Hugh Laurie

ActorDirectorProducerWriterSound Jun 11 (age 66) Oxford, England, UK 1971–2024 (53 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

House

Gregory House

Film

Tomorrowland

David Nix

Film

Sense and Sensibility

Mr. Palmer

Film

The Man in the Iron Mask

King's Advisor

Film

The Night Manager

Richard Roper

Film

Monsters vs Aliens

Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Film

Stuart Little

Mr. Little

Film

Blackadder

The Prince Regent

Filmography

Acting (172)

Movies (95)

The Canterville Ghost

2023

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

6.7

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

2023

as Self - Contributor

7.5

The Amazing Maurice

2022

as Maurice (voice)

6.7

The Personal History of David Copperfield

2019

as Mr. Dick

6.4

Holmes & Watson

2018

as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)

4.3

Tomorrowland

2015

as David Nix

6.3

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

2015

as Self

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

2013

as Self

7.1

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary

2013

as Himself

6.1

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

2013

7.8

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

2013

Dreamworks Spooky Stories

2012

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

6.4

Jools Holland: My Life in Music

2012

as Self

Mr. Pip

2012

as Mr. Watts

6.2

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs

2012

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

2012

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

6.7

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

2012

as Self

7.3

House: Swan Song

2012

as 休·劳瑞

Hop

2011

as E.B.'s Dad (voice)

5.8

Arthur Christmas

2011

as Steve (voice)

6.8

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River

2011

8.7

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues

as Self

The Oranges

as David Walling

Fry and Laurie Reunited

2010

as Self

6.8

Monsters vs Aliens

2009

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

6.2

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

2009

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

5.9

B.O.B.'s Big Break

2009

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

5.9

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

2009

as (archive footage)

7.4

Street Kings

2008

as Captain James Biggs

6.6

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2008

as Self

4.5

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

2008

as Self

7.8

Blackadder Rides Again

2008

as Self

7.5

Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers

2008

as Self

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

2007

as Self

Valiant

as Gutsy (voice)

The Big Empty

as Doctor

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

2005

as Mr. Little (voice)

5.2

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Flight of the Phoenix

2004

as Ian

6.0

The Tale of Jack Frost

2004

as Narrator (voice)

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004

as Self

4.8

The Young Visiters

2003

as Lord Bernard Clark

5.4

Lost in the Snow

2002

as Teddy

Stuart Little 2

2002

as Mr. Little

5.8

Second Star to the Left

as Archie (voice)

Chica de Río

as Raymond

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

2001

as Self

6.0

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter

as Narrator (voice)

Maybe Baby

as Sam Bell

Lounge Act

Carnivale

as Cenzo (voice)

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as John Malkovich

Stuart Little

as Mr. Little

Blackadder: Back & Forth

1999

as George

7.0

Santa's Last Christmas

1999

as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)

4.3

Stuart Little: Making It Big

1999

as Self

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

as King's Advisor

6.6

Cousin Bette

1998

as Baron Hector Hulot

Spice World

as Poirot

The Borrowers

as Officer Steady

Treasure Island

as Squire Trelawney

The Ugly Duckling

as Tarquin (voice)

101 Dalmatians

as Jasper

The Adventures of Toad

1996

as Toad

The Snow Queen's Revenge

1996

as Peeps

5.5

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse

1996

as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)

Sense and Sensibility

as Mr. Palmer

The Snow Queen

as Peeps

The Adventures of Mole

1995

as Toad

6.0

A Pin for the Butterfly

1995

as Uncle

4.8

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

as Squire Trelawney (voice)

8.0

White Bear's Secret

1992

as Owl (voice)

Peter's Friends

1992

as Roger Charleston

6.6

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva

1992

9.5

Brown Bear's Wedding

1991

as Owl / Mice (voice)

Employees From Hell

Strapless

as Colin

Teams from Hell

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989

as Self

7.5

Interviewers From Hell

1989

Colleagues From Hell

1989

Customer Service From Hell

1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

as Princes Regent / Pigmot

7.6

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988

as Self

6.0

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

1988

as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)

7.2

Up Line

1987

as Howard Caprice

The Laughing Prisoner

1987

as Assistant

3.0

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

1987

as Self

5.0

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

1986

6.6

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986

as Self

6.0

Mrs Capper's Birthday

as Bobby McMichael

Plenty

as Michael

Happy Families

as Jim

The Cellar Tapes

1982

as various

6.8

Experiment IV

as Second Assistant

Television (77)

In the Know

2024

as Self

7.2

All the Light We Cannot See

2023

as Etienne LeBlanc

7.5

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

2022

as Dr. James Nicholson

Tehran

as Eric Peterson

Avenue 5

as Ryan Clark

Roadkill

as Peter Laurence

Catch-22

as Major de Coverley

The Night Manager

as Richard Roper

Chance

as Eldon Chance

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

A Life on Screen

as Self

Veep

as Tom James

Perspectives

as Himself

Sin maquillaje

as Self

Conan

as Self

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

The Reichen Show

as Self

Monkey Trousers

House

as Gregory House

The Culture Show

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Stuart Little: The Animated Series

2003

as Mr. Frederick Little (voice)

5.1

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection

2003

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Fortysomething

as Paul Slippery

MechaNick

as Narrator

American Idol

as Self

Spooks

as Jools Siviter

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

2001

as Vincente Minnelli

6.5

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

2000

6.5

Preston Pig

2000

as Mr. Wolf

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

2000

Family Guy

1999

as Bar Patron (voice)

7.4

Parkinson

1998

as Self

Ruby

1997

as Self

Tracey Takes On...

1996

8.5

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

1996

as Mr. Abercrombie (voice)

6.2

Look at the State We're In!

1995

as Sir Michael Jaffa

Friends

1994

as Gentleman on the Plane

8.4

Shooting Stars

1993

as Self

7.6

The Legends of Treasure Island

1993

as Squire Trelawney (voice)

7.5

All or Nothing at All

1993

as Leo Hopkins

8.0

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self

5.4

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)

Murder Most Horrid

as Jerry Bryce

Jeeves and Wooster

as Bertie Wooster

The Simpsons

as Roger (voice)

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

1989

7.9

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Comic Relief

Friday Night Live

The New Statesman

as Waiter

The Lenny Henry Show

as Professor

Filthy Rich & Catflap

as N'Bend

Saturday Live

The Dangerous Brothers

1986

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

Girls On Top

as Tom

Happy Families

as Jim

The Bill

Blackadder

as The Prince Regent

Blackadder

as Princes Regent / Pigmot

8.0

The Crystal Cube

1983

as Max Belhaven / Various Roles

Alfresco

as Various

Wogan

as Self

The Young Ones

as Lord Monty

There's Nothing to Worry About!

as Various

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

1979

6.0

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Executive

Great Performances

The Wanted Man

as Felix Carmichael

Dig

as Neville

Crew (21)

Movies (5)

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary

2013

Executive Producer

6.1

Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues

2013

Executive Producer

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs

2012

Writer

The Laughing Prisoner

Writer

The Cellar Tapes

Writer

Television (16)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

2022

Director

6.6

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

2022

Executive Producer

6.6

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

2022

Screenplay

6.6

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Writer

The Night Manager

Executive Producer

Chance

Executive Producer

House

Director

House

Executive Producer

Fortysomething

Director

Look at the State We're In!

1995

Director

Look at the State We're In!

1995

Writer

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

1989

Music

7.9

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Writer

The Crystal Cube

Writer

Alfresco

Writer

There's Nothing to Worry About!

1982

Writer

5.0