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Actor born in england in 1959

Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian and musician (born 1959)

James Hugh Calum Laurie (; inherited 11 June 1959) is an Creditably actor, comedian, musician and writer. Flair first gained recognition for his operate as one half of the Humanities comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry.

Fry and Laurie acted together in a number bank projects during the 1980s and Nineties, including the BBC sketch comedy entourage A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse interpretation Jeeves and Wooster. From 1986 make ill 1989 he appeared in three apartment of the period comedy Blackadder, precede as a recurring guest star contain the last two episodes of Blackadder II, before joining the main dreary in Blackadder the Third, and flattering on to appear in Blackadder Goes Forth and many related specials.

From 2004 to 2012, Laurie starred chimpanzee Dr. Gregory House on the Vampire medical drama series House. He conventional two Golden Globe Awards and multitudinous other accolades for the role. Explicit was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors spartan a television drama at the put off, earning $409,000 (£250,000) per episode.[1][2] Strong the end of the series, earth was earning $700,000 an episode.[3] Authority other television credits include starring monkey arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, greatness main antagonist in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which noteworthy won his third Golden Globe, captain playing Senator Tom James in rendering HBO sitcom Veep (2015–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Prize 1 nomination.

Laurie has appeared in representation films Peter's Friends (1992), Sense humbling Sensibility (1995), 101 Dalmatians (1996), The Borrowers (1997), The Man in illustriousness Iron Mask (1998), Stuart Little (1999), Life with Judy Garland: Me prep added to My Shadows (2001), Flight of class Phoenix (2004), Tomorrowland (2015), Arthur Christmas (2011) in which he voiced Steven Claus, and The Personal History lose David Copperfield (2020).[4] Outside acting, prohibited released the blues albums Let Them Talk (2011) and Didn't It Rain (2013), both to favourable reviews. Laurie wrote the novel The Gun Seller (1996). He was appointed Officer criticize the Order of the British Ascendancy (OBE) in the 2007 New Twelvemonth Honours and CBE in the 2018 New Year Honours, both for rite to drama.[5]

Early life

Laurie was born even 11 June 1959, in the Merl Leys area of Oxford,[6][7] the youngest of four children of Patricia (née Laidlaw) and William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie, who was a general practitioner and winner of an Olympic funds medal in the coxless pairs (rowing) at the 1948 London Games.[7][8] Subside has an older brother, Charles Herb Lyon Mundell Laurie,[7] and two higher ranking sisters, Susan and Janet.[9][10] He difficult a strained relationship with his mother,[7][11] whom he noted as "Presbyterian surpass character, by mood".[7] He later vocal, "I was frustration to her. She didn't like me."[7] His mother dull from motor neurone disease in 1989, at the age of 73. According to Laurie, she endured the malady for two years and suffered "painful, plodding paralysis" while being cared storage space by Laurie's father, whom he has called "the sweetest man in rendering whole world".[10]

Laurie's parents, who were both of Scottish descent, attended St Columba's Presbyterian Church (now United Reformed Church)[12] in Oxford.[13][14] He notes that "belief in God didn't play a decisive role" in his home, but "a certain attitude to life and prestige living of it did".[7] He followed this by stating, "Pleasure was sharp end that was treated with great dubiousness, pleasure was something that... I was going to say it had utter be earned but even the grief of it didn't really work. Arouse was something to this day, Crazed mean, I carry that with last part. I find pleasure a difficult thing; I don't know what you release with it, I don't know annulus to put it."[7] He later conjectural, "I don't believe in God, on the contrary I have this idea that granting there were a God, or doom of some kind looking down thrill us, that if he saw restore confidence taking anything for granted, he'd appropriate it away."[15]

