Biography
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (known professionally as Hugh Laurie; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian, and author. He is known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama series House (2004–2012), for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and nominations for numerous other awards. He 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, ...
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Complete Filmography

The Canterville Ghost
2023
as Grim Reaper / Gardener / Swordsman / Monster / Old Duke (voice)
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self – Contributor
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans ...

The Amazing Maurice
2022
as Maurice (voice)
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rode...

The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Mr. Dick
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chron...

Holmes & Watson
2018
as Mycroft Holmes (uncredited)
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case...

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015
as Self
In this documentary, Stephen Fry tells the story behind his success, after presenting the BAFTAs for more than ten years. With an outstanding career ...

Tomorrowland
2015
as David Nix
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment emba...

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2013
as Himself
Hugh Laurie marks the climax of his personal musical odyssey with a tribute to Professor Longhair, the man who is his greatest inspiration. Joined by ...

Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2013
Executive Producer
Hugh Laurie marks the climax of his personal musical odyssey with a tribute to Professor Longhair, the man who is his greatest inspiration. Joined by ...
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013
Hugh Laurie hears joy, passion, love, even humor in blues. He is off on a journey with a bunch of musicians across America, from east coast to west, i...
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
2013
Executive Producer
Hugh Laurie hears joy, passion, love, even humor in blues. He is off on a journey with a bunch of musicians across America, from east coast to west, i...

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013
as Self
Bayou Maharajah explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John described as "the best black, gay, one-eyed jun...

Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Join B.O.B. and your favorite mega-monster squad — including Susan (aka Ginormica), Link and Dr. Cockroach — as they battle mutant pumpkins and zombie...

Mr. Pip
2012
as Mr. Watts
As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations...

Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
SHREK'S THRILLING TALES is the ultimate Halloween DVD compilation for your family. Shrek's Thrilling Tales review Featuring the scariest, ugliest, and...

Dreamworks Spooky Stories
2012
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
In these spooktacular stories, your favorite DreamWorks characters from the blockbuster hits Shrek and Monsters vs. Aliens return in these chilling ta...

FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
as Self
A special celebrating FOX's 25 years on the air. Highlights from iconic series and tributes to memorable moments, as well as celebrities honoring the ...

Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2012
as Self
Jools Holland takes us on a journey of his life that has made him the doyen of the music scene.

Arthur Christmas
2011
as Steve (voice)
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...

The Oranges
2011
as David Walling
A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
2011
as Self
Hugh Laurie Let Them Talk - New Orleans Concert Documentary...An American favorite from his role in the hit TV series "House," the versatile British a...

Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2011
Hugh Laurie takes a personal journey into the heart and soul of blues and jazz music.

Hop
2011
as E.B.'s Dad (voice)
E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after...

Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
as Self
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite for a TV special to mark the 30th anniversary of their partnership.

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features...

B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Dr. Cockroach comes up with a brilliant plan to break themselves out of Area 52 – but to implement the plan, he has to trick B.O.B. into thinking it’s...

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan...

Monsters vs Aliens
2009
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The m...

Blackadder Rides Again
2008
as Self
This documentary marks the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of The Black Adder in 1983 and reunites the iconic cast to give their opinion...
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2008
as Self
Band from TV is a charity cover band whose members are all actors from American television series. They donate the proceeds of their performances and ...

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of the much-loved sitcom appear together in a documen...

Street Kings
2008
as Captain James Biggs
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in t...

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
as Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out was a one-off, one-hour documentary/biography about Stephen Fry released in 2007 by the BBC, celebrating Stephen Fry's fiftiet...

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
as Mr. Little (voice)
With school out for the summer, The Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the ca...
The Big Empty
2005
as Doctor
The Big Empty is a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair about a woman with an unusual condition that baffles scientists and laymen alike. It was writt...

Valiant
2005
as Gutsy (voice)
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon...

Flight of the Phoenix
2004
as Ian
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flig...

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performer...

The Tale of Jack Frost
2004
as Narrator (voice)
An enchanted forest is created when some trees decide to "move up" to a big hill, where they can enjoy the sunshine and a new life. Many creatures mov...

The Young Visiters
2003
as Lord Bernard Clark
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadverten...

Lost in the Snow
2002
as Teddy
This movie is a coming of age story around a teddy bear who gets lost and faces challenges while getting back home.

