House M.D. one of the most popular television series in the world. During eight incredible seasons, the show received numerous awards and award nominations, including two Golden Globes, an Emmy and a Peabody Award.
1. The full name of the actor who played the most famous doctor in the world – James Hugh Calum Laurie. And although he has a perfect American accent, Hugh was born in Oxford, England.
2. In season five, Hugh Laurie made about $ 400,000 per episode, which made him one of the highest-paid actors on television.
3. In 1998, at the time, little-known actor in the U.S. Hugh Laurie had a brief guest-starring role on Friends in the episode “The One with Ross’s Wedding” as The Gentleman on the Plane.
4. In addition to filming, Hugh Laurie has a creative personality and playing multiple musical instruments, including piano and saxophone, as well as he played in “Band From TV” and “Copper bottom band” bands.
5. Dr. Gregory House’s character is based on Sherlock Holmes. It is interesting that the character of Sherlock Holmes was originally based on Dr. Joseph Bell, who had a reputation as an excellent diagnostician.
6. House lives in apartment number 221B. This is also a reference to Sherlock Holmes, who lived in London at 221B Baker Street.
7. Hugh Laurie’s father was a doctor, and he feels a twinge of guilt for “ Being paying more to become a fake version of my own father.”
8. Though other characters occasionally insinuate that Dr. Chase is a bit dim, he actually comes up with more correct diagnoses than any other supporting character over the course of the series.
9. Dr. House is a polyglot. He knows English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French, Hindi (a little), and Mandarin.
10. Hugh Laurie often forgets that House is single. At the beginning of some scenes, an engagement ring can be seen on his left hand, but usually towards the end of the scene … it returns back to his right hand.
11. In the TV show “Scrubs” several times did a parody of House M.D., in particular, in episode 604, “My House”.
12. The standard way to use a cane is to hold it on the opposite side of an injured leg. Dr. House, of course, knows this, but, consistent with his contrary nature, insists on keeping the cane on one side with his injured leg.
