Nigel Hawthorne
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1929-04-05
- Died
- 2001-12-26
- Place of birth
- Hertfordshire, England, UK
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
TV Shows (35)
Play for Today
1970
as Graham / Major Lewis Rolfe / Police Captain / Morris Shelman / Jack / Fulton / Stanek / Vanek
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mr Sneer / Philinte
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Charles Drummond
Omnibus
1967
Playhouse
1974
as Tenby / Fenton
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Trevor
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Hugh
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Dad's Army
1968
as Angry Man
Performance
1991
as Brian Leary
ScreenPlay
1986
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
Yes Minister
1980
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Holocaust
1978
as Ohldendorf
The Play on One
1988
as John
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Man of the World
1962
as Assistant Director
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Magistrate
Bill Brand
1976
as Browning
Russell Harty
1980
Theatre Night
1985
as Harpagon
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Dr Grantly
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Walter Monkton
Mapp & Lucia
1985
as Georgie Pillson
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Viscount Melbourne
Going Straight
1978
as Worm Wellings
The Desperate People
1963
as Cliff Fletcher
Animal Stories
1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Fragile Heart
1996
as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
1996
as Narrator
Jenny's War
1985
as Colonel
Marie Curie
1977
as Pierre Curie
Warrior Queen
1978
as Catus Decianus
The Other Side
1979
as Skellow
Movies (80)
Tarzan
1999
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
Demolition Man
1993
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
Gandhi
1982
as Kinnoch
The Black Cauldron
1985
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
Firefox
1982
as Pyotr Baranovich
Twelfth Night
1996
as Malvolio
Watership Down
1978
as Captain Campion (voice)
The Object of My Affection
1998
as Rodney Fraser
Madeline
1998
as Lord Covington
The Plague Dogs
1982
as Dr. Boycott (voice)
The Madness of King George
1994
as George III
Richard III
1995
as The Duke of Clarence
Call Me Claus
2001
as Nick
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
Young Winston
1972
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as Mr. CJ Stryver
Inside
1996
as Colonel
Amistad
1997
as Martin Van Buren
The Chain
1984
as Mr Thorn
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as King Abdullah
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Park Soldier (uncredited)
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
as Lord Ogleby
Higher Love
2001
as Uncle Cullen
Sweeney 2
1978
as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
The Winslow Boy
1999
as Arthur Winslow
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
S*P*Y*S
1974
as Croft
The Hiding Place
1975
as Pastor De Ruiter
Murder in Mind
1997
as Dr. Ellis
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Lord William Lamb
Turtle Diary
1985
as Publisher
The House
1984
as General Fagg
King of the Wind
1990
as Achmet
Destiny
1978
as Major Lewis Rolfe
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983
as Passerby (uncredited)
Pope John Paul II
1984
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
The Big Brass Ring
1999
as Kim Mennaker
The Knowledge
1979
as Mr Burgess
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983
as Orgon
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Brigadier G (voice)
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
as David Livingstone
The Tempest
1980
as Stephano
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981
as Victorian Father
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Dead on Time
1983
as Doctor
The Misanthrope
1980
as Philinte
The Trials of Oz
1991
as Brian Leary
Jenny's War
1985
as Colonel
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
as John Westwood
Child of Hope
1975
as Police Captain
The Critic
1982
as Mr. Sneer
The Spirit of Man
1989
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
Relatively Speaking
1989
as Philip Carter
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981
as Fulton
The Shawl
1989
as John
Occupations
1974
as Libertini
The Sailor's Return
1978
as Mr Fosse
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Walter Monkton
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
2013
as Self (Archive Material)
The Emergency Channel
1973
as Graham
Buffet
1976
as Jack
Jessie
1980
as Mr Edmonds
Alma Mater
1971
as Major
The Enigma
1980
as Fenton
Flea Bites
1992
as Kryst
A Reasonable Man
1999
as Judge Wendon
The Happy Prince
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Play Things
1976
as Tenby
Spiderweb
1976
as Erik Lönnrot
The Floater
1975
as Morris Shelman
A Handful of Time
1989
as Ted Walker
Late-Flowering Lust
1994
as Cousin John
A Rod of Iron
1980
as Trevor
Protest
1981
as Stanek / Vanek
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
1999
as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
RARG
1988
as Storyteller
Animal Stories
2005
as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
Portrait or Bust
1994
as Himself (uncredited)
About Nigel Hawthorne
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… With 115 credits spanning from 1951 to 2013, Nigel Hawthorne has appeared in 80 films and 35 TV shows.
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Most Popular Nigel Hawthorne Movies
- Tarzan (1999) — as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
- Demolition Man (1993) — as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
- Gandhi (1982) — as Kinnoch
- The Black Cauldron (1985) — as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
- Firefox (1982) — as Pyotr Baranovich
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