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Nigel Hawthorne

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne CBE was an English actor. He is most known for his stage acting and his portrayal of 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 won four BAFTA TV Awards for Best Light Entertainment Performance. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in The Madness o

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Filmography
  • Born In Coventry, Warwickshire, England
  • Born April 5, 1929
  • Died December 26, 2001
  • Gender Male
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Call Me Claus

2001
as Nick

Tarzan

1999
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)

The Big Brass Ring

1999
as Kim Mennaker

A Reasonable Man

1999
as Judge Wendon

The Winslow Boy

1999
as Arthur Winslow

Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey

1999
as Sir Percy Loraine

The Clandestine Marriage

1999
as Lord Ogleby

Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward

1998
as Nigel Hawthorne

The Object of My Affection

1998
as Rodney Fraser

Madeline

1998
as Lord Covington

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone

1997
as David Livingstone

Murder in Mind

1997
as Dr. Ellis

Amistad

1997
as Martin Van Buren

Twelfth Night

1996
as Malvolio

Richard III

1995
as The Duke of Clarence

The Madness of King George

1994
as George III

Demolition Man

1993
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

1992
as Brigadier G (voice)

The Trials of Oz

1991
as Brian Leary

Relatively Speaking

1990
as Philip Carter

King of the Wind

1990
as Achmet

A Handful of Time

1989
as Ted Walker

RARG

1988
as Storyteller (voice)

Yes, Prime Minister

1986
as Sir Humphrey Appleby

Turtle Diary

1985
as The Publisher

Mapp and Lucia

1985

Pope John Paul II

1985
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

The Black Cauldron

1985
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)

Jenny's War

1985
as Colonel

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

1983
as Orgon

Dead on Time

1983
as Doctor

A Woman Called Golda

1982
as King Abdullah

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial

Gandhi

1982
as Kinnoch

The Plague Dogs

1982
as Dr. Boycott (voice)

Firefox

1982
as Pyotr Baranovich

The Barchester Chronicles

1982
as Archdeacon Grantly

Memoirs of a Survivor

1981
as Victorian Father

History of the World: Part I

1981
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution

A Tale of Two Cities

1980
as Mr. CJ Stryver

Yes Minister

1980
as Sir Humphrey Appleby

The Knowledge

1979
as Mr Burgess

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978

Warrior Queen

1978
as Catus Decianus

Sweeney 2

1978
as Detective Chief Inspector Dilke

The Sailor's Return

1978
as Mr. Fosse

Watership Down

1978
as Captain Campion (voice)

Marie Curie

1977
as Pierre Curie

Spiderweb

1977
as Lönnrot

Producer

Movie The Clandestine Marriage 1999

Guest Star

Episode Funny Women
Patricia Routledge 		1998
Episode Natural World
Metropolis 		1998
Episode Performance
The Trials of Oz 		1991
Episode The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978)
Episode 7 		1982
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
The Last Bottle in the World 		1981
Episode ITV Playhouse
A Rod of Iron 		1980
Episode Playhouse
Play Things 		1976
Episode Hine
Everything I Am I Owe 		1971