Hugh Laurie (1959)

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Hugh Laurie
General Information
Birth Name	James Hugh Calum Laurie
Gender	Male
Birth Place	Oxford, England
Birth Date	June 11, 1959
Occupation	Actor, Comedian, Composer, Director, Musician, Producer, Singer, Writer
Years Active	1981–present

Background

Hugh Laurie ( b. 11 June 1959 ) is a English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He has appeared in live action television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances.

Laurie is well known as one half of the British comedic duo "Fry & Laurie" alongside his long time collaborator Stephen Fry with whom he's partnered up with since the early 1980s. He is however best known for his extended role as the misanthropic Dr. Gregory House who was the titular character of the long running and top rated medical-drama TV series House, M.D. for which he won numerous accolades and two Golden Globes.

Filmography

• Who Sold You This, Then? (1975)
• Cambridge Footlights Revue (1982)
• There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982) 3 episodes
• The Crystal Cube (1983)
• Keep Off the Grass (1983)
• Alfresco (1983-84) 13 episodes
• The Young Ones (1984) 1 episodes
• Plenty (1985)
• Mrs. Capper's Birthday (1985)
• Happy Families (1985) 2 episodes
• Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986)
• Black-Adder II (1986) 2 episodes
• Girls on Top (1986) 1 episode
• Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987) 1 episode
• The Laughing Prisoner (1987)
• Black Adder the Third (1987) 6 episodes
• Up Line (1987)
• A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987-95) series regular
• Friday Night Live (1988) 1 episode
• Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988)
• Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988)
• Les Girls (1988) 1 episode
• Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
• The New Statesman (1989) 1 episode
• Hysteria 2! (1989)
• Strapless (1989)
• Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) 6 episodes
• Jeeves and Wooster (1990-93) 23 episodes
• Brown Bear's Wedding (1991)
• White Bear's Secret (1992)
• Peter's Friends (1992)
• The Legends of Treasure Island (1993) 8 episodes
• All or Nothing at All (1993) 3 episodes
• A Pin for the Butterfly (1994)
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1995) 1 episode
• Look at the State We're In! (1995) 6 episodes
• The Snow Queen (1995)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
• The Adventures of Mole (1995)
• Tracey Takes On... (1996) 3 episodes
• Dennis the Menace (1996) 1 episode
• Murder Most Horrid (1996) 1 episode
• 101 Dalmatians (1996)
• The Adventures of Toad (1996)
• The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996)
• I'd Like a Word with You (1997)
• The Borrowers (1997)
• Spice World (1997)
• Treasure Island (1997)
• The Ugly Duckling (1997)
• The Place of Lions (1997)
• The Bill (1998) 1 episode
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
• Friends (1998) 1 episode
• Cousin Bette (1998)
• Santa's Last Christmas (1999)
• Stuart Little (1999)
• Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
• Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)
• The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999)
• Little Grey Rabbit (2000) ? episodes
• The Journal of Edwin Carp (2000)
• Carnivale (2000)
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000) 1 episode
• Maybe Baby (2000)
• Preston Pig (2000) ? episodes
• Dominion (2000) ? episodes
• Lounge Act (2000)
• Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) 2 episodes
• The Piano Tuner (2001)
• Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter (2001)
• Girl from Rio (2001)
• Second Star to the Left (2001)
• Family Guy (2001-09) 2 episodes
• Dragans of New York (2002)
• MI-5 (2002) 2 episodes
• Stuart Little 2 (2002)
• Lost in the Snow (2002)
• Fortysomething (2003) 6 episodes
• Stuart Little (2003) 6 episodes
• MechaNick (2003) 6 episodes
• The Young Visiters (2003)
• The Lenny Henry Show (2004) 1 episode
• Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
• The Tale of Jack Frost (2004)
• House (2004-12) series regular
• Valiant (2005)
• Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
• The Big Empty (2005)
• Inside the Actors Studio (2006) 1 episode
• TV's 50 Greatest Stars (2006)
• Saturday Night Live (2006-08) 2 episodes
• American Idol (2007) 1 episode
• Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out (2007)
• Street Kings (2008)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)
• Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
• The Simpsons (2010) 1 episode
• Hop (2011)
• The Oranges (2011)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Shrek's Thrilling Tales (2012)
• Mr. Pip (2012)
• Hugh Laurie: Live On The Queen Mary (2013)
• Tomorrowland (2015)
• Veep (2015-16) 14 episodes
• The Night Manager (2016) 6 episodes
• Chance (2016-?) series regular
• The Canterville Ghost (2017)
• Holmes & Watson (2018)

Trivia

• Is the son of an Olympic gold medal for competitive rowing (coxless pairs) in the 1948 Games in London and was also a champion coxless pair himself, having won the British National Junior Championship in 1978. Intended to be an Olympic rower but had to drop out when he contracted glandular fever and subsequently joined the university drama club where he met his future comedic partner, Stephen Fry.

Quotes

• "It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any."

• "I never was someone who was at ease with happiness."

• "People are more open about seeking help these days. They recognize the fact that the alternative to having a shrink is that you bore your friends stupid. So I figured that I might as well give someone 100 bucks an hour to hear my woes. At least someone can make a living out of listening to my tedious problems."

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