House - Fake British Accent

[@MrJedabak]

A British actor who can sound like an American faking a British accent. That’s a next level definition of talent.

[@mikewarns]

It's like when the 10th Doctor was pretending to be Scottish. 😊

[@sunshinetrinket]

@@ngc-fo5te american here; his american accent is good (i wouldn't have known he was English if i didn't know who he was) and i've never seen anyone make fun of it

[@jackson3816]

@@ngc-fo5te lmfao no we don’t

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Right? He’s great!

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

@@ngc-fo5te it’s actually one of the best.

[@MasterVycen]

That actually sounded like an American faking a British accent. Impressive.

[@alexk.4150]

Trust me . He is so good at what he is doing !

[@RingJando]

+Alex K. Why? Are you his agent . . or coach, or should I just trust you because . . .?

[@albertalmodal4331]

It actually sounds like the moron voice he used to do in "Blackadder".

[@tubian323]

British actors seem to be better at American accents than American actors are at British accents for some reason. At least to me.

[@NickJerrison]

tubian323 Because most American accents are generally easier to imitate, as they are basically simplified English. Practically all British accents, however, often require awkward sounds and mouth actions.

[@Profile__1]

"I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude."

[@ajdominguez1002]

I understood that reference

[@ninahiatt294]

@@ajdominguez1002 me too! I just watched Tropic Thunder for the first time.

[@jacobfromallstate4963]

I came to look for this exact comment 😂😂

[@joankelly3690]

Never go full British.

[@SalimSivaad]

*”I KNOW WHO I AM”*

[@Syklonus]

The best part is that he still puts in a noticeable American twang even when doing his own native accent. That's dedication.

[@professionalmemeenthusiast2117]

Yes he deliberately messes up when he says "doctor"

[@vince1987]

You're an american twang hahahah

[@millstone2007]

No, he doesn't. Not even a trace.

[@oliversaxby2005]

Probably because he doesn't naturally have a posh English accent like he takes in this clip

[@LuMnOsITi]

No this is just his blackadder voice. You are all idiots.

[@denieerham5873]

only hugh laurie can fake his own accent xD 11k ? God-damn it's been 7 years already ?. Thanks mate xD

[@Apathy474]

I like your profile picture

[@YaMamasAss]

@@Apathy474 The anime in his profile pic is Darker Than Black. It's a really good show.

[@YaMamasAss]

@@r1ven344 Shut the fuck up edgelord 😂

[@GermanLeftist]

I've seen David Tennant fake a Scottish accent and he is Scottish, so...

[@shaun7389]

Mario Quade I don’t even know who that is

[@jd2192]

It's amazing really... English people will agree with me in that he's actually managed to make it sound like an American is faking our accent

[@blenderpanzi]

+JD21 To me it sounded like when he played Bertie Wooster. But I'm not English.

[@forgottencompanion6512]

+bloody_albatross The pronunciation of 'doctor' is what is wrong and sounds quite american

[@imsohonest]

Sounds Irish to me.

[@nigelsheppard2953]

JD21 you do know that Hugh Laurie is British don't you ? You're being sarcastic?

[@jd2192]

Nigel Sheppard you've misinterpreted what i said bro, on both counts

[@SETHPCAMPOS]

A British actor playing an American Doctor acting British... acting inception.

[@george22234]

I believe the word you are looking for is acception

[@shepardlovespi1446]

He's a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

[@Synonymous277]

He's using an English accent. No such thing as a British accent.

[@SETHPCAMPOS]

@@Synonymous277 when did I use the phrase "British accent"??

[@Synonymous277]

@Kai McCook are you a mong? No need to answer.

[@rafschar]

The most incredible thing is that he was nominated for an Emmy for House a total of seven times and never won. That has to be one of the greatest injustices in the history of television.

[@sharvanshshukla1679]

That and Bob Odenkirk

[@ondrejlukac5769]

What about Jason Alexander for Seinfeld? Same numbers - seven nominations, never won?

