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 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.
171 acting credits · 4 directing credits
Acting · 171
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
House
2004
Friends
1994
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Conan
2010
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Idol
2002
Great Performances
1971
QI
2003
Spooks
2002
Veep
2012
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Wogan
1982
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Bill
1984
Blackadder
1983
The Reichen Show
2005
The Night Manager
2016
Tehran
2020
The Young Ones
1982
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
The Jay Leno Show
2009
Parkinson
1998
Tracey Takes On...
1996
Murder Most Horrid
1991
The Culture Show
2004
Shooting Stars
1993
Monsters vs Aliens
2009
101 Dalmatians
1996
Avenue 5
2020
The New Statesman
1987
Tomorrowland
2015
Catch-22
2019
Hop
2011
Sense and Sensibility
1995
All the Light We Cannot See
2023
Stuart Little
1999
Chance
2016
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
2003
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Roadkill
2020
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Arthur Christmas
2011
Girls On Top
1985
Street Kings
2008
Stuart Little 2
2002
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
Ruby
1997
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
Valiant
2005
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001
Flight of the Phoenix
2004
Holmes & Watson
2018
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
Happy Families
1985
Perspectives
2011
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
The Borrowers
1997
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
Comic Relief
1988
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
Look at the State We're In!
1995
A Life on Screen
2014
Spice World
1997
Alfresco
1983
Fortysomething
2003
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
In the Know
2024
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003
Monkey Trousers
2005
The Amazing Maurice
2022
The Canterville Ghost
2023
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
Saturday Live
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
The Lenny Henry Show
1987
MechaNick
2003
Peter's Friends
1992
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
There's Nothing to Worry About!
1982
The Oranges
2011
All or Nothing at All
1993
House: Swan Song
2012
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
The Crystal Cube
1983
Plenty
1985
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Dig
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Maybe Baby
2000
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Mr. Pip
2012
B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Cousin Bette
1998
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
The Young Visiters
2003
Friday Night Live
1988
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
Preston Pig
2000
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
2012
The Wanted Man
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
Chica de Río
2001
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Strapless
1989
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
Blackadder Rides Again
2008
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
Treasure Island
1997
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
Up Line
1987
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026
The Ugly Duckling
1997
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
2001
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001
The Big Empty
2005
The Snow Queen
1995
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012
The Cellar Tapes
1982
The Laughing Prisoner
1987
The Adventures of Mole
1995
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015
Carnivale
2000
The Adventures of Toad
1996
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
2011
Second Star to the Left
2001
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2008
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012
Lounge Act
2000
Employees From Hell
1989
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992
Happy Families
1985
Santa's Last Christmas
1999
White Bear's Secret
1992
The Tale of Jack Frost
2004
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2013
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985
Interviewers From Hell
1989
Brown Bear's Wedding
1991
Lost in the Snow
2002
Teams from Hell
1989
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011
Experiment IV
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