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.
94 movies · 75 shows
The Canterville Ghost
2023·6.7
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023·7.7
The Amazing Maurice
2022·6.6
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019·6.4
Holmes & Watson
2018·4.3
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015·0.0
Tomorrowland
2015·6.3
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2013·6.1
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013·0.0
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013·7.1
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013·7.8
Mr. Pip
2012·6.2
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012·6.7
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012·10.0
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
2012·6.4
House: Swan Song
2012·8.0
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012·7.8
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012·0.0
Arthur Christmas
2011·6.8
The Oranges
2011·5.5
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
2011·5.2
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011·8.7
Hop
2011·5.8
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010·6.8
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009·7.4
B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009·5.9
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009·6.0
Monsters vs Aliens
2009·6.3
Blackadder Rides Again
2008·7.5
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2008·0.0
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008·4.5
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008·7.8
Street Kings
2008·6.7
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007·0.0
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005·5.2
The Big Empty
2005·7.3
Valiant
2005·5.7
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005·6.5
Flight of the Phoenix
2004·6.0
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004·4.8
The Tale of Jack Frost
2004·8.0
The Young Visiters
2003·5.3
Lost in the Snow
2002·0.0
Stuart Little 2
2002·5.8
Second Star to the Left
2001·6.8
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
2001·6.9
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001·6.0
Chica de Río
2001·5.6
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000·7.0
Maybe Baby
2000·5.4
Carnivale
2000·6.1
Lounge Act
2000·10.0
Stuart Little
1999·6.1
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999·7.0
Santa's Last Christmas
1999·5.0
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999·10.0
Cousin Bette
1998·5.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998·6.7
Spice World
1997·4.9
The Borrowers
1997·6.1
The Ugly Duckling
1997·5.7
Treasure Island
1997·0.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996·0.0
101 Dalmatians
1996·5.9
The Adventures of Toad
1996·0.0
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996·5.7
The Adventures of Mole
1995·7.5
Sense and Sensibility
1995·7.4
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995·5.6
The Snow Queen
1995·6.5
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993·8.0
Peter's Friends
1992·6.6
White Bear's Secret
1992·0.0
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992·9.5
Brown Bear's Wedding
1991·0.0
Strapless
1989·7.4
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989·7.7
Employees From Hell
1989·0.0
Customer Service From Hell
1989·0.0
Teams from Hell
1989·0.0
Colleagues From Hell
1989·0.0
Interviewers From Hell
1989·0.0
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988·7.5
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988·6.5
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988·7.2
The Laughing Prisoner
1987·4.7
Up Line
1987·0.0
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987·7.5
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986·8.0
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986·6.6
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985·4.0
Happy Families
1985·0.0
Plenty
1985·5.7
The Cellar Tapes
1982·7.0