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)