Hugh Laurie, the full name is James Hugh Calum Laurie, is famous English actor, voice – actor, musician, writer and director. It has been estimated recently that Hugh Laurie net worth is 20 million dollars. Hugh claims that he is paid 700 thousand dollars per episode of ‘Doctor House’ which probably is the most successful role in his career and increases Laurie net worth significantly. James Hugh Calum Laurie was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1959. He has one brother called Charles Alexander Lyon Mundell Laurie and two sisters named Susan and Janet Laurie. His father, William George Ranald Mundel Laurie worked as a doctor and is also the owner of Olympic Gold medal in rowing, in 1948.
Hugh Laurie Net Worth $20 Million
Taking after his father Hugh was also a good oarsman and was to become a member of Olympics but he had to retreat because of mononucleosis. After leaving sport he joined the drama club. Hugh Laurie together with Steven Fry were acting in the university drama club ‘Footlights’, afterwards they had made lots of successful sitcom projects like ‘Blackadder’ on television together with Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson. Laurie took part in television film ‘Letters from a Bomber Pilot’ by David Hodgson. He performed in music videos ‘Experiment’ by Kate Bush and ‘Walking on Broken Glass’ by Annie Lennox. Hugh Laurie net worth increased after he showed himself on a big screen, in 1996 he was acting in ‘Sense and Sensibility’ directed by Ang Lee, co-starring with Emma Thompson, Alan Richman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant. After a few years he had a role of Jasper in ‘101 Dalmantinians’ directed by Stephen Herek. Later he showed up in ‘Maybe Baby’ directed by Ben Elton, co-starring with Joely Richardson and other films like ‘Girl from Rio’ directed by Christopher Monger and others.
Starting from the year 2002 Hugh Laurie worked in various projects of British television including guest – starring, voicing and producing, but the work which gave Hugh net worth a sharp rise was his outstanding role of genius Dr. Gregory house in American television drama ‘House’ created by David Shore, produced by Bryan Singer. For this role, Hugh Laurie got two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, he was the winner of two Satellite Awards, two Television Critics Association Awards, lots of times he was a nominee for various Awards for this role. This has also made an impact for Hugh Laurie net worth.
Despite being a great actor Laurie increases his net worth showing his talents. He is a good singer as well as musician, he can play the piano, drums, guitar, harmonica and saxophone. He is also a member of Los Angeles charity group called ‘Band From TV’. In 2010 Laurie released his blues album ‘Let Them Talk’. Laurie has also published the book which also added up Hugh net worth ‘The Gun Seller’ and there were talks that his second book has to be published soon.
Hugh Laurie married Jo Green in 1989. They have two sons named Charlie and Bill and daughter named Rebecca. Although he has loving family and outstanding career, Laurie admitted suffering from clinic depression.
