Known for possessing a keen eye for the complex characters he creates as an actor and a writer, HUGH LAURIE (Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.) currently brings that talent to his work on the critically acclaimed series “House.”
Laurie currently stars in FOX’s hit medical drama “House,” for which he has won two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy Award. The innovative and uncompromising series features Laurie as Dr. Gregory House, an antisocial and brutally honest doctor who combines an unconventional approach to his cases with flawless instincts. Also starring Omar Epps and Robert Sean Leonard, the series premiered its third season September 25, 2008.
Laurie previously starred in a number of groundbreaking British television comedy series, including four seasons of “A Bit of Fry and Laurie,” which he co-wrote for the BBC with Stephen Fry; three seasons of “Blackadder,” written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton; and three seasons of “Saturday Live.” In addition, four seasons of “Jeeves and Wooster,” based on the novels of P.G. Wodehouse, aired on PBS’s “Masterpiece Theatre” from 1990-1995.
On the big screen, Laurie was most recently seen in the 20th Century Fox release “Flight of the Phoenix,” opposite Dennis Quaid, as well as director David Ayer’s “Street Kings,” opposite Keanu Reeves and Forrest Whitaker.
Other film credits include “Peter’s Friends,” directed by and co-starring Kenneth Branagh; “Sense and Sensibility” with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet; “Cousin Bette” with Jessica Lange; “The Man in the Iron Mask”; “101 Dalmatians”; and “Stuart Little” and “Stuart Little 2” with Geena Davis.
On American television, Laurie portrayed Vincente Minnelli opposite Judy Davis in the network telefilm “Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.” He also appeared in “Tracy Takes On” and “Friends.”
In addition to acting, Laurie has directed television programs and commercials, composed and recorded numerous original songs and written articles for London’s The Daily Telegraph. Four volumes of “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” scripts have been published by Mandarin and his first novel, The Gun Seller, was published in both the UK and the US to critical acclaim and has been adapted into a screenplay for MGM.
Laurie was educated at Eton and Cambridge University, where he took a degree in anthropology. He also rowed in the University Boat Race of 1980. He was elected president of the venerable Footlights Revue, where he produced “The Cellar Tapes,” along with Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson. The show won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival of 1981.
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Monsters vs. Aliens Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd
When California girl Susan Murphy (REESE WITHERSPOON) is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. The military jumps into action and Susan is captured and put into a secret government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and held along with a ragtag group of Monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. (HUGH LAURIE); the macho half-ape, half-fish, The Missing Link (WILL ARNETT); the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B. (SETH ROGEN); and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, The President (STEPHEN COLBERT) is persuaded to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the alien robot and save the world from imminent destruction.
Other stars in this out-of-this-world ensemble include RAINN WILSON as Gallaxhar, the megalomaniac responsible for the alien robots and looking to replicate a new world in his own image; KIEFER SUTHERLAND as General W.R. Monger, an armed forces lifer who’s finally found a use for his collection of detained Monsters…battling the alien invader; and PAUL RUDD as Derek Dietl, Susan’s selfish fiancé, who has outgrown his current weatherman position and aspires to network news greatness.
reamWorks Animation SKG Presents “Monsters vs. Aliens,” a Paramount Pictures release—and DreamWorks Animation’s first InTru 3D Movie, wholly conceived, developed and authored in 3D—featuring the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd and Stephen Colbert. The film is directed by ROB LETTERMAN (“Shark Tale”) and CONRAD VERNON (“Shrek 2”). The story is by Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon. The screenplay is by MAYA FORBES & WALLY WOLODARSKY and Rob Letterman and JONATHAN AIBEL & GLENN BERGER. It is produced by LISA STEWART (“Almost Famous”) and co-produced by JILL HOPPER DESMARCHELIER and LATIFA OUAOU. “Monsters vs. Aliens” has been rated “PG” for sci-fi action, some crude humor and mild language by the MPAA.
Other stars in this out-of-this-world ensemble include RAINN WILSON as Gallaxhar, the megalomaniac responsible for the alien robots and looking to replicate a new world in his own image; KIEFER SUTHERLAND as General W.R. Monger, an armed forces lifer who’s finally found a use for his collection of detained Monsters…battling the alien invader; and PAUL RUDD as Derek Dietl, Susan’s selfish fiancé, who has outgrown his current weatherman position and aspires to network news greatness.
reamWorks Animation SKG Presents “Monsters vs. Aliens,” a Paramount Pictures release—and DreamWorks Animation’s first InTru 3D Movie, wholly conceived, developed and authored in 3D—featuring the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd and Stephen Colbert. The film is directed by ROB LETTERMAN (“Shark Tale”) and CONRAD VERNON (“Shrek 2”). The story is by Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon. The screenplay is by MAYA FORBES & WALLY WOLODARSKY and Rob Letterman and JONATHAN AIBEL & GLENN BERGER. It is produced by LISA STEWART (“Almost Famous”) and co-produced by JILL HOPPER DESMARCHELIER and LATIFA OUAOU. “Monsters vs. Aliens” has been rated “PG” for sci-fi action, some crude humor and mild language by the MPAA.
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