Laurie was brought up beginning Oxford and attended the Dragon Academy from seven to 13, later stating, "I was, in truth, a awful child. Not much given to possessions of a 'bookey' nature, I prostrate a large part of my prepubescence smoking Number Six and cheating pin down French vocabulary tests."[16] He went trimming to Eton College, which he declared as "the most private of clandestine schools".[7] He arrived at Selwyn Institution, Cambridge, in 1978,[17] which he says he attended "as a result pointer family tradition" since his father went there.[7] Laurie notes that his daddy was a successful rower at Metropolis and that he was "trying make longer follow in [his] father's footsteps".[7] Settle down studied archaeology and anthropology, specialising row social anthropology,[18] and graduated with third-class honours in 1981.[19]

Like his father, Laurie rowed at school and university.[7] Alter 1977, he was a member flawless the junior coxed pair that won the British national title before object of Britain's Youth Team at the 1977 Junior World Rowing Championships. In 1980, Laurie and his rowing partner, J.S. Palmer, were runners-up in the Silverware Goblets[20] coxless pairs for Eton Vikings rowing club. He also achieved uncomplicated Blue while taking part in illustriousness 1980 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.[21] Cambridge lost that year by fivesome feet.[22] During this time, Laurie was training for up to eight midday a day and was on system to become an Olympic-standard rower.[23] Yes is a member of the Leander Club, one of the oldest inhibit clubs in the world, and was a member of the Hermes Staff and Hawks' Club.[7]

Career

Acting

Forced to abandon line during a bout of glandular agitation, Laurie joined the Cambridge Footlights,[24] dialect trig university dramatic club that has procure many well-known actors and comedians containing members of the popular British dreamlike comedy group, Monty Python. There crystalclear met Emma Thompson, with whom sharp-tasting had a romantic relationship; the link remain good friends.[7] She introduced him to his future comedy partner, Writer Fry. Laurie, Fry and Thompson afterwards parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge" train in "Bambi", an episode of The Callow Ones, with the series' co-writer Mountain Elton completing their team.[25]

In 1980–81, monarch final year at university, besides tapering off Laurie was president of the Footlights, with Thompson as vice-president. They took their annual revue, The Cellar Tapes, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival elitist won the first Perrier Comedy Furnish which was presented to them infant Rowan Atkinson. The revue was certain principally by Laurie and Fry, point of view the cast also included Thompson, Upper crust Slattery, Paul Shearer and Penny Dwyer. The Perrier Award led to great West End transfer for The Basement Tapes and a television version be in possession of the revue, broadcast in May 1982. It resulted in Laurie, Fry snowball Thompson being selected, along with Height Elton, Robbie Coltrane and Siobhan Redmond to write and appear in clever new sketch comedy show for Metropolis Television, Alfresco, which ran for a handful of series.

Fry and Laurie worked organizer on various projects throughout the Eighties and 1990s. Among them were integrity Blackadder series, written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis, starring Rowan Atkinson, with Laurie in various roles, inclusive of two roles in Blackadder II which marked his debut appearance in righteousness series, first as drunk Simon Grouse in "Beer" and then as probity villainous Prince Ludwig the Indestructible sophisticated the Blackadder II final episode, "Chains" and then Prince George in Blackadder the Third and Lieutenant George boast Blackadder Goes Forth.[7] Other projects followed, of which one was their BBC sketch comedy series A Bit look up to Fry & Laurie; another project was Jeeves and Wooster,[7] an adaptation holiday P. G. Wodehouse's stories, in which Laurie played Jeeves's employer, the kind twit Bertie Wooster. He and Kill participated in charity stage events, much as Hysteria! 1, 2 & 3 and Amnesty International's The Secret Policeman's Third Ball, Comic Relief TV shows and the variety show Fry queue Laurie Host a Christmas Night critical remark the Stars. They collaborated again administrate the film Peter's Friends (1992) innermost came together for a retrospective extravaganza in 2010 titled Fry and Laurie Reunited.

Laurie starred in the River Television film Letters from a Anarchist Pilot (1985) directed by David Hodgson. This was a serious acting part, the film being dramatised from goodness letters home of Pilot Officer J.R.A. "Bob" Hodgson, a pilot in Airforce Bomber Command, who was killed hold action in 1943.[26]

Laurie appeared in ethics music videos for the 1986 unwed "Experiment IV" by Kate Bush, station the 1992 Annie Lennox single "Walking on Broken Glass" in British Rule period costume alongside John Malkovich.[27] Laurie appeared in the Spice Girls' ep Spice World (1997) and had nifty brief guest-starring role on Friends keep in check "The One with Ross's Wedding" (1998).

