He was a very gentle soul and, I think, a very good doctor. And I'm probably being paid more to become a fake version of my own father.
I just feel like that's a young person's game. It's partly because you spend your whole time mocking authority figures, and once you reach the age where you could be a general or a bishop or a politician, it means something different. It stops being the kid in class doing impressions of the teacher.
According to Variety (April 30, 2007), Hugh Laurie has accepted a key supporting role in his first major project since House. He joins Chris Evans, Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker in a drama that centers around a veteran LAPD cop who turns to alcohol after the death of his wife. Laurie will play an internal affairs officer. The title is Night Watch (fka The Night Watchman), which begins filming in May 2007.
In March 2007, Hugh Laurie autographed a 2005 CBR1000RR Repsol sports bike, a replica of the motorcycle he rides on House, to be auctioned online to raise money for the American Red Cross.
On January 28, 2007, Hugh Laurie won his first Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
On January 15, 2007, Hugh Laurie won his second Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama (2006).
The International Press Academy 11th Anniversary Satellite Awards announced Hugh Laurie as the winner of Actor in a Series, Drama award for House.
On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (November 6, 2006), Hugh Laurie admitted to Jay that he has a tendency to sleep while standing up and has actually fallen asleep while riding his motorcycle. He also revealed he rarely feels as though he is having fun due to his Presbyterian upbringing.
When he was asked how life has changed since the show got so big (USA Today, July 26, 2006), Hugh lamented that if he had a life it would be very different. He said he goes to work at 6 in the morning and works until 10 at night. When he gets home, he watches watches a TiVo'd version of American Chopper while he eats cold spaghetti, then goes to bed. Regarding his off time, he told reporters when the show was on hiatus, he did basically nothing. He'd gone back to England, walked the dog, and played the piano.
In a 2005 phone interview, Matt Witten said whenever Hugh Laurie is on the set, and the whole day he is performing, he only speaks in his American accent, including at the office or at read-throughs. Witten recalled one night when Laurie took him and others out to dinner, Hugh began speaking in his natural accent and said everyone was stunned. Witten and the others teased him humorously, saying that's enough with the fake British accent.
When interviewed at the FOX party at the Ritz-Carlton following the 2006 TCA summer tour, Hugh told reporters he doesn't want to know what is going to happen on House. He quipped jokingly that he didn't even want to know what's going to happen after lunch.
When Ellen DeGeneres asked Hugh Laurie on her show (September 12, 2006) if he finds it easier to work with an American accent after two seasons on House, he told her it was the single most difficult thing he has to do everyday. He lamented that almost every other thing done in life, whether it's making omelettes or having sex, a person gets better at it the more it's done. But, for some reason, he finds putting on the accent is as hard today as it was on the first day.
In an interview to Melanie McFarland, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Hugh was quoted as saying he was astonished and completely shocked when he first learned he'd been nominated for a Golden Globe award. He said his first thought was he needed to call his wife, Jo. He then realized he was speaking to his wife on the phone - she'd called him at 6 o'clock in the morning to give him the news. He then commented jokingly about her being 'connected.'
Hugh's middle child, Bill, auditioned for a part in one of the Harry Potter films, but didn't get the role.
In 2006, while filming an episode of House, Hugh was left temporarily deaf on one side for most of the day when a gun loaded with blanks was fired too close to his ears. Hugh insisted worst things had happened to him during sword-fighting scenes on stage in England.
When Hugh Laurie, Jamie Denton, Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney, and Bonnie Somerville performed at the TV Guide Emmy Party, they asked for, and received, $200,000 that was split equally and donated to charity. The band, called Band From TV, will now be making special appearances. Hugh will donate most of his share to the Save The Children organization.
According to Entertainment Weekly (August 25, 2006), the first thing Hugh Laurie did when he learned he'd won the lead role in House was go shopping for a cane. He looked all over London to find the perfect one, and found it in a little shop in London. It was made out of rare Malaysian wood and had beautiful ivory rings and a gorgeous horn handle. Although it was very politically incorrect, it called to him like Excalibur. The minute he saw it, he thought, 'This is the one. This is House's cane.' Unfortunately, that cane was broken by a closing soundstage gate during filming the pilot and had to be replaced with a duplicate.