[@niceboi6364]

What about Robert Sean Leonard? House wouldn't be House without him.

[@mixazizu]

Also Neil Patrick Harris. Barney is a million times better character than any two and a half men character that won an emmy

[@petermgruhn]

Indeed. Right behind Disney.

[@skyrimjacker3541]

Writer: We need a British Accent for this scene Hugh: No problem....*cough*(Lieutenant George at your service Sir)

[@sce2aux464]

Now deduct about 100 IQ points...

[@stayforthepeelpronpls4774]

He sounded like he was impersonating George

[@shinigami8068]

@@stayforthepeelpronpls4774 exactly

[@Eleanor-yc6bw]

I miss George

[@amiqai]

Tally Ho, Hip hip ho, and Bernard's your Uncle.

[@gamesport88]

I knew who Hugh Laurie was WAY before he did House and always knew he was British. I was seriously impressed that he pulled off the American accent so convincingly, that to this day when I watch House, I always say, "That can't be the guy from Jeeves and Wooster, can it?!" Hugh is a man who never ceases to amaze me!!

[@Isleofskye]

Dad was an Olympic Rower. He rowed in the oldest Boat Race in the World (For Cambridge v Oxford ). Recorded many Albums with his touring own Band. Author. Wonderful comedian in Blackadder and "A Bit Of Fry and Laurie" and apparently a good serious actor, as well...haha

[@lukerichardson2404]

@@Isleofskye You're Hugh Laurie's son?

[@pronouncedgooglewithat]

The only thing I saw him in before House was a clip from his show with Stephen Fry where he was teaching kids how to take dives on the pitch like a boss.

[@aposslex]

Black adder for me. He is certainly a talent

[@tonybates7870]

@@pronouncedgooglewithat That was possibly the finest British sketch show ever, after Python . . . just brilliant.

[@racingfuel28]

The amazing thing is that he didn’t just talk in his normal accent, he actually sounded like an American using a British accent.

[@Gamer2k4]

That's not as incredible as everyone's making it sound. I can do all sorts of American accents badly. Why shouldn't a British person be able to do a British accent poorly?

[@spenser9908]

@@Gamer2k4 All he did was throw in an american accent for one syllable and everyone's acting like he's this acting genius.

[@philippedesaulniers]

This has more layers than Inception

[@Jemini4228]

House, your Prince George is showing lol

[@sebastianryan8774]

I was going to say it sounded a lot like Prince George. lol

[@askanabeshima7316]

Jenny Sweeney ahhaha

[@palpytine]

With more than a hint of Bertie Wooster, methinks

[@cloudstrife1983]

He hasn't got enough socks

[@maryghek]

Hahahahahaha!!!! only huge Hugh Laurie fans would understand lol

[@Mehdiocrity]

Hughception

[@Ragefeast95]

Your profile picture is a lava bucket from minecraft?

[@Mehdiocrity]

Nice observation skills I guess ?

[@Ragefeast95]

Mehdi Ennaji Seems like an awfully random picture. Any particular reason?

[@Mehdiocrity]

Not really. I haven't even touched minecraft in 2 years. Perhaps it's time I changed it :P

[@Ragefeast95]

Mehdi Ennaji haha well I've had the same picture of gandalf as my profile picture since 2009

[@Humanoidfreak]

If he managed to put in a chip chip cheerio or bollocks in there. That would have been gold.

[@victoriaodegaard1]

+Humanoidfreak It's "pip pip" but yeah lol

[@andyjackson3663]

really? - not a single person in the UK says that so god knows where that come from

[@spakeschannel]

Well, I heard "Bollocks" only from one british famous man, James May.

[@MattShaile]

We say bollacks all the time. Never once heard someone say pip pip or chip chip or anything like that. Have heard / said cheerio but it's usually well known how twee it sounds

[@eclaire_x88x]

@@andyjackson3663 Bertie or George would tho 😂

[@jhanks2012]

That is fucking talent. He speaks british yet he can act like an American who is faking a british accent

[@andrewknapton7665]

Pretty much every british person can put on a fake accent like that; he's just putting on a 'posh' exaggerated accent

[@s10dlka]

Yeah. It's easy, it just sounds convoluted when you say 'a British person doing an impression of an American doing an impression of a British person'. I'm not good at accents but I can do a posh British accent cos I'm British

[@AHeckingChannel]

Natural actor. Hugh Laurie making his natural-born accent fake really sounds fake. Incredible!

[@donnythedingo]

One of the most difficult acting feats. Portraying a character who's imitating a second character. Especially when you can do both characters flawlessly.

[@sleepCircle]

he's a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude

[@donnythedingo]

@@sleepCircle My dude :)

[@D-Man_Jam]

As an American who's faked a british accent before, he nailed it.

[@steven401ytx]

So cool that the ultimate authority on the subject has given it the seal of approval.

[@D-Man_Jam]

@@steven401ytx just your friendly neighborhood approval man 👍

[@hardtohandleweddingbandent8653]

"Which British accent did you fake?" "Wait, there's more than one?" "..."

[@hbdragon88]

@@hardtohandleweddingbandent8653 pretty sure that we Americans only know of "one" British accent: posh.

[@nihilism2004]

I once faked a Manchester accent during my entire sophomore year

[@archer1949]

He was slipping in a little Bertie Wooster there.

[@bakarenibsheut12]

Excelsior, Lew Archer. He was indeed.

[@bakarenibsheut12]

Johannes Liechtenauer it's "What ho", not "whato", but since you asked, I'm enjoying a nice vacation at Blandings castle. It's got quite the history ;)

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Might as well slipped a "what ho" in there for good measure.

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

What ho what ho Jeeves! 😄

[@Daz555Daz]

Great "posh twat" accent. The sort of accent he did many times during his comedy work with Stephen Fry.

[@asmerX100]

director: i know you're british, but you have to do a scene where you speaking in a fake british accent...can you do that? HL: say no more

[@eldigan431]

Didn't he said that no one knew he was british during the entire filiming of House?

[@IRVDawg]

one of Britain's most famous and acclaimed actors soooo ye they knew

[@asmerX100]

@@IRVDawg except the producer of House didnt knew that HL was english before the audition because his american accent is so good

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@eldigan431 only the first season I think

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@asmerX100 tbf that was just an a director who obviously didn't care who his actors were

[@blahblahtoucan5329]

Wow a British man doing an impression of an americans impression of a British man All Americans bow down to the king for we are impressed

[@avalsonline2]

the man deserves an oscar, or an emmy. or whatever it is that tv people get. the man is a national treasure

[@rachelgarber1423]

Emmy, he has won Emmys but not for that role; however he did win two Golden Globes

[@tree427]

nobel peace prize

[@jamessmithlinux]

Book of secrets

[@BrightsunSingh]

Holy Grail

[@tyu3456]

The head scratch at the end makes this whole scene

[@Funkyk2]

It sounded to like he was being the prince regent from his black adderdays.

[@Xenithrawxx]

when i was watching netflix the captions said [fakes a british accent] i love the irony

[@dhog41]

That's how good Hugh Laurie is. Love this guy....

[@dhog41]

***** Yes, I know it was an exaggeration. I remember him from way back in his Blackadder days playing The Prince Regent. Fantastic actor...and not a bad musician, either.

[@EpsilonThirteen]

So... A British actor playing an American Doctor, pretending to be a Brit.... Cannot compute.

[@SpaceMonke99]

I'm bloody well impressed. It sounds as forced and unnatural as it should and it's his native accent.

