Hugh Laurie plays the lead character Dr Gregory House in the hit medical drama House M.D. The series is now in it's Sixth season and as strong as ever. In season Five the series filmed it's 100th episode quite a landmark achievment.
The irrascible, arrogant, highly intelligent and tortured character of Dr Gregory House is the Chief of Diagnostic Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and his character is based, in no small part, on the classic fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, the who's character was in turn based on a similarly irrascible scottish medical diagnostician who Conan Doyle (also a Doctor) worked with as a student. Watson to House's Holmes is his much put upon friend Dr James Wilson.
Due to mis-diagnosis House is crippled by chronic pain from an infarction in his quadriceps muscle (his thigh) which causes him to use Vicodin to manage the pain, the problem is he enjoys the drugs a little too much, again reflecting Holmes' liking for Cocaine. The emotional rollercoaster that House his team and his friends live as they cure the most comlex medical cases make House MD one of the most popular shows of the decade.
The cutting wit and one liners House delivers have become known as Housisms, here are a few examples:
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Dr. Foreman: Isn't treating patients why we became doctors?
House: No, treating illnesses is why we became doctors. Treating patients is what makes most doctors miserable.
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House: See that -- they all assume I'm a patient because of the cane.
Dr. Wilson: Then why don't you put on a white coat like the rest of us?
House: Then they think I'm a doctor.
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House: Fine. I'll ask one of my other friends.
Dr. Wilson: Huh.
House: What? Are you saying I've only got one friend.
Dr. Wilson: Who?
House: Kevin. In Bookkeeping.
Dr. Wilson: Okay, well first of all, his name is Carl.
House: I call him Kevin. It's his secret friendship club name.
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Hugh Laurie on the character Dr. Greg House - “To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother, necessarily. This is a guy in search of truth. Incidentally, that truth one day could save your life or the life of someone you love. That's a heroic thing.”
Hugh Laurie was born in Oxford on the 11 June 1959, he attended Eton and Cambridge where he developed his love of acting and theatre. Hugh Laurie has many talents, known better in the UK as a comic writer and performer, he is also a gifted musician and has published his one novel, The Gun Seller, his second novel Paper Soldiers is due to be published at any moment. Together with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie appeared and co-wrote four seasons of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie," he also appeared in three seasons of the Richard Curtisa and Ben Elton penned "Blackadder," and four seasons of "Jeeves and Wooster," a piece of inspired casting. He also made guest appearances on Saturday Night live, Spooks, Family Guy, Fortysomething (which he also helped direct) Randall & Hopkirk (deceased), Friends, The Young Ones, Filthy Rich and Catflap and many more.
Hugh Laurie has also had a modest film career starring in "Flight of the Phoenix" "Peter's Friends," "Sense and Sensibility" "Cousin Bette" "The Man in the Iron Mask"; "101 Dalmatians" and the "Stuart Little" movies with Geena Davis.
As well as acting and comedy Hugh Laurie has directed a number of TV shows including episodes of House MD he has composed and recorded numerous original songs and written articles for The Telegraph newspaper.
Hugh Laurie has recieved critical acclaim for his work on House M.D. winning two Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. He has twice been honored by the Television Critics Association with TCA Awards for Individual Achievement in Drama.
Like his character Greg House Hugh lauries rides a motorcycle, a Triumph Bonneville. He is married to Jo Green and has three children, when filming "House" they live togeher in Los Angeles.
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Hugh Lauries opinion on his acting credentials “People assume that I'm very highly trained, that I studied and did years and years of Shakespeare. I have no training whatsoever and I've only done one Shakespeare play at university. If people want to believe that, I'm happy to go along with it.”