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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, Batman continues his relentless war on crime while refusing to abandon the moral code that defines him, even after the Joker kills twenty innocent people in his latest attack. As Bruce Wayne struggles with guilt over Jason's death, his world is turned upside down when Talia al Ghul arrives with Damian Wayne, the son Bruce never knew he had. Raised by the League of Assassins to believe that justice comes through killing, Damian challenges everything Batman stands for. At the same time, a ruthless vigilante known as the Red Hood begins systematically dismantling Gotham's criminal underworld through lethal force. When Batman discovers Red Hood is the resurrected Jason Todd, Bruce is forced to confront the consequences of his greatest failure while trying to keep his fractured family from tearing itself apart. As Jason wages war on Gotham alongside Lady Shiva, he demands Batman finally kill the Joker, believing Bruce's refusal to cross that line has allowed countless innocent lives to be lost. While Nightwing, Tim Drake, and Oracle work to stop Gotham from descending into chaos, Damian is torn between the ruthless ideals of his mother and the compassion shown by his father and the Bat-Family. The conflict culminates in a final confrontation where Batman refuses to abandon his principles, preventing Damian from becoming a killer and proving that justice is defined by mercy rather than vengeance. Damian chooses to remain with Bruce and embrace the mantle of Robin, while Jason disappears into the shadows, leaving Batman hopeful that although he couldn't save one son from darkness, he has succeeded in saving another.
