Who played Dr. Gregory House in the TV series House, M.D.?

Hugh Laurie played Dr. Gregory House in the television series House, M.D.

Laurie, an English actor, took the title role of the American medical drama’s central character. His performance combined House’s diagnostic brilliance with sarcasm, emotional detachment, and dependence on prescription pain medication. Laurie used an American accent for the role, which led some viewers unfamiliar with his earlier work to assume he was American.

Before House, Laurie was widely known in the United Kingdom for comedy, especially his work with Stephen Fry in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. House gave him an international dramatic profile and earned him major awards recognition, including two Golden Globe wins for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series—Drama.

The character’s surname is House, while the actor’s surname is Laurie; they are not related names or alternate versions of the same identity. Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, and Jesse Spencer played important colleagues, but none portrayed Gregory House.