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AKA: James Hugh Calum Laurie
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 06/11/1959
Birthplace: Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Comic actor Hugh Laurie hailed from Oxford, England but first made a name for himself as a performer with the Footlights Theater at rival Cambridge University in the early 1980s. He quickly rose in British television as a writer and actor, best known for his portrayal of dimwits on wacky British series and sketch shows. Despite years of starring television roles and film character roles in his homeland, most Americans were unfamiliar with the multi-talented Brit when he was cast in the title role of the CBS medical mystery drama, “House M.D.” (Fox, 2005- ). It was a far cry from his years of
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Was a member of the Footlights Club, a theater group at Cambridge which included Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry
1982
English TV debut with the Footlight show, "The Cellar Tapes"
1982
Co-wrote and performed in two seasons of his first English TV series, "Alfresco"
1985
Feature acting debut in "Plenty"
Starred in the series "LWT's South of Watford"
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