Hugh Laurie
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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.Read full biography
TV Shows
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Other Credits
In the Know (2024), Roadkill (2020), Chance (2016), A Life on Screen (2014), Veep (2012), Perspectives (2011), Monkey Trousers (2005), Stuart Little: The Animated Series (2003), Fortysomething (2003), MechaNick (2003), DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection (2003), Spooks (2002), Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001), Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Preston Pig (2000), The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (2000), Ruby (1997), Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996), Look at the State We're In! (1995), The Legends of Treasure Island (1993), All or Nothing at All (1993), The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992), A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989), Friday Night Live (1988), Comic Relief (1988), The Lenny Henry Show (1987), Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987), Omnibus Presents Comic Relief (1986), The Dangerous Brothers (1986), Girls On Top (1985), Happy Families (1985), Alfresco (1983), The Crystal Cube (1983), There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982), Wogan (1982), Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1979), The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976), The Wanted Man, Dig