Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: James Hugh Calum Laurie , OBE ( ; born 11 June 1959 ) , better known as Hugh Laurie , is an English actor , voice artist , comedian , writer , musician , recording artist , and director .
Simplified: James Hugh Calum Laurie is an English actor , musician and writer who was born on 11 June 1959 in Oxford .