Hugh Laurie

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

As: Mr. Dick

A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.

Directed by: Armando Iannucci

Stars: Tilda Swinton | Dev Patel | Ben Whishaw | Peter Capaldi | Gwendoline Christie

Holmes and Watson (2018)

Adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes and Watson, his crime-solving partner.

Directed by: Etan Cohen

Stars: Rob Brydon | Will Ferrell | Ralph Fiennes | Rebecca Hall | John C. Reilly

Tomorrowland (2015)

As: David Nix

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Brad Bird

Stars: George Clooney | Britt Robertson | Hugh Laurie | Raffey Cassidy | Thomas Robinson

The Canterville Ghost (2015)

An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.

Directed by: Kim Burdon

Stars: Toby Jones | Miranda Hart | Imelda Staunton | Stephen Fry | Hugh Laurie

Cambridge Footlights Revue (2015)

As: various

A TV version of the Cambridge Footlights Revue. Starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer, and Penny Dwyer.

Runtime: 50 min.

Stars: Emma Thompson | Stephen Fry | Hugh Laurie | Tony Slattery | Paul Shearer

Mr. Pip (2012)

As: Mr. Watts

As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village. In 1991, a war over a copper mine in the South Pacific tore the island of Bougainville apart. The reclusive “Popeye” (Hugh Laurie) offers the children ...

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Andrew Adamson

Stars: Kerry Fox | Hugh Laurie | Xzannjah Matsi | Healesville Joel | Eka Darville

Shrek's Thrilling Tales (2012)

As: Dr. Cockroach, PhD

SHREK'S THRILLING TALES is the ultimate Halloween DVD compilation for your family. Shrek's Thrilling Tales review Featuring the scariest, ugliest, and funniest characters from DreamWorks Animation's successful SHREK and MONSTERS VS. ALIENS franchises.

Runtime: 31 min.

Stars: Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | Conrad Vernon | Seth Rogen | Hugh Laurie

Arthur Christmas (2011)

As: Steve Claus (voice)

Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one – Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorized rookie mission to get the last present half way around the ...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Sarah Smith | Barry Cook

Stars: James McAvoy | Bill Nighy | Imelda Staunton | Jim Broadbent | Hugh Laurie

The Oranges (2011)

As: David Walling

A man's (Hugh Laurie) affair with his friend's much-younger daughter (Leighton Meester) throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Julian Farino

Stars: Catherine Keener | Alia Shawkat | Allison Janney | Hugh Laurie | Leighton Meester

Hop (2011)

As: E.B.'s Dad (voice)

E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In LA, he's taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Tim Hill

Stars: Hank Azaria | Russell Brand | Elizabeth Perkins | James Marsden | Kaley Cuoco

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)

Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features favorite holiday-themed sketches from SNL's 35-year history.

Stars: John Malkovich | James Franco | Justin Timberlake | Alec Baldwin | Hugh Laurie

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)

As: Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan's hometown of Modesto, California -- right before Halloween -- the team is dispatched to investigate. Everything appears normal, right down to the jack-o-lanterns peering out from every doorstep and windowsill. But when Halloween arrives, those ...

Runtime: 30 min.

Directed by: Peter Ramsey

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | Will Arnett | Reese Witherspoon | Seth Rogen | Hugh Laurie

B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)

As: Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.

Dr. Cockroach comes up with a brilliant plan to break themselves out of Area 52 – but to implement the plan, he has to trick B.O.B. into thinking it’s his birthday.

Runtime: 13 min.

Directed by: Robert Porter

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | Mike Mitchell | Will Arnett | Seth Rogen | Hugh Laurie

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

As: Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)

When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Conrad Vernon | Rob Letterman

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | Reese Witherspoon | Seth Rogen | Paul Rudd | Hugh Laurie

Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers (2008)

As: himself

Band from TV is a charity cover band whose members are all actors from American television series. They donate the proceeds of their performances and recordings to the charities of their choice.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Ken Stewart

Stars: Greg Grunberg | Brad Savage | Hugh Laurie | James Denton | Bob Guiney

Street Kings (2008)

As: Captain James Biggs

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: David Ayer

Stars: Keanu Reeves | Forest Whitaker | Chris Evans | Martha Higareda | Hugh Laurie

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)

As: Mr. Frederick Little

With school out for the summer, the Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the cat is captured by a mean-spirited creature known simply as the Beast, it's up to Stuart and a skunk named Reeko to rescue him and a few other friends.

Runtime: 72 min.

Directed by: Audu Paden

Stars: Geena Davis | Michael J. Fox | Virginia Madsen | Hugh Laurie | Wayne Brady

The Big Empty (2005)

As: Doctor

The Big Empty is a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair about a woman with an unusual condition that baffles scientists and everymen alike. It was written, directed and produced by Lisa Chang and Newton Thomas Sigel. It is based on the short story The Specialist, by Alison Smith. It was executive produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh.

Runtime: 20 min.

Directed by: Newton Thomas Sigel | Lisa Chang

Stars: Richmond Arquette | Gabriel Mann | Elias Koteas | Richard Kind | Selma Blair

Valiant (2005)

As: Gutsy (voice)

Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.

Runtime: 76 min.

Directed by: Gary Chapman

Stars: Ewan McGregor | Tim Curry | Jim Broadbent | Hugh Laurie | Ricky Gervais

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

As: Ian

When an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and copilot "A.J." are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to ditch their C-119 Flying Boxcar in an uncharted area of the desert.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: John Moore

Stars: Miranda Otto | Giovanni Ribisi | Dennis Quaid | Hugh Laurie | Tyrese Gibson

The Tale of Jack Frost (2004)

As: Narrator

An enchanted forest is created when some trees decide to "move up" to a big hill, where they can enjoy the sunshine and a new life. Many creatures move into the new forest and it soon becomes a paradise. Down below, live horrible goblins in a dark, gloomy forest. One night, a young boy comes through the dark, murky forest, running after the pursuing goblins. In the snowy cold of winter, the boy makes his ...

Runtime: 29 min.

Stars: Hugh Laurie

The Young Visiters (2003)

As: Lord Bernard Clark

The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadvertent social satire.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: David Yates

Stars: Bill Nighy | Jim Broadbent | Geoffrey Palmer | Hugh Laurie | Lyndsey Marshal

Stuart Little 2 (2002)

As: Mr. Frederick Little

Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.

Runtime: 77 min.

Directed by: Rob Minkoff

Stars: Geena Davis | Michael J. Fox | Hugh Laurie | Jonathan Lipnicki | Anna Hoelck

Second Star to the Left (2001)

As: Archie (voice)

Seasonal animation in which a hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig embark on a journey to deliver a Christmas present lost by Santa Claus

Runtime: 29 min.

Directed by: Graham Ralph

Stars: Mark Williams | Barbara Windsor | Hugh Laurie | Henry Cherrytree | Tony Collingwood

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter (2001)

As: Narrator (voice)

Explore the myths and legends that inhabit the real world of Harry Potter. Follow award-winning documentary filmmakers as they offer insights to witches, wizards, Greek gods, ancient Celts, ghosts, magical creatures, alchemy, and ancient spells. Narrated by British actor Hugh Laurie, this fascinating documentary brings new dimensions to the historical and scientific world behind the Harry Potter series.

Runtime: 70 min.

Directed by: Shaun Trevisick

Stars: Hugh Laurie | J.K. Rowling | Gavin Scott

Girl From Rio (2001)

As: Raymond

Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Christopher Monger

Stars: Santiago Segura | Hugh Laurie | Pat Barlow | Vanessa Nunes

Carnivale (2000)

As: cenzo

A group of children are transported through a portal to another dimension where they are thrilled to discover a magical amusement park just for them.

Runtime: 74 min.

Directed by: Deane Taylor

Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Hugh Laurie | Jamie Kaler

Maybe Baby (2000)

As: Sam Bell

Hugh Laurie (Sam) and Joely Richardson (Lucy) star as an irresistible couple who seem to have everything - good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing that they really want - a baby. Sam sets his sights on writing a successful screenplay, a comedy about a couple trying for a baby. The only problem is that Lucy is horrified ...

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Ben Elton

Stars: Matthew Macfadyen | Adrian Lester | Joely Richardson | Hugh Laurie | Yasmin Bannerman

Stuart Little (1999)

As: Mr. Fredrick Little

The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.

Runtime: 84 min.

Directed by: Rob Minkoff

Stars: Geena Davis | Nathan Lane | Michael J. Fox | Hugh Laurie | Jonathan Lipnicki

Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)

As: George

It's Millennium Eve and Blackadder is hosting a dinner party for a few select friends, Lady Elizabeth, Viscount George, Archbishop Melchett and Archbishop Darling. Baldrick devises yet another of his infamous cunning plans to help his ever greedy master Edmund Blackadder con money from his gullible friends. The pair build a "time machine" from empty cereal packets and place bets with their friends as ...

Runtime: 33 min.

Directed by: Paul Weiland

Stars: Rowan Atkinson | Stephen Fry | Tony Robinson | Hugh Laurie | Tim McInnerny

Cousin Bette (1998)

As: Baron Hector Hulot

Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another ...

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Des McAnuff

Stars: Bob Hoskins | Elisabeth Shue | Jessica Lange | Kelly Macdonald | Hugh Laurie

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

As: King's Advisor

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Randall Wallace

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Gérard Depardieu | John Malkovich | Gabriel Byrne | Jeremy Irons

Spice World (1997)

As: Poirot

The film follows the Spice Girls and their entourage (mostly fictional characters) - manager Clifford, his assistant Deborah, filmmaker Piers (who is trying to shoot a documentary on "the real Spice Girls") and others in their everyday life.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Bob Spiers

Stars: Geri Halliwell | Melanie Brown | Emma Bunton | Victoria Beckham | Melanie Chisholm

The Borrowers (1997)

As: Police Officer Steady

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks ...

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: Peter Hewitt

Stars: Tom Felton | Celia Imrie | John Goodman | Jim Broadbent | Mark Williams

101 Dalmatians (1996)

As: Jasper

The Live action adaptation of a Disney Classic. When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Stephen Herek

Stars: Jeff Daniels | Joely Richardson | Glenn Close | Joan Plowright | Hugh Laurie

The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996)

As: Peeps

A festive animated tale inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy story, directed by Martin Gates and featuring the voice talents of Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton and Alison Steadman. When the furious Queen kidnaps Dimly and sentences him to death, it is up to Ellie and Peeps to save him and vanquish the wicked Queen.

Runtime: 64 min.

Directed by: Martin Gates

Stars: Hugh Laurie | Julia McKenzie | Ellie Beaven

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

As: Mr. Palmer

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: Ang Lee

Stars: Kate Winslet | Emma Thompson | Tom Wilkinson | Hugh Grant | Alan Rickman

The Snow Queen (1995)

As: Peeps

Animated retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fable, directed by Martin Gates and featuring the voices of Helen Mirren, David Jason and Rik Mayall. Far away, in her vast ice palace, the Snow Queen plots to rule the world by deflecting all the sun's warmth away from Earth so that it freezes over. But her mirror breaks, and on her mission to find all the missing pieces, she kidnaps Tom, who has ...

Runtime: 75 min.

Directed by: Martin Gates

Stars: Helen Mirren | David Jason | Hugh Laurie | Ellie Beaven

A Pin for the Butterfly (1994)

As: Uncle

Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Susan Kodicek

Stars: Ian Bannen | Joan Plowright | Hugh Laurie | Florence Hoath | Imogen Stubbs

Peter's Friends (1992)

As: Roger Charleston

It is New Year's weekend and the friends of Peter (Fry) gather at his newly inherited country house. Ten years ago, they all acted together in a Cambridge University student comedy troupe, but it's less clear how much they have in common now.Peter's friends are Andrew (Branagh), now a writer in Hollywood; married jingle writers Roger (Laurie) and Mary (Staunton); glamorous costume ...

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Stars: Emma Thompson | Kenneth Branagh | Imelda Staunton | Stephen Fry | Hugh Laurie

Strapless (1989)

As: Colin

An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: David Hare

Stars: Alan Howard | Bruno Ganz | Bridget Fonda | Michael Gough | Blair Brown

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)

As: Himself

After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976-1981 era with a primary focus on comedy. Pat Duffy was dropped from organising any further benefit events for Amnesty and for the 1989 show, Amnesty hired ...

Runtime: 92 min.

Stars: John Cleese | Kathy Burke | Robbie Coltrane | John Bird | Rory Bremner

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

As: Princes Regent / Pigmot

Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.

Runtime: 43 min.

Directed by: Richard Boden

Stars: Miranda Richardson | Rowan Atkinson | Stephen Fry | Tony Robinson | Hugh Laurie

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball (1987)

As: Himself

When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting Amnesty. Instead of the live show being primarily a comedy show with a few musical cameos, the event made a point of giving equal emphasis to the comedy and the music.

Runtime: 96 min.

Stars: John Cleese | Robbie Coltrane | Jackson Browne | Chet Atkins | Ben Elton

Plenty (1985)

As: Michael

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Fred Schepisi

Stars: Ian McKellen | Sting | Tracey Ullman | Meryl Streep | John Gielgud

The Crystal Cube (1983)

As: Max Belhaven

The Crystal Cube was a mockumentary television pilot written by and starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on 7 July 1983 on BBC2 at 22:10. The pilot was one of Fry and Laurie's first television appearances and the first show they had written themselves. However, the BBC chose not to take it to a full series, and Fry and Laurie did not get a chance to make their own programme for the BBC until ...

Runtime: 30 min.

Stars: Emma Thompson | Stephen Fry | Robbie Coltrane | Hugh Laurie