Hugh Laurie
Milestones
- Birthplace: Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Birthday: June 11, 1959
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2009
Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series
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2009
Nominated for the 2009 TV Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
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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"
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2008
Co-starred with Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker in "Street Kings"
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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
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2004
Starred with Dennis Quaid in "Flight of the Phoenix"
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2003
Starred in and directed ITV's comedy-drama series "Fortysomething"
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2002
Guest-starred in two episodes of the spy thriller series "Spooks" (BBC1)
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2002
Reprised the role of Mr. Little for "Stuart Little 2"
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2001
Portrayed Vincente Minnelli in the ABC TV movie "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows"
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1999
Played Mr. Little in "Stuart Little" based on the book by E.B. White
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1998
Cast opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, as the King's Advisor in "The Man in the Iron Mask"
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1996
Starred in the Disney classic "101 Dalmatians"
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1995
Co-starred in "Sense and Sensibility," adapted by and starring Emma Thompson
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1992
Part of the ensemble cast in Kenneth Branagh's "Peter's Friends"
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1990
Cast as Lt George in the English comedy series "Blackadder Goes Forth"
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1990
Co-starred in the PBS/BBC adaptation of P G Wodehouse's "Jeeves & Wooster" series; series also co-starred Stephen Fry
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1987
American TV debut on the PBS presentation of "Mrs. Capper's Birthday"
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1987
Cast as the Prince Regent in the English comedy series, "Blackadder III"
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1985
Feature acting debut in "Plenty"
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1982 to 1983
Co-wrote and performed in two seasons of his first English TV series, "Alfresco"
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1982
English TV debut with the Footlight show, "The Cellar Tapes"
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Co-wrote and co-starred in the English comedy sketch series, "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" with Stephen Fry
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Recurring performer on the English comedy series "Saturday Live"
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Starred in the series "LWT's South of Watford"
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Was a member of the Footlights Club, a theater group at Cambridge which included Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry