Hugh Laurie

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-06-11 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Oxford, England, UK

Hugh Laurie

Biography

James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (known professionally as Hugh Laurie; born 11 June 1959) 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 M...

Acting

2008

Street Kings

as Captain James Biggs

1999

Stuart Little

as Mr. Little

1995

2002

Stuart Little 2

as Mr. Little

1997

Spice World

as Poirot

1992

Peter's Friends

as Roger Charleston

1996

2009

B.O.B.'s Big Break

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

1997

The Borrowers

as Officer Steady

1998

The Man in the Iron Mask

as King's Advisor

2001

Chica de Río

as Raymond

2000

Maybe Baby

as Sam Bell

2005

Valiant

as Gutsy (voice)

2009

Monsters vs Aliens

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

1999

Santa's Last Christmas

as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)

1998

Cousin Bette

as Baron Hector Hulot

2011

Arthur Christmas

as Steve (voice)

2011

Hop

as E.B.'s Dad (voice)

2004

The Tale of Jack Frost

as Narrator (voice)

2003

The Young Visiters

as Lord Bernard Clark

2009

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

1988

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as Princes Regent / Pigmot

2011

The Oranges

as David Walling

2012

Mr. Pip

as Mr. Watts

1985

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

as Bobby McMichael

1989

Strapless

as Colin

2023

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

as Self – Contributor

1995

1982

2000

Carnivale

as Cenzo (voice)

2023

The Canterville Ghost

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

2005

The Big Empty

as Doctor

1987

Up Line

as Howard Caprice

1993

The Legends of Treasure Island

as Squire Trelawney (voice)

2009

1988

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)

2015

Tomorrowland

as David Nix

2022

The Amazing Maurice

as Maurice (voice)

2005

1985

Plenty

as Michael

1997

Treasure Island

as Squire Trelawney

2001

Second Star to the Left

as Archie (voice)

1986

Experiment IV

as Lab Assistant 2

1997

The Ugly Duckling

as Tarquin (voice)

1987

2018

Holmes & Watson

as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)

2002

1991

Brown Bear's Wedding

as Owl / Mice (voice)

1992

White Bear's Secret

as Owl (voice)

2012

Dreamworks Spooky Stories

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

2012

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Production

1982

2013

2013

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