Hugh Laurie

Laurie studied at Cambridge University, where he performed with the Footlights comedy troupe alongside several future prominent British comedians, before building a dual career in comedy and drama across film and television.

He played David Nix, Tomorrowland's governor — a former idealist who has given up on humanity's future entirely, and the film's most unexpectedly persuasive antagonist. Already globally famous for his lead role on the television series House, he took on a rare film villain role.

He has continued to move between film, television and directing in the years since, maintaining one of the more versatile careers of his generation.