bill
1984

Girls On Top
1985

Tracey Takes On...
1996

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976

Spooks
2002

American Idol
2002

The Young Ones
1982

The New Statesman
1987

The Jay Leno Show
2009

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996

The Lenny Henry Show
1987

The Legends of Treasure Island
1993

Stuart Little: The Animated Series
2003

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005

Fortysomething
2003

There's Nothing to Worry About!
1982

Friday Night Live
1988

Comic Relief
1988

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Night Manager
2016

Family Guy
1999

Wetten, dass..?
1981

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

QI
2003

Chance
2016

Blackadder
1983

Blackadder
1983

All the Light We Cannot See
2023

Friends
1994

Ruby
1997

Perspectives
2011

Blackadder
1983

Blackadder
1983

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022

Wogan
1982

All or Nothing at All
1993

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001

MechaNick
2003

The Reichen Show
2005

In the Know
2024

A Life on Screen
2014

Veep
2012

The Graham Norton Show
2007

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Avenue 5
2020

Catch-22
2019

Preston Pig
2000

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Saturday Live
1986

The Dangerous Brothers
1986

Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987

Perspectives
2011

Roadkill
2020

The Crystal Cube
1983

Conan
2010

Parkinson
1998

Tehran
2020

Happy Families
1985

The Culture Show
2004

Great Performances
1971

The Wanted Man
—

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003

Look at the State We're In!
1995

Look at the State We're In!
1995

Dig
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Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979