Hugh Laurie's biography

James Hugh Calum Laurie is 63 years old television actor born at Oxford. James was born on Thursday 11th of June 1959. He is often nicknamed as James Hugh Calum Laurie, Hugh Laurie. According to year of birth 1959 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 11th of June means James is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.

James is white british. James is citizen of United Kingdom. He is atheist. His primary profession is to be television actor. You can know him also as film actor, actor, comedian, pianist, voice actor, writer, musician, film director, novelist, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, singer, television director, rower. He is recently known as film producer.

Hugh Laurie's dad

Hugh Laurie's father's name is Ran Laurie.

Hugh Laurie's mom

Hugh Laurie's mother's name is Patricia Laidlaw.

Hugh Laurie's family

Hugh Laurie's wife

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Hugh Laurie's schools

We found 3 schools James attended. Complete list of schools: Dragon School, Eton College, Selwyn College.

Detailed informations about his schools

Attended the Dragon School, a renowned British "public" college preparatory school located in Oxford, England. Also attended by actress Emma Watson and tennis player Tim Henman.

Hugh Laurie's career

James´s main focus is to be television actor. He is famous thanks to Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster, Stuart Little, House M.D.. You could see James also in House. James is also a member of Band from TV. Maybe you are curious what instrument does he play ? James plays piano.

Is Hugh Laurie gay ?

He is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Hugh Laurie's Awards

He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights Revue and in 1981, along with Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer, he became the winner of the first ever Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6172 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on October 25, 2016.

What else you don't know about Hugh Laurie ?

His middle name is Hugh Calum.

What Hugh Laurie has done for a first time

He was first cast in the role of Perry White in Superman Returns (2006). However, the popularity of his television series House M.D. (2004) caused schedule conflicts. Frank Langella was then cast.
He received his first motorcycle when he was age 16 as a present from his father. The same year, he owned his first guitar, a Yamaha.
He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights Revue and in 1981, along with Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer, he became the winner of the first ever Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Hugh Laurie's quotes

I picked a reverence for medicine because I rather hero-worshiped my father [a former doctor], and because I admire doctors, I admire study, empiricism and rational thought. I don't admire crystals and chewing willow bark and herbal remedies.
I travel to work on my motorcycle, so it's jeans, boots and a brown Aero leather jacket that weighs as much as I do. If it were black, it would seem like I've got a [Marlon Brando] idea going on, which I don't.
[on raising his daughter] Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, 19, 26 and 32 missing, and it's badly translated, hard to figure out.
[on the difficulty of performing with an American accent] It's as if you're playing left-handed. Or like everyone else is playing with a tennis racket and you have a salmon.
Guilt I can do. If [I have] any expertise at all, it's in the area of guilt. I have a black belt in guilt. If you ever want a guilt-off, the next time we meet let's see how we match up. I'm pretty confident in that area.
When asked if living in America would make him any less pessimistic or miserable: Oh, I hope nothing would ever do that. I won't let go of my roots.
I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for.
Something in me says you shouldn't have toys.
[after he received his 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards] I actually had a 100 dollars on James Spader, this is just not my night.
[on the novel "The Paper Soldier", his sequel to his bestselling "The Gun Seller"]: My second novel will be coming out two years ago.
[on living at the Chateau Marmont during the first season of House M.D. (2004)]: I was so convinced the whole thing was going to fail, I couldn't contemplate committing to any long-term arrangement. I thought a hotel was a safe bet.
I used to worry much more about the prospect of failure. That 200 people were going to be out of a job. That shame and disgrace would attach, and I would have my acting uniform stripped from me.
Yes, I still like him [House M.D. (2004)] very, very much. I know he has problems, and he is not necessarily a good man. But I realised long ago that one doesn't only like good people. Sometimes one doesn't even like good people.
[BBC, May 2011 on his record deal] In life, you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.
The great trap for non-American actors trying to play Americans, I think, is to start thinking of American-ness as a characteristic. It isn't. It is no more a character trait than height. It is just a physical fact, and that's all there is to it.

Hugh Laurie's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Hugh Laurie looks. We will focus on James´s height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. James is tall as 6' 2½" (189 cm). He weights 205lbs (93 kg). Body build is athletic. His eyes are tinted blue. His hair is shade of brown - light.

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