Hugh Laurie filmography

The English actor Hugh Laurie has appeared extensively in film and television. He made his film debut with the 1985 British film Plenty, and has gone on to appear in movies such as the Stuart Little film franchise and Tomorrowland. Laurie's television roles include House and The Night Manager.

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Plenty Michael
1989 Strapless Colin
1992 Peter's Friends Roger Charleston
1994 A Pin for the Butterfly Uncle
1995 Sense and Sensibility Mr. Palmer
1995 The Snow Queen Peeps Voice[1]
1996 101 Dalmatians Jasper Badun
1996 The Snow Queen's Revenge Peeps Voice
1997 Spice World Hercule Poirot
1997 The Borrowers Police Officer Steady
1997 The Place of Lions Steve Harris
1997 The Ugly Duckling Tarquin Voice[1]
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Pierre
1998 Cousin Bette Baron Hector Hulot
1999 Blackadder: Back & Forth Viscount George Bufton-Tufton / Georgius
1999 Stuart Little Mr. Frederick Little
2000 Maybe Baby Sam Bell
2000 Carnivale Cenzo Voice
2001 Girl from Rio Raymond Woods
2001 Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter Narrator
2001 Second Star to the Left Archie
2002 Stuart Little 2 Mr. Frederick Little
2003 The Young Visiter Lord Bernard Clark
2004 Flight of the Phoenix Ian
2005 The Big Empty Doctor
2005 Valiant Wing Commander Gutsy Voice[1]
2006 Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild Frederick Little Voice; Direct-to-video[1]
2008 Street Kings Captain James Biggs
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens[1] Dr. Herbert Cockroach Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2009 B.O.B's Big Break Dr. Herbert Cockroach Short film
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space[1] Dr. Herbert Cockroach Voice
2011 The Oranges David Walling
2011 Hop Mr. Bunny Voice[1]
2011 Arthur Christmas Steve Voice[1]
2012 Mr. Pip Mr. Watts[2]
2015 Tomorrowland David Nix
2018 Holmes & Watson Mycroft Holmes
2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield Mr. Dick
2022 The Amazing Maurice Maurice Voice
2023 The Canterville Ghost The Grim Reaper Voice

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1981 The Cellar Tapes Various characters Writer
1982 There's Nothing to Worry About! Various characters Writer
1983 Alfresco Various characters Writer
1983 The Crystal Cube Various characters Writer
1984 The Young Ones Lord Monty Episode: "Bambi"
1985 Letters from a Bomber Pilot Pilot Officer Bob Hodgson
1985 Mrs. Capper's Birthday Bobby
1985 Happy Families Jim
1986 Blackadder II Simon Partridge
Prince Ludwig the Indestructible
Episodes: "Beer", "Chains"
1987 Filthy Rich & Catflap N'Bend
1987 Up Line Howard Caprice 3 episodes
1987 Blackadder the Third George, Prince of Wales, The Prince Regent
1988 Blackadder's Christmas Carol Prince George
1989 Blackadder Goes Forth Lt. the Honourable George Colhurst St. Barleigh
1989 The New Statesman Waiter
1989–1995 A Bit of Fry & Laurie Various Characters Writer
1990–1993 Jeeves and Wooster Bertie Wooster
1993 All or Nothing at All Leo Hopkins 3 episodes
1993–1995 The Legends of Treasure Island Squire Trelawney Voice
1995 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends Johnny Town-Mouse (voice) Episode: "The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse"[1]
1996 Tracey Takes On... Timothy Bugge 3 episodes
1996 Murder Most Horrid Jerry Bryce Episode: "The Body Politic"
1998 Friends Gentleman on the Plane Episode: "The One with Ross's Wedding (Part 2)"
1998 The Bill Defence Counsel Episode: "Good Faith: Part 1"
1999 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything French Ambassador Sketch: Treaty of Westphalia
2000 Randall & Hopkirk Dr. Lawyer Episode: "Mental Apparition Disorder"
2000 Preston Pig Mr. Wolf Voice
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Vincente Minnelli
2001, 2010 Family Guy Bar Patron, Dr. Gregory House, Himself (voices) Episodes: "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea", "Business Guy"
2001 Lost in the Snow Teddy (voice)
2002 The Strange Case of Penny Allison Various Characters
2002 Spooks Jools Siviter
2003 Fortysomething Paul Slippery Also directed three episodes
2003 Stuart Little Frederick Little Voice
2004 Fire Engine Fred Narrator
2004–2012 House Dr. Gregory House Lead role, also directed episodes "Lockdown" and "The C-Word"
2006, 2008 Saturday Night Live Host Episodes: "Hugh Laurie/Beck" and "Hugh Laurie/Kanye West"
2010 The Simpsons Roger (voice) Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXI"
2011 Later... with Jools Holland Himself Guest performance/interview
2015–2019 Veep[3] Senator Tom James Seasons 4–7
2016–present The Night Manager Richard Onslow Roper Main cast
2016–2017 Chance[4] Dr. Eldon Chance Lead role
2019 Catch-22 Major de Coverley Miniseries
2020–2022 Avenue 5 Ryan Clark Main cast
2020 Roadkill[5] Peter Laurence[6] Miniseries
2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?[7] Dr. James Nicholson Main cast, also writer and director
2023 All the Light We Cannot See Etienne LeBlanc Miniseries; 4 episodes
2024–2025 Tehran Eric Peterson Main role (season 3)
TBA The Wanted Man Felix Carmichael Post-production[8]

Documentaries

Year Title
2001 Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2007 Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2008 Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008 Blackadder Rides Again
2010 Fry and Laurie Reunited
2011 Down by the River
2012 Jools Holland: My Life in Music
2013 Bayou Maharajah
2013 Copper Bottom Blues
2015 A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2010 House M.D.: The Official Game Dr. Gregory House [1][9]
2014 LittleBigPlanet 3 Newton [1][10]

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
2023 People Who Knew Me N/A Audio drama[11]

Audiobooks

Year Title Role Notes
2025—present Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions Albus Dumbledore Audiobook series

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Hugh Laurie (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 1 October 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  2. ^ "Hugh Laurie Starring In 'Mister Pip' For Andrew Adamson". The Film Stage. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ Fowler, Matt (20 November 2014). "Hugh Laurie Joins Veep". IGN. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (6 January 2016). "'Chance' Drama Series Starring Hugh Laurie Lands 2-Season Order At Hulu". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Hugh Laurie stars as a scandalous politician in first trailer for BBC One's Roadkill". Radio Times.
  6. ^ "BBC One releases first look image of Hugh Laurie in Roadkill – Media Centre". BBC.
  7. ^ "Agatha Christie adaptation filming in Surrey with director Hugh Laurie on set". getsurrey.co.uk. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (11 December 2025). "Hugh Laurie Joins Amy Poehler In Peacock Comedy Series 'Dig' From Mike Schur". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Press Releases and Game Reviews – Legacy Games". Archived from the original on 2 January 2010.
  10. ^ "LittleBigPlanet 3: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry in All-Star Cast". Playstation Official Blog. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Rosamund Pike and Hugh Laurie star in poignant and heart-breaking audio drama People Who Knew Me coming to BBC Sounds". BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2023.