Stuart Little 2
2002
as Mr. Little
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy m...

Second Star to the Left
2001
as Archie (voice)
Seasonal animation in which a hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig embark on a journey to deliver a Christmas present lost by Santa Claus

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Explore the myths and legends that inhabit the real world of Harry Potter. Follow award-winning documentary filmmakers as they offer insights to witch...

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001
as Self
An intimate behind the scenes short film while shooting the Black Adder special Back and Forth.

Chica de Río
2001
as Raymond
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the ...

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as John Malkovich
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

Maybe Baby
2000
as Sam Bell
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. T...

Carnivale
2000
as Cenzo (voice)
A group of children are transported through a portal to another dimension where they are thrilled to discover a magical amusement park just for them.
Lounge Act
2000
Have you ever wondered what happens with your pet when you are not at home? A dog worried about its future, a lazy parrot and an aquarium full of fish...

Stuart Little
1999
as Mr. Little
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....

Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as George
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and h...

Santa's Last Christmas
1999
as Geoffrey the Seagull (voice)
Santa and his helpers oversleep and risk causing a toy shortage at Christmas.

Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999
as Self
A documentary about the making of director Rob Minkoff's feature film, "Stuart Little" that first aired on HBO.

Cousin Bette
1998
as Baron Hector Hulot
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her ...

The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as King's Advisor
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical K...

Spice World
1997
as Poirot
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their ...

The Borrowers
1997
as Officer Steady
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries a...

The Ugly Duckling
1997
as Tarquin (voice)
The Ugly Duckling teams up with friend Scruffy, and the lovable misfits embark on a journey that helps them realize that their differences are what ma...
Treasure Island
1997
as Squire Trelawney
Jim Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the riches awaiting on Treasure Island. An animated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel,...

101 Dalmatians
1996
as Jasper
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.

The Adventures of Toad
1996
as Toad
Toad's life is just one big adventure! His latest and greatest hobby is racing around the countryside in his new motor car getting into all sorts of t...

The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
as Peeps
The Snow Queen holds Ellie responsible for ruining her plans to freeze the world and sets out to seek revenge. She kidnaps Dimly the flying reindeer a...

The Adventures of Mole
1995
as Toad
Mole decides it's time for an adventure! It isn't long before he discovers all the fun and thrills of the riverbank in the company of his new found fr...

Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mr. Palmer
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When H...
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
as Uncle
Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .

The Snow Queen
1995
as Peeps
Far away, in her vast ice palace, the Snow Queen plots to rule the world by deflecting all the sun's warmth away from Earth so that it freezes over. B...

The Legends of Treasure Island
1993
as Squire Trelawney (voice)

Peter's Friends
1992
as Roger Charleston
After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie...

White Bear's Secret
1992
as Owl (voice)
Brown Bear and White Bear are now married, but Brown Bear is finding the married life a little harder than he hoped.

Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
1992
This DVD, an expanded version of the Grammy-winning 1992 video companion to Annie Lennox's solo debut, belongs on the short list of long-form videos t...

Brown Bear's Wedding
1991
as Owl / Mice (voice)
The shy Brown Bear falls for the beautiful White Bear and is bound and determined to make her his wife.

Strapless
1989
as Colin
An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inh...

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend conce...

Employees From Hell
1989
John Cleese training video about employees.

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Princes Regent / Pigmot
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988
as Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
A short movie, made for Comic Relief, in which Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Tony Robinson) must help protect King Charles I (Stephen Fry)...

The Laughing Prisoner
1987
as Assistant
A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television ...

The Laughing Prisoner
1987
Writer
A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television ...

Up Line
1987
as Howard Caprice
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deployi...

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
as Self
When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the gro...

Experiment IV
1986
as Lab Assistant 2
A top secret government project seeks to harness sound as the ultimate weapon. But the power they unleash proves to be far beyond their control.

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
as Self
In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty's first four Secret Policeman's Ball shows, the U...

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, performing respectively as "Richard Dangerous" and ...

Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1985
as Bobby McMichael
Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.

Plenty
1985
as Michael
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

The Cellar Tapes
1982
as various
A TV version of the Cambridge Footlights Revue. Starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer, and Penny Dwyer.

The Cellar Tapes
1982
Writer
A TV version of the Cambridge Footlights Revue. Starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer, and Penny Dwyer.