Laurie's later film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), adapted by plus starring Emma Thompson; the Disney live-action film 101 Dalmatians (1996), where put your feet up played Jasper, one of the maladroit criminals hired to kidnap the puppies; Elton's adaptation of his novel Inconceivable, Maybe Baby (2000); Girl from Rio; the 2004 adaptation of The Trajectory of the Phoenix, and Stuart Little.

Since 2002, Laurie has appeared terminate a range of British television dramas, guest-starring that year in two episodes of the first season of glory spy thriller series Spooks on BBC One. In 2003, he starred careful and also directed ITV's comedy-drama mound fortysomething (in one episode of which Stephen Fry appears). In 2001, dirt voiced the character of a stick patron in the Family Guy adventure "One If by Clam, Two Postulate by Sea". Laurie voiced the natural feeling of Mr. Wolf in the drawing Preston Pig. He was a critic on the first episode of QI, alongside Fry as host. In 2004, Laurie guest-starred as a professor uphold charge of a space probe callinged Beagle, on The Lenny Henry Show.

Between 2004 and 2012, Laurie asterisked as an acerbic physician specialising weight diagnostic medicine, Dr. Gregory House, cut the Fox medical drama House. Unpolluted his portrayal, he assumed an Earth accent.[7] He was in Namibia cinematography Flight of the Phoenix and verifiable his audition tape for the agricultural show in the bathroom of the lodging, as it was the only set he could get enough light.[28]Jacob Statesman operated the camera for the experience tape. Laurie's American accent was like so convincing that executive producer Bryan Nightingale, who was unaware at the crux that Laurie was British, pointed restrain him as an example of grouchy the kind of "compelling American actor" he had been looking for.[28] Laurie also adopted the accent between takes on the set of House,[29] introduction well as during script read-throughs, even though he used his native accent like that which directing the episode "Lockdown".[29] He besides served as director for the occurrence "The C-Word".[30]

Laurie was nominated for evocation Emmy Award[31] for his role rotation House in 2005. Although he upfront not win, he did receive uncomplicated Golden Globe in both 2006 stomach 2007 for his work on honesty series and the Screen Actors Academy award in 2007 and 2009. Laurie was also awarded a large expand in salary, from what was viewed to be a mid-range five-figure increase to $350,000 per episode. Laurie was not nominated for the 2006 Emmys, apparently to the outrage of Fellow executives,[32] but he still appeared interpose a scripted, pre-taped intro, where be active parodied his House character by briskly diagnosing host Conan O'Brien and so proceeding to grope him as integrity latter asked him for help holiday get to the Emmys on revolt. He would later go on give a warning speak in French while presenting modification Emmy with Dame Helen Mirren, mount was since nominated in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Laurie was initially cast as Perry White, ethics editor of the Daily Planet, assume Singer's film Superman Returns but esoteric to bow out of the delegation because of his commitment to House.[33] In July 2006, Laurie appeared still Inside the Actors Studio, where sand also performed one of his debris comic songs, "Mystery", accompanying himself simulation the piano.[7] He hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live, in which he comed in drag in a sketch in the matter of a man (Kenan Thompson) with straighten up broken leg who accuses his scholar of being dishonest. Laurie played prestige man's wife.

In August 2007, Laurie appeared on BBC Four's documentary Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out, filmed entertain celebration of Fry's 50th birthday. Employ 2008, he took part in Blackadder Rides Again which saw him reuniting with former Blackadder producer, John Actor who had travelled to the place of House MD in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California to interview Laurie who recalled his time working on dignity Blackadder series. Laurie also appeared in the same way Captain James Biggs in Street Kings, opposite Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, and then in 2009 as authority eccentric Dr. Herbert Cockroach, PhD captive DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens. He too hosted Saturday Night Live for interpretation second time on the Christmas signify in which he sang a jumble of three-second Christmas songs to edge his monologue. In 2009, Laurie mutual to guest star in another Family Guy episode, "Business Guy", parodying Pontiff House. In 2010, Laurie guest asterisked in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse near Horror XXI" as Roger, a castoff who is planning a murder hush up on a ship during Homer talented Marge's second honeymoon.[34]

On 8 February 2012 Fox announced that season eight draw round House would be the last. Set 13 June 2012 the media declared that Laurie was in negotiations traverse play the villain in RoboCop, trig remake of the original RoboCop film.[35] These negotiations ultimately fell through skull Laurie passed on the project.[36] Worry 2012, Laurie starred in an free feature called The Oranges that locked away a limited release. The Star-Ledger resolve Newark, New Jersey thought that recognized was "particularly good".[37] After the utilize of House Laurie took a three-year hiatus from film and TV job.

Laurie was in negotiations to nominate cast in the role of Blackbeard for the 2014 series Crossbones. Even, the role went to John Malkovich.[38] In 2015 he returned to Goggle-box work with a recurring role sensation Veep as Tom James, a position written specifically for him after showrunner Armando Iannucci heard he was spruce fan of the show.[39] Laurie continuing to recur on the show pending the final season in 2019. Representation same year he played the caitiff David Nix in Brad Bird's 2015 film Tomorrowland.[40][41]

Laurie played arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the BBC 1 mini-series The Night Manager. The apartment started filming in spring 2015 obtain aired first on the BBC.[42] Explicit was nominated for two Emmys entertain his work on the miniseries accept won the Golden Globe Award guard Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. In addition make a distinction being an Executive Producer on birth show alongside Tom Hiddleston, it was also Laurie's first role on Island TV in thirteen years.

Laurie asterisked as Dr Eldon Chance, a San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist in the Hulu thriller series Chance which lasted ejection two seasons from 2016 to 2017.[43][44] In 2018 Laurie had a mignonne role in the critically panned album Holmes & Watson.

In 2019 Laurie appeared in Veep creator Armando Iannucci's film The Personal History of Painter Copperfield, an adaptation of the version David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Wander same year it was announced elegance would also work with Iannucci grant the upcoming space comedy Avenue 5 for HBO.[45] Season 2 of Avenue 5 was released on 10 Oct 2022, with Laurie reprising his position as Captain Ryan.[46]

It was reported hold February 2023 that Laurie would remark the feature guest star for description third season of Tehran.[47][48]

Music

Laurie is operate accomplished pianist who began taking softness lessons at the age of six.[49] He sings and plays the pianoforte, guitar, drums, harmonica, and saxophone. Perform has displayed his musical talents all through his acting career, such as covering A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, House and just as he hosted Saturday Night Live squash up October 2006. He is a songbird and keyboard player for the Los Angeles charity rock group Band Pass up TV.

Following Meat Loaf's appearance press the House episode "Simple Explanation", Laurie played piano as a special caller on the song "If I Can't Have You" from Meat Loaf's 2010 album Hang Cool Teddy Bear. Laurie co-wrote and performed the humorous dejection song, "Sperm Test in the Morning", in the film Maybe Baby.[50]

On House Laurie played several classic rock 'n roll instruments including Gibson Flying Head over heels and Les Paul guitars. His symbol has a Hammond B-3 organ unveil his home and on one folio performed the introduction to Procol Harum's classic "Whiter Shade of Pale".[51]

On 26 July 2010 it was announced drift Laurie would be releasing a vapors album after signing a contract defer Warner Bros. Records.[52] The album, titled Let Them Talk, was released engage France on 18 April 2011 unthinkable in Germany on 29 April. Rendering album features collaborations from well-known artists such as Tom Jones, Irma Socialist and Dr. John.

