
Hugh Laurie
Known for Acting · 172 credits
- Born
- 1959-06-11 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Oxford, England, UK
- Also known as
- James Hugh Calum Laurie · Хʼю Лорі
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.
Known For
TV Shows (77)

The Simpsons
1989
as Roger (voice)

Family Guy
1999
as Bar Patron (voice) / Dr. Gregory House (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / John Lennon

House
2004
as Gregory House

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

Friends
1994
as Gentleman on the Plane

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Conan
2010
as Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

Great Performances
1971

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

American Idol
2002
as Self

QI
2003
as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self

Wogan
1982
as Self

Veep
2012
as Tom James

Spooks
2002
as Jools Siviter

The Bill
1984

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Blackadder
1983
as The Prince Regent / Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh / Simon Partridge / Prince Ludwig

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

The Night Manager
2016
as Richard Roper

Tehran
2020
as Eric Peterson

Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Bertie Wooster

The Young Ones
1982
as Lord Monty

Parkinson
1998
as Self

The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self

Tracey Takes On...
1996

The Culture Show
2004

Shooting Stars
1993
as Self

Avenue 5
2020
as Ryan Clark

Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Jerry Bryce

The New Statesman
1987
as Waiter

Catch-22
2019
as Major de Coverley

All the Light We Cannot See
2023
as Etienne LeBlanc

Chance
2016
as Eldon Chance

Stuart Little: The Animated Series
2003
as Mr. Frederick Little (voice)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
as Dr. James Nicholson

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989

Roadkill
2020
as Peter Laurence
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000

Girls On Top
1985
as Tom

Perspectives
2011
as Himself

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
as Mr. Abercrombie (voice)

Ruby
1997
as Self

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)

Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as N'Bend

Monkey Trousers
2005

The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
Comic Relief
1988
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as Sir Michael Jaffa / Director

Fortysomething
2003
as Paul Slippery

Alfresco
1983
as Various / Admissions Officer

Happy Families
1985
as Jim

Saturday Live
1986

Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979

A Life on Screen
2014
as Self
Movies (95)

Monsters vs Aliens
2009
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

101 Dalmatians
1996
as Jasper

Hop
2011
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)

Tomorrowland
2015
as David Nix

Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mr. Palmer

The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as King's Advisor

Stuart Little
1999
as Mr. Little

Street Kings
2008
as Captain James Biggs

Arthur Christmas
2011
as Steve (voice)

Valiant
2005
as Gutsy (voice)

The Borrowers
1997
as Officer Steady

Spice World
1997
as Poirot

Stuart Little 2
2002
as Mr. Little

Holmes & Watson
2018
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)

Flight of the Phoenix
2004
as Ian

The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Mr. Dick

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
as Mr. Little (voice)

The Amazing Maurice
2022
as Maurice (voice)

Plenty
1985
as Michael

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

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self (archive footage)

The Oranges
2011
as David Walling

Mr. Pip
2012
as Mr. Watts

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Peter's Friends
1992
as Roger Charleston

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
2011
as Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)

Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as George

Maybe Baby
2000
as Sam Bell

Cousin Bette
1998
as Baron Hector Hulot

The Laughing Prisoner
1987
as Assistant

The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Squire Trelawney (voice)

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self

B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Contributor

Strapless
1989
as Colin

House: Swan Song
2012
as 休·劳瑞
Treasure Island
1997
as Squire Trelawney

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)

Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013

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

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Princes Regent / Pigmot

The Young Visiters
2003
as Lord Bernard Clark

The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
as Peeps

FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
as Self

Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
as Self
Lounge Act
2000

The Ugly Duckling
1997
as Tarquin (voice)
The Big Empty
2005
as Doctor

The Adventures of Toad
1996
as Toad

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012

The Snow Queen
1995
as Peeps

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
as Self

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

Happy Families
1985
as Jim

The Tale of Jack Frost
2004
as Narrator (voice)

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self

Up Line
1987
as Howard Caprice

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self

The Adventures of Mole
1995
as Toad

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988
as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013
as Self

Blackadder Rides Again
2008
as Self

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

Employees From Hell
1989

Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012
as Self

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as John Malkovich
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2008
as Self

A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
as Uncle

Carnivale
2000
as Cenzo (voice)

Chica de Río
2001
as Raymond

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015
as Self

The Cellar Tapes
1982
as various

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
as Self

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
2001
as Narrator (voice)

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
as Self

Brown Bear's Wedding
1991
as Owl / Mice (voice)

Santa's Last Christmas
1999
as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)

Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985
as Bobby McMichael

White Bear's Secret
1992
as Owl (voice)

Interviewers From Hell
1989

Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999
as Self

Second Star to the Left
2001
as Archie (voice)

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Lost in the Snow
2002
as Teddy

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011

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

Teams from Hell
1989
Experiment IV
as Second Assistant

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

Customer Service From Hell
1989
About Hugh Laurie
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 Hous… With 172 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, Hugh Laurie has appeared in 95 films and 77 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hugh Laurie Movies
- Monsters vs Aliens (2009) — as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
- 101 Dalmatians (1996) — as Jasper
- Hop (2011) — as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
- Tomorrowland (2015) — as David Nix
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) — as Mr. Palmer
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