James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE 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 miniseries 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. 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.
Series | In the Know | Self | 2024-01-25 |
Movie | Blackadder: A Cunning Story | Self – Contributor | 2023-06-16 |
Movie | The Canterville Ghost | Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice) | 2023-09-22 |
Series | All the Light We Cannot See | Etienne LeBlanc | 2023-11-02 |
Series | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Dr. James Nicholson | 2022-04-12 |
Movie | The Amazing Maurice | Maurice (voice) | 2022-12-16 |
Series | Roadkill | Peter Laurence | 2020-10-18 |
Series | Avenue 5 | Ryan Clark | 2020-01-19 |
Series | Catch-22 | Major de Coverley | 2019-05-17 |
Movie | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mr. Dick | 2019-11-07 |
Movie | Holmes & Watson | Mycroft Holmes (uncredited) | 2018-12-25 |
Series | The Night Manager | Richard Roper | 2016-02-21 |
Series | Chance | Eldon Chance | 2016-10-19 |
Movie | Tomorrowland | David Nix | 2015-05-19 |
Movie | A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry | Himself | 2015-12-29 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Series | A Life on Screen | Himself | 2014-12-24 |
Movie | Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary | Himself | 2013-10-21 |
Movie | Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker | Self | 2013-03-14 |
Movie | Monsters vs Aliens Stories | Unknown | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues | Unknown | 2013-05-05 |
Series | Veep | Tom James | 2012-04-22 |
Movie | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 2012-04-22 |
Movie | Jools Holland: My Life in Music | Himself | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | House: Swan Song | 2012-05-21 | |
Movie | Hugh Laurie Live at Montreux Jazz Festival | Unknown | 2012-07-09 |
Movie | Dreamworks Spooky Stories | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2012-08-01 |
Movie | Mr. Pip | Mr. Watts | 2012-09-08 |
Movie | Shrek's Thrilling Tales | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2012-08-28 |
Series | Sin maquillaje | Self | 2011-05-07 |
Movie | Hugh Laurie: Down by the River | Unknown | 2011-05-15 |
Series | Perspectives | Unknown | 2011-04-24 |
Movie | Hop | E.B.'s Dad (voice) | 2011-03-30 |
Movie | Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues | Himself | 2011-09-07 |
Movie | Arthur Christmas | Steve (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
Movie | The Oranges | David Walling | 2011-09-09 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | Fry and Laurie Reunited | Self | 2010-11-24 |
Movie | Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2009-04-01 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Monsters vs Aliens | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2009-03-19 |
Movie | B.O.B.'s Big Break | Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice) | 2009-09-30 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | Unknown | 2009-12-17 |
Movie | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self | 2008-10-16 |
Movie | Street Kings | Captain James Biggs | 2008-04-10 |
Movie | Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | 2008-10-09 | |
Movie | Blackadder Rides Again | himself | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers | Self | 2008-10-28 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out | Self | 2007-08-11 |
Series | Monkey Trousers | 2005-05-20 | |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | Valiant | Gutsy (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | The Big Empty | Doctor | 2005-07-01 |
Movie | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Mr. Little (voice) | 2005-07-14 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | The Tale of Jack Frost | Narrator (voice) | 2004-08-04 |
Series | House | Gregory House | 2004-11-16 |
Movie | Flight of the Phoenix | Ian | 2004-12-17 |
Movie | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | 2004-12-09 |
Series | Fortysomething | Paul Slippery | 2003-06-29 |
Series | Stuart Little: The Animated Series | Mr. Frederick Little (voice) | 2003-03-01 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Series | QI | Self | 2003-09-11 |
Series | MechaNick | Narrator | 2003-10-27 |
Movie | The Young Visiters | Lord Bernard Clark | 2003-12-26 |
Series | American Idol | Self | 2002-06-11 |
Series | Spooks | Jools Siviter | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Stuart Little 2 | Mr. Little | 2002-07-19 |
Movie | Lost in the Snow | Teddy | 2002-11-11 |
Movie | Chica de Río | Raymond | 2001-06-29 |
Movie | Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making | Self | 2001-10-15 |
Series | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Vincente Minnelli | 2001-02-25 |
