Hugh Laurie
Acting
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.
Born: June 11, 1959
Place of Birth: Oxford, England, UK
Known For
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
This DVD, an expanded version of the Grammy-winning 1992 video companion to Annie Lennox's solo debut, belongs on the short list of long-form videos that achieve the stylistic and thematic cohesion of a great album. In its audio incarnation, Diva isn't tied to a formally structured concept, yet its songs probe a clutch of interwoven themes, oscillating between spirit and flesh as the Scottish singer muses over ruined relationships, vain ambitions, and quests for love and identity in alternately teasing and tormented performances. On video, director Sophie Muller loosely integrates the songs through overlapping imagery, allowing costuming, locations, or lighting to supply a dreamlike coherence in lieu of more conventional plot or character.
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
Hugh Laurie takes a personal journey into the heart and soul of blues and jazz music.
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Tracey Takes On...
Tracey Takes On... is a sketch comedy series starring actress Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993). Each episode focuses on a specific subject which Ullman and her cast of characters take on through a series of sketches and monologues.
Friends
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.
The Simpsons
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
The Legends of Treasure Island
All or Nothing at All
In this compelling story of a daring conman, Leo Hopkins (Hugh Laurie) prospers from the greed of others - but his undeniable charm and willingness to take risks plunge him into a mess of troubles and worry. Addicted to gambling, seduced by his secretary and threatened by his corrupt boss, his life spirals downward and Leo must find a way to straighten himself out before he loses everything.
A Life on Screen
Documentary series that celebrates the incredible careers of the best of British talent.
Filmography
as Self
as Etienne LeBlanc
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
as Self - Contributor
as Maurice (voice)
as Dr. James Nicholson
as Peter Laurence
as Eric Peterson
as Ryan Clark
as Mr. Dick
as Major de Coverley
as Tom James
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
as Eldon Chance
as Richard Roper
as Self - Guest
as David Nix
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Mr. Watts
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Tom James
as Self
as Steve (voice)
as David Walling
as Himself
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
as Self
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Self
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Self
as Captain James Biggs
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Mr. Little (voice)
as Doctor
as Gutsy (voice)
as Ian
as Gregory House
as Narrator (voice)
as Lord Bernard Clark
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Paul Slippery
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
as Mr. Frederick Little (voice)
as Teddy
as Mr. Little
as Self
as Jools Siviter
as Archie (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Raymond
as Vincente Minnelli
as John Malkovich
as Mr. Wolf
as Sam Bell
as Cenzo (voice)
as Mr. Little
as George
as Bar Patron (voice)
as Dr. Gregory House (voice)
as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
as Self
as Baron Hector Hulot
as King's Advisor
as Self
as Poirot
as Officer Steady
as Tarquin (voice)
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
as Jasper
as Toad
as Mr. Abercrombie (voice)
as Peeps
as Toad
as Mr. Palmer
as Peeps
as Gentleman on the Plane
as Self
as Leo Hopkins
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
as Squire Trelawney (voice)
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
as Roger Charleston
as Owl (voice)
as Owl / Mice (voice)
as Jerry Bryce
as Bertie Wooster
as Roger (voice)
as Colin
as Princes Regent / Pigmot
as Self - Guest
as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
as Professor
as Waiter
as Assistant
as Howard Caprice
as N'Bend
as Bobby McMichael
as Tom
as Jim
as Jim
as Michael
as Max Belhaven / Various Roles
as The Prince Regent
as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
as Prince Ludwig
as Simon Partridge
as Admissions Officer
as Various
as Lord Monty
as Various
as various
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host