Hugh Laurie's name was on the first list of presenters for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards to be held on August 27, 2006.
Hugh appeared at the Indianapolis Convention Center on July 2, 2006, to help DaimlerChrysler announce its American cars with German engineering.
When FOX announced the Teen Choice 2006 nominations for the hottest celebrities in film, television, music, sports, and fashion, Hugh Laurie's name was on the TV Choice Actor list.
Australian magazine Who included Hugh Laurie in its "Sexiest People 2006" issue.
Hugh Laurie attended the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards held on May 7, 2006.
As part of the celebrity band 16:9 and wearing a tee shirt with "1-800-Autopsy" across the front, Hugh Laurie played keyboard with James Denton, Greg Grunberg, and Bob Guiney at the Guitar Center Music Foundation Benefit on March 14, 2006.
On Late Night With David Letterman (February 24, 2006), Mr. Laurie spoke with pride about his father's accomplishment in the 1936 Olympics and winning a Gold Medal in Rowing. He also mentioned his father had witnessed Hitler storming out of the stadium when Jesse Owens won his medals. When Letterman asked him to say something in his American accent, he declined and quipped, "I'm off the clock." He went on to say it was so difficult to say "New York" that he told everyone he was going to Chicago for the late show appearance.Another humorous comment was his relating how someone on the internet had said "he laughed with an English accent."
Hugh Laurie won the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama. His wife, Jo, and best friend, Stephen Fry, were present at the event.
On January 5, 2006, Hugh Laurie was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series" category.
In a phone interview for Back Stage magazine (December 15-28, 2005), Hugh Laurie discussed many topics with Jenelle Riley. One was how it horrified him to see the show House and his character ripped apart on various message boards on the internet so much that he stopped reading them. He also told Riley he was so pessimistic about the part that he believed filming the pilot would be two enjoyable weeks in Vancouver and that would be it.
Hugh Laurie received a 2005 Golden Satellite Award for Actor in a Series, Drama.
Hugh Laurie has told interviewers he doesn't watch House and can talk about the show only in terms of the scripts he reads.
When Hugh Laurie appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show during the November 2005 sweeps, they discussed his son, Charlie. Ellen then presented Hugh with a guitar for Charlie that had been autographed by Carmen Electra.
In an interview with Craig Ferguson on The Late Late Show, Hugh Laurie mentioned his two sons were in a rock band. He also told Craig he'd returned to England to see his son portray Kent in his school play King Lear.
So he may stay in touch with his children in England while he is in California, Hugh Laurie uses the internet. He has a camera on his computer and can "see" them everyday.
Hugh Laurie's mellifluous speaking voice has won him many voiceover roles. His most recent performance was the voice of "Gutsy" in Valiant in 2005, an animated comedy about a wood pigeon named Valiant who overcame his small size to become a hero in Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during World War II.
While at Cambridge in 1981, Hugh Laurie was part of a renowned troupe of actors who won The Perrier Comedy Award given to the best comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. The revue, called The Cellar Tapes, was written principally by Hugh and Stephen Fry, and was his first claim to performing fame.
In its June 5, 2005 issue, TV Guide magazine named Hugh Laurie one of the sexiest men on TV.
In 1990, Hugh starred in Gasping, his one and only appearance in a play. He was quoted in interviews saying he didn't enjoy the experience, although he received excellent reviews. Gasping was written by his long-time friend Ben Elton.
In 2005, Hugh Laurie was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama category for his outstanding portrayal of Dr. Gregory House in House M.D.
Hugh has been married to Jo Green since 1989, and they have three children, Charlie, Bill and Rebecca.
Hugh's son Charlie calls him padre (father in Spanish).
Hugh Laurie's favorite American television shows are American Chopper, The Office, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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