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Hugh Laurie
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Name:
Hugh Laurie

Birth Name:
James Hugh Calum Laurie

Born:
Jun 11, 1959
in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Height:
6' 2½"
Hugh Laurie Bio:
 
    Hugh Laurie was born the youngest of four children of Dr. William Mundell and Patricia Laurie. He attended the Dragon School, a well-known prep school in Oxford before going on to Eton and then to Selwyn College.

    Hugh attended Eton, and his first distinctions were in rowing. In 1977, he was half of the junior coxed pair that won the English national title. Representing England's Youth Team at the 1977 World Championships, he and his partner finished fourth. Later, he also achieved a Blue by rowing for Cambridge in the 1980 University Boat Race. By then, he was also pursuing a career in the Cambridge Footlights, of which he became President in 1981.

    At Cambridge, Hugh first worked with Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry. Subsequently, all three launched successful careers in comedy and acting. As well as writing for television, Hugh published a novel, The Gun Seller, and has another novel, Paper Soldier.

    Hugh had a very successful comedy career on British television hosting A Bit of Fry and Laurie, with popular comedian, Stephen Fry. The show consisted of comedy sketches and anecdotes. He also appeared alongside Rowan Atkinson in the British comedy hit series Black Adder as the Prince Regent and later as a less-than-intelligent soldier in World War I.

    In his role as cantankerous and antisocial Dr. Gregory House in the FOX series House, M.D., Laurie has become a renowned Emmy-nominated actor in the United States.
Hugh Laurie Quotes:
 
    [on raising his daughter]
      "Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, 19, 26 and 32 missing, and it's badly translated, hard to figure out."

      []
      "I grew up with an impatience with the anti-scientific. So I'm a bit miffed with our current love affair with all things Eastern. If I sneeze on the set, 40 people hand me echinacea. But I'd no sooner take that than eat a pencil. Maybe that's why I took up boxing. It's my response to men in white pajamas feeling each other's chi."

      [on the difficulty of performing with an American accent]
      "It's as if you're playing left-handed. Or like everyone else is playing with a tennis racket and you have a salmon."

      [on what he misses about England]
      "The buildings and the cruelty. They're very harsh people, the British: hard to impress, very tough on each other, but I rather like that. It's not that the British are more honest - you're just under no illusion with them. LA runs on optimism, enthusiasm and flattery. I think you can go a little bit crazy. I've heard people say there's a limit to the number of years you can stay in this city without going slightly mad. It's just too damn sunny in every dimension - weather-wise, socially and professionally."

     
Hugh Laurie Actor Filmography:
(Only lists what is in our database to date. This is NOT a complete listing.)

Film / Show Name:   Character:
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006) Himself
The WIN Awards (2005) Himself
The Big Empty (2005) Doctor #5
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005) Mr. Frederick Little (voice)
Valiant (2005) Gutsy (voice)
Phoenix Diaries (2005) Himself
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005) Himself / Presenter (Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series)
Flight of the Phoenix (2004) Ian
House M.D. (2004) Dr. Gregory House
The Tale of Jack Frost (2004) Narrator (voice)
Who Killed Saturday Night TV? (2004) Himself (archive footage)
The Young Visiters (2003) Lord Bernard Clark
Stuart Little 2 (2002) Mr. Frederick Little
Lost in the Snow (2002) Teddy (voice)
Dragans of New York (2002)
Second Star to the Left (2001) Archie the Bunny (voice)
The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2001) Himself
Chica de Río (2001) Raymond
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) Vincente Minnelli
The Piano Tuner (2001) Charles
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter (2001) Narrator (voice)
Maybe Baby (2000) Sam Bell
Carnivale (2000) Cenzo
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) John Malkovitch
Lounge Act (2000) (voice)
Python Night (1999) Himself/Stephen Fry
Santa's Last Christmas (1999) Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) French Ambassador
Stuart Little (1999) Mr. Fredrick Little
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) King’s Advisor
Cousin Bette (1998) Baron Hector Hulot
Live from the Lighthouse (1998) Himself
The Borrowers (1997) Police Officer Steady
The Ugly Duckling (1997) Tarquin (voice)
Spice World (1997) Poirot
The Place of Lions (1997) Steve Harris
The Best of Tracey Takes On... (1996) Timothy Bugge
101 Dalmatians (1996) Jasper
The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996) (voice)
Sense and Sensibility (1995) Mr. Palmer
The Snow Queen (1995) Peeps (voice)
The Adventures of Mole (1995) Toad
A Pin for the Butterfly (1994) Uncle
All or Nothing at All (1993) Leo Hopkins
Peter's Friends (1992) Roger Charleston
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) Bertie Wooster
Hysteria 2! (1989) Bill Shakespeare
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989) Himself
Strapless (1989) Colin
Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! (1988) Himself
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) Various Characters
The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987) Himself
Up Line (1987)
Kung-Fu master (1987) Himself in AIDS sketch (archive footage)
The Laughing Prisoner (1987) Assistant
Kate Bush: The Whole Story (1986) Assistant (clip: Experiment IV) (archive footage)
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986) Himself (segment "Dangervision")
Mrs. Capper's Birthday (1985) Bobby
Plenty (1985) Michael
Weekend in Wallop (1984) Himself
The Black Adder (1983) Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Bartleigh
The Black Adder (1983) George
The Black Adder (1983) The Prince Regent
The Crystal Cube (1983) Max Belhaven/Various roles
Cambridge Footlights Revue (1982) Various Characters
Who Sold You This‚ Then? (1975)
Hugh Laurie TV Appearances:
(Only lists what is in our database to date. This is NOT a complete listing.)

Air Date:   Show Name:   Episode Number - Title:   Character:
  House M.D.   3.9 - Finding Judas   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.8 - Whac-A-Mole   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.7 - Son of a Coma Guy   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.6 - Que Sera Sera   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.5 - Fools for Love   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.4 - Lines in the Sand   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.3 - Informed Consent   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.2 - Cane & Able   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   3.1 - Meaning   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.24 - No Reason   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.23 - Who's Your Daddy?   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.22 - Forever   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.21 - Euphoria (2)   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.20 - Euphoria (1)   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.19 - House vs. God   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.18 - Sleeping Dogs Lie   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.17 - All In   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.16 - Safe   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.15 - Clueless   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.14 - Sex Kills   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.13 - Skin Deep   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.12 - Distractions   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.11 - Need to Know   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.10 - Failure to Communicate   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.9 - Deception   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.8 - The Mistake   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.7 - Hunting   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.6 - Spin   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.5 - Daddy's Boy   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.4 - TB or Not TB   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.3 - Humpty Dumpty   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.2 - Autopsy   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   2.1 - Acceptance   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.22 - The Honeymoon   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.21 - Three Stories   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.20 - Love Hurts   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.19 - Kids   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.18 - Babies & Bathwater   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.17 - Role Model   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.16 - Heavy   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.15 - Mob Rules   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.14 - Control   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.13 - Cursed   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.12 - Sports Medicine   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.11 - Detox   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.10 - Histories   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.9 - DNR   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.8 - Poison   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.7 - Fidelity   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.6 - The Socratic Method   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.5 - Damned If You Do   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.4 - Maternity   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.3 - Occam's Razor   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.2 - Paternity   as Dr. Gregory House
  House M.D.   1.1 - Pilot   as Dr. Gregory House
  Spooks   1.5 - The Rose Bed Memoirs   as Jules Siviter
  Spooks   1.4 - Traitor's Gate   as Jules Siviter
  The Black Adder   Special 4 - Blackadder Back & Forth   as George
  The Black Adder   4.6 - Goodbyeee   as George
  The Black Adder   4.5 - General Hospital   as George
  The Black Adder   4.4 - Private Plane   as George
  The Black Adder   4.3 - Major Star   as George
  The Black Adder   4.2 - Corporal Punishment   as George
  The Black Adder   4.1 - Captain Cook   as George
  The Black Adder   Special 1 - A Blackadder's Christmas Carol   as George
  The Black Adder   Special 2 - The Cavalier Years   as Roundhead with Cromwell
  The Black Adder   3.6 - Duel and Duality   as George
  The Black Adder   3.5 - Amy and Amiability   as George
  The Black Adder   3.4 - Sense and Senility   as George
  The Black Adder   3.3 - Nob and Nobility   as George
  The Black Adder   3.2 - Ink and Incapability   as George
  The Black Adder   3.1 - Dish and Dishonesty   as George
  The Black Adder   2.6 - Chains   as Prince Ludwig
  The Black Adder   2.5 - Beer   as Simon Partridge

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