Which Golden Globe category did Hugh Laurie win for playing House in 2006?

Hugh Laurie won Best Actor in a Television Series—Drama for playing House in 2006.

The award was presented at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring television and film work from 2005. Laurie won for his performance as Dr. Gregory House, the medically brilliant but deeply difficult physician at the center of House M.D.

Laurie’s win recognized the dramatic range of a role that combined sarcasm, physical pain, addiction, intellectual confidence, and emotional isolation. The performance was especially notable because Laurie was an English actor playing an American doctor; his accent and characterization were convincing enough that many viewers did not initially realize his nationality.

Laurie won the same Golden Globe category again in 2007. He also received additional nominations during the series’ run, while the show and its cast earned recognition from several other television award organizations.