Hugh Laurie
Acting
Born: Jun 11, 1959
From: Oxford, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker | Self | 2013 | 7.1 |
| FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 2012 | 7.75 |
| Mr. Pip | Mr. Watts | 2012 | 6.242 |
| Arthur Christmas | Steve (voice) | 2011 | 6.8 |
| Hop | E.B.'s Dad (voice) | 2011 | 5.797 |
| The Oranges | David Walling | 2011 | 5.512 |
| B.O.B.'s Big Break | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2009 | 5.9 |
| Monsters vs Aliens | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2009 | 6.243 |
| Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2009 | 5.9 |
| Street Kings | Captain James Biggs | 2008 | 6.6 |
| Valiant | Gutsy (voice) | 2005 | 5.6 |
| Flight of the Phoenix | Ian | 2004 | 6.002 |
| The Tale of Jack Frost | Narrator (voice) | 2004 | 8.0 |
| The Young Visiters | Lord Bernard Clark | 2003 | 5.688 |
| Stuart Little 2 | Mr. Little | 2002 | 5.768 |
| Chica de Río | Raymond | 2001 | 5.69 |
| Lounge Act | 2000 | 10.0 | |
| Maybe Baby | Sam Bell | 2000 | 5.429 |
| Stuart Little | Mr. Little | 1999 | 6.069 |
| Santa's Last Christmas | Geoffrey the Seagull (voice) | 1999 | 5.0 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | King's Advisor | 1998 | 6.648 |
| Cousin Bette | Baron Hector Hulot | 1998 | 5.532 |
| Spice World | Poirot | 1997 | 4.9 |
| The Borrowers | Officer Steady | 1997 | 6.0 |
| 101 Dalmatians | Jasper | 1996 | 5.942 |
| Sense and Sensibility | Mr. Palmer | 1995 | 7.42 |
| Peter's Friends | Roger Charleston | 1992 | 6.607 |
| The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | 1989 | 7.667 |
| Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Princes Regent / Pigmot | 1988 | 7.554 |
| The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball | Self | 1987 | 7.5 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1959 |
| From | Oxford, England, UK |