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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 5, 1929
Place of Birth:
Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Nigel Hawthorne
Biography
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Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected | Self (Archive Material) |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Halloween | Fflewddur Fflam |
| 2005 | Animal Stories | Narrator (Orig. U.K.) |
| 2001 | Higher Love | Uncle Cullen |
| 2001 | Call Me Claus | Nick |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | Lord William Lamb |
| 1999 | The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice) |
| 1999 | The Big Brass Ring | Kim Mennaker |
| 1999 | Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey | Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador |
| 1999 | The Clandestine Marriage | Lord Ogleby |
| 1999 | A Reasonable Man | Judge Wendon |
| 1998 | Madeline | Lord Covington |
| 1998 | The Object of My Affection | Rodney Fraser |
| 1997 | Amistad | Martin Van Buren |
| 1997 | Murder in Mind | Dr. Ellis |
| 1997 | Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | David Livingstone |
| 1996 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio |
| 1996 | Inside | Colonel |
| 1995 | Richard III | The Duke of Clarence |
| 1995 | Russia's War - Blood Upon the Snow | Narrator |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | George III |
| 1994 | Late-Flowering Lust | Cousin John |
| 1994 | Portrait or Bust | Himself (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Demolition Man | Dr. Raymond Cocteau |
| 1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Brigadier G (voice) |
| 1992 | Flea Bites | Kryst |
| 1991 | The Trials of Oz | Brian Leary |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Achmet |
| 1989 | The Shawl | John |
| 1989 | Relatively Speaking | Philip Carter |
| 1989 | A Handful of Time | Ted Walker |
| 1989 | The Spirit of Man | Rev. Jonathan Guerdon |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Fflewddur Fflam (voice) |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | Publisher |
| 1985 | Jenny's War | Colonel |
| 1984 | The Chain | Mr Thorn |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski |
| 1984 | The House | General Fagg |
| 1983 | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Orgon |
| 1983 | Dead on Time | Doctor |
| 1983 | The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Firefox | Pyotr Baranovich |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Dr. Boycott (voice) |
| 1982 | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | John Westwood |
| 1982 | The Critic | Mr. Sneer |
| 1982 | A Woman Called Golda | King Abdullah |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Kinnoch |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I | Citizen Official - The French Revolution |
| 1981 | Memoirs of a Survivor | Victorian Father |
| 1981 | A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado | Fulton |
| 1981 | Protest | Stanek / Vanek |
| 1980 | A Rod of Iron | Trevor |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities | Mr. CJ Stryver |
| 1980 | The Misanthrope | Philinte |
| 1980 | The Tempest | Stephano |
| 1980 | Jessie | Mr Edmonds |
| 1980 | The Enigma | Fenton |
| 1979 | The Knowledge | Mr Burgess |
| 1978 | The Sailor's Return | Mr Fosse |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Det. Chief Insp. Dilke |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Walter Monkton |
| 1978 | Destiny | Major Lewis Rolfe |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Captain Campion (voice) |
| 1976 | Spiderweb | Erik Lönnrot |
| 1976 | Buffet | Jack |
| 1976 | Play Things | Tenby |
| 1975 | The Hiding Place | Pastor De Ruiter |
| 1975 | Child of Hope | Police Captain |
| 1975 | The Floater | Morris Shelman |
| 1974 | Occupations | Libertini |
| 1974 | S*P*Y*S | Croft |
| 1973 | The Emergency Channel | Graham |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Boer Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Alma Mater | Major |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Park Soldier (uncredited) |
| The Happy Prince | Narrator |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | Viscount Melbourne |
| 1998 | Animal Stories | Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self |
| 1996 | Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow | Narrator |
| 1996 | The Fragile Heart | Dr. Edgar Pascoe |
| 1991 | Performance | Brian Leary |
| 1988 | The Play on One | John |
| 1986 | Yes, Prime Minister | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
| 1985 | Mapp & Lucia | |
| 1985 | Jenny's War | Colonel |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Harpagon |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator |
| 1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Dr. Grantly |
| 1980 | Yes Minister | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
| 1980 | Russell Harty | |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Charles Drummond |
| 1978 | Going Straight | Worm Wellings |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Walter Monkton |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Stephano |
| 1978 | Warrior Queen | Catus Decianus |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Ohldendorf |
| 1977 | Marie Curie | Pierre Curie |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Browning |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Graham |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Major Lewis Rolfe |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Jack |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Morris Shelman |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Police Captain |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Stanek / Vanek |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Fulton |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mr Sneer |
| 1963 | The Desperate People | Cliff Fletcher |
| 1962 | Man of the World | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Magistrate |