Regretting that he played \u201ca fake version\u201d of a doctor instead of a<\/p>\n
becoming a real one like his father wanted, Laurie admitted that his<\/p>\n
\u201cdad would have hated\u201d the shortcut that he chose to follow.<\/p>\n
Keep reading to learn more about Laurie\u2019s decision to be an actor<\/p>\n
instead of a doctor. Dr. William (Ran) Laurie had huge hopes for<\/p>\n
the youngest of his sons, Hugh Laurie who was born in June 1959.<\/p>\n
The junior Laurie was following in the footsteps of his esteemed father,<\/p>\n
a physician who before starting his career was a 1948 Olympic gold<\/p>\n
medalist in coxless pairs (rowing) and a graduate of a college of the<\/p>\n
University of Cambridge. When the British-born Laurie was studying<\/p>\n
at the same college as his dad, he too was a member of the rowing team<\/p>\n
with plans to train for the Olympics, and then go to medical school.<\/p>\n
But then, the young man discovered a drama club, a sketch comedy<\/p>\n
troupe called the Cambridge Footlights where he met The Remains<\/p>\n
of the Day actor Emma Thompson and then his future comedy partner,<\/p>\n
Stephen Fry of the 1997 film Wilde. Laurie\u2019s fate was sealed Through<\/p>\n
the 1980s and 1990s, the now 64-year-old actor appeared in several TV shows,<\/p>\n
like the BBC sitcom Blackadder, that he co-starred with Fry.<\/p>\n
He can also be seen in 1995\u2019s Sense and Sensibility with Thompson,<\/p>\n
who he was earlier involved in a relationship, Disney\u2019s live-action film<\/p>\n
101 Dalmatians (1996), and an episode of Friends. In 2004, he was<\/p>\n
offered the opportunity to play a doctor in a new TV series called House,<\/p>\n
a medical drama that ran eight seasons. In his Golden Globe winning<\/p>\n
role as the lead character, Dr. Gregory House, Laurie dropped his signature<\/p>\n
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