Hugh Laurie

James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE 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 miniseries 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.

Cast

Street Kings

(Captain James Biggs)

Stuart Little

(Mr. Little)

Sense and Sensibility

(Mr. Palmer)

Stuart Little 2

(Mr. Little)

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

(Self)

Spice World

(Poirot)

Peter's Friends

(Roger Charleston)

101 Dalmatians

(Jasper)

Flight of the Phoenix

(Ian)

B.O.B.'s Big Break

(Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice))

The Borrowers

(Officer Steady)

Lounge Act

The Man in the Iron Mask

(King's Advisor)

Maybe Baby

(Sam Bell)

Chica de Río

(Raymond)

Valiant

(Gutsy (voice))

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

(Self)

Monsters vs Aliens

(Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice))

Santa's Last Christmas

(Geoffrey the Seagull (voice))

Cousin Bette

(Baron Hector Hulot)

Arthur Christmas

(Steve (voice))

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

(Self)

Hop

(E.B.'s Dad (voice))

The Tale of Jack Frost

(Narrator (voice))

The Young Visiters

(Lord Bernard Clark)

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

(Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice))

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

(Self)

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

(Self)

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

(Princes Regent / Pigmot)

The Oranges

(David Walling)

Mr. Pip

(Mr. Watts)

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

(Bobby McMichael)

Strapless

(Colin)

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

(Self – Contributor)

The Snow Queen's Revenge

(Peeps)

The Snow Queen

(Peeps)

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter

(Narrator (voice))

The Cellar Tapes

(various)

Jools Holland: My Life in Music

(Himself)

Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers

(Self)

Carnivale

(Cenzo (voice))

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary

(Himself)

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

Hugh Laurie Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

A Pin for the Butterfly

(Uncle)

The Canterville Ghost

(Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice))

Up Line

(Howard Caprice)

The Big Empty

(Doctor)

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues

(Himself)

The Legends of Treasure Island

(Squire Trelawney (voice))

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

(Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited))

Blackadder: Back & Forth

(George)

Tomorrowland

(David Nix)

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

(Self)

The Amazing Maurice

(Maurice (voice))

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

(Mr. Little (voice))

Plenty

(Michael)

Treasure Island

(Squire Trelawney)

Second Star to the Left

(Archie (voice))

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

(John Malkovich)

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

(Himself)

Experiment IV

(Lab Assistant 2)

House: Swan Song

The Ugly Duckling

(Tarquin (voice))

The Laughing Prisoner

(Assistant)

Fry and Laurie Reunited

(Self)

Holmes & Watson

(Mycroft Holmes (uncredited))

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

The Personal History of David Copperfield

(Mr. Dick)

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

The Adventures of Mole

(Toad)

Lost in the Snow

(Teddy)

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

(Self)

Brown Bear's Wedding

(Owl / Mice (voice))

White Bear's Secret

(Owl (voice))

Blackadder Rides Again

(himself)

Dreamworks Spooky Stories

(Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice))

The Adventures of Toad

(Toad)

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

(Self)

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

(Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice))

Communicators From Hell

Employees From Hell

The Fall of 2008

(Tom James (Veep))

Alfresco

(Admissions Officer)

Alfresco

(Various)

Shooting Stars

(Self)

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

The Simpsons

(Roger (voice))

Murder Most Horrid

(Jerry Bryce)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

(Self)

House

(Gregory House)

Monkey Trousers

Family Guy

(Bar Patron (voice))

Jeeves and Wooster

(Bertie Wooster)

The Bill

Girls On Top

(Tom)

Tracey Takes On...

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Sin maquillaje

(Self)

The Secret Policeman's Ball

(Self)

Spooks

(Jools Siviter)

American Idol

(Self)

The Young Ones

(Lord Monty)

The New Statesman

(Waiter)

The Jay Leno Show

(Self)

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

(Mr. Abercrombie (voice))

The Lenny Henry Show

(Professor)

The Legends of Treasure Island

(Squire Trelawney (voice))

Stuart Little: The Animated Series

(Mr. Frederick Little (voice))

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

(Self)

Fortysomething

(Paul Slippery)

There's Nothing to Worry About!

(Various)

Look at the State We're In!

(Sir Michael Jaffa)

Friday Night Live

Comic Relief

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

The Night Manager

(Richard Roper)

Family Guy

(Dr. Gregory House (voice))

Wetten, dass..?

(Self)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

QI

(Self)

Chance

(Eldon Chance)

Blackadder

(The Prince Regent)

Blackadder

(Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh)

All the Light We Cannot See

(Etienne LeBlanc)

Friends

(Gentleman on the Plane)

Ruby

(Self)

Perspectives

(Himself)

Blackadder

(Prince Ludwig)

Blackadder

(Simon Partridge)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

(Dr. James Nicholson)

Wogan

(Self)

All or Nothing at All

(Leo Hopkins)

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

(Vincente Minnelli)

MechaNick

(Narrator)

The Reichen Show

(Self)

In the Know

(Self)

A Life on Screen

(Himself)

Veep

(Tom James)

The Graham Norton Show

(Self - Guest)

The Graham Norton Show

(Self)

Avenue 5

(Ryan Clark)

Catch-22

(Major de Coverley)

Preston Pig

(Mr. Wolf)

Saturday Night Live

(Executive)

Saturday Night Live

(Jeffrey Billings (archive footage))

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

(Johnny Town-Mouse (voice))

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

Saturday Live

The Dangerous Brothers

Filthy Rich & Catflap

(N'Bend)

Blackadder

(Princes Regent / Pigmot)

Perspectives

Roadkill

(Peter Laurence)

The Crystal Cube

(Max Belhaven / Various Roles)

Conan

(Self)

Parkinson

(Self)

Tehran

(Eric Peterson)

Happy Families

(Jim)