Hugh Laurie has been honoured by the Queen with an OBE. Order of the British Empire - Officer of the Order of the British Empire. What is an OBE?:

Awarded for a distinguished regional or country-wide role in any field, through achievement or service to the community, including notable practitioners known nationally.

From the Oxford Mail:

HUGH LAURIE, OBE The actor, comedian and writer, who was born in Oxford and whose father was a GP in Blackbird Leys for 30 years, gets an OBE. He is best-known for his TV comedy work, especially with Stephen Fry, including A Bit Of Fry And Laurie and Blackadder.

From the BBC News:

Actor and comedian Hugh Laurie is made an OBE after hitting success in the US with TV series House.

From the Guardian:

Director Terry Hands, a founder of Liverpool Everyman theatre, and prolific film-maker Peter Greenaway both get CBEs. Johnny Briggs, who played Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street, heads the list of actors, which includes Hugh Laurie (OBE), Penelope Keith (CBE) and veteran Shakespearean actor John Wood (CBE).

Guardian Unlimited:

There were also awards for Keith, best-known for British television sitcom "The Good Life"; Laurie, star of U.S. medical television drama "House"; and Johnny Briggs, a former star of long-running British TV soap opera "Coronation Street".

The Timesonline:

In entertainment the actor and comedian Hugh Laurie becomes an OBE. Penelope Keith, best known for her portrayal of aristocratic characters in the television series The Good Life and To the Manor Born, is appointed CBE. Ann Leslie, of the Daily Mail, becomes a dame. John Wood, the veteran Shakespearean actor, is appointed CBE.