House Fans: Little Known Facts About Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie Fact #1 Hugh Laurie appeared on the television sitcom, Friends. Hugh didn't get much screen time with Jennifer Anniston, but his role of "the gentleman on the plane" was delivered in fashionable, memorable Hugh Laurie style. The Friends episode entitled "The One With Ross's Wedding: Part 2" aired on May 7, 1988.

Hugh Laurie Fact #2 Hugh Laurie isn't just a talent actor, he is a writer too. His credits include writing for Saturday Night Live, the Alfresco series, and A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

Hugh Laurie Fact #3 If his writing talents didn't impress you, Hugh is also a director and producer. His project work includes directing episodes of the television drama Forty Something, movie Maybe Baby, and producer on Dragons of New York.

Hugh Laurie Fact #4 Fans are mesmerized by Hugh's quirky character, House, and charmed by his smooth wit accented with his British lilt. The television industry is charmed by Hugh Laurie's voice too-he does many voiceovers for television commercials. He is also the voice of Mr. Fredrick Little in the Stuart Little movies.

Hugh Laurie Fact #5 Hugh Laurie has also appeared in a number of commercials, including those for Marks & Spencer, Bradford & Bingley, and Polaroid Cameras.

Hugh Laurie Fact #6 Hugh appeared in the Annie Lenox video for "Walking on Broken Glass."

Hugh Laurie Fact #7 Hugh's artistic talents seem to know no bounds. He is the author of The Gun Seller (ISBN 0434002976), a spy spoof about an ex-soldier who is shanghaied into undercover work for the British government.

Hugh Laurie Fact #8 Hugh Laurie has acted in television shows and movies with a long list of Hollywood greats including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, Ewan McGregor, Dennis Quaid, Michael J. Fox, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Selma Blair, John Malkovich, Geena Davis, Nathan Lane, and Glenn Close.

Hugh Laurie Fact #9 Hugh Laurie can tell you what he wants, what he "really, really, wants." Maybe the most surprising fact on the list, Hugh played the part of Poirot in the Spice Girls movie, Spice World.

Hugh Laurie Fact #10 Hugh Laurie has been famous on television and in film in Britain about twenty-odd years before he caught the attention of American audiences by portraying House in House M.D.

Hugh Laurie Fact #11 In May of 2007, Hugh Laurie was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Her Magesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Hugh Laurie Fact #12 Hugh Laurie once dated actress, Emma Thompson when they were both studying at Cambridge. The romance did not last and Hugh later married Jo Green in 1989.

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