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Headed by a surly but brilliant infectious disease specialist, a team of highly specialized physicians at a New Jersey teaching hospital take on medical cases no other doctors can crack.

 

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Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
Department Head: Department of Diagnostic Medicine. The show's protagonist, Dr. Gregory House is a maverick diagnostician with a double specialty in infectious disease and nephrology. Dr. House is seemingly lacking in bedside manner and prefers to avoid d...

Lisa Edelstein

Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Administration: Dean of Medicine, endocrinologist. Though commonly seen as a thorn in Dr. House's side, Dr. Cuddy is an ally and frequently acquiesces to House's often outlandish medical requests. Additionally, Dr. Cuddy has the distinction of being one o...

Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson
Department Head: Oncology. Dr. Wilson is Dr. House's best friend. Dr. Wilson is very well-respected and well-liked by both his colleagues and his patients, making his close friendship with the antisocial House especially puzzling to the other hospital emp...

Omar Epps

Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman
Department: Diagnostic Medicine, neurologist; attended Johns Hopkins Medical School. Of all the members of House's staff, it is strongly implied that Foreman performed best academically throughout college and medical school. However, during the pilot, Dr....

Jennifer Morrison

Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron
Department: Emergency Medicine, immunologist. Cameron was written as an earnest and sincere character and the most empathetic of the team. Her character history reveals an early marriage to a victim of thyroid cancer, whose subsequent death had a lasting ...

Jesse Spencer

Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase
Department: Surgery, intensivist. Dr. Chase's demeanor appears to have been either influenced or amplified by House, as he has previously displayed a penchant for insulting patients behind their backs, takes clear and vicarious joy in watching House tear ...

Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson as Dr. Chris Taub
Dr. Chris Taub is a plastic surgeon who has proved adept at, like House, working around the "rules" that Cuddy imposes. Ironically Cuddy suggested Taub become a member of House's new diagnostic team because his knowledge and combative nature would be able...

Kal Penn

Kal Penn as Dr. Lawrence Kutner
Dr. Lawrence Kutner is a sports medicine specialist. Out of all the fellows, Kutner is the most enthusiastic and the one most likely to go along with House in taking risks.

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley
Thirteen is an internist. Her nickname originates in the numbers that House assigned to each of his fellowship applications in "The Right Stuff," with hers being #13. She is noted for the many mysteries surrounding her character.

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