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English actor, comedian and musician (born )

James Hugh Calum Laurie (; born 11 June ) is an English actor, comedian, musician and writer. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the English comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry.

Fry and Laurie acted together in a number of projects during the s and s, including the BBC sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P.

G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves and Wooster. From to he appeared in three series of the period comedy Blackadder, first as a recurring guest star in the last two episodes of Blackadder II, before joining the main cast in Blackadder the Third, and going on to appear in Blackadder Goes Forth and many related specials.

From to , Laurie starred as Dr. Gregory House on the Fox medical drama series House. He received two Golden Globe Awards and many other accolades for the role. He was listed in the Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama at the time, earning $, (£,) per episode.^[1][2] By the end of the series, he was earning $, an episode.^[3] His other television credits include starring as arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, the main antagonist in the miniseries The Night Manager (), for which he won his third Golden Globe, and playing Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (–), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination.

Hugh laurie movies and tv shows He is above average in height and weight. Albums [ edit ]. Writing for the New York Times , Kevin Cahillane termed the series "a cut above" the standard television-hospital fare thanks to "the humor in Dr. The Ugly Duckling.

Laurie has appeared in the films Peter's Friends (), Sense and Sensibility (), Dalmatians (), The Borrowers (), The Man in the Iron Mask (), Stuart Little (), Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (), Flight of the Phoenix (), Tomorrowland (), Arthur Christmas () in which he voiced Steven Claus, and The Personal History of David Copperfield ().^[4] Outside acting, he released the blues albums Let Them Talk () and Didn't It Rain (), both to favourable reviews.

Laurie wrote the novel The Gun Seller (). He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours and CBE in the New Year Honours, both for services to drama.^[5]

Early life

Laurie was born on 11 June , in the Blackbird Leys area of Oxford,^[6][7] the youngest of four children of Patricia (née Laidlaw) and William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie, who was a physician and winner of an Olympic gold medal in the coxless pairs (rowing) at the London Games.^[7][8] He has an older brother, Charles Alexander Lyon Mundell Laurie,^[7] and two older sisters, Susan and Janet.^[9][10] He had a strained relationship with his mother,^[7][11] whom he noted as "Presbyterian by character, by mood".^[7] He later said, "I was frustration to her.

She didn't like me."^[7] His mother died from motor neurone disease in , at the age of According to Laurie, she endured the disease for two years and suffered "painful, plodding paralysis" while being cared for by Laurie's father, whom he has called "the sweetest man in the whole world".^[10]

Laurie's parents, who were both of Scottish descent, attended St Columba's Presbyterian Church (now United Reformed Church)^[12] in Oxford.^[13][14] He notes that "belief in God didn't play a large role" in his home, but "a certain attitude to life and the living of it did".^[7] He followed this by stating, "Pleasure was something that was treated with great suspicion, pleasure was something that I was going to say it had to be earned but even the earning of it didn't really work.

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It was something to this day, I mean, I carry that with me. I find pleasure a difficult thing; I don't know what you do with it, I don't know where to put it."^[7] He later stated, "I don't believe in God, but I have this idea that if there were a God, or destiny of some kind looking down on us, that if he saw you taking anything for granted, he'd take it away."^[15]

Laurie was brought up in Oxford and attended the Dragon School from seven to 13, later stating, "I was, in truth, a horrible child.

Not much given to things of a 'bookey' nature, I spent a large part of my youth smoking Number Six and cheating in French vocabulary tests."^[16] He went on to Eton College, which he described as "the most private of private schools".^[7] He arrived at Selwyn College, Cambridge, in ,^[17] which he says he attended "as a result of family tradition" since his father went there.^[7] Laurie notes that his father was a successful rower at Cambridge and that he was "trying to follow in [his] father's footsteps".^[7] He studied archaeology and anthropology, specialising in social anthropology,^[18] and graduated with third-class honours in ^[19]

Like his father, Laurie rowed at school and university.^[7] In , he was a member of the junior coxed pair that won the British national title before representing Britain's Youth Team at the Junior World Rowing Championships.

