Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie (James Hugh Calum Laurie) is an Actor, director, musician, singer, comedian, and an author.
He became known from a British TV-Show “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” which is a double sketch comedy act with his friend and partner in many shows, Stephen Fry, such as Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster. From 2004 to 2012, Laurie played the lead character, Dr. Gregory House, in the House M.D., for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards also, Laurie was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as “the most watched leading man on television” and “One of the highest-paid actors in a television drama” for House M.D. after House M.D. he continued his acting career with HBO’s political satire Veep(2015) as Senator Tom James and in 2016 he has appeared in BBC/AMC’s miniseries The Night Manager, making him receive his third Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor.
While Hugh Laurie is truly a great actor he did not only focus on one field of entertainment, he has been a best-selling author with his book “The Gun Seller” while his second novel “The Paper Soldier” while scheduled for September 2009 is still yet to be seen.