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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 5, 1929
Died
December 26, 2001
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Nigel Hawthorne
0.8 Popularity
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
7.0
Self (Archive Material)
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
2013
6.2
Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
🎬
0.0
Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
Animal Stories
2005
5.7
Nick
Call Me Claus
2001
7.6
Lord William Lamb
Victoria & Albert
2001
6.0
Viscount Melbourne
Victoria & Albert
2001
6.2
Uncle Cullen
Higher Love
2001
6.0
Lord Ogleby
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
🎬
4.5
Judge Wendon
A Reasonable Man
1999
7.4
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
Tarzan
1999
Credits
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
as Self (Archive Material)
2013
7.0
Once Upon a Halloween
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
2005
6.2
🎬
Animal Stories
as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
2005
0.0
Call Me Claus
as Nick
2001
5.7
Victoria & Albert
as Lord William Lamb
2001
7.6
Victoria & Albert
as Viscount Melbourne
2001
6.0
Higher Love
as Uncle Cullen
2001
6.2
The Clandestine Marriage
as Lord Ogleby
1999
6.0
🎬
A Reasonable Man
as Judge Wendon
1999
4.5
Tarzan
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
1999
7.4
The Big Brass Ring
as Kim Mennaker
1999
4.2
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
1999
6.7
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
1999
1.0
Madeline
as Lord Covington
1998
6.2
Animal Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1998
0.0
The Object of My Affection
as Rodney Fraser
1998
5.8
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Amistad
as Martin Van Buren
1997
7.0
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as David Livingstone
1997
6.0
Murder in Mind
as Dr. Ellis
1997
5.3
The Fragile Heart
as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
1996
0.0
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
1996
6.9
Inside
as Colonel
1996
4.3
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
as Narrator
1996
10.0
The Happy Prince
as Narrator (voice)
1996
0.0
Richard III
as The Duke of Clarence
1995
6.7
The Madness of King George
as George III
1994
6.8
Late-Flowering Lust
as Cousin John
1994
0.0
🎬
Portrait or Bust
as Himself (uncredited)
1994
0.0
Demolition Man
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
1993
6.8
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Brigadier G (voice)
1992
5.2
🎬
Flea Bites
as Kryst
1992
0.0
The Trials of Oz
as Brian Leary
1991
6.0
Performance
as Brian Leary
1991
6.0
King of the Wind
as Achmet
1990
6.4
Relatively Speaking
as Philip Carter
1989
0.0
A Handful of Time
as Ted Walker
1989
4.6
The Spirit of Man
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
1989
0.0
The Shawl
as John
1989
0.0
The Play on One
as John
1988
6.0
Yