Life of Hugh Laurie is nothing less than an inspiration. Hugh Laurie is an English actor, musician, singer, comedian, and director. His most credited works on the television series and movies are House (2004), Tomorrowland (2015) and much more.

Hugh Laurie was in a relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Emma Thompson. The couple started their love affair in the year 1978. Later, Hugh married his long-term girlfriend, Joanne Green on 16th June 1989.  

Hugh Laurie Early Life and Education

Hugh Laurie was born on 11th June 1959, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Hugh Laurie is the professional name of James Hugh Calum Laurie. His parents are British physician father, Ran Laurie, and mother, Patricia Laurie. Hugh spent a large part of his life in Oxford with his siblings named, Charles Alexander Lyon Mundell, Susa Laurie, and Janet Laurie.

Hugh Laurie enrolled at the Dragon School from ages seven to thirteen. After completed his primary education, Laurie went on to Eton College. Along with this, Laurie went on University of Cambridge and Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Hugh Laurie Career

The 58-years-old actor, Hugh Laurie debuted on the television series named, The Celler Tapes as a writer and various character. After casting in Tv series, Hugh appeared in numerous tv series such as,

  1. There’s Nothing to Worry About! (1982)
  2. Alfresco(1983)
  3. The Young Ones(1984)
  4. Happy Families(1985)
  5. Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
  6. Friends(1998)
  7. The Bill(1998)
  8. Randall(2000)
  9. House(2004)
  10. Saturday Night Live(2006)
  11. Veep(2015)
  12. Chance(2016) and much more.

Hugh Laurie Biography-Youtube

Through his tv series, Laurie an achieved a huge success as well as established himself as one of the renowned actors. After struggling for a while, he got a chance to debut in the film industry through the movie named, Plenty. There he portrayed the role of Michael in the year 1985.

 Laurie won the millions of hearts through his debuted movie as well as receives name and fame. Then, Laurie featured in different movies. Some of his hit’s movies are as follow,

  1. The Borrowers(1997)
  2. The man in the Iron Mask(1998)
  3. Cousin Bette(1998)
  4. Stuart Little(1999)
  5. Maybe Baby(2000)
  6. Stuart Little 2(2002)
  7. The Big Empty(2005)
  8. Street Kings(2008)
  9. The Oranges(2011)
  10. Tomorrowland(2015)

Currently, Laurie is busy with his upcoming movie, Holmes, and Watson(2018). As a voice actor, Laurie featured in several movies and television series including,

  • The Ugly Ducking(1997)
  • Family Guy(2001)
  • Family Guy(2010)
  • Arthur Christmas(2011) and much more.

Laurie movie-Tomorrowland; Youtube

From his acting career, Laurie was honored with numerous award such as,

  1. Gloden Globe Award(2006, 2007, 2017)
  2. Screen Actors Guild Awards(2007, 2010)
  3. Satellite Awards(2005, 2006)
  4. Individual Achievement in Drama(2005, 2006)
  5. Teen Choice Award(2007) and nominated for numerous awards.

Hugh Laurie wins the Golden Globes in 2007; Youtube

Hugh Laurie Personal Life

Hugh Laurie was in a relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Emma Thompson. The couple started their love affair in the year 1978. The couple’s relationship was going well in the beginning and they were really happy with each other. Sadly, their relationship started falling apart and the couple separated in the year 1982.

Then, Hugh married his long-term girlfriend, Joanne Green on 16th June 1989, along with the closest friend and few family members. The husband and wife built their marriage again and is still together till date.

The couple got married after the success of their love affair and birth of Charles. Currently, the lovely couple is blessed with three children named, Rebecca, William, and Charles.

Hugh Laurie Networth

Laurie has succeeded in making his name in the industry. He has already achieved success in his professional life.With his extreme talent, hard work and confidence, Laurie earn the beautiful amount of money from his career.

Allocating information from several sources it comes to know that his current net worth is estimated to be around $40 million.

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