Hugh Laurie

Actor | Producer | Writer

Hugh was born in Oxford, England on June 11, 1959, to Patricia (Laidlaw) and William George Ranald ...

Born: June 11, 1959

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Filmography

Known For

House Dr. Gregory House (2004-2012)
Tomorrowland Nix (2015)
Flight of the Phoenix Ian (2004)
Known For

101 Dalmatians Jasper (1996)
Actor

Roadkill Peter Laurence (2020)
Avenue 5 Ryan Clark (2020)
The Personal History of David Copperfield Mr Dick (2019)
Catch-22 Major de Coverley (2019)
Veep Tom James (2015-2019)
Holmes & Watson Mycroft (2018)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert John Lennon (2018)
Chance Eldon Chance (2016-2017)
The Night Manager Richard Roper (2016)
Tomorrowland Nix (2015)
LittleBigPlanet 3 Newton (2014)
EasyJet: I'm Not Late! Narrator (2014)
Mr. Pip Mr. Watts (2012)
Shrek's Thrilling Tales Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (2012)
House Dr. Gregory House (2004-2012)
Arthur Christmas Steve (2011)
The Oranges David (2011)
Hop E.B.'s Dad (2011)
The Simpsons Roger (2010)
Family Guy Dr. Gregory House (2001-2009)
Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (2009)
B.O.B.'s Big Break Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (2009)
Monsters vs. Aliens Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (2009)
Street Kings Captain James Biggs (2008)
The Big Empty Doctor #5 (2005)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild Mr. Little (2005)
Valiant Gutsy (2005)
The Tale of Jack Frost Narrator (2004)
Flight of the Phoenix Ian (2004)
The Lenny Henry Show Professor (2004)
The Young Visiters Lord Bernard Clark (2003)
MechaNick Narrator (2003)
Fortysomething Paul Slippery (2003)
Stuart Little Mr. Frederick Little (2003)
Dragans of New York (2002)
Lost in the Snow Teddy (2002)
Stuart Little 2 Mr. Little (2002)
MI-5 Jools Siviter (2002)
Second Star to the Left Archie (2001)
Girl from Rio Raymond (2001)
The Piano Tuner Charles (2001)
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Vincente Minnelli (2001)
Lounge Act (2000)
Dominion Freleng (2000)
Preston Pig Mr. Wolf (2000) (2000)
Maybe Baby Sam Bell (2000)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Dr. Lawyer (2000)
The Journal of Edwin Carp Edwin Carp (2000)
Little Grey Rabbit Hare (2000)
Santa's Last Christmas Geoffrey the Seagull (1999)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything French Ambassador (1999)
Blackadder Back & Forth All Georges (1999)
Stuart Little Mr. Little (1999)
Carnivale Cenzo (1999)
Cousin Bette Hector (1998)
Friends The Gentleman on the Plane (1998)
The Bill Harrap (1998)
The Man in the Iron Mask King's Advisor (1998)
I'd Like a Word with You Ethelred the Unready (1997)
The Place of Lions Steve Harris (1997)
Treasure Island Squire Trelawney (1997)
Spice World Poirot (1997)
The Borrowers Officer Steady (1997)
The Ugly Duckling Tarquin (1997)
The Snow Queen's Revenge Peeps (1996)
The Adventures of Toad Toad (1996)
101 Dalmatians Jasper (1996)
Murder Most Horrid Jerry Bryce (1996)
Dennis the Menace Mr. Abercrombie (1996)
Tracey Takes On... Timothy 'Timmy' Bugge (1996)
The Adventures of Mole Toad (1995)
Sense and Sensibility Mr. Palmer (1995)
The Snow Queen Peeps (1995)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends Johnny Town-Mouse (1995)
Look at the State We're in! Director (1995)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie Various Characters (1987-1995)
A Pin for the Butterfly Uncle (1994)
All or Nothing at All Leo Hopkins (1993)
The Legends of Treasure Island Squire Trelawney (1993)
Jeeves and Wooster Bertie Wooster (1990-1993)
It's Your Choice: Selection Skills for Managers Ethelred the Unready (1993)
Peter's Friends Roger Anderson (1992)
Annie Lennox: Walking on Broken Glass Prince George (1992)
White Bear's Secret Owl (1992)
Brown Bear's Wedding Owl / Mice (1991)
Blackadder Goes Forth Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh (1989)
Strapless Colin (1989)
The New Statesman Waiter (1989)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol Princes Regent / Pigmot (1988)
Les Girls Mr. Mott (1988)
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years Roundhead with Cromwell (1988)
Blackadder the Third The Prince Regent, their master (1987)
The Laughing Prisoner Assistant (1987)
Up Line Howard Caprice (1987)
Filthy Rich & Catflap N'Bend (1987)
Girls on Top Tom (1986)
Kate Bush: Experiment IV Assistant 2 (1986)
Blackadder II Prince Ludwig (1986)
Friday Night Live (1986)
Happy Families Jim (1985)
Mrs. Capper's Birthday Bobby (1985)
Plenty Michael (1985)
Alfresco Various Characters (1983-1984)
The Young Ones Lord Monty (1984)
Keep Off the Grass Man with Silly Hat (1983)
The Crystal Cube Max Belhaven / Various Roles (1983)
Actor

There's Nothing to Worry About! Alan (1982)
Soundtrack

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012)
Matzav Ha'Uma (2011)
House (2004-2011)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
The Jay Leno Show (2009)
Saturday Night Live (2006-2008)
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
Maybe Baby (2000)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987-1995)
Peter's Friends (1992)
Jeeves and Wooster (1992)
Soundtrack

Alfresco (1984)
Writer

The Settlement (2011)
More Great Comedy Moments (2003)
Dragans of New York (2002)
You'll Soon Get the Hang of It: The Technique of One to One Training (1995)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987-1995)
The Laughing Prisoner (1987)
Friday Night Live (1986)
Alfresco (1983-1984)
The Crystal Cube (1983)
There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982)
Writer

Cambridge Footlights Revue (1982)
Producer

Chance (2016)
The Night Manager (2016)
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary (2013)
Perspectives (2013)
House: Swan Song (2012)
House (2009-2012)
Producer

Dragans of New York (2002)
Director

House (2010-2012)
Fortysomething (2003)
Maybe Baby (2000)
Director

Look at the State We're in! (1995)
Archive footage

What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? (2020)
Our Friend Victoria (2017)
Everyone wanted to be in Vic's Christmas Specials (2017)
Hoy nos toca (2017)
Lorraine (2016)
Too Much TV (2016)
Wogan: The Best Of (2015)
CNN Newsroom (2014)
Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor (2014)
Britain's Best Loved Double Acts (2014)
Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2013)
Axolot (2013)
The Graham Norton Show (2011-2013)
Fry's Planet Word (2011)
Wogan on Wodehouse (2011)
My Favourite Joke (2011)
Saturday Night Live Backstage (2011)
Cinema & Medicina: Dal Gladiatore al Dr. House (2011)
Almost Famous IV (2011)
Farewell 'the Bill' (2010)
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
Pop Galerie Reloaded (2009)
¡Pechos fuera! (2009)
El hormiguero (2006-2008)
Stephen Fry: Guilty (2007)
Canada A.M. (2007)
University Challenge: The Story So Far (2006)
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2006)
The Story of Light Entertainment (2006)
Comedy Connections (2006)
80s (2005)
Arena (2004)
Who Killed Saturday Night TV? (2004)
The Story of Bean (1997)
The Best of Tracey Takes on... (1996)
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992)
Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
Archive footage

Kate Bush: The Whole Story (1986)
Playing Shakespeare (1982)
Composer

A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987)
Music Department

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary (2013)

Videos

Awards

Nominated for 10 Primetime Emmys.

Another 24 wins & 50 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

His father, William George Ranald Mundell Laurie, and his mother, Patricia (Laidlaw), were both of Scottish descent.

[on working nine-to-ten-hour days, five days a week in Hollywood]: It's a way of living that, had you described it to me 10 years ago, I would have just found absurd beyond belief, inconceivable. But here we are. Yes, there were plenty of times when...