For those of you who know who Hugh Laurie is?

His role as House was something of a departure for him, though he is very good at it. He's actually a British actor (does a convincing job with the accent). He had a nerdy role in the Stuart Little films as the father. His start was in British comedy with Stephen Fry, they had a show 'Fry and Laurie' and he was involved in the Blackadder series.