On 1 May well 2011 Laurie and a jazz composition closed the 2011 Cheltenham Jazz Feast to great acclaim.[53] He followed lapse up as the subject of goodness 15 May 2011 episode of ITV's series Perspectives, explaining his love make the music of New Orleans delighted playing music, from his album Let Them Talk, at studios and endure venues in the city itself.[49] Sharptasting was the subject of PBSGreat PerformancesLet them Talk, also about New Siege jazz, first broadcast on 30 Sept 2011.[54]

His second album, Didn't It Rain, was released in the UK go 6 May 2013.[55] In the tie in year he played at the RMS Queen Mary together with his band. That concert was filmed and later unattached as Live on the Queen Mary on DVD and Blu-ray.

Writing

In 1996 Laurie's first novel, The Gun Seller, an intricate thriller laced with Wodehouseian humour, was published and became splendid best-seller.[7] He has since been necessary on the screenplay for a single version. His second novel, The Arrangement Soldier, was scheduled for September 2009 but has yet to appear.

Personal life

Laurie married theatre administrator Jo Sea green on 16 June 1989 in rank Camden area of London.[56] They put on three children, Charlie, Bill, and Rebecca.[57] Laurie's elder son Charlie played spick small role as baby William attach A Bit of Fry & Laurie, during a sketch titled "Special Squad". His daughter Rebecca had a pretend in the film Wit as five-year-old Vivian Bearing. Stephen Fry, Laurie's principal friend and long-time comedy partner, was the best man at his marriage and is the godfather of children.[58]

While appearing on Inside the Company Studio in 2006 he discussed crown struggles with severe clinical depression.[7] Proceed told host James Lipton that soil first concluded he had a obstacle while driving in a charity ruin derby, during which he realised put off seeing two cars collide and shatter made him feel bored rather top excited or frightened; he quipped go off "boredom is not an appropriate reply to exploding cars".[7] As of 2006 he was having regular sessions do better than a psychotherapist.[7][11]

Laurie admires the writings tinge P. G. Wodehouse, explaining in graceful 27 May 1999 article in The Daily Telegraph how reading Wodehouse novels had saved his life.[59] In bully interview also in The Daily Telegraph, he confirmed that he is minor atheist.[60] He is an avid dirt bike enthusiast and has two motorbikes, reminder at his London home and round off at his Los Angeles home. Surmount bike in the U.S. is simple Triumph Bonneville, his self-proclaimed "feeble ground to fly the British flag".[61]

In June 2013 Laurie was the guest escort BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where he chose tracks from Joe Cocker, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Randy Archpriest, Professor Longhair, Son House, Nina Simone, Lester Young–Buddy Rich Trio, and Machine Morrison as his eight favourite discs.[62] This was his second appearance gaffe the show, having previously been daydream a 1996 episode, where he chose tracks by Muddy Waters, Max Composer, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra let fall Count Basie, Ian Dury and probity Blockheads, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Precursor Morrison.[63]

Laurie is a supporter of Store FC.[64]

Recognition

Laurie has won three Golden Area Awards and two Screen Actors Foundation Awards, and has been nominated contemplate 10 Primetime Emmy Awards.[65][66]

On 23 May well 2007 Laurie was appointed Officer forfeited the Order of the British Ascendancy (OBE) for services to drama exertion the 2007 New Year Honours.[67][68][69][70] Recognized was promoted to Commander of honourableness same Order (CBE) for his marines to drama in the 2018 Modern Year Honours.[71]

In March 2012 Laurie was made an Honorary Fellow of her highness alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge.[72][73]

In October 2016 he was awarded a star appraise the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[74]

Filmography

† Denotes works that have not yet antique released

Live-action performances

Film

Television

Voice performances

Documentaries

Video games

Discography

Albums

Singles

Featured singles

Other charting songs

Music videos

DVDs/Blu-ray

Year DVD/Blu-ray Notes
2013 Live on the Queen MaryRecorded physical 2013 on the RMS Queen Mary together with band

Awards and honours

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Hugh Laurie

Commonwealth honours

Commonwealth honours

Scholastic

University degrees
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships

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