Characters

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  Dr. Gregory House

  Hugh Laurie

  Hugh Laurie was educated at Eton and Cambridge University, where he took a degree in anthropology. He also rowed in the University Boat Race of 1980, and would have continued in the sport but for a bout of glandular fever, which led him to convalesce in the gentler environs of the theater. He was elected president of the venerable Footlights Revue, where he produced "The Cellar Tapes” along with Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson. The show won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival of 1981 and got all three of them acting for money.

  Laurie starred in a number of groundbreaking British television comedy series, including four seasons of “A Bit of Fry and Laurie,” which he co-wrote for the BBC with Stephen Fry; three seasons of “Blackadder,” written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, and three seasons of "Saturday Live." Four seasons of “Jeeves and Wooster,” based on the novels of P.G. Wodehouse, aired on PBS’s “Masterpiece Theatre” from 1990-‘95.

  Laurie’s film credits include "Peter's Friends," directed by Kenneth Branagh, "Sense and Sensibility" with Emma Thompson, "Cousin Bette" with Jessica Lange, "The Man in the Iron Mask," "101 Dalmatians," “Stuart Little” and "Stuart Little 2" with Geena Davis and "Flight of the Phoenix" with Dennis Quaid.
   

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  Dr. Lisa Cuddy

  Lisa Edelstein

  Lisa Edelstein began her professional acting career while studying theater at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. After performing in a wide range of productions off and off-off Broadway, Edelstein authored, composed and performed the musical and AIDS-related theater production “Positive Me” in Manhattan.

  In feature films Edelstein is probably best remembered as Ben Stiller’s aerobics-obsessed date in “Keeping the Faith,” directed by Edward Norton. Additional feature film credits include Mel Gibson’s “What Women Want,” “Daddy Day Care,” “As Good As It Gets,” “Mrs. Harris,” “Fathers and Sons,” “Susan’s Plan” and “I’m Losing You.” She is also in the upcoming films “Donut Holes” opposite Peter Paige and Kathy Najimy and “Grilled” with Ray Romano and Kevin James.

  Edelstein gained her first television experience as a host of the cable series “Awake on the Wild Side.” In the last several years she has fearlessly taken on a wide variety of roles for television. She played a call-girl girlfriend on “The West Wing,” David Conrad’s lesbian sister on “Relativity,” the transsexual boyfriend of James LeGros on “Ally McBeal” and an Orthodox Jewish woman losing custody of her child on “Family Law.”
   

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  Dr. Eric Foreman

  Omar Epps

  Omar Epps was recently seen opposite Meg Ryan in the film “Against the Ropes” and will next be seen in the film “Alfie” with Jude Law and Susan Sarandon.

  Epps has also appeared in lead roles in feature films including “The Wood,” “In Too Deep,” “Higher Learning,” “Juice,” “Breakfast of Champions,” “Major League 2,” “The Program,” “Scream 2,” “The Mod Squad,” “Love and Basketball” and Takeshi Kitano’s “Brother.”

  On television, Epps portrayed Dr. Dennis Gant on the series “ER.” Epps was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Actor for his performance in
  the original cable movie “Conviction,” in which he portrayed a hardened criminal who spent most of his adult life in prison. He also starred in the cable films “First Time Felon,” directed by Charles “Roc” Dutton, and “Deadly Voyage,” produced by Danny Glover.

  Epps recently formed his own entertainment company for film and music called BKNY. BKNY will co-produce with No Limit and Patriot Films the script Epps co-wrote, titled “Who Stole the Soul.”

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  Dr. James Wilson

  Robert Sean Leonard

  Robert Sean Leonard has gained a reputation as one of the most well respected actors today, carving out a distinguished career for himself on both stage and screen.
   

  Leonard’s extensive theater credits include the Broadway productions of “The Music Man,” “The Iceman Cometh” with Kevin Spacey, “The Glass Menagerie,” “Arcadia,” “Candida” for which he received a Tony nomination, “The Speed of Darkness,” “Breaking the Code” and “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” He also appeared in the West End production of “Our Town.”

  In 2001 he starred in Richard Linklater’s film “Tape” with Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, and was in the ensemble drama “Chelsea Walls,” directed by Ethan Hawke. Based on the play of the same name, the film also starred Kevin Corrigan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Uma Thurman, Kris Kristofferson, Natasha Richardson and Rosario Dawson. Born in New Jersey, Leonard began his career in New York at the age of 14 at The Ridgewood Theater. At 19, he made his film debut in the highly acclaimed “Dead Poets Society,” starring opposite Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke.
   

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  Dr. Robert Chase

  Jesse Spencer

  Jesse Spencer’s film credits include a starring role in “Uptown Girls” with Brittany Murphy and “Swimming Upstream” with Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis. He was also heard as the voice of “Triton Junior” in “Hercules.”

  Spencer has worked extensively in the UK and Australia in both television and on stage. He most recently appeared in the acclaimed BBC drama “Death in Holy Orders.” Spencer has also had starring roles in the BBC adaptation “Lorna Doone” and Hallmark’s “Stranded.” He began his career starring in the long- running Australian series “Neighbours.”

  The Australian actor’s roles in the theater have included the title role in “Peter Pan” at the Hammond Theatre, Christopher Robin in “Winnie The Pooh” at The Alexander Theatre, Terrence in “The Modernists” at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Old Brother Tiny in “Scrooge” at the Princess Theatre.