Acting credits
157
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Hugh Laurie
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.6
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Movies: 87Series: 70Crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 41419
IMDb ID: nm0491402
Known for: Acting
Born: June 11, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: Oxford, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2024
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q49017
Also known as
James Hugh Calum Laurie • Хʼю Лорі
Other jobs
Writer (6)Director (3)Executive Producer (3)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Hugh Laurie.
6.7
The Canterville Ghost
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
2023 Movie
7.5
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
2023 Movie
6.7
The Amazing Maurice
as Maurice (voice)
2022 Movie
6.4
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Mr. Dick
2019 Movie
Veep
as Tom James
2019 Movie
4.3
Holmes & Watson
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
2018 Movie
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
as Self
2015 Movie
6.3
Tomorrowland
as David Nix
2015 Movie
6.1
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
as Himself
2013 Movie
7.1
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
as Self
2013 Movie
7.8
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013 Movie
6.2
Mr. Pip
as Mr. Watts
2012 Movie
6.7
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012 Movie
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
2012 Movie
6.4
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
2012 Movie
7.3
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
2012 Movie
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Self
2012 Movie
6.8
Arthur Christmas
as Steve (voice)
2011 Movie
5.5
The Oranges
as David Walling
2011 Movie
5.2
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
as Self
2011 Movie
8.7
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011 Movie
5.8
Hop
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
2011 Movie
6.8
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self
2010 Movie
7.4
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Hugh Laurie.
7.2
In the Know
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.5
All the Light We Cannot See
as Etienne LeBlanc • 4 eps
2023 Series
6.6
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Dr. James Nicholson • 2 eps
2022 Series
6.4
Roadkill
as Peter Laurence • 4 eps
2020 Series
7.5
Tehran
as Eric Peterson • 8 eps
2020 Series
6.5
Avenue 5
as Ryan Clark • 17 eps
2020 Series
7.3
Catch-22
as Major de Coverley • 3 eps
2019 Series
6.9
Chance
as Eldon Chance • 20 eps
2016 Series
7.7
The Night Manager
as Richard Roper • 12 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2015 Series
8.0
A Life on Screen
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Veep
as Tom James • 20 eps
2012 Series
Perspectives
as Himself • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Conan
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
3.5
The Jay Leno Show
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2007 Series
4.8
The Reichen Show
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.3
Monkey Trousers
7 eps
2005 Series
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 3 eps
2005 Series
8.6
House
as Gregory House • 176 eps
2004 Series
6.2
The Culture Show
1 eps
2004 Series
6.0
MechaNick
as Narrator • 80 eps
2003 Series
8.0
QI
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series