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James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born June 11, 1959), known professionally as Hugh Laurie, is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian, and author. He is known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama series House (2004–2012), for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and nominations for numerous other awards. He was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (2012–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination. Forced to abandon rowing during a bout of glandular fever, he joined the Cambridge Footlights, a university dramatic club that has produced many well-known actors and comedians. There he met Emma Thompson, with whom he had a romantic relationship, which later ended yet they remain good friends. She introduced him to his future comedy partner, Stephen Fry. Laurie, Fry and Thompson later parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge" in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones, with the series' co-writer Ben Elton completing their team.
Hugh Laurie
Alfred Pennyworth
for Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
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Three years after the death of Jason Todd, Gotham City remains trapped in an endless cycle of violence as Batman, Nightwing, and Tim Drake's Robin stop the Joker's latest rampage, though not before twenty innocent people lose their lives. The tragedy reignites a debate within the Bat Family over Batman's unwavering refusal to kill his enemies. That moral conviction is challenged even further when Talia al Ghul arrives at Wayne Manor with eleven-year-old Damian Wayne, revealing him to be Bruce's biological son. Raised by the League of Shadows to believe that justice is achieved through lethal force, Damian enters Bruce's world as both a potential heir and a test of everything Batman stands for. Meanwhile, a ruthless vigilante known as the Red Hood begins dismantling Gotham's criminal underworld by murdering mob bosses, forcing Batman to confront an enemy whose methods seem disturbingly effective. As Batman investigates, the shocking truth emerges that the Red Hood is Jason Todd, who survived his apparent death and was rebuilt by the League of Shadows into a warrior driven by vengeance. Jason believes Batman's refusal to kill the Joker has allowed countless innocent people to die, while Bruce insists that crossing that line would destroy everything he represents. Their ideological conflict culminates in a final confrontation with the Joker, where Damian is given the same temptation that consumed Jason: the opportunity to kill. Guided by Bruce's quiet plea that "this isn't justice," Damian rejects the League's teachings and chooses his father's path instead. Although Jason escapes into the shadows after the climactic battle, Damian decides to remain with Bruce and the Bat Family, proving that Batman's greatest legacy is not his ability to fight crime, but his ability to inspire others to choose hope and justice over vengeance.
