Nigel Hawthorne

Biography

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (April 5, 1929 – December 26, 2001) was an English actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. For this role he would win four Bafta Awards during the 1980s in the 'Best Light Entertainment Performance' Category. In the 1990s He would win two more Bafta Awards, one as Best TV Actor for 'The Fragile Heart' and one as Best Film Actor for 'The Madness of King George'. His role in the latter also garnered him his sole Oscar Nomination.

Known For

Citizen Official - The French Revolution

History of the World: Part I

Pyotr Baranovich

Firefox

Fflewddur Fflam (voice)

The Black Cauldron

Dr. Boycott (voice)

The Plague Dogs

George III

The Madness of King George

The Duke of Clarence

Richard III

Uncle Cullen

Higher Love

Martin Van Buren

Amistad

Dr. Raymond Cocteau

Demolition Man

Lord Covington

Madeline

Arthur Winslow

The Winslow Boy

Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)

Tarzan

Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)

Once Upon a Halloween

Malvolio

Twelfth Night

Kim Mennaker

The Big Brass Ring

Mr Fosse

The Sailor's Return

Nick

Call Me Claus

Rodney Fraser

The Object of My Affection

Pastor De Ruiter

The Hiding Place

Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador

Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey

John

The Shawl

Dr. Ellis

Murder in Mind

Det. Chief Insp. Dilke

Sweeney 2

Publisher

Turtle Diary

Brigadier G (voice)

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Victorian Father

Memoirs of a Survivor

Lord Ogleby

The Clandestine Marriage

Philip Carter

Relatively Speaking

Achmet

King of the Wind

Judge Wendon

A Reasonable Man

Narrator (Orig. U.K.)

Animal Stories

Mr Thorn

The Chain

John Westwood

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

Mr. Sneer

The Critic

Brian Leary

The Trials of Oz

Lord William Lamb

Victoria & Albert

Colonel

Jenny's War

Walter Monkton

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

Pope John Paul II

Colonel

Inside

King Abdullah

A Woman Called Golda

Major Lewis Rolfe

Destiny

Libertini

Occupations

Ted Walker

En håndfull tid

Mr Burgess

The Knowledge

David Livingstone

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone

Kinnoch

Gandhi

Rev. Jonathan Guerdon

The Spirit of Man

Trevor

A Rod of Iron

Cousin John

Late-Flowering Lust

Kryst

Flea Bites

Erik Lönnrot

Spiderweb

Croft

S*P*Y*S

Mr. CJ Stryver

A Tale of Two Cities

Captain Campion (voice)

Watership Down

Philinte

The Misanthrope

Orgon

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Himself (uncredited)

Portrait or Bust

Major

Alma Mater

Stephano

The Tempest

General Fagg

The House

Self (Archive Material)

Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected

Doctor

Dead on Time

Graham

The Emergency Channel

Mr Edmonds

Jessie

Police Captain

Child of Hope

Morris Shelman

The Floater

Jack

Buffet

Fulton

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

Stanek / Vanek

Protest

Park Soldier (uncredited)

Carve Her Name with Pride

Tenby

Play Things

Fenton

The Enigma

Passerby (uncredited)

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

Boer Sentry (uncredited)

Young Winston

Narrator (voice)

The Happy Prince

Sir Humphrey Appleby

The Funny Side of Christmas

Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Storyteller

RARG

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-04-05

Place of Birth

Hertfordshire, England, UK

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