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