Gregory House

Gregory House is the main protagonist of the successfull TV series House M.D. He is portrayed by Hugh Laurie.

House is a brilliant diagnostician, who is given medical cases that no other doctors can resolve. Through controvertial and radical methods, he studies his patients symptoms until he finally discovers what disease they suffer from. He usually makes at least two wrong diagnostics before making the correct one.

In terms of character, House is irracible, rude, misanthrophe, selfish, and an incredible jerk. He limps because of an injured leg and walks with a cane, and takes vicodin to ease the pain. House has few friends, the best being Dr. James Wilson, and his boss Lisa Cuddy. He is very annoying to his medical team because of his constant involvement in their private lives, and he often makes very inventive pranks to get what he wants. His cathphrase is "Everybody lies", showing how misanthrophe he is. While overly rude and unrespectful, House isn't actually a bad person. He always tries to save his patients (though it is shown that he cares mostly about identifying the desease) and when going too far, he can show remorse and even try to make ammends. Despite being an incorrigible jerk, House saves many lives thanks to his diagnostics.

The character of Gregory House is widely inspired by Sherlock Holmes.