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Most Recent Role: Dr. Gregory House on House
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Oxford, England
Birthday: 6-11-1959
Hugh LaurieMore Photos James Hugh Calum Laurie was born on June 11, 1959, the youngest of four children of Dr. William George Ranald "Ran" Mundell and Patricia Laurie. He attended the Dragon School, a well-known prep school in Oxford, before going on to Eton and then to Selwyn College. Hugh attended Eton, and his first distinctions were in rowing. In 1977, he was half of the junior coxed pair that won the...

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House
Wilson's Heart (2)
Monday 19 May 2008 on FOX

In the aftermath of the bus accident, House struggles with his head injuries and short-term memory loss, and must remember the symptom he saw before one of their own, who was on the bus with House, dies.

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According to E! News (March 11, 2008), House's Hugh Laurie has been signed to voice insect-headed Dr. Cockroach in DreamWorks Animation's next computer-generated cartoon Monsters vs. Aliens. (edit)
Hugh Laurie presented the "Best Original Screenplay Award" to Diablo Cody for Juno at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on February 11, 2008. (edit)
Hugh Laurie attended the Orange British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Opera House on February 10, 2008. (edit)
Hugh Laurie made an appearance at Super Bowl XLII. When interviewed by Ryan Seacrest, he said this was his first football game and he was supporting the Giants. (edit)
According to the Harris poll (January 2008), Hugh Laurie remained in fourth place in his second year on the list as America's favorite television personality. (edit)

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Hugh Laurie: (from his 2004 Golden Globe Awards acceptance speech) I am absolutely speechless. Seriously, I don't have a speech. People are falling all over themselves to send you free shoes and free cuff links and colonic irrigations for two. Nobody ever offers you a free acceptance speech. There just seems to be a gap in the market. I would love to be able to pull out a speech by Dolce & Gabbana. (edit)
Hugh Laurie: (discussing Earth Week and environmental issues with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, April 25, 2008) I have been instrumental in banning bottled water on the set. It hasn't gone that well with the crew... so I replaced it with tequila. (edit)
Hugh Laurie: (discussing his gun training sessions for Street Kings) I desperately wanted to go. But I'm sort of a desk-bound bureaucrat who feels that gunplay on the streets is beneath him. I was wearing a holster with a gun, but I never got to touch it. (edit)
Hugh Laurie: (regarding his role in Street Kings, Reuters - April 9, 2008) I hate to shatter any illusions about my place in the pecking order but very few actors, apart from Denzel Washington, get to choose from a big supermarket shelf of possibilities. The rest of us are trying to find things we can do, and I hadn't set out to find a noirish police thriller. (edit)
Hugh Laurie: (responding to any feelings of guilt on how much he is paid, Times Online - March 29, 2008) Yes. It's absolutely preposterous. Entertainment seems to be inflating. It used to be the punctuation to your life, a film or a novel or a play, a way of celebrating a good week or month. Now it feels as if it's all punctuation. (edit)
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9.8
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"One of the all-time greats"
One of my favoirte actors.
Continue » Posted Jun 23, 2008 7:35 am PST
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"Talented"
From Britain to America, from Comedy to Drama - the classification of Talented could (and should) turn to an All-Time Great!
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1.4
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"Overrated"
Sorry to any one whom I offend. Hugh Laurie worked well with Stephen Fry (who is brilliant at anything he does) unfortunately as house I cannot get passed that appalling American accent
Continue » Posted Feb 20, 2008 5:46 am PST
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"Talented"
Remarkably talented actor, comedian, author, and musician.
Continue » Posted Dec 3, 2007 3:51 pm PST
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"One of the all-time greats"
This guy is crazy awesome. That pretty much sums it up.
Continue » Posted Nov 20, 2007 8:13 pm PST
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