Hugh Laurie

James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (lahir 11 Juni 1959), dikenal secara profesional sebagai Hugh Laurie, adalah seorang aktor, sutradara, penyanyi, musisi, komedian, dan penulis Inggris. Ia dikenal karena memerankan karakter utama dalam serial drama medis Fox House (2004–2012), di mana ia menerima dua Penghargaan Golden Globe dan nominasi untuk berbagai penghargaan lainnya. Dia terdaftar di Guinness World Records 2011 sebagai pemeran utama pria yang paling banyak ditonton di televisi dan merupakan salah satu aktor dengan bayaran tertinggi dalam drama televisi, menghasilkan £250.000 ($409.000) per episode House. Kredit televisi lainnya termasuk pedagang senjata Richard Onslow Roper di The Night Manager (2016), di mana ia memenangkan Penghargaan Golden Globe ketiganya, dan Senator Tom James dalam sitkom HBO Veep (2012–2019), di mana ia menerima nominasi Emmy Award ke-10. Terpaksa berhenti mendayung saat menderita demam kelenjar, ia bergabung dengan Cambridge Footlights, klub drama universitas yang telah menghasilkan banyak aktor dan komedian terkenal. Di sana dia bertemu Emma Thompson, dengan siapa dia menjalin hubungan romantis, yang kemudian berakhir namun mereka tetap berteman baik. Dia memperkenalkannya kepada mitra komedi masa depannya, Stephen Fry. Laurie, Fry dan Thompson kemudian memparodikan diri mereka sendiri sebagai perwakilan University Challenge dari "Footlights College, Oxbridge" dalam "Bambi", sebuah episode The Young Ones, dengan rekan penulis serial tersebut Ben Elton melengkapi tim mereka.

James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born June 11, 1959), known professionally as Hugh Laurie, 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, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (2012–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination. Forced to abandon rowing during a bout of glandular fever, he joined the Cambridge Footlights, a university dramatic club that has produced many well-known actors and comedians. There he met Emma Thompson, with whom he had a romantic relationship, which later ended yet they remain good friends. She introduced him to his future comedy partner, Stephen Fry. Laurie, Fry and Thompson later parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge" in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones, with the series' co-writer Ben Elton completing their team.