Biographic - Sunday April 3, 2016 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born in Oxford, England, on June 11, 1959, Hugh Laurie attended the prestigious Eton private school before studying archaeology and social anthropology at Cambridge University. His father, a medical doctor, had won a gold medal in rowing at the 1948 Olympics, and Hugh was a champion oarsman himself. When grandular fever curtailed his rowing, he joined the Cambridge Footlights, a university troupe that has been a springboard for more British comedy talent over the years. It was there that he began to collaborate with fellow student Stephen Fry, and the two worked together on many projects throughout the 1980s and '90s. They were both featured extensively in Rowan Atkinson's "Blackadder" series, made four seasons of the sketch show "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" for the BBC and starred together in the comedy series "Jeeves and Wooster" Hugh also appeared in Music videos for Kate Bush and Annie Lennox, and he penned a well-reveived novel! By the late 1990s, Hugh had begun to make inroads into a movie career. Roles in british films such as "Peter Friends" and "Sense and Sensibility" led to Hollywood and roles in the likes of "101 Dalmations" and the "Stuart Little" movies. His credits spanned the glitz of "Spice World" the children's comedy "The Borrowers" and the historical drama "The Man in The Iron Mask." He continued to dabble in TV, making appearances on a number of shows on both sides of the Atlantic, from "Spooks" in the U.K to "Friends" and "Family Guy" in the U.S. In 2004, Hugh landed the role that established him as a major TV star, adopting an American accent to play curmudgeonly antihero and diagnostic genius Dr. Gregory House on the hit medical drama "House" named the greatest character in television history by TV Guide. The show earned him two Golden Globes and made him one of the TV's highest-paid stars. Having starred with George Clooney in the 2015 movie "Tomorrowland" Hugh returns to the small screen this month in "The Night Manager" a six-part spy drama based on John Le Carre novel.

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