In , Laurie and his rowing partner, J.S. Palmer, were runners-up in the Silver Goblets^[20] coxless pairs for Eton Vikings rowing club. He also achieved a Blue while taking part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.^[21] Cambridge lost that year by five feet.^[22] During this time, Laurie was training for up to eight hours a day and was on course to become an Olympic-standard rower.^[23] He is a member of the Leander Club, one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world, and was a member of the Hermes Club and Hawks' Club.^[7]

Career

Acting

Forced to abandon rowing during a bout of glandular fever, Laurie joined the Cambridge Footlights,^[24] a university dramatic club that has produced many well-known actors and comedians including members of the popular British surreal comedy group, Monty Python.

There he met Emma Thompson, with whom he had a romantic relationship; the two remain good friends.^[7] 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.^[25]

In –81, his final year at university, besides rowing Laurie was president of the Footlights, with Thompson as vice-president.

They took their annual revue, The Cellar Tapes, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won the first Perrier Comedy Award which was presented to them by Rowan Atkinson. The revue was written principally by Laurie and Fry, and the cast also included Thompson, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer and Penny Dwyer. The Perrier Award led to a West End transfer for The Cellar Tapes and a television version of the revue, broadcast in May It resulted in Laurie, Fry and Thompson being selected, along with Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane and Siobhan Redmond to write and appear in a new sketch comedy show for Granada Television, Alfresco, which ran for two series.

Fry and Laurie worked together on various projects throughout the s and s. Among them were the Blackadder series, written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis, starring Rowan Atkinson, with Laurie in various roles, including two roles in Blackadder II which marked his debut appearance in the series, first as drunk Simon Partridge in "Beer" and then as the villainous Prince Ludwig the Indestructible in the Blackadder II final episode, "Chains" and then Prince George in Blackadder the Third and Lieutenant George in Blackadder Goes Forth.^[7] Other projects followed, of which one was their BBC sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie; another project was Jeeves and Wooster,^[7] an adaptation of P.

G. Wodehouse's stories, in which Laurie played Jeeves's employer, the amiable twit Bertie Wooster. He and Fry participated in charity stage events, such as Hysteria! 1, 2 & 3 and Amnesty International's The Secret Policeman's Third Ball, Comic Relief TV shows and the variety show Fry and Laurie Host a Christmas Night with the Stars.

They collaborated again on the film Peter's Friends () and came together for a retrospective show in titled Fry and Laurie Reunited.

Laurie starred in the Thames Television film Letters from a Bomber Pilot () directed by David Hodgson. This was a serious acting role, the film being dramatised from the letters home of Pilot Officer J.R.A.

"Bob" Hodgson, a pilot in RAF Bomber Command, who was killed in action in ^[26]

Laurie appeared in the music videos for the single "Experiment IV" by Kate Bush, and the Annie Lennox single "Walking on Broken Glass" in British Regency period costume alongside John Malkovich.^[27] Laurie appeared in the Spice Girls' film Spice World () and had a brief guest-starring role on Friends in "The One with Ross's Wedding" ().

Laurie's later film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (), adapted by and starring Emma Thompson; the Disney live-action film Dalmatians (), where he played Jasper, one of the bumbling criminals hired to kidnap the puppies; Elton's adaptation of his novel Inconceivable, Maybe Baby (); Girl from Rio; the adaptation of The Flight of the Phoenix, and Stuart Little.

Since , Laurie has appeared in a range of British television dramas, guest-starring that year in two episodes of the first season of the spy thriller series Spooks on BBC One. In , he starred in and also directed ITV's comedy-drama series fortysomething (in one episode of which Stephen Fry appears). In , he voiced the character of a bar patron in the Family Guy episode "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea".

Laurie voiced the character of Mr. Wolf in the cartoon Preston Pig. He was a panellist on the first episode of QI, alongside Fry as host. In , Laurie guest-starred as a professor in charge of a space probe called Beagle, on The Lenny Henry Show.

Between and , Laurie starred as an acerbic physician specialising in diagnostic medicine, Dr.

Gregory House, in the Fox medical drama House. For his portrayal, he assumed an American accent.^[7] He was in Namibia filming Flight of the Phoenix and recorded his audition tape for the show in the bathroom of the hotel, as it was the only place he could get enough light.^[28]Jacob Vargas operated the camera for the audition tape.

