intersting facts that we little know of hugh laurie a.k.a. dr. gregory house

You remember that one episode where he is doing clinic hours and he is talking smack to this mom while he has a frog puppet on his hand? He's speaking in his brilliant American accent and then all of a sudden he looks at her daughter and says, "Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit," in a thick British accent! I think it was so funny and cute! He's got the words down but animal sounds come out as instinctual. I know he had an improv show back in England and his characters were rather gruff, similar to House. He likes riding a motorcycle in the States because the helmet gives him anonymity. He hates being recognized for his fame and doesn't get why we all like him. His wife and family are still in England. His young daughter was in the movie Wit and played Vivian's 7-year-old self when she had a flashback of her dad. He is also best friends with the lady who played Vivian - Emma Thompson. They go way back. He went to college just to be on the rowing time and I think he studied anthropology but didn't care about it one bit.

I love House. I remember seeing him on I think either Leno or Letterman when he was talking about his role in House and he said it was really hard to pronouce words with "r"s in them.

Thats awesome. I can remember watching the show when it first started and it wasnt that great. They tried so many things to get that show going and it wasnt looking good. But NOW it is in its prime and on FIRE!

1) I'm aware he's british. 2) I know he didn't enroll in any major acting courses or so, but I think he has some bases. 3) I don't think he has all that much time for those anymore anyhoo :) 4) That one is totally new, I suppose. 5) Yeah, I've read that one too.

I must admit that I knew all of those things as well as this little tidbit: Hugh Laurie also has a series of british comedy skits called "Wooster and Jeeves." I personally have never seen them but a friend of mine watches them all the time and tells me that they're hilarious. As much as I love Mr. Laurie, everytime I see him in his natural british accent state I innerly cringe because I love the character of Greg House so very much! I don't know how much truth is in it, but I read today on here somewhere that the characters of Cameron and Chase on "House" are engaged in real life! Isn't that sweet!

I figured he really knew how to play the piano when a lot of episodes show House actually playing and strumming the keys...not someone else's hands on the piano.

He's really good at hiding his accent. I can't remember the movie he was in, but he sounds strange when he speaks with it.

I was watching 101 Dalmations the other day and noticed he was in it. He was one of the guys that went and stole the puppies from the house for Cruela, however you spell her name.

There is a lot of information on his wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laurie I didn't know he was on Blackadder, but then again I haven't seen much of the show. I think I should.

i didnt even know he was british until about a month ago.

i knew about all of them besides number two. funny how he plays a part so related to his real life. i wonder if he started liking big bikes and playing the piano after he started playing his part as gregory house?

My favorite things about Hugh Laurie are the bit parts he's played here and there. He was in an episode of Friends, which I thought was cool. And he was in The Man In The Iron Mask for about 2 minutes, which I thought was cool. You look at all these big actors, but you don't think about where they came from or how they got to the place that they're in now.. and I think it's neat that before House M.D.. he played bit parts on huge shows.