
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.

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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
80
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-04-05
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
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