[@StrangeAngel03]

This is great. It's always off-putting to hear Laurie's natural British accent during behind the scenes footage for the show. He's just so convincing with his American accent for the show that it's easy to forget his country of origin. That's truly some talent. :D

[@mmaphilosophy]

Whys it off putting ? British accent is way cooler than ours

[@iamjohnlocked2532]

It’s really not his natural accent. He did a good job at doing an Americans impression of a British accent( they all tend to do the same fake southerner thing).

[@iamjohnlocked2532]

@@FoxikazeI really love Lancaster and Yorkshire accents. And you are so right, Liverpudlian is totally incomprehensible

[@mmaphilosophy]

@@iamjohnlocked2532 Geordie (Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough area) accent is the best in UK

[@iamjohnlocked2532]

@@mmaphilosophy are you by any chance Geordie? I’m sorry but I just can’t agree with you. I mean carry on having that opinion but I won’t.

[@kelvinc]

I didn’t know Hugh Laurie’s background when I saw this on TV so the inside joke there completely blew me by at the time.

[@stefanmovieflixtomasi]

0:22 oh how terribly foolish of me

[@Snookbone]

We heard

[@Arxielle]

I wonder if he laughed because of the irony after that

[@duderyandude9515]

This is every character Hugh Laurie plays in Blackadder.

[@N0-1_H3r3]

Not every character. There was no trace of Prince Ludwig the Indestructible (the character he played in the Blackadder II finale).

[@reenarawat5537]

@@N0-1_H3r3 *the master of disguise*

[@leecrosbie1823]

Of course.

[@Concetta20]

He becomes Bertie Wooster again for a moment! Yay!

[@willemvanoranje1533]

Exactly

[@ethzero]

People in the UK will immediately know Huge Lorry's default comedy accent from the likes of Blackadder. Lovely stuff.

[@oz_jones]

Huge Lorry killed it as Wooster

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

In America he’s known as Hugh Truck

[@ekathe85]

AKA "Big truck"

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

He sounds exactly like an American putting on a fake British accent. That’s genuinely impressive

[@AllonsyRapunzel]

The way he says doctor and up gives a hint of his "real" American accent

[@patrick1580]

I just watched this episode. The subtitles said "in a British accent" and I thought that was hilarious

[@Tmanaz480]

@patrick isn't it nice when subtitles are generated by real humans and not some half-baked automation.

[@nDjinn1]

Hes even doing the faces he used to do when playing Bertie Wooster (Jeeves and Wooster) or George (from BlackAdder)

[@Mrmongoose64]

This reminds me of Tooth and Claw, a Doctor Who episode, where David Tennant pretends to do an English accent pretending to do a Scottish accent. The Scottish accent he puts on in the episode is slightly different to his own, which makes it so interesting.

[@jjb2385]

He sounds so much like his George Character from Blackadder :P

[@Gottenhimfella]

I guess to an American ear it sounds the same.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@Gottenhimfella don't he a twat it sounds like it to an English ear as well except he's just slightly more American

[@LordBathtub]

I remember reading Trivia that when he auditioned originally the casting film didn't actually realise he was English and thought his American accent was natural

[@pamelamays4186]

A Brit who speaks with a flawless American accent, speaking with a fake English accent. And yet, this doesn't count as Hugh Laurie breaking character and slipping into his native accent.

[@Th30th3rJ0J0]

I love how his voice just sounds like an impression of his characters on Blackadder.

[@VedantChandra]

This is his Bertie Wooster voice.

[@Beevenhouse]

Yes, but with a fake British accent instead of a real one. And by the way, I love that you know about Jeeves and Wooster. What a fantastic tv show. I wish Hugh would work with Stephen Fry again; they are such an awesome duo.

[@JudgeBane]

Beevenhouse They were originally supposed to have Stephen Fry in House, but Fry was always too busy.

[@Beevenhouse]

I know; Fry was supposed to be House's older, smarter brother, just like in the Sherlock Holmes stories. And it would've been awesome. I'm still waiting for these two to work together again.

