Gregory House

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Gregory House
Played by	Hugh Laurie
First Appearance	Episode 101: Pilot
Date of Birth	June 11, 1959

Gregory House, M.D., is the main character and emphasis of the hit medical drama House. Played by Hugh Laurie, House is a cynical, misanthropic medical genius who manages a team of diagnostics at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. House's character is noted to be partly inspired by Sherlock Holmes.

Although he is widely respected as an excellent doctor, House's unconventional methods to conducting diagnosis and immoderate therapeutic motives lead him to conflicts between himself and his colleagues, particularly Dr. Foreman. Moreover, House is often portrayed having little to no compassion for his patients, and prefers to devote his time to solving pathological enigmas.

The show also largely focuses on House's addiction to Vicodin in order to alleviate sharp pains originating from an infarction in the quadriceps muscle of his right leg, which is the reason why he walks with a cane. Although his closest colleagues Dr. James Wilson and Dr. Lisa Cuddy have repeatedly encouraged House to go to drug rehabilitation, no successful attempts have been made to get House off the drug as of then. After an encounter with an irritaed police officer for leaving him alone in an examination room for hours house is set on trail for drug trafficing. After Dr. Lisa Cuddy lies to the judge about House stealing the perscription pad from Dr. James Wilson House attends rehab.

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Medical History

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Relations

House has the tendency to approach most of his female coworkers, such as Dr. Cameron from time to time in unusual manners. When Cameron was a subordinate of his, he stared at her oddly and treated her differently from the others (aside from being the only female of the group) and mocked her for her initial, and short lived, attraction to him. His relationship with Dr. Lisa Cuddy has become more apparent, he openly flirts with her and at one point shares an emotional kiss after he admits he doesn't now why he said she would suck as a mother.