About
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...
Known for
The SimpsonsSeries • 1989
Family GuySeries • 1999
HouseSeries • 2004
FriendsSeries • 1994
Great PerformancesSeries • 1971
VeepSeries • 2012
SpooksSeries • 2002
The BillSeries • 1984
TFI FridaySeries • 1996
BlackadderSeries • 1983
Monsters vs AliensMovie • 2009
The Night ManagerSeries • 2016
Arthur ChristmasMovie • 2011
Tracey Takes On...Series • 1996
All the Light We Cannot SeeSeries • 2023
Sense and SensibilityMovie • 1995
TehranSeries • 2020
101 DalmatiansMovie • 1996
Jeeves and WoosterSeries • 1990
The Young OnesSeries • 1982
Murder Most HorridSeries • 1991
Catch-22Series • 2019
HopMovie • 2011
Avenue 5Series • 2020