Hugh Laurie

Birthplace: Oxford, England
Birthday: June 11, 1959

Comic actor Hugh Laurie hailed from Oxford, England, but first made a name for himself as a performer with the Footlights Theater at rival Cambridge University in the early 1980s. He quickly rose in British television as a writer and actor, best known for his portrayal of dimwits on wacky British series and sketch shows. Despite years of starring TV roles and film character roles in his homeland, most Americans were unfamiliar with the multi-talented Brit when he was cast in the title role of the CBS medical mystery drama, “House M.D.” (Fox…more

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Actor

Jeeves and Wooster, Series III
Bertie Wooster
House
Dr. Gregory House
Jeeves & Wooster IV
Bertie Wooster
The Young Visiters
Lord Bernard Clark
Jeeves and Wooster, Series II
Bertie Wooster

Producer

House
Executive Producer

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Career Milestones

2008
Co-starred with Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker in Street Kings
2004 to 0000
Portrayed Dr. Gregory House in the Fox medical drama House ; earned Emmy (2005, 2007, 2008), SAG (2006, 2008) and Golden Globe (2008) nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series
2004
Starred with Dennis Quaid in Flight of the Phoenix
2003
Starred in and directed ITV s comedy-drama series Fortysomething
2002
Guest-starred in two episodes of the spy thriller series Spooks (BBC1)

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Awards

2007
Golden Globe Award: Best Actor in a Drama Series
2007
Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
2006
Golden Globe Award: Best Actor in a Drama Series