James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (/ˈlÉ'ri/; born 11 June 1959) is an
English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author, who is
known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama
series House (2004â€"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, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other
television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the
miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden
Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep
(2012â€"2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award
nomination.Laurie first gained recognition for his work as one half of
the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with his friend and comedy
partner Stephen Fry, whom he met through their mutual friend Emma
Thompson while attending Cambridge University, where Laurie was
president of Footlights. The two men acted together in a number of
projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the sketch comedy
series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves
and Wooster. Laurie's other roles during this time include the period
comedy series Blackadder (in which Fry also appeared) and the films
Sense and Sensibility, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, and Stuart
Little. Outside of acting, Laurie released the blues albums Let Them
Talk (2011) and Didn't It Rain (2013), both to favourable reviews, and
authored the novel The Gun Seller (1996).Among his honours, Laurie has
won three Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and
has been nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards. He was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2007 New Year
Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2018 New Year Honours, both for services to drama.
English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author, who is
known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama
series House (2004â€"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, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other
television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the
miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden
Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep
(2012â€"2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award
nomination.Laurie first gained recognition for his work as one half of
the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with his friend and comedy
partner Stephen Fry, whom he met through their mutual friend Emma
Thompson while attending Cambridge University, where Laurie was
president of Footlights. The two men acted together in a number of
projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the sketch comedy
series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves
and Wooster. Laurie's other roles during this time include the period
comedy series Blackadder (in which Fry also appeared) and the films
Sense and Sensibility, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, and Stuart
Little. Outside of acting, Laurie released the blues albums Let Them
Talk (2011) and Didn't It Rain (2013), both to favourable reviews, and
authored the novel The Gun Seller (1996).Among his honours, Laurie has
won three Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and
has been nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards. He was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2007 New Year
Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2018 New Year Honours, both for services to drama.
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