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Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie’s screen credits include Mr. Palmer in Sense and Sensibility, Steve (voice) in Arthur Christmas, and Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) in Monsters vs Aliens.
Born June 11, 1959 Oxford, England, UK4 movies on MoviHero
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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 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. …
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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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- 2023The Canterville GhostGrim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
- 2023Blackadder: A Cunning StorySelf - Contributor
- 2022The Amazing MauriceMaurice (voice)
- 2019The Personal History of David CopperfieldMr. Dick
- 2018Holmes & WatsonMycroft Holmes (uncredited)
- 2015A Life On Screen: Stephen FrySelf
- 2015TomorrowlandDavid Nix
- 2013Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen MaryProducer · Self
- 2013Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom BluesActor · Producer
- 2013Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James BookerSelf
- 2013Monsters vs Aliens StoriesActor
- 2012Mr. PipMr. Watts
- 2012Shrek's Thrilling TalesDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
- 2012House M.D.: The Doctor DirectsActor · Writer
- 2012Dreamworks Spooky StoriesDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
- 2012House: Swan SongProducer · Self
- 2012FOX 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf
- 2012Jools Holland: My Life in MusicSelf
- 2011The OrangesDavid Walling
- 2011Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans BluesSelf
- 2011Hugh Laurie: Down by the RiverSelf
- 2011HopE.B.'s Dad (voice)
- 2010Fry and Laurie ReunitedSelf
- 2009SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas(archive footage)
- 2009B.O.B.'s Big BreakDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
- 2009Mutant Pumpkins from Outer SpaceDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
- 2008Blackadder Rides AgainSelf
- 2008Band from TV: Hoggin' All the CoversSelf
- 2008Blackadder's Most Cunning MomentsSelf
- 2008Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten SagaSelf
- 2008Street KingsCaptain James Biggs
- 2007Stephen Fry: 50 Not OutSelf
- 2005Stuart Little 3: Call of the WildMr. Little (voice)
- 2005The Big EmptyDoctor
- 2005ValiantGutsy (voice)
- 2005The Funny Blokes of British ComedyLieutenant George St. Barleigh (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004Flight of the PhoenixIan
- 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Self (archive footage)
- 2004The Tale of Jack FrostNarrator (voice)
- 2003The Young VisitersLord Bernard Clark
- 2003More Great Comedy MomentsWriter · Lord Monty / Derek Nippl-e (archive footage)
- 2002Lost in the SnowTeddy
- 2002Stuart Little 2Mr. Little
- 2001Second Star to the LeftArchie (voice)
- 2001Discovering the Real World of Harry PotterNarrator (voice)
- 2001Great Comedy MomentsWriter · Mathematician / Prince George (archive footage)
- 2001Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the MakingSelf
- 2001Chica de RíoRaymond
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsJohn Malkovich
- 2000Maybe BabySam Bell
- 2000CarnivaleCenzo (voice)
- 2000Lounge ActActor
- 1999Stuart LittleMr. Little
- 1999Blackadder: Back & ForthGeorge
- 1999Santa's Last ChristmasGeoffrey the Seagull (voice)
- 1999Stuart Little: Making It BigSelf
- 1998Cousin BetteBaron Hector Hulot
- 1998The Man in the Iron MaskKing's Advisor
- 1997Spice WorldPoirot
- 1997The BorrowersOfficer Steady
- 1997The Ugly DucklingTarquin (voice)
- 1997Treasure IslandSquire Trelawney
- 1996The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-MouseJohnny Town-Mouse (voice)
- 1996The Adventures of ToadToad
- 1996The Snow Queen's RevengePeeps
- 1995The Adventures of MoleToad
- 1995A Pin for the ButterflyUncle
- 1995The Snow QueenPeeps
- 1993The Legends of Treasure IslandSquire Trelawney (voice)
- 1992Peter's FriendsRoger Charleston
- 1992White Bear's SecretOwl (voice)
- 1992Annie Lennox: Totally DivaActor
- 1991Brown Bear's WeddingOwl / Mice (voice)
- 1989StraplessColin
- 1989Colleagues From HellActor
- 1989Customer Service From HellActor
- 1989Interviewers From HellActor
- 1989Teams from HellActor
- 1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest BallSelf
- 1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolPrinces Regent / Pigmot
- 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf
- 1988Kung-Fu Master!himself (footage)
- 1988Blackadder: The Cavalier YearsRoundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
- 1987The Laughing PrisonerWriter · Assistant
- 1987Up LineHoward Caprice
- 1987The Secret Policeman’s Third BallSelf
- 1986The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video LiveSelf
- 1986Dangerous Brothers Present: World of DangerActor
- 1985Mrs Capper's BirthdayBobby McMichael
- 1985PlentyMichael
- 1982The Cellar TapesWriter · various
- Experiment IVSecond Assistant
- O Pequeno Stuart Little 2Mr. Little
- The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of LifeMaurice (voice)
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