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Hugh Laurie

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Comedian

The Resume

    (June 11, 1959- )
    Stars as Dr. House on 'House' (2004- )
    Acted in 'Peter's Friends (1992),' 'Sense and Sensibility (1995),' '101 Dalmatians (1996),' 'The Borrowers (1997),' 'Spice World (1997),' 'Stuart Little (1999),' 'Maybe Baby (2000)' and 'Flight of the Phoenix (2004)'
    Appeared as a regular on 'Blackadder,' 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' and 'Jeeves and Wooster'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was born and raised in Oxford but attended the rival Cambridge University.
    He has a high-pitched voice and laugh.
    He plays keyboards with a band called Poor White Trash.
    He had an affair with a movie director in Australia, which was exposed in the tabloids.
    To get in shape for a sex scene in 'Maybe Baby' he claims that he did three sit-ups a day.
    He suffers from depression and admits that he enjoys being melancholy.
    He said: 'I get uncomfortable with happiness. If things are going too well, I start to worry... I’m very happy when I'm sad.'
    He smokes.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His American accent is realistic.
    He graduated from Cambridge University.
    He rowed competitively for the UK at the world junior rowing championships (1977).
    He was a member and president of the 'Footlights' comedy revue with Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Tony Slattery.
    He has a self-deprecating sense of humor.
    He is an avid motorcycle rider.
    He is described by friends as down to earth, lovable, intelligent, and thoughtful.
    He is able to speak in an American accent.
    He has appeared in many benefits for charity.
    He said of raising his daughter: 'Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, 19, 26 and 32 missing, and it's badly translated, hard to figure out.'

Credit: Call me Calvin


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 24 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 70 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 30 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 57 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 4484 Votes: 40.39% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 150 Votes: 55.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 143 Votes: 43.36% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1178 Votes: 43.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 691 Votes: 35.17% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1955 Votes: 31.87% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 6077 Votes: 43.56% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 3361 Votes: 39.33% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1051 Votes: 42.53% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 113 Votes: 55.75% Annoying