Laurie's American accent was so convincing that executive producer Bryan Singer, who was unaware at the time that Laurie was British, pointed to him as an example of just the kind of "compelling American actor" he had been looking for.^[28] Laurie also adopted the accent between takes on the set of House,^[29] as well as during script read-throughs, although he used his native accent when directing the episode "Lockdown".^[29] He also served as director for the episode "The C-Word".^[30]

Laurie was nominated for an Emmy Award^[31] for his role in House in Although he did not win, he did receive a Golden Globe in both and for his work on the series and the Screen Actors Guild award in and Laurie was also awarded a large increase in salary, from what was rumoured to be a mid-range five-figure sum to $, per episode.

Laurie was not nominated for the Emmys, apparently to the outrage of Fox executives,^[32] but he still appeared in a scripted, pre-taped intro, where he parodied his House character by rapidly diagnosing host Conan O'Brien and then proceeding to grope him as the latter asked him for help to get to the Emmys on time.

He would later go on to speak in French while presenting an Emmy with Dame Helen Mirren, and was since nominated in , , , , and

Laurie was initially cast as Perry White, the editor of the Daily Planet, in Singer's film Superman Returns but had to bow out of the project because of his commitment to House.^[33] In July , Laurie appeared on Inside the Actors Studio, where he also performed one of his own comic songs, "Mystery", accompanying himself on the piano.^[7] He hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live, in which he appeared in drag in a sketch about a man (Kenan Thompson) with a broken leg who accuses his doctor of being dishonest.

Laurie played the man's wife.

In August , Laurie appeared on BBC Four's documentary Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out, filmed in celebration of Fry's 50th birthday. In , he took part in Blackadder Rides Again which saw him reuniting with former Blackadder producer, John Lloyd who had travelled to the set of House MD in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California to interview Laurie who recalled his time working on the Blackadder series.

Laurie also appeared as Captain James Biggs in Street Kings, opposite Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, and then in as the eccentric Dr. Herbert Cockroach, PhD in DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens. He also hosted Saturday Night Live for the second time on the Christmas show in which he sang a medley of three-second Christmas songs to close his monologue.

In , Laurie returned to guest star in another Family Guy episode, "Business Guy", parodying Gregory House. In , Laurie guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" as Roger, a castaway who is planning a murder scheme on a ship during Homer and Marge's second honeymoon.^[34]

On 8 February Fox announced that season eight of House would be the last.

On 13 June the media announced that Laurie was in negotiations to play the villain in RoboCop, a remake of the original RoboCop film.^[35] These negotiations ultimately fell through and Laurie passed on the project.^[36] In , Laurie starred in an independent feature called The Oranges that had a limited release.

The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey thought that he was "particularly good".^[37] After the end of House Laurie took a three-year hiatus from film and TV work.

Laurie was in negotiations to be cast in the role of Blackbeard for the series Crossbones. However, the role went to John Malkovich.^[38] In he returned to TV work with a recurring role on Veep as Tom James, a role written specifically for him after showrunner Armando Iannucci heard he was a fan of the show.^[39] Laurie continued to recur on the show until the final season in The same year he played the villain David Nix in Brad Bird's film Tomorrowland.^[40][41]

Laurie played arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the BBC 1 mini-series The Night Manager.

The series started filming in spring and aired first on the BBC.^[42] He was nominated for two Emmys for his work on the miniseries and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. In addition to being an Executive Producer on the show alongside Tom Hiddleston, it was also Laurie's first role on British TV in thirteen years.

Laurie starred as Dr Eldon Chance, a San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist in the Hulu thriller series Chance which lasted for two seasons from to ^[43][44] In Laurie had a small role in the critically panned film Holmes & Watson.

In Laurie appeared in Veep creator Armando Iannucci's film The Personal History of David Copperfield, an adaptation of the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

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That same year it was announced he would also work with Iannucci on the upcoming space comedy Avenue 5 for HBO.^[45] Season 2 of Avenue 5 was released on 10 October , with Laurie reprising his role as Captain Ryan.^[46]

It was reported in February that Laurie would be the feature guest star for the third season of Tehran.^[47][48]

Music

Laurie is an accomplished pianist who began taking piano lessons at the age of six.^[49] He sings and plays the piano, guitar, drums, harmonica, and saxophone.

He has displayed his musical talents throughout his acting career, such as on A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, House and when he hosted Saturday Night Live in October He is a vocalist and keyboard player for the Los Angeles charity rock group Band From TV.