[@JudgeBane]

Beevenhouse Yeah. It's a real shame it never happened. Ironically enough, Fry did end up playing Mycroft Holmes, and he was hilarious.

[@peterknutsen3070]

+Beevenhouse House is already an incredibly awesome show. If they had had Fry in it, in a recurring role, it would have been infinitely awesome.

[@KuntaKinteToby]

The fact that he could have just lazily used his real speaking voice but didn't shows how dedicated he is as an actor.

[@amiqai]

The other person on the line was Captain Blackadder, who dropped the call after House secretly said: "Tally ho, hip pip ho, and Bernard's your Uncle."

[@rachelgarber1423]

It’s Bob’s your uncle, but you’re right

[@carn9507]

@@rachelgarber1423 Actually they're quoting the line from Blackadder Goes Forth where Hugh Laurie does indeed say "Bernard's your Uncle". :P

[@maxvogt3515]

I love it when an actor faking an accent for the rest of their characters time has a moment where they get to use their real accent.

[@tbush6657]

But he didn't even use his real accent, he used a "American faking a British accent"

[@harsimaja9517]

@@tbush6657 I mean, about half of it was him speaking with his normal accent but with exaggerated intonation, the voice he'd use to make fun of posh idiots in his early shows. Plus a couple of sound changes that are still American ('doctor' especially used the American vowels)

[@1000000man1]

​@@harsimaja9517 That's what makes it brilliant. It takes talent to make it look like you're faking your own accent. I noticed the word "doctor" still had an American inflection to it. So he's deliberately put that in and it genuinely comes across as an American doing an English accent.

[@lucyhannah1227]

This reminds me of an episode of Buffy when an american actor played a british guy faking an american accent. I just love the irony of it all!

[@darkySp]

A british actor playing an American doctor that's faking a british accent. Hugh Laurie has reached full potential.

[@MrBiffo1956]

I'm always amazed Hugh Laurie manages to be funny even when his script isn't. It's just his face.

[@secondbreakfast9]

I can’t believe I just watched a 15 second ad for a 30 second video

[@patu8010]

I wonder how much Fox has made from this video over the years

[@TonyEnglandUK]

You must surely be aware that there are browser extensions which remove the need to tolerate those ads

[@AznPr1des]

I wonder how much fun he had doing this scene xD

[@prasanthalpha]

Waking a guy from his sleep and then telling him "My watch must have stopped" LOL!

[@reidate7274]

A bit towards the end, when he says "I must have my times mixed up", you can hear his natural accent, like in Blackadder goes forth and in A bit of Fry and Laurie

[@The-Rose-and-the-Cross]

He went from Gregory House to antidisestablishmentarian in an instant.

[@noiselesspatient]

Suddenly reverts to Prince George... looking for socks. Brilliant!

[@vincecallagher7636]

The mental twist of faking your natural accent, to sound fake, amazing.

[@romulusnr]

the funny thing is that Hugh Laurie is British, but that's not his normal accent, so it is still a fake British accent even though he's not a fake Brit

[@markcross6864]

By George!…that moment took me right back to Blackadder goes forth 😆😆😆😅

[@AlmostAnimixers]

The skill it must take to do a slightly heightened parody of yourself, because that is genuinely what High Laurie sounds like with his natural accent, but just ever so slightly off.

[@oz_jones]

Nah, he just imagined doing Bertie Wooster again

[@gos_707]

Too late but it’s 10 years anniversary for this

[@Tricolorrr533]

It seems the algorithm knew i was watching House and recommended this

[@IRVDawg]

EGGGgg zaCKLY

[@Tricolorrr533]

@@IRVDawg it happened to you as well? I hadn't searched for anything related to House or Hugh but apparently youtube noticed i was watching House and this video popped up

[@Scarecrow545]

Hugh's British came out in a different way as well here. Americans would typically say "is this Dr. Jeffrey Walters", rather than "is that Dr. Jeffrey Walters".

