Nigel Hawthorne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-04-05
Day of Death
2001-12-26 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Acting
(2013)
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
as Self (Archive Material)
(2005)
Once Upon a Halloween
as Fflewddur Fflam
(2005)
Animal Stories
as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
(2001)
Victoria & Albert
as Lord William Lamb
(2001)
Call Me Claus
as Nick
(2001)
Higher Love
as Uncle Cullen
(1999)
Tarzan
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
(1999)
The Big Brass Ring
as Kim Mennaker
(1999)
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
(1999)
The Clandestine Marriage
as Lord Ogleby
(1999)
A Reasonable Man
as Judge Wendon
(1999)
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
(1998)
The Object of My Affection
as Rodney Fraser
(1998)
Madeline
as Lord Covington
(1997)
Murder in Mind
as Dr. Ellis
(1997)
Amistad
as Martin Van Buren
(1997)
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as David Livingstone
(1996)
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
(1996)
Inside
as Colonel
(1996)
The Happy Prince
as Narrator (voice)
(1995)
Richard III
as The Duke of Clarence
(1995)
Russia's War - Blood Upon the Snow
as Narrator
(1994)
The Madness of King George
as George III
(1994)
Portrait or Bust
as Himself (uncredited)
(1994)
Late-Flowering Lust
as Cousin John
(1993)
Demolition Man
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
(1992)
Flea Bites
as Kryst
(1992)
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as Brigadier G (voice)
(1991)
The Trials of Oz
as Brian Leary
(1990)
King of the Wind
as Achmet
(1989)
The Spirit of Man
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
(1989)
Relatively Speaking
as Philip Carter
(1989)
The Shawl
as John
(1989)
A Handful of Time
as Ted Walker
(1985)
The Black Cauldron
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
(1985)
Turtle Diary
as Publisher
(1985)
Jenny's War
as Colonel
(1984)
The Chain
as Mr Thorn
(1984)
Pope John Paul II
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
(1984)
The House
as General Fagg
(1983)
Dead on Time
as Doctor
(1983)
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Orgon
(1983)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Passerby (uncredited)
(1982)
Gandhi
as Kinnoch
(1982)
A Woman Called Golda
as King Abdullah
(1982)
Firefox
as Pyotr Baranovich
(1982)
The Critic
as Mr. Sneer
(1982)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
(1982)
The Plague Dogs
as Dr. Boycott (voice)
(1982)
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as John Westwood
(1982)
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
(1981)
Memoirs of a Survivor
as Victorian Father
(1981)
History of the World: Part I
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
(1981)
(1981)
Protest
as Stanek / Vanek
(1980)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mr. CJ Stryver
(1980)
The Enigma
as Fenton
(1980)
The Tempest
as Stephano
(1980)
The Misanthrope
as Philinte
(1980)
Jessie
as Mr Edmonds
(1980)
A Rod of Iron
as Trevor
(1979)
The Knowledge
as Mr Burgess
(1978)
The Sailor's Return
as Mr Fosse
(1978)
Watership Down
as Captain Campion (voice)
(1978)
Sweeney 2
as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
(1978)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Walter Monkton
(1978)
Destiny
as Major Lewis Rolfe
(1976)
Play Things
as Tenby
(1976)
Buffet
as Jack
(1976)
Spiderweb
as Erik Lönnrot
(1975)
The Hiding Place
as Pastor De Ruiter
(1975)
Child of Hope
as Police Captain
(1975)
The Floater
as Morris Shelman
(1974)
S*P*Y*S
as Croft
(1974)
Occupations
as Libertini
(1973)
The Emergency Channel
as Graham
(1972)
Young Winston
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
(1971)
Alma Mater
as Major
(1958)
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Park Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
(2001)
Higher Love
Executive Producer
(1997)
Murder in Mind
Associate Producer