Movie | Second Star to the Left | Archie (voice) | 2001-12-24 |
Movie | Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter | Narrator (voice) | 2001-12-10 |
Movie | Carnivale | Cenzo (voice) | 2000-02-09 |
Series | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | 2000-01-02 | |
Series | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Unknown | 2000-03-18 |
Movie | Lounge Act | Unknown | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | John Malkovich | 2000-12-25 |
Series | Preston Pig | Mr. Wolf | 2000-09-21 |
Movie | Maybe Baby | Sam Bell | 2000-06-02 |
Movie | Santa's Last Christmas | Geoffrey the Seagull (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Family Guy | Dr. Gregory House (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Blackadder: Back & Forth | George | 1999-03-29 |
Movie | Stuart Little | Mr. Little | 1999-12-17 |
Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | King's Advisor | 1998-03-12 |
Movie | Cousin Bette | Baron Hector Hulot | 1998-06-12 |
Series | Ruby | Self | 1997-05-12 |
Movie | Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney | 1997-07-14 |
Movie | The Ugly Duckling | Tarquin (voice) | 1997-09-04 |
Movie | Spice World | Poirot | 1997-12-18 |
Movie | The Borrowers | Officer Steady | 1997-12-05 |
Movie | The Snow Queen's Revenge | Peeps | 1996-01-01 |
Series | Tracey Takes On... | Unknown | 1996-01-24 |
Series | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | Mr. Abercrombie (voice) | 1996-04-02 |
Movie | 101 Dalmatians | Jasper | 1996-11-27 |
Movie | The Adventures of Toad | Toad | 1996-07-30 |
Movie | The Snow Queen | Peeps | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | A Pin for the Butterfly | Uncle | 1995-02-16 |
Movie | Sense and Sensibility | Mr. Palmer | 1995-12-13 |
Movie | The Adventures of Mole | Toad | 1995-12-24 |
Series | Look at the State We're In! | Sir Michael Jaffa | 1995-05-20 |
Series | Friends | Gentleman on the Plane | 1994-09-22 |
Series | The Legends of Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney (voice) | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | The Legends of Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney (voice) | 1993-09-10 |
Series | Shooting Stars | Self | 1993-12-27 |
Series | All or Nothing at All | Leo Hopkins | 1993-12-03 |
Series | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) | 1992-05-13 |
Movie | White Bear's Secret | Owl (voice) | 1992-04-19 |
Movie | Peter's Friends | Roger Charleston | 1992-09-18 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Murder Most Horrid | Jerry Bryce | 1991-11-14 |
Movie | Brown Bear's Wedding | Owl / Mice (voice) | 1991-12-25 |
Series | Jeeves and Wooster | Bertie Wooster | 1990-04-22 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Himself | 1989-01-01 |
Series | A Bit of Fry & Laurie | 1989-01-13 | |
Series | The Simpsons | Roger (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Strapless | Colin | 1989-05-14 |
Movie | Blackadder: The Cavalier Years | Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
Series | Comic Relief | Unknown | 1988-02-05 |
Series | Friday Night Live | Unknown | 1988-02-19 |
Movie | Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Princes Regent / Pigmot | 1988-12-23 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball | Self | 1987-01-01 |
Series | Filthy Rich & Catflap | N'Bend | 1987-01-07 |
Movie | Up Line | Howard Caprice | 1987-02-04 |
Series | The Lenny Henry Show | Professor | 1987-10-27 |
Series | The New Statesman | Waiter | 1987-09-13 |
Movie | The Laughing Prisoner | Assistant | 1987-04-03 |
Movie | Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | 1986-01-01 | |
Series | The Dangerous Brothers | Unknown | 1986-01-01 |
Series | Saturday Live | 1986-01-25 | |
Movie | Experiment IV | Lab Assistant 2 | 1986-10-27 |
Series | Omnibus Presents Comic Relief | 1986-04-25 | |
Movie | The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live | Unknown | 1986-04-25 |
Series | Happy Families | Jim | 1985-10-17 |
Movie | Plenty | Michael | 1985-09-20 |
Series | Girls On Top | Tom | 1985-10-23 |
Movie | Mrs. Capper's Birthday | Bobby McMichael | 1985-11-17 |
Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
Series | Alfresco | Admissions Officer | 1983-05-01 |
Series | Blackadder | Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh | 1983-06-15 |
Series | The Crystal Cube | Max Belhaven / Various Roles | 1983-07-07 |
Series | Wogan | Self | 1982-05-04 |
Movie | The Cellar Tapes | various | 1982-05-20 |
Series | The Young Ones | Lord Monty | 1982-11-09 |
Series | There's Nothing to Worry About! | Various | 1982-10-06 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | 1976-04-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Jeffrey Billings (archive footage) | 1975-10-11 |