Hugh Laurie
Overview
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.
2023
The Canterville Ghost
Average rating: 6.6
1999
Stuart Little
Average rating: 6.1
2011
Arthur Christmas
Average rating: 6.8
2015
Tomorrowland
Average rating: 6.3
1996
101 Dalmatians
Average rating: 5.9
2005
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Average rating: 5.2
2009
Monsters vs Aliens
Average rating: 6.2
2008
Street Kings
Average rating: 6.6
1997
Spice World
Average rating: 4.8
2012
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Average rating: 6.7
2004
Flight of the Phoenix
Average rating: 6
2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Average rating: 6.5
2002
Stuart Little 2
Average rating: 5.8
1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
Average rating: 6.6
2012
Mr. Pip
Average rating: 6.2
1989
The Simpsons
Average rating: 8
2004
House
Average rating: 8.6
1999
Family Guy
Average rating: 7.4
1999
Family Guy
Average rating: 7.4
1994
Friends
Average rating: 8.4
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Average rating: 6.5
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Average rating: 6.7
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Average rating: 5.4
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Average rating: 5.4
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Average rating: 7.2
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Average rating: 7.2
1975
Saturday Night Live
Average rating: 6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Average rating: 6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Average rating: 6.9
2010
Conan
Average rating: 7Images See all
Acting history
| Year | Media type | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tv Show | In the Know | Self |
| 2023 | Tv Show | All the Light We Cannot See | Etienne LeBlanc |
| 2023 | Movie | The Canterville Ghost | Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice) |
| 2023 | Movie | Blackadder: A Cunning Story | Self – Contributor |
| 2022 | Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Maurice (voice) |
| 2022 | Tv Show | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Dr. James Nicholson |
| 2020 | Tv Show | Roadkill | Peter Laurence |
| 2020 | Tv Show | Avenue 5 | Ryan Clark |
| 2019 | Movie | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mr. Dick |
| 2019 | Tv Show | Catch-22 | Major de Coverley |
| 2018 | Movie | Holmes & Watson | Mycroft Holmes (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Tv Show | Chance | Eldon Chance |
| 2016 | Tv Show | The Night Manager | Richard Roper |
| 2015 | Movie | A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry | Himself |
| 2015 | Tv Show | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | Movie | Tomorrowland | David Nix |
| 2014 | Tv Show | A Life on Screen | Himself |
| 2014 | Tv Show | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2013 | Movie | Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary | Himself |
| 2013 | Movie | Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues | - |
| 2013 | Movie | Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker | Self |
| 2013 | Movie | Monsters vs Aliens Stories | - |
| 2012 | Movie | Mr. Pip | Mr. Watts |
| 2012 | Movie | Shrek's Thrilling Tales | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2012 | Movie | Dreamworks Spooky Stories | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2012 | Movie | Hugh Laurie Live at Montreux Jazz Festival | - |
| 2012 | Movie | House: Swan Song | - |
| 2012 | Tv Show | Veep | Tom James |
| 2012 | Movie | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Self |
| 2012 | Movie | Jools Holland: My Life in Music | Himself |
| 2011 | Movie | Arthur Christmas | Steve (voice) |
| 2011 | Movie | The Oranges | David Walling |
| 2011 | Movie | Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues | Himself |
| 2011 | Movie | Hugh Laurie: Down by the River | - |
| 2011 | Tv Show | Sin maquillaje | Self |
| 2011 | Tv Show | Perspectives | Himself |
| 2011 | Tv Show | Perspectives | - |
| 2011 | Movie | Hop | E.B.'s Dad (voice) |
| 2010 | Movie | Fry and Laurie Reunited | Self |
| 2010 | Tv Show | Conan | Self |
| 2009 | Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | - |
| 2009 | Movie | B.O.B.'s Big Break | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2009 | Tv Show | The Jay Leno Show | Self |
| 2009 | Movie | Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2009 | Movie | Monsters vs Aliens | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) |
| 2008 | Movie | Blackadder Rides Again | himself |
| 2008 | Movie | Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers | Self |
| 2008 | Movie | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self |
| 2008 | Movie | Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | - |
| 2008 | Movie | Street Kings | Captain James Biggs |
| 2007 | Movie | Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self |
| 2007 | Tv Show | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2007 | Tv Show | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Tv Show | The Reichen Show | Self |
| 2005 | Movie | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Mr. Little (voice) |
| 2005 | Movie | The Big Empty | Doctor |
| 2005 | Tv Show | Monkey Trousers | - |
| 2005 | Movie | Valiant | Gutsy (voice) |
| 2005 | Tv Show | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self |
| 2004 | Movie | Flight of the Phoenix | Ian |
| 2004 | Movie | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self |
| 2004 | Tv Show | House | Gregory House |
| 2004 | Movie | The Tale of Jack Frost | Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Movie | The Young Visiters | Lord Bernard Clark |
| 2003 | Tv Show | MechaNick | Narrator |
| 2003 | Tv Show | QI | Self |
| 2003 | Tv Show | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Tv Show | Fortysomething | Paul Slippery |
| 2003 | Tv Show | Stuart Little: The Animated Series | Mr. Frederick Little (voice) |
| 2002 | Movie | Lost in the Snow | Teddy |
| 2002 | Movie | Stuart Little 2 | Mr. Little |
| 2002 | Tv Show | American Idol | Self |
| 2002 | Tv Show | Spooks | Jools Siviter |
| 2001 | Movie | Second Star to the Left | Archie (voice) |
| 2001 | Movie | Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter | Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Movie | Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making | Self |
| 2001 | Movie | Chica de Río | Raymond |
| 2001 | Tv Show | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Vincente Minnelli |
| 2000 | Movie | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | John Malkovich |
| 2000 | Tv Show | Preston Pig | Mr. Wolf |
| 2000 | Movie | Maybe Baby | Sam Bell |
| 2000 | Tv Show | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | - |
| 2000 | Movie | Carnivale | Cenzo (voice) |
| 2000 | Tv Show | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | - |
| 2000 | Movie | Lounge Act | - |
| 1999 | Movie | Stuart Little | Mr. Little |
| 1999 | Movie | Blackadder: Back & Forth | George |
| 1999 | Tv Show | Family Guy | Dr. Gregory House (voice) |
| 1999 | Tv Show | Family Guy | Bar Patron (voice) |
| 1999 | Movie | Santa's Last Christmas | Geoffrey the Seagull (voice) |
| 1998 | Movie | Cousin Bette | Baron Hector Hulot |
| 1998 | Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | King's Advisor |
| 1998 | Tv Show | Parkinson | Self |
| 1997 | Movie | Spice World | Poirot |
| 1997 | Movie | The Borrowers | Officer Steady |
| 1997 | Movie | The Ugly Duckling | Tarquin (voice) |
| 1997 | Movie | Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney |
| 1997 | Tv Show | Ruby | Self |
| 1996 | Movie | 101 Dalmatians | Jasper |
| 1996 | Movie | The Adventures of Toad | Toad |
| 1996 | Tv Show | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | Mr. Abercrombie (voice) |
| 1996 | Tv Show | Tracey Takes On... | - |
| 1996 | Movie | The Snow Queen's Revenge | Peeps |
| 1995 | Movie | The Adventures of Mole | Toad |
| 1995 | Movie | Sense and Sensibility | Mr. Palmer |
| 1995 | Tv Show | Look at the State We're In! | Sir Michael Jaffa |
| 1995 | Movie | A Pin for the Butterfly | Uncle |
| 1995 | Movie | The Snow Queen | Peeps |
| 1994 | Tv Show | Friends | Gentleman on the Plane |
| 1993 | Tv Show | Shooting Stars | Self |
| 1993 | Tv Show | All or Nothing at All | Leo Hopkins |
| 1993 | Tv Show | The Legends of Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney (voice) |
| 1993 | Movie | The Legends of Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney (voice) |
| 1992 | Movie | Peter's Friends | Roger Charleston |
| 1992 | Tv Show | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | - |
| 1992 | Tv Show | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) |
| 1992 | Movie | White Bear's Secret | Owl (voice) |
| 1991 | Movie | Brown Bear's Wedding | Owl / Mice (voice) |
| 1991 | Tv Show | Murder Most Horrid | Jerry Bryce |
| 1990 | Tv Show | Jeeves and Wooster | Bertie Wooster |
| 1989 | Tv Show | The Simpsons | Roger (voice) |
| 1989 | Movie | Strapless | Colin |
| 1989 | Tv Show | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | - |
| 1989 | Movie | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self |
| 1989 | Movie | Communicators From Hell | - |
| 1989 | Movie | Employees From Hell | - |
| 1988 | Movie | Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Princes Regent / Pigmot |
| 1988 | Tv Show | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Tv Show | Friday Night Live | - |
| 1988 | Tv Show | Comic Relief | - |
| 1988 | Movie | Blackadder: The Cavalier Years | Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Tv Show | The Lenny Henry Show | Professor |
| 1987 | Tv Show | The New Statesman | Waiter |
| 1987 | Movie | The Laughing Prisoner | Assistant |
| 1987 | Movie | Up Line | Howard Caprice |
| 1987 | Tv Show | Filthy Rich & Catflap | N'Bend |
| 1987 | Movie | The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball | Self |
| 1986 | Movie | Experiment IV | Lab Assistant 2 |
| 1986 | Tv Show | Omnibus Presents Comic Relief | - |
| 1986 | Movie | The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live | - |
| 1986 | Tv Show | Saturday Live | - |
| 1986 | Tv Show | The Dangerous Brothers | - |
| 1986 | Movie | Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | - |
| 1985 | Movie | Mrs. Capper's Birthday | Bobby McMichael |
| 1985 | Tv Show | Girls On Top | Tom |
| 1985 | Tv Show | Happy Families | Jim |
| 1985 | Movie | Plenty | Michael |
| 1984 | Tv Show | The Bill | - |
| 1983 | Tv Show | The Crystal Cube | Max Belhaven / Various Roles |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Blackadder | Princes Regent / Pigmot |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Blackadder | The Prince Regent |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Blackadder | Prince Ludwig |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Blackadder | Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Blackadder | Simon Partridge |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Alfresco | Various |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Alfresco | Admissions Officer |
| 1982 | Tv Show | The Young Ones | Lord Monty |
| 1982 | Tv Show | There's Nothing to Worry About! | Various |
| 1982 | Movie | The Cellar Tapes | various |
| 1982 | Tv Show | Wogan | Self |
| 1981 | Tv Show | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1976 | Tv Show | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self |
| 1975 | Tv Show | Saturday Night Live | Jeffrey Billings (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Tv Show | Saturday Night Live | Executive |
| 1975 | Tv Show | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
Producing history
| Year | Media type | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tv Show | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Creator |
| 2022 | Tv Show | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Writing |
| 2022 | Tv Show | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Writing |
| 2022 | Tv Show | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Production |
| 2022 | Tv Show | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Directing |
| 2016 | Tv Show | Chance | Production |
| 2016 | Tv Show | The Night Manager | Production |
| 2013 | Movie | Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary | Production |
| 2013 | Movie | Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues | Production |
| 2004 | Tv Show | House | Production |
| 2004 | Tv Show | House | Directing |
| 2003 | Tv Show | Fortysomething | Directing |
| 1995 | Tv Show | Look at the State We're In! | Directing |
| 1989 | Tv Show | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | Writing |
| 1989 | Tv Show | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | Sound |
| 1989 | Tv Show | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | Creator |
| 1987 | Movie | The Laughing Prisoner | Writing |
| 1983 | Tv Show | The Crystal Cube | Writing |
| 1983 | Tv Show | The Crystal Cube | Creator |
| 1983 | Tv Show | Alfresco | Writing |
| 1982 | Tv Show | There's Nothing to Worry About! | Writing |
| 1982 | Tv Show | There's Nothing to Worry About! | Creator |
| 1982 | Movie | The Cellar Tapes | Writing |