Portrait of Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Acting

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.

Born: April 5, 1929

Place of Birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK

Filmography

2013
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected

as Self (Archive Material)

2005
Once Upon a Halloween

as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)

2001
2001
Victoria & Albert

as Lord William Lamb

2001
Victoria & Albert

as Viscount Melbourne

2001
Higher Love

as Uncle Cullen

1999
1999
Tarzan

as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)

1999
The Big Brass Ring

as Kim Mennaker

1999
The Winslow Boy

as Arthur Winslow

1999
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey

as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador

1998
Madeline

as Lord Covington

1998
Animal Stories

as Narrator (voice)

1998
1998
Parkinson

as Self

1997
Amistad

as Martin Van Buren

1997
Murder in Mind

as Dr. Ellis

1996
The Fragile Heart

as Dr. Edgar Pascoe

1996
Twelfth Night

as Malvolio

1996
Inside

as Colonel

1996
The Happy Prince

as Narrator (voice)

1995
Richard III

as The Duke of Clarence

1994
Late-Flowering Lust

as Cousin John

1993
Demolition Man

as Dr. Raymond Cocteau

1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7.

as Brigadier G (voice)

1991
The Trials of Oz

as Brian Leary

1991
Performance

as Brian Leary

1990
1989
Relatively Speaking

as Philip Carter

1989
A Handful of Time

as Ted Walker

1989
The Spirit of Man

as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon

1989
The Shawl

as John

1988
1986
Yes, Prime Minister

as Sir Humphrey Appleby

1985
Turtle Diary

as Publisher

1985
Jenny's War

as Colonel

1985
The Black Cauldron

as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)

1985
Jenny's War

as Colonel

1984
The House

as General Fagg

1984
Pope John Paul II

as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

1984
The Chain

as Mr Thorn

1983
Natural World

as Narrator

1983
The Crimson Permanent Assurance

as Passerby (uncredited)

1983
Dead on Time

as Doctor

1982
The Funny Side of Christmas

as Sir Humphrey Appleby

1982
Gandhi

as Kinnoch

1982
1982
The Plague Dogs

as Dr. Boycott (voice)

1982
Firefox

as Pyotr Baranovich

1982
A Woman Called Golda

as King Abdullah

1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial

1981
Protest

as Stanek / Vanek

1981
Memoirs of a Survivor

as Victorian Father

1981
History of the World: Part I

as Citizen Official - The French Revolution

1980
Jessie

as Mr Edmonds

1980
A Tale of Two Cities

as Mr. CJ Stryver

1980
The Tempest

as Stephano

1980
Yes Minister

as Sir Humphrey Appleby

1980
The Enigma

as Fenton

1980
The Misanthrope

as Philinte

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Charles Drummond

1979
The Knowledge

as Mr Burgess

1978
1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Walter Monkton

1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Walter Monkton

1978
Watership Down

as Captain Campion (voice)

1978
Holocaust

as Ohldendorf

1978
Sweeney 2

as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke

1978
Going Straight

as Worm Wellings

1978
Warrior Queen

as Catus Decianus

1978
Destiny

as Major Lewis Rolfe

1977
Marie Curie

as Pierre Curie

1976
Buffet

as Jack

1976
Bill Brand

as Browning

1976
Play Things

as Tenby

1976
Spiderweb

as Erik Lönnrot

1975
The Floater

as Morris Shelman

1975
The Hiding Place

as Pastor De Ruiter

1975
Child of Hope

as Police Captain

1974
S*P*Y*S

as Croft

1974
Occupations

as Libertini

1974
Playhouse

as Tenby

1974
Playhouse

as Fenton

1972
Young Winston

as Boer Sentry (uncredited)

1971
Alma Mater

as Major

1970
1970
Play for Today

as Major Lewis Rolfe

1970
Play for Today

as Police Captain

1970
Play for Today

as Morris Shelman

1970
1970
1970
Play for Today

as Stanek / Vanek

1965
1965
1963
The Desperate People

as Cliff Fletcher

1962
Man of the World

as Assistant Director

1958
Carve Her Name with Pride

as Park Soldier (uncredited)

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1951