Hugh Laurie

James Hugh Calum Laurie (; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. The two men acted together in a number of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the BBC sketch comedy series ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation ''Jeeves and Wooster''. He appeared in two series of the period comedy ''Blackadder'' (1987–1989) alongside Rowan Atkinson.

From 2004 to 2012, Laurie starred as Dr. Gregory House on the Fox medical drama series ''House''. He received two Golden Globe Awards and many other accolades for the role, and 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.

Laurie has also appeared in films, including ''Peter's Friends'' (1992), ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996), ''The Borrowers'' (1997), ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1998), ''Stuart Little'' (1999), ''Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' (2001), ''Arthur Christmas'' from 2011 in which he voiced Steven Claus, and ''The Personal History of David Copperfield'' (2020).

Laurie has won three Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has been nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards. Outside of acting, Laurie released the blues albums ''Let Them Talk'' (2011) and ''Didn't It Rain'' (2013), both to favourable reviews, and authored the novel ''The Gun Seller'' (1996). He was appointed OBE in the 2007 New Year Honours and CBE in the 2018 New Year Honours, both for services to drama. Provided by Wikipedia