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My Take
Hugh Laurie is my favorite argument against pigeonholing performers. A man who built his name on sketch comedy with Stephen Fry then convinced America he was a misanthropic genius diagnostician, with an accent so seamless many viewers never suspected he was English. Back-to-back Golden Globes for House would be career enough, but he also plays blues piano well enough to tour and record. What I admire most is the melancholy intelligence under all of it; his comedy has sadness in it and his drama has wit, and that double exposure is what makes every Laurie performance feel fuller than the script on the page.
Overview
James Hugh Calum Laurie (; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, and musician. Laurie first gained professional recognition as a member of the English comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. Fry and Laurie acted together in several 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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hugh Laurie
- Name (Japanese)
- ヒュー・ローリー
- Reading
- ひゅー・ろーりー
- Born
- June 11, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
- Origin
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / comedian / pianist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Eton College
Awards & achievements
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- 2005 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
- 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.