Yes, it’s the same guy. The guy from House. Veep. Black Adder. The guy who played Bertie Wooster, to Stephen Fry’s Jeeves in days of yore.
The very same horrible, terrible Hugh Laurie. I say horrible and terrible because I think it’s criminal that he can be so very good at everything he tries. I never did bother to work out whether this was meant to be a funny thriller or a thrilling funner (?) because I was too busy enjoying myself to give a crap about silly labels.