Dr.House

Gregory House, M.D., (often simply referred to as House) is a
fictional antihero and title character of the American television
series House. He is played by Hugh Laurie. House is the Chief of
Diagnostic Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching
Hospital in New Jersey, where he leads a team of diagnosticians.
House's character has been described as a "misanthropist," a "cynic",
a "narcissist" and a "curmudgeon".

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 and having a practice
allowing him the 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 addiction
is also one of the many parallels to Holmes, who was a habitual user
of cocaine.

Throughout the series' run, the character has received positive
reviews.Tom Shales of The Washington Post called House "the most
electrifying character to hit television in years". In 2008, House was
voted second sexiest TV doctor ever, behind Dr. Doug Ross (George
Clooney) from ER.[9] For his portrayal, Laurie has won various awards,
including two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Television Drama
Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor from Drama
Series. Laurie also earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2005,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. TV Overmind has named House the best
TV character of the last decade.