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While his old comedy partner Stephen Fry<\/a> is routinely showered with praise and dubbed a \u2018national treasure\u2019, let\u2019s not forget about Hugh Laurie. <\/p>\n In the beginning, the pair\u2019s careers were very much intertwined. They had a sketch show together, appeared in an adaptation of PG Wodehouse\u2019s Jeeves and Wooster, and starred in several episodes of the much-loved sitcom Blackadder, eventually going their separate ways, which is where Mr Laurie would really come into his own.\u00a0<\/p>\n The former Cambridge University student has amassed a seriously impressive collection of film credits, sharing screen time with Glenn Close, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, and many other huge names, and his stock was so high that he was actually cast as Perry White in Superman Returns before he had to pull out, even though he probably made the right decision, given the benefit of hindsight.<\/p>\n With a bevvy of excellent roles to pick from, it must be impossible for Laurie to pick his favourites. As it turns out, it isn\u2019t. During an appearance on\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u00a0in 2020, the Brit revealed the job he had the most love for, and if we\u2019re being honest, we could have all figured it out well ahead of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think it would have to be House,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cGod, this is such a cruel question. I loved them all, and it\u2019s partly your job to love them all, in a way\u2026 I think House was probably, I felt like, the most thrilling adventure that I\u2019d ever been on as an actor, I just thought it was an amazing experience, I was so lucky; so lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n From 2004 to 2012, Laurie appeared as the acerbic genius Dr Gregory House on the Fox series of the same name. Characterised by a gruff voice, a cane, and an instinctive ability to piss off anyone at any given moment, House is a\u00a0modern incarnation of Sherlock Holmes<\/a>; a brilliant mind with zero social skills and zero qualms about crossing ethical lines to get the job done.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n To say that House did wonders for Laurie\u2019s career would be the understatement to end all understatements, because between 2005 and 2011, he was nominated for \u2018Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series\u2019 six times at the Emmys, and although he wasn\u2019t successful there, he did pick up two Golden Globes for the role, as well as two SAG awards, two Television Critics Association awards, and plenty more besides. <\/p>\n In real terms, the show transformed Laurie into a household name across the pond, with the Guinness Book of World Records describing him as the most-watched leading man on television in 2011, while he would routinely appear in lists of the highest-paid stars on the box.<\/p>\n It\u2019s extremely refreshing for an actor to unashamedly praise their most successful and lucrative role, because Laurie clearly understands how important Dr House has been to his overall career, and it\u2019s nice to know that he had a great time playing him, which is not bad at all, considering he auditioned for the show in his bathroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still) Tue 3 February 2026 5:00, UK While his old comedy partner Stephen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,1481,43540],"class_list":["post-456309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-house","tag-hugh-laurie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}