Released album “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”.
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Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie 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. From 1986 to 1…
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entertainment · English actor, comedian, and musician (born 1959) · television actor · film actor · actor · comedian · pianist · voice actor · writer · musician · film director · novelist · also Hugh Laurie, James Hugh Calum Laurie, Laurie
Born 11 June 1959 · Q49017
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2026· 1 entry
2022· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Hugh Laurie transitioned to become a woman.” False.
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2019· 1 entry
Laurie appeared in Veep creator Armando Iannucci's film The Personal History of David Copperfield, an adaptation of the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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2018· 1 entry
Laurie had a small role in the critically panned film Holmes & Watson
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2017· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2017).
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2016· 1 entry
Was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2015· 1 entry
Returned to TV work with a recurring role on Veep as Tom James, a role written specifically for him after showrunner Armando Iannucci heard he was a fan of the show
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2013· 10 entries
Published video “Hugh Laurie - Didn't It Rain - (The Making Of Trailer)”.
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Released album “Didn’t It Rain”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Didn't It Rain (Track By Track Trailer)”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Wild Honey (Live from the RMS Queen Mary)”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Stagger Lee (From Ocean Way Studios)”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Evenin' (From Ocean Way Studios)”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Louisiana Blues”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Unchain My Heart (from Ocean Way Studios)”.
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Laurie was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where he chose tracks from Joe Cocker, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Randy Newman, Professor Longhair, Son House, Nina Simone, Lester Young–Buddy Rich Trio, and Van Mor
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Released album “Live on the Queen Mary”.
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2012· 2 entries
Laurie was made an Honorary Fellow of his alma mater Selwyn College, Cambridge
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Laurie starred in an independent feature called The Oranges that had a limited release
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2011· 4 entries
Published video “Hugh Laurie - Let Them Talk (Special Edition) iTunes LP Trailer”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Waiting For A Train (Preview)”.
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Published video “Hugh Laurie - Crazy Arms (Preview)”.
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Released album “Let Them Talk”.
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2010· 2 entries
Laurie guest-starred in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" as Roger, a castaway who is planning a murder scheme on a ship during Homer and Marge's second honeymoon
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Titled Fry and Laurie Reunited
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2009).
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Laurie returned to guest star in another Family Guy episode, "Business Guy", parodying Gregory House
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2008· 1 entry
Took part in Blackadder Rides Again, which saw him reuniting with former Blackadder producer, John Lloyd, who had travelled to the set of House MD in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to interview Laurie, who recall
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2007· 4 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2007).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2007).
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Awarded Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama (2007).
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Laurie appeared on BBC Four's documentary Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out, filmed in celebration of Fry's 50th birthday
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2006· 5 entries
Awarded TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2006).
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for House M.D. (2006).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2006).
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Laurie discussed his struggles with severe clinical depression
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Laurie appeared on Inside the Actors Studio, where he also performed one of his own comic songs, "Mystery", accompanying himself on the piano
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2005).
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for House M.D. (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Laurie guest-starred on The Lenny Henry Show
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2003· 1 entry
Starred in and also directed ITV's comedy-drama series fortysomething (in one episode of which Stephen Fry appears)
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2001· 1 entry
Voiced the character of a bar patron in the Family Guy episode "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea"
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1996· 1 entry
Laurie's first novel, The Gun Seller, an intricate thriller laced with Wodehouseian humour, was published and became a best-seller
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat”.
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1993· 1 entry
Appeared with Stephen Fry and Michelle Collins in a party political broadcast for the Labour Party
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “The World of Jeeves and Wooster”.
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1989· 1 entry
Laurie's mother died from motor neurone disease in 1989, at the age of 73.
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1981· 1 entry
Studied at Selwyn College (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Laurie and his rowing partner, J
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1978· 1 entry
Which he says he attended "as a result of family tradition" since his father went there
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1977· 1 entry
Was a member of the junior coxed pair that won the British national title before representing Britain's Youth Team at the 1977 Junior World Rowing Championships
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-06-11.
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