Hugh Laurie, who is awarded an OBE for services to drama, has been part of the British comedy establishment for over 20 years. But his career recently hit new heights after being cast as an American doctor in the US sitcom House. Laurie, 47, is the youngest of four children and the son of an Oxford GP. When he was 29, Laurie’s mother died from motor neurone disease. At Cambridge university, Laurie was part of the Cambridge Footlights Revue, which included Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson. Laurie – whose father was an Olympic gold medalist rower – also rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 boat race. In 1987, Fry and Laurie landed their own sketch show, A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Laurie also became a hit in Blackadder, and as Bertie in the smash hit Jeeves and Wooster. Movie roles have included Peter’s Friends, Sense and Sensibility and Stuart Little. But it has been as Dr Gregory House in US medical drama House that has recently made the middle-aged Englishman a huge success – and an unlikely sex symbol – in the US.
Daily Snack (story) and Lord Absu (photo)
Sometimes I forget he is British because he has really perfected the American accent!
BTW if you want to know more about Order of the British Empire, you can read this Wikipedia article. Can you tell I didn’t know what an OBE was?
