For which role did Hugh Laurie win the 2006 Golden Globe for House M.D.?

Hugh Laurie won the 2006 Golden Globe for playing Gregory House in House M.D.

Laurie received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series—Drama at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, held in January 2006. The award recognized his performance during the show's first season, when House's combination of diagnostic brilliance, physical pain, and difficult behavior quickly became the program's defining feature.

The win was notable because Laurie had previously been widely known for comedy, especially in British television productions such as A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. House M.D. demonstrated his ability to lead a dramatic American network series while performing an American accent.

The award is sometimes confused with later Golden Globe nominations or with the series' other honors. Laurie won the acting award for the fictional role of Gregory House, not for portraying himself or another hospital physician. He won the same Golden Globe category again in 2007.