Hugh Laurie
Acting
1959-06-11 · Oxford, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Dig
2026 · Series
Behind The Mic: The Making of The Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions
2026 · Series
In the Know
2024 · Series
All the Light We Cannot See
2023 · Series
The Canterville Ghost
2023 · Movie
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023 · Movie
The Amazing Maurice
2022 · Movie
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022 · Series
Roadkill
2020 · Series
Tehran
2020 · Series
Avenue 5
2020 · Series
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · Movie
Catch-22
2019 · Series
Holmes & Watson
2018 · Movie
Chance
2016 · Series
The Night Manager
2016 · Series
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Tomorrowland
2015 · Movie
A Life on Screen
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2013 · Movie
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013 · Movie
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013 · Movie
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013 · Movie
Mr. Pip
2012 · Movie
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012 · Movie
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012 · Movie
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
2012 · Movie
House: Swan Song
2012 · Movie
Veep
2012 · Series
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012 · Movie
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012 · Movie
Arthur Christmas
2011 · Movie
The Oranges
2011 · Movie
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
2011 · Movie
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011 · Movie
Perspectives
2011 · Series
Hop
2011 · Movie
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009 · Movie
B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009 · Movie
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · Series
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009 · Movie
Monsters vs Aliens
2009 · Movie
Blackadder Rides Again
2008 · Movie
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2008 · Movie
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008 · Movie
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 · Movie
Street Kings
2008 · Movie
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
The Reichen Show
2005 · Series
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005 · Movie
The Big Empty
2005 · Movie
Monkey Trousers
2005 · Series
Valiant
2005 · Movie
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
Flight of the Phoenix
2004 · Movie
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Movie
House
2004 · Series
The Culture Show
2004 · Series
The Tale of Jack Frost
2004 · Movie
The Young Visiters
2003 · Movie
MechaNick
2003 · Series
QI
2003 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Fortysomething
2003 · Series
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003 · Series
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
2003 · Series
Lost in the Snow
2002 · Movie
Stuart Little 2
2002 · Movie
American Idol
2002 · Series
Spooks
2002 · Series
Second Star to the Left
2001 · Movie
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
2001 · Movie
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001 · Movie
Chica de Río
2001 · Movie
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 · Series
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
Preston Pig
2000 · Series
Maybe Baby
2000 · Movie
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000 · Series
Carnivale
2000 · Movie
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000 · Series
Lounge Act
2000 · Movie
Stuart Little
1999 · Movie
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999 · Movie
Santa's Last Christmas
1999 · Movie
Cousin Bette
1998 · Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · Movie
Parkinson
1998 · Series
Spice World
1997 · Movie
The Borrowers
1997 · Movie
The Ugly Duckling
1997 · Movie
Treasure Island
1997 · Movie
Ruby
1997 · Series
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996 · Movie
101 Dalmatians
1996 · Movie
The Adventures of Toad
1996 · Movie
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996 · Series
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
Tracey Takes On...
1996 · Series
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996 · Movie
The Adventures of Mole
1995 · Movie
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Movie
Look at the State We're In!
1995 · Series
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995 · Movie
The Snow Queen
1995 · Movie
Friends
1994 · Series
Shooting Stars
1993 · Series
All or Nothing at All
1993 · Series
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Series
The Legends of Treasure Island
1993 · Movie
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992 · Series
Peter's Friends
1992 · Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
White Bear's Secret
1992 · Movie
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992 · Movie
Brown Bear's Wedding
1991 · Movie
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Series
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Strapless
1989 · Movie
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989 · Series
Customer Service From Hell
1989 · Movie
Colleagues From Hell
1989 · Movie
Interviewers From Hell
1989 · Movie
Teams from Hell
1989 · Movie
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989 · Movie
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988 · Movie
Friday Night Live
1988 · Series
Comic Relief
1988 · Series
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988 · Movie
The Lenny Henry Show
1987 · Series
The New Statesman
1987 · Series
The Laughing Prisoner
1987 · Movie
Up Line
1987 · Movie
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987 · Series
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987 · Movie
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986 · Series
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986 · Movie
Saturday Live
1986 · Series
The Dangerous Brothers
1986 · Series
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986 · Movie
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985 · Movie
Girls On Top
1985 · Series
Happy Families
1985 · Series
Plenty
1985 · Movie
The Bill
1984 · Series
The Crystal Cube
1983 · Series
Blackadder
1983 · Series
Alfresco
1983 · Series
The Young Ones
1982 · Series
There's Nothing to Worry About!
1982 · Series
The Cellar Tapes
1982 · Movie
Wogan
1982 · Series
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Series
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979 · Series
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Legacy of Spies
Series
The Wanted Man
Series
Experiment IV
Movie
The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life
Movie