Hugh Laurie

In 2004, Laurie stars in the Fox Broadcasting medical drama, House. His brother, Larry Tamblyn, was the drummer with 1960s band The Standells. In 2003 he starred in and also directed comedy-drama series Fortysomething. His daughter is Amber Tamblyn with whom he has appeared in "Rebellious" and "Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard". In 1996, his book The Gun Seller, a humorous novel of suspense, was published. More recently he has appeared in television series such as Nash Bridges, Twin Peaks (in which he played an eccentric psychiatrist), and the Babylon 5 episode A Distant Star in which he played 'Captain Jack Maynard'. Other film appearances include Maybe Baby and Stuart Little. In 1962 he appeared in the cinerama movie How the West Was Won.

He has also had more serious roles, such as his parts in the films, Peter's Friends and Sense and Sensibility. He appeared in the movie Peyton Place in 1957, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. However, like Fry, Laurie has branched out into a solo career as an actor in both comic roles (such as the Blackadder series with Rowan Atkinson as Prince George and Lieutenant George). His further musical roles included the movies Tom Thumb, Hit the Deck and West Side Story where he played Riff, the leader of the Jets. Laurie played Bertie Wooster, a role for which his talent as a pianist and singer came in handy. In 1954 he was one of the singing and dancing brothers -- 'Gideon' -- in the film of the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for which his abilities as a champion gymnast and acrobat were well suited. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories. His first movie appearance was in 1948 in The Boy With Green Hair.

G. Russ Tamblyn (born 30 December 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor. Fry and Laurie had several series of their own as a double act, as well as starring in the television series Jeeves and Wooster, an adaptation of P. It was when Footlights took their end-of-year revue to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1980 that Laurie met Stephen Fry. In his final year, he was the President of the Club, while Emma Thompson was the Vice-president.

He also joined the famous Footlights Club at Cambridge, which has been the starting point for many successful British comedians. During his first year at university, Laurie went out for a while with Emma Thompson, now a well-known actress. His father had won an Olympic gold medal in rowing, and he himself was a rower at school and university taking part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race of 1980. He was born and raised in Oxford, where he attended the Dragon School (a famous prep school), before going on to Eton and then to Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he read Archaeology and Anthropology.

Hugh Laurie (born June 11, 1959) is a British comedian, actor, and author best known for his television work, especially his double act with Stephen Fry.