[@aprave]

We've come full circle boys

[@PrinceoftheAbyss]

A British actor playing an American doing a bad British accent? I think this was the birth of Metafiction.

[@peterbirkett7405]

That's quite close to the accent he used when playing Bertie Wooster - not fake at all really. see his other Brit work, it's his upper class bafoon accent

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

What ho what ho Jeeves! 😄

[@willemvanoranje1533]

@@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 What ho, aunt Agatha

[@bryan9587]

A British man playing an American man faking a British accent. Impressive.

[@StadiumHot]

Blackadder reference. Also, love it in the episode where you can see Blackadder in his Tivo list haha.

[@Puia_Lusei]

A British man faking a British accent. This is awesome.

[@Gosperella26]

This scene was one of my faves of the whole series

[@TPTurkey-x2i]

sounds like he's trying to do a bad hugh grant impression

[@OzzieEratli]

This is so similar to what David Tennant did in Doctor Who! David is naturally Scottish with a strong accent but in one DW episode he pretends to be Scottish and it sounds like he's prrtending!

[@inspectorspinda]

actually that's just his voice when he does his comedy. comedy voices are exaggerated so it's maybe not so strange

[@JoshIdstein]

He even makes the same faces as Lt. George in the last season of Blackadder. Love his exagerrated accent!

[@sunnyjim9810]

He definitely also embraced some of Lieutenant George and Prince George in that voice there. Only true comedy aficionados will understand that reference.

[@mr9mm605]

That's just his character from Blackadder

[@vintage6346]

I think he did a British accent from somewhere other than his own actual locality. Others here say he's intentionally made his British accent slightly American. Whatever he's dome, he plays his voice like a fine instrument. Such fun to be entertained by him.

[@SolusDarkcoat]

The funniest thing about this is that Hugh Laurie is British

[@siemniak]

no way

[@p.z.arnott2329]

"A woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman?" -Julia Andrews, Victor/Victoria (1982)

[@mummygiraffepresentsclassi8722]

Hugh Laurie=One of our greatest ever xxxx

[@Sai4651]

I don’t get why a doctor would be mad at being called late, considering their profession, their hours are that extreme. Also, if it’s a question about a patient, he’s a bastard for hanging up because it could be life or death.

[@RunJVHRun]

Literal definition of dude playing the dude disguised as another dude.

[@P_Beard_5961]

Very much reminds me of berty Wooster

[@_P2M_]

People acting like this is impressive. It's the same as an American doing an exaggerated southern accent.

[@Cracklemere]

A Brit being an American being a Brit. Fantastic :D

[@ahobbit1273]

Me, seeing House: “Oh wow, I can’t believe this is the same guy from Jeeves and Wooster!” *He uses an English accent* Me: “Bertie Wooster, is that you???”

[@ComicBookGuy420]

I love the fact that the producers thought he was American when he auditioned

[@niakh3083]

Damn this is talent

[@jakedrake3660]

a british actor faking an american accent faking a british accent...that´s next level lol

[@snake1mi]

It's very easy for British to speak American than it is for American to speak British.

[@marcusswaddling1084]

says who?

[@cchewwitup]

okay, this is the true definition of inception

[@Ix7VickxI]

Sounds like Hugh Laurie to me

[@Malet89]

Hugh Laurie: A dude playing a dude disguised as another dude

[@spookhyskeleton]

Yes, people, WE GET IT. HE'S A BRITISH MAN PLAYING AN AMERICAN MAN PLAYING A BRITISH MAN. Now kindly get behind the line of the other 50+ comments saying the same thing.

[@michielmitchy6601]

I didn't even know British people could fake American accents, let alone British people faking an American faking a British accent.

[@HiIeric117]

Man, Laurie is such a badass actor. Though he really does need to work on his Mandarin :P

[@Isleofskye]

I like Mandarins and Tangerines,though there is a current shortage in London.

[@TheArcher101]

Prince Regent of Wales coming out for a second there