Hugh Laurie
Acting • Born 1959-06-11
Biography
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 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.
Filmography
176 credits
Street Kings
Movie • 2008
Captain James Biggs
Stuart Little
Movie • 1999
Mr. Little
Sense and Sensibility
Movie • 1995
Mr. Palmer
Stuart Little 2
Movie • 2002
Mr. Little
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Movie • 2013
Self
Spice World
Movie • 1997
Poirot
Peter's Friends
Movie • 1992
Roger Charleston
101 Dalmatians
Movie • 1996
Jasper
Flight of the Phoenix
Movie • 2004
Ian
B.O.B.'s Big Break
Movie • 2009
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
The Borrowers
Movie • 1997
Officer Steady
Lounge Act
Movie • 2000
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie • 1998
King's Advisor
Maybe Baby
Movie • 2000
Sam Bell
Chica de Río
Movie • 2001
Raymond
Valiant
Movie • 2005
Gutsy (voice)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie • 2004
Self
Monsters vs Aliens
Movie • 2009
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Santa's Last Christmas
Movie • 1999
Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
Cousin Bette
Movie • 1998
Baron Hector Hulot
Arthur Christmas
Movie • 2011
Steve (voice)
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2012
Self
Hop
Movie • 2011
E.B.'s Dad (voice)
The Tale of Jack Frost
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
The Young Visiters
Movie • 2003
Lord Bernard Clark
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Movie • 2009
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Movie • 1987
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Movie • 1989
Self
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie • 1988
Princes Regent / Pigmot
The Oranges
Movie • 2011
David Walling
Mr. Pip
Movie • 2012
Mr. Watts
Mrs Capper's Birthday
Movie • 1985
Bobby McMichael
Strapless
Movie • 1989
Colin
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Movie • 2023
Self - Contributor
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Movie • 1996
Peeps
The Snow Queen
Movie • 1995
Peeps
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice)
The Cellar Tapes
Movie • 1982
various
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Movie • 2012
Self
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
Movie • 2008
Self
Carnivale
Movie • 2000
Cenzo (voice)
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Movie • 2013
Himself
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Movie • 2011
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
Movie • 2013
A Pin for the Butterfly
Movie • 1995
Uncle
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 2023
Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
Up Line
Movie • 1987
Howard Caprice
The Big Empty
Movie • 2005
Doctor
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Movie • 2011
Self
The Legends of Treasure Island
Movie • 1993
Squire Trelawney (voice)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Movie • 1988
Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Movie • 1999
George
Tomorrowland
Movie • 2015
David Nix
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Movie • 2007
Self
The Amazing Maurice
Movie • 2022
Maurice (voice)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Movie • 2005
Mr. Little (voice)
Plenty
Movie • 1985
Michael
Treasure Island
Movie • 1997
Squire Trelawney
Second Star to the Left
Movie • 2001
Archie (voice)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie • 2000
John Malkovich
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Movie • 2015
Self
The Ugly Duckling
Movie • 1997
Tarquin (voice)
The Laughing Prisoner
Movie • 1987
Assistant
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Movie • 2010
Self
Holmes & Watson
Movie • 2018
Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie • 2008
Self
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Movie • 2013
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie • 2019
Mr. Dick
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Movie • 1986
The Adventures of Mole
Movie • 1995
Toad
Lost in the Snow
Movie • 2002
Teddy
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Movie • 2001
Self
Brown Bear's Wedding
Movie • 1991
Owl / Mice (voice)
White Bear's Secret
Movie • 1992
Owl (voice)
Blackadder Rides Again
Movie • 2008
Self
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Movie • 2012
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
The Adventures of Toad
Movie • 1996
Toad
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Movie • 1986
Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie • 2008
Self
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Movie • 2012
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Employees From Hell
Movie • 1989
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Movie • 1999
Self
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
Movie • 1992
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
Movie • 2012
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Movie • 1996
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
Experiment IV
Movie
Second Assistant
Happy Families
Movie • 1985
Jim
Veep
Movie • 2019
Tom James
Customer Service From Hell
Movie • 1989
Teams from Hell
Movie • 1989
Colleagues From Hell
Movie • 1989
Interviewers From Hell
Movie • 1989
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alfresco
TV • 1983
Admissions Officer
Alfresco
TV • 1983
Various
Shooting Stars
TV • 1993
Self
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV • 1989
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Roger (voice)
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Jerry Bryce
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
House
TV • 2004
Gregory House
Monkey Trousers
TV • 2005
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Bar Patron (voice)
Jeeves and Wooster
TV • 1990
Bertie Wooster
The Bill
TV • 1984
Girls On Top
TV • 1985
Tom
Tracey Takes On...
TV • 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV • 1976
Self
Spooks
TV • 2002
Jools Siviter
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
The Young Ones
TV • 1982
Lord Monty
The New Statesman
TV • 1987
Waiter
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
TV • 1986
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
TV • 1996
Mr. Abercrombie (voice)
The Lenny Henry Show
TV • 1987
Professor
The Legends of Treasure Island
TV • 1993
Squire Trelawney (voice)
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
TV • 2003
Mr. Frederick Little (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Fortysomething
TV • 2003
Paul Slippery
There's Nothing to Worry About!
TV • 1982
Various
Friday Night Live
TV • 1988
Comic Relief
TV • 1988
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Night Manager
TV • 2016
Richard Roper
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Dr. Gregory House (voice)
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
QI
TV • 2003
Self
Chance
TV • 2016
Eldon Chance
Blackadder
TV • 1983
The Prince Regent
Blackadder
TV • 1983
Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
All the Light We Cannot See
TV • 2023
Etienne LeBlanc
Friends
TV • 1994
Gentleman on the Plane
Ruby
TV • 1997
Self
Perspectives
TV • 2011
Himself
Blackadder
TV • 1983
Prince Ludwig
Blackadder
TV • 1983
Simon Partridge
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
TV • 2022
Dr. James Nicholson
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
All or Nothing at All
TV • 1993
Leo Hopkins
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
TV • 2001
Vincente Minnelli
MechaNick
TV • 2003
Narrator
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
In the Know
TV • 2024
Self
A Life on Screen
TV • 2014
Self
Veep
TV • 2012
Tom James
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Avenue 5
TV • 2020
Ryan Clark
Catch-22
TV • 2019
Major de Coverley
Preston Pig
TV • 2000
Mr. Wolf
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV • 1992
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV • 2000
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Saturday Live
TV • 1986
The Dangerous Brothers
TV • 1986
Filthy Rich & Catflap
TV • 1987
N'Bend
Perspectives
TV • 2011
Roadkill
TV • 2020
Peter Laurence
The Crystal Cube
TV • 1983
Max Belhaven / Various Roles
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Tehran
TV • 2020
Eric Peterson
Happy Families
TV • 1985
Jim
The Culture Show
TV • 2004
Great Performances
TV • 1971
The Wanted Man
TV
Felix Carmichael
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
TV • 2003
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Look at the State We're In!
TV • 1995
Sir Michael Jaffa
Look at the State We're In!
TV • 1995
Director
Dig
TV
Neville