Following Meat Loaf's appearance in the House episode "Simple Explanation", Laurie played piano as a special guest on the song "If I Can't Have You" from Meat Loaf's album Hang Cool Teddy Bear.

Laurie co-wrote and performed the humorous blues song, "Sperm Test in the Morning", in the film Maybe Baby.^[50]

On House Laurie played several classic rock 'n roll instruments including Gibson Flying V and Les Paul guitars. His character has a Hammond B-3 organ in his home and on one episode performed the introduction to Procol Harum's classic "Whiter Shade of Pale".^[51]

On 26 July it was announced that Laurie would be releasing a blues album after signing a contract with Warner Bros.

Records.^[52] The album, called Let Them Talk, was released in France on 18 April and in Germany on 29 April. The album features collaborations from well-known artists such as Tom Jones, Irma Thomas and Dr. John.

On 1 May Laurie and a jazz quintet closed the Cheltenham Jazz Festival to great acclaim.^[53] He followed that up as the subject of the 15 May episode of ITV's series Perspectives, explaining his love for the music of New Orleans and playing music, from his album Let Them Talk, at studios and live venues in the city itself.^[49] He was the subject of PBSGreat PerformancesLet them Talk, also about New Orleans jazz, first broadcast on 30 September ^[54]

His second album, Didn't It Rain, was released in the UK on 6 May ^[55] In the same year he played at the RMS&#;Queen Mary together with his band.

This concert was filmed and later released as Live on the Queen Mary on DVD and Blu-ray.

Writing

In Laurie's first novel, The Gun Seller, an intricate thriller laced with Wodehouseian humour, was published and became a best-seller.^[7] He has since been working on the screenplay for a film version.

His second novel, The Paper Soldier, was scheduled for September but has yet to appear.

Personal life

Laurie married theatre administrator Jo Green on 16 June in the Camden area of London.^[56] They have three children, Charlie, Bill, and Rebecca.^[57] Laurie's elder son Charlie played a small role as baby William in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, during a sketch titled "Special Squad".

His daughter Rebecca had a role in the film Wit as five-year-old Vivian Bearing. Stephen Fry, Laurie's best friend and long-time comedy partner, was the best man at his wedding and is the godfather of his children.^[58]

While appearing on Inside the Actors Studio in he discussed his struggles with severe clinical depression.^[7] He told host James Lipton that he first concluded he had a problem while driving in a charity demolition derby, during which he realised that seeing two cars collide and explode made him feel bored rather than excited or frightened; he quipped that "boredom is not an appropriate response to exploding cars".^[7] As of he was having regular sessions with a psychotherapist.^[7][11]

Laurie admires the writings of P.

G. Wodehouse, explaining in a 27 May article in The Daily Telegraph how reading Wodehouse novels had saved his life.^[59] In an interview also in The Daily Telegraph, he confirmed that he is an atheist.^[60] He is an avid motorcycle enthusiast and has two motorbikes, one at his London home and one at his Los Angeles home.

His bike in the U.S. is a Triumph Bonneville, his self-proclaimed "feeble attempt to fly the British flag".^[61]

In June Laurie was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where he chose tracks from Joe Cocker, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Randy Newman, Professor Longhair, Son House, Nina Simone, Lester Young–Buddy Rich Trio, and Van Morrison as his eight favourite discs.^[62] This was his second appearance on the show, having previously been on a episode, where he chose tracks by Muddy Waters, Max Bruch, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra with Count Basie, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Van Morrison.^[63]

Laurie is a supporter of Arsenal FC.^[64]

Recognition

Laurie has won three Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has been nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards.^[65][66]

On 23 May Laurie was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama in the New Year Honours.^{[67][68][69][70]} He was promoted to Commander of the same Order (CBE) for his services to drama in the New Year Honours.^[71]

In March Laurie was made an Honorary Fellow of his alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge.^[72][73]

In October he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[74]

Filmography

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Discography

Albums

Singles

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DVDs/Blu-ray

Year	DVD/Blu-ray	Notes
	Live on the Queen Mary	Recorded live on the RMS Queen Mary together with band

Awards and honours

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Hugh Laurie

Commonwealth honours

Commonwealth honours

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