Nigel Hawthorne
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1929-04-05
Place of Birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK
Popularity: 1.0
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 Filmography
Play for Today
1970
Tony Awards
1956
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Omnibus
1967
Natural World
1983
Playhouse
1974
Parkinson
1998
ITV Playhouse
1967
Performance
1991
Tarzan
1999
Dad's Army
1968
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Demolition Man
1993
Yes Minister
1980
ScreenPlay
1986
Holocaust
1978
The Play on One
1988
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Black Cauldron
1985
Gandhi
1982
Man of the World
1962
Bill Brand
1976
Firefox
1982No Photo
Russell Harty
1980
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
Mapp & Lucia
1985
Watership Down
1978
Theatre Night
1985
Richard III
1995
Twelfth Night
1996
The Plague Dogs
1982
Animal Stories
1998
The Madness of King George
1994
Going Straight
1978
The Object of My Affection
1998
History of the World: Part I
1981
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
Jenny's War
1985
Young Winston
1972
Victoria & Albert
2001
Call Me Claus
2001
The Desperate People
1963
Madeline
1998
Sweeney 2
1978
Turtle Diary
1985
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
1996
S*P*Y*S
1974
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
Amistad
1997
The Fragile Heart
1996
King of the Wind
1990
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983
Warrior Queen
1978No Photo
The Other Side
1979
The Hiding Place
1975
A Woman Called Golda
1982
The Chain
1984
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
Marie Curie
1977
Murder in Mind
1997
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
Jenny's War
1985
Dead on Time
1983
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958No Photo
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Big Brass Ring
1999
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
Victoria & Albert
2001
The Tempest
1980
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
The House
1984
Higher Love
2001
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
Pope John Paul II
1984
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983
The Knowledge
1979
The Winslow Boy
1999
The Trials of Oz
1991
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
Relatively Speaking
1989
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981
Inside
1996No Photo
Flea Bites
1992
Child of Hope
1975No Photo
The Critic
1982
Play Things
1976
The Misanthrope
1980
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
1999
The Happy Prince
1996
The Enigma
1980
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981
The Emergency Channel
1973
The Sailor's Return
1978
The Shawl
1989
The Floater
1975
Alma Mater
1971
The Spirit of Man
1989No Photo
A Rod of Iron
1980
A Reasonable Man
1999No Photo
Portrait or Bust
1994
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
Destiny
1978
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
2013
A Handful of Time
1989
Occupations
1974
Buffet
1976
Jessie
1980
Late-Flowering Lust
1994
Spiderweb
1976
Protest
1981
RARG
1988No Photo