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 Award ... s 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.
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Stuart Little: The Animated Series
as Mr. Frederick Little (voice)
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Mar 01, 2003
as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jun 15, 1983
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
as Vincente Minnelli
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2001
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Johnny Town-Mouse (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 13, 1992
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