I love House. Hugh Laurie is amazing. He pulls it off perfectly. His comedic timing is perfect. I love British trained actors. Hugh, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, etc... they are all so incredibly versatile.
What really turned me on to Hugh was seeing him in Annie Lennox's video "Walking on Broken Glass". It is AMAZING what he does with his character without speaking. He conveys everything just through his expressions.
I regret that I have only seen one episode of Blackadder. I get BBC America at home, but not at my dorm, so in the off chance that I actually manage to secure a TV in my house when I come home on the weekends, it usually isn't when Blackadder is on.
Did anyone see him Flight of the Phoenix. Best actor in that movie...