Dr. Gregory House, M.D. is the title character of the American medical
drama series House. Created by David Shore and portrayed by English
actor Hugh Laurie, he leads a team of diagnosticians as the Head of
Diagnostic Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching
Hospital in Princeton, New Jersey.House's character has been described
as a misanthrope, cynic, narcissist, and curmudgeon, the last of which
terms was named one of the top television words of 2005 in honor of
the character. House is the only character to have appeared in all 177
episodes and, except for Wilson's brief appearance, is the only
regular character to have appeared in the season six premiere.In the
series, the character's unorthodox diagnostic approaches, radical
therapeutic motives, and stalwart rationality have resulted in much
conflict between him and his colleagues. House is also often portrayed
as lacking sympathy for his patients, a practice that allots him time
to solve pathological enigmas. The character is partly inspired by
Sherlock Holmes. A portion of the show's plot centers on House's
habitual use of Vicodin to manage pain stemming from a leg infarction
involving his quadriceps muscle some years earlier, an injury that
forces him to walk with a cane. This dependency is also one of the
many parallels to Holmes, who was a habitual user of cocaine. Gregory House Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter