What is the full name of Hugh Laurie's diagnostician in House M.D.?

Hugh Laurie plays Dr. Gregory House in House M.D.

Gregory House is the series’ central character and head of diagnostic medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He is known for solving unusually difficult cases through observation, differential diagnosis, and aggressive testing, while often clashing with hospital administrators and patients.

House’s personality is deliberately difficult: he is sarcastic, impatient, and frequently violates social conventions. His dependence on the painkiller Vicodin is a major continuing storyline, connected to chronic pain caused by an old leg injury. Despite his abrasive behavior, the show portrays his diagnostic ability as extraordinary.

The character’s surname and deductive style intentionally echo Sherlock Holmes. Both characters rely on exceptional observation and unconventional logic, and House’s friendship with James Wilson parallels Holmes’s relationship with Dr. Watson. The name Gregory, however, belongs specifically to the television character created for the medical drama.