1959 - Today
James Hugh Calum Laurie (; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. The two men acted together in a number of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the BBC sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves and Wooster. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Laurie has received more than 13,992,017 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Hugh Laurie is the 498th most popular actor (down from 434th in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 606th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Actor.
Hugh Laurie is most famous for his role as Dr. Gregory House on the TV show House.
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Among actors, Hugh Laurie ranks 498 out of 9,996. Before him are Robert Vaughn, Lucia Bosè, Rachel Weisz, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Faten Hamama, and George Kennedy. After him are Fernando Rey, Nǃxau ǂToma, Magda Schneider, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, and Louise Fletcher.
1932 - 2016
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 492
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 493
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 494
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 495
1931 - 2015
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 496
1925 - 2016
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 497
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 498
1917 - 1994
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 499
1944 - 2003
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 500
1909 - 1996
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 501
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 502
1950 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 503
1934 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 504
Among people born in 1959, Hugh Laurie ranks 15. Before him are Emma Thompson, Evo Morales, Bryan Adams, Sean Bean, Ken Watanabe, and Magic Johnson. After him are Bernd Schuster, Maurizio Sarri, Sarah, Duchess of York, Kyle MacLachlan, Robert Knepper, and Tupou VI.
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 11
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 13
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 14
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 15
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 16
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 17
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 18
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 19
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 20
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 21
Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Laurie ranks 650 out of 7,765. Before him are Andrew Wiles (1953), Louis Wain (1860), Henry Bessemer (1813), Henry Every (1659), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), and Julian Barnes (1946). After him are Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Brook Taylor (1685), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Muriel Spark (1918), and Stanley Rous (1895).
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 644
1860 - 1939
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 645
1813 - 1898
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 646
1659 - 1699
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 647
1866 - 1923
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 648
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 649
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 650
1860 - 1946
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 651
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 652
1428 - 1471
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 653
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 654
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 655
1895 - 1986
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 656
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Hugh Laurie ranks 79. Before him are Tilda Swinton (1960), Bill Nighy (1949), Julie Walters (1950), Jane Seymour (1951), Tim Curry (1946), and Rachel Weisz (1970). After him are Robert Carlyle (1961), Jude Law (1972), Naomi Watts (1968), Jessica Tandy (1909), Jeremy Brett (1933), and Kenneth Branagh (1960).
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 73
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 74
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 75
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 76
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 77
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 78
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 79
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 80
1972 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 81
1968 - Present
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 82
1909 - 1994
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 83
1933 - 1995
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 84
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 85