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Hugh Laurie
Actor
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June 11, 1959
Birthplace
England
Age
62
Birth Sign
Gemini
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<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/hugh-laurie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hugh Laurie</a> is an acclaimed British comedian, actor, musician, director and author who rose to fame in the United States with his role as the cranky, irascible Dr. Gregory House on the television drama <em>House</em>. Previously, he had spent most of his acting career doing mostly comedy and children’s movies.</p> <h2>In the Beginning</h2> <p>James Hugh Calum Laurie was born in Oxford, England on June 11, 1959, to Ran Laurie, a medical doctor, and Patricia Laurie, a writer who was occasionally published in The London Times. Hugh’s father was also an Olympic gold medalist, winning a gold medal in the 1948 games in rowing. The youngest of four children with two older sisters and one brother, Hugh was brought up in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Scottish Presbyterian Church</a> but says faith and God were not a huge factor in his family life. Laurie is a proclaimed atheist that says the ramifications of pleasure and the earning or deserving of pleasure along with the strong expectations of his mother caused him to not really identify with his mother to a great degree. He even reports that he felt like his mother didn’t particularly like him very much. Conversely, he enjoyed a very close relationship with his father who he says is one of the sweetest people he has ever met. Hugh Laurie attended some of the best schools in England including Eaton and Selwyn College at Cambridge, but he was not a very enthusiastic student, focusing mostly on athletics. He was a rower just like his father and won several important competitions before the acting bug got him during a bout with Mono his freshman year of college. He couldn’t row, so he joined the dramatic club at Cambridge called the Footlights. It was at Footlights that he became involved with Emma Thompson, a British actress, and Stephen Fry, who would go on to be Laurie’s comedic partner for much of his career. At the beginning of his career Laurie, Thompson and Frye submitted The Cellar Tapes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won the Perrier Comedy Award.</p> <h2>Most Known For</h2> <p>While Hugh Laurie is most known for playing <a href="http://es.house.wikia.com/wiki/Gregory_House" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Gregory House</a> to most Americans, he enjoyed a very robust career in television and film prior to taking on the role in <em>House</em> in 2004. With his creative partner, Stephen Fry, he was involved in several British comedy shows including <em>A Bit with Fry and Laurie</em> which ran for eight years and <em>Jeeves and Wooster</em> where he played a rich, but an inept character that was always requiring the assistant of his butler, Jeeves, to get out of trouble. Both of these programs, among many others, catapulted Laurie to fame in the United Kingdom well before Americans go a good glimpse of him as Jasper, one of the inept villains, in the live-action version of <em><a href="https://theywereinthat.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/hugh-laurie-from-house-to-101-dalmatians/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">101 Dalmatians</a></em> in 1996.</p> <h2>Where Is He Now?</h2> <p>Where are they now? Hugh Laurie has been working on an album release for <em>Didn’t it Rain?,</em> and most recently starred in the Disney movie, Tomorrowland with George Clooney and Tim McGraw. </p>
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Hugh Laurie Net Worth
Net Worth
Net Worth in 2021
$40 Million
Annual Earnings
$700 Thousand Per Episode
Assets
Not Available
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Hugh Laurie Profile
Basic Info
Full Real Name
Hugh Laurie
Date of Birth
June 11, 1959
Age
62
Birthday
11-Jun
Yers of Birth
1959
Nick Name
Not Available
Family Name
Laurie
Birth Place
Oxford, England
Residence
Los Angeles
Gender
Male
Profession
Actor
Nationality
British
Ethnicity
Scottish descent
Fluently Speaks
Not Available
Religion
Atheism
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<p>In his current personal life, Hugh Laurie has been married to theater producer Jo Green since 1989. They have three children, and the family currently lives in London after living in Los Angeles for a time during the filming of <em>House</em>.</p>
Personal Life
Marital Status
Married
Partner
Jo Green
Spouse
Jo Green
Son(s)
William Albert Laurie, Charles Archibald Laurie
Daughter(s)
Rebecca Laurie
Physical Stats
Height (in feets)
6 Feet 2 inches
Weight (in kgs)
90 KG
Height (in meters)
1.88 m
Weight (in lbs)
198 lb
Bust Waist Hip
Not Available
Measurements
Not Available
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Shoe Size
Not Available
Tatoo
Not Available
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Family
Father
Ran Laurie
Mother
Patricia Laurie
Brother(s)
Charles Alexander Lyon Mundell Laurie
Sister(s)
Susan Laurie, Janet Laurie
Garndfather
Not Available
Grandmother
Not Available
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Signs
Sun Sign
Gemini
Star Sign
Gemini
Birth Sign Duality
Assertive
Birth Sign Modality
Mutable Air
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Education
Highest Qulification
Not Available
High School
Dragon School
College
Selwyn College, Cambridge, Eton College
University
Not Available
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Socail Profiles
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Awards
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