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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.
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Alfred Pennyworth
for Alfred Pennyworth in Dread the Batman
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Oswald Cobblepot, a criminal known as the Penguin, executes a ruthless plan to dominate Gotham’s criminal underworld, using a terrifying shapeshifter to eliminate his rivals with chilling efficiency. As violence erupts in Gotham, a mysterious figure known as the Phantasm emerges, seeking vengeance against Cobblepot for his misdeeds. Just as Bruce Wayne reunites with Andrea Beaumont, the love he thought he lost, the Phantasm's attacks begin. Their rekindled connection is overshadowed by the chaos unfolding around them. As Batman investigates the relentless strikes on Cobblepot’s operations, he must confront not only the vengeful Phantasm but also the deep emotional scars of his past. Bruce finds himself torn between his feelings for Andrea and his duty as Batman, forcing him to confront the darkness that threatens to engulf Gotham and redefine what justice truly means in a city on the brink of moral collapse.
