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Aliases: James Hugh Calum Laurie , ヒュー・ローリー , 휴 로리 , Хʼю Лорі
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Oxford, England, UK
Homepage: https://hughlaurieblues.com/
Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 36
Most Famous Work
Biography
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE 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.
Most Famous Work
American Idol
(2002) SelfHouse
(2004) Gregory HouseSpooks
(2002) Jools SiviterThe Night Manager
(2016) Richard RoperWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
(2022) Dr. James NicholsonChance
(2016) Eldon ChanceStuart Little: The Animated Series
(2003) Mr. Frederick Little (voice)Ruby
(1997) SelfActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2024 | Self | |
2023 | Etienne LeBlanc | |
Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice) | ||
Self – Contributor | ||
2022 | Maurice (voice) | |
Dr. James Nicholson | ||
2020 | Peter Laurence | |
Ryan Clark | ||
2019 | Mr. Dick | |
Major de Coverley | ||
2018 | Mycroft Holmes (uncredited) | |
2016 | Eldon Chance | |
Richard Roper | ||
2015 | Himself | |
Self | ||
David Nix | ||
2014 | Himself | |
Self | ||
2013 | Himself | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
2012 | Mr. Watts | |
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | ||
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
Tom James | ||
Self | ||
Himself | ||
2011 | Steve (voice) | |
David Walling | ||
Himself | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Himself | ||
E.B.'s Dad (voice) | ||
2010 | Self | |
Self | ||
2009 | N/A | |
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | ||
Self | ||
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | ||
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | ||
2008 | himself | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Captain James Biggs | ||
2007 | Self | |
Self - Guest | ||
2005 | Self | |
Mr. Little (voice) | ||
Doctor | ||
N/A | ||
Gutsy (voice) | ||
Self | ||
2004 | Ian | |
Self | ||
Gregory House | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2003 | Lord Bernard Clark | |
Narrator | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Paul Slippery | ||
Mr. Frederick Little (voice) | ||
2002 | Teddy | |
Mr. Frederick Little | ||
Self | ||
Jools Siviter | ||
2001 | Archie (voice) | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
Self | ||
Raymond | ||
Vincente Minnelli | ||
2000 | N/A | |
Sam Bell | ||
N/A | ||
Cenzo (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1999 | Mr. Little | |
George | ||
N/A | ||
Bar Patron (voice) | ||
Dr. Gregory House (voice) | ||
Geoffrey the Seagull (voice) | ||
1998 | Baron Hector Hulot | |
King's Advisor | ||
1997 | Poirot | |
Officer Steady | ||
Tarquin (voice) | ||
Squire Trelawney | ||
Self | ||
1996 | Jasper | |
Toad | ||
Mr. Abercrombie (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
Peeps | ||
1995 | Toad | |
Mr. Palmer | ||
Sir Michael Jaffa | ||
Peeps | ||
1994 | The Gentleman on the Plane | |
Uncle | ||
1993 | Self | |
Leo Hopkins | ||
Squire Trelawney (voice) | ||
Squire Trelawney (voice) | ||
1992 | Roger Charleston | |
N/A | ||
Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) | ||
Owl (voice) | ||
1991 | Owl / Mice (voice) | |
Jerry Bryce | ||
1990 | Bertie Wooster | |
1989 | Roger (voice) | |
Colin | ||
N/A | ||
Himself | ||
1988 | Princes Regent / Pigmot | |
Self - Guest | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1987 | Professor | |
Waiter | ||
Assistant | ||
Howard Caprice | ||
N'Bend | ||
Self | ||
1986 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1985 | Bobby McMichael | |
Tom | ||
Jim | ||
Michael | ||
1984 | N/A | |
1983 | Max Belhaven / Various Roles | |
The Prince Regent | ||
Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh | ||
Prince Ludwig | ||
Simon Partridge | ||
N/A | ||
Admissions Officer | ||
1982 | Lord Monty | |
Various | ||
various | ||
Self | ||
1981 | Self | |
1976 | Self | |
1975 | Self - Host | |
Executive | ||
Jeffrey Billings (archive footage) | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2022 | Writer | |
Screenplay | ||
1989 | Writer | |
1987 | Writer | |
1983 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
1982 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2022 | Director | |
2004 | Director | |
2003 | Director | |
1995 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2022 | Executive Producer | |
2016 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2013 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2004 | Executive Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2022 | Creator | |
1989 | Creator | |
1983 | Creator | |
1982 | Creator | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1989 | Music | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |