An extremely talented actor based out of Britain starting his acting career in the Footlights Theater troop at Cambridge where he met one of his closet friends, Stephen Fry, who he later started in and co-wrote
A Bit of Fry and Laurie with, and starred in Jeeves and Wooster with (Laurie playing Wooster). Stephen Fry is the Godfather of his children.
He later recorded an audition tape for House M.D. in a men's room while on set filming the remake of
Flight of the Phoenix (in which he played Ian).
He is now the title role in House (going on it's sixth season).
He is
married to Jo Green and has three children: Bill, Charlie, and Rebecca.
He is a part of a band of celebrities called Band From TV that plays for charity.
