
Hugh Laurie
Acting
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.
TV Shows(75)

In the Know
Self
2024

All the Light We Cannot See
Etienne LeBlanc
2023

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Dr. James Nicholson
2022

Roadkill
Peter Laurence
2020

Tehran
Eric Peterson
2020

Avenue 5
Ryan Clark
2020

Catch-22
Major de Coverley
2019

Chance
Eldon Chance
2016

The Night Manager
Richard Roper
2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015

A Life on Screen
Self
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014

Veep
Tom James
2012

Perspectives
Himself
2011

Conan
Self
2010

The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009

The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007

The Reichen Show
Self
2005

Monkey Trousers
2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005

House
Gregory House
2004

The Culture Show
2004

MechaNick
Narrator
2003

QI
Self
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003

Fortysomething
Paul Slippery
2003

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2003

Stuart Little: The Animated Series
Mr. Frederick Little (voice)
2003

American Idol
Self
2002

Spooks
Jools Siviter
2002

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Vincente Minnelli
2001
Preston Pig
Mr. Wolf
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

Family Guy
Bar Patron (voice)
1999

Parkinson
Self
1998

Ruby
Self
1997

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Mr. Abercrombie (voice)
1996

Tracey Takes On...
1996
Look at the State We're In!
Sir Michael Jaffa
1995

Friends
Gentleman on the Plane
1994

Shooting Stars
Self
1993

All or Nothing at All
Leo Hopkins
1993

The Legends of Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney (voice)
1993

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992

Murder Most Horrid
Jerry Bryce
1991

Jeeves and Wooster
Bertie Wooster
1990

The Simpsons
Roger (voice)
1989

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988

Friday Night Live
1988
Comic Relief
1988

The Lenny Henry Show
Professor
1987

The New Statesman
Waiter
1987

Filthy Rich & Catflap
N'Bend
1987

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986

Saturday Live
1986

The Dangerous Brothers
1986

Girls On Top
Tom
1985

Happy Families
Jim
1985

The Bill
1984

The Crystal Cube
Max Belhaven / Various Roles
1983

Blackadder
The Prince Regent
1983

Alfresco
Admissions Officer
1983

The Young Ones
Lord Monty
1982

There's Nothing to Worry About!
Various
1982

Wogan
Self
1982

Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981

Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979

The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975

Great Performances
1971
The Wanted Man
Felix Carmichael
Dig
Neville
Movies(96)

The Canterville Ghost
Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
2023

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
2023

The Amazing Maurice
Maurice (voice)
2022

The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mr. Dick
2019

Holmes & Watson
Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
2018

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Self
2015

Tomorrowland
David Nix
2015

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
Himself
2013
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Self
2013

Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013

Mr. Pip
Mr. Watts
2012

Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012

House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012

Dreamworks Spooky Stories
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012

House: Swan Song
休·劳瑞
2012

FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
2012

Jools Holland: My Life in Music
Self
2012

Arthur Christmas
Steve (voice)
2011

The Oranges
David Walling
2011

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
Self
2011

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011

Hop
E.B.'s Dad (voice)
2011

Fry and Laurie Reunited
Self
2010

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
(archive footage)
2009

B.O.B.'s Big Break
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2009

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2009

Monsters vs Aliens
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2009

Blackadder Rides Again
Self
2008
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
Self
2008

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
2008

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
2008

Street Kings
Captain James Biggs
2008

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
2007

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Mr. Little (voice)
2005
The Big Empty
Doctor
2005

Valiant
Gutsy (voice)
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Lieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005

Flight of the Phoenix
Ian
2004

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self (archive footage)
2004

The Tale of Jack Frost
Narrator (voice)
2004

The Young Visiters
Lord Bernard Clark
2003

Lost in the Snow
Teddy
2002

Stuart Little 2
Mr. Little
2002

Second Star to the Left
Archie (voice)
2001

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Narrator (voice)
2001

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Self
2001

Chica de Río
Raymond
2001

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
John Malkovich
2000

Maybe Baby
Sam Bell
2000

Carnivale
Cenzo (voice)
2000
Lounge Act
2000

Stuart Little
Mr. Little
1999

Blackadder: Back & Forth
George
1999

Santa's Last Christmas
Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
1999

Stuart Little: Making It Big
Self
1999

Cousin Bette
Baron Hector Hulot
1998

The Man in the Iron Mask
King's Advisor
1998

Spice World
Poirot
1997

The Borrowers
Officer Steady
1997

The Ugly Duckling
Tarquin (voice)
1997
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
1997

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
1996

101 Dalmatians
Jasper
1996

The Adventures of Toad
Toad
1996

The Snow Queen's Revenge
Peeps
1996

The Adventures of Mole
Toad
1995

Sense and Sensibility
Mr. Palmer
1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
Uncle
1995

The Snow Queen
Peeps
1995

The Legends of Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney (voice)
1993

Peter's Friends
Roger Charleston
1992

White Bear's Secret
Owl (voice)
1992

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992

Brown Bear's Wedding
Owl / Mice (voice)
1991

Strapless
Colin
1989

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
1989

Employees From Hell
1989

Customer Service From Hell
1989

Teams from Hell
1989

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Interviewers From Hell
1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Princes Regent / Pigmot
1988

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
1988

The Laughing Prisoner
Assistant
1987

Up Line
Howard Caprice
1987

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Self
1987

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
1986

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986

Mrs Capper's Birthday
Bobby McMichael
1985

Happy Families
Jim
1985

Plenty
Michael
1985

The Cellar Tapes
various
1982
Experiment IV
Second Assistant

The Story of Bean
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)