Hugh Laurie

Birthplace: Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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 television 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.�…more

Full Biography

Photos

View All Photos

Credits

Actor

Saturday Night Live
Jeeves and Wooster, Series III
Bertie Wooster
House
Dr Gregory House
Jeeves & Wooster IV
Bertie Wooster
Mike Dragan

Producer

Executive Producer
House
Executive Producer

Writer

Writer

View All Credits

Career Milestones

2009
Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series
2009
Nominated for the 2009 TV Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
2009
Voiced Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D., a mad scientist with the head of a cockroach, in the computer-animated 3-D feature, "Monsters vs. Aliens"
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, 2009), SAG (2006, 2008, 2009) and Golden Globe (2008, 2009) nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series

View All Milestones

Awards

2009
Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
2007
Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
2007
Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
2006
Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama