Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 05, 1929
Died
Dec 26, 2001
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Credits
116 titles
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
Filmography
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
Self (Archive Material)
Once Upon a Halloween
Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
Animal Stories
Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Me Claus
Nick
Victoria & Albert
Lord William Lamb
Victoria & Albert
Viscount Melbourne
Higher Love
Uncle Cullen
The Clandestine Marriage
Lord Ogleby
A Reasonable Man
Judge Wendon
Tarzan
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
The Big Brass Ring
Kim Mennaker
The Winslow Boy
Arthur Winslow
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
Madeline
Lord Covington
Animal Stories
Narrator (voice)
The Object of My Affection
Rodney Fraser
Parkinson
Self
Amistad
Martin Van Buren
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
David Livingstone
Murder in Mind
Dr. Ellis
The Fragile Heart
Dr. Edgar Pascoe
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
Inside
Colonel
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
Narrator
The Happy Prince
Narrator (voice)
Richard III
The Duke of Clarence
The Madness of King George
George III
Late-Flowering Lust
Cousin John
Portrait or Bust
Himself (uncredited)
Demolition Man
Dr. Raymond Cocteau
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Brigadier G (voice)
Flea Bites
Kryst
The Trials of Oz
Brian Leary
Performance
Brian Leary
King of the Wind
Achmet
Relatively Speaking
Philip Carter
A Handful of Time
Ted Walker
The Spirit of Man
Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
The Shawl
John
RARG
Storyteller
The Play on One
John
ScreenPlay
Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
Yes, Prime Minister
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Turtle Diary
Publisher
Jenny's War
Colonel
Theatre Night
Harpagon
The Black Cauldron
Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
Jenny's War
Colonel
Mapp & Lucia
Georgie Pillson