Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie is an actor and comedy writer whose partnership with Stephen Fry began during their Cambridge Footlights years. After early television work on Alfresco, the pair co-wrote and performed A Bit of Fry & Laurie, a sketch series built around satire, wordplay and comic characters.

Laurie also appeared in Blackadder and reunited with Fry for Jeeves and Wooster. His wider screen career includes House and films such as Peter's Friends and Stuart Little, and he wrote the novel The Gun Seller.