Men of the Year 2011

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"The great Elvis Costello watched him playing in a studio and said, 'Oh God, he is a better musician than he is an actor,' and that is really saying something," says Stephen Fry, presenting Hugh Laurie with GQ Music Man Of The Year. "I feel incredibly unworthy of this extraordinary distinction," says Laurie. Watch Fry's encomium and Laurie's acceptance at the 2011 GQ Men Of The Year awards.

Click here to read GQ Editor Dylan Jones' interview with Hugh Laurie.

Click here to hear Hugh Laurie's album Let Them Talk in full and for free.

Click here to see all the winners of the 2011 GQ Men Of The Year awards.

Click here for GQ.com's complete Men Of The Year coverage.

Click here to see behind the scenes at Hugh Laurie's GQ shoot.

See all the exclusive GQ Men Of The Year interviews and photo shoots in the October 2011 issue of British GQ, out now priced £3.99. The issue is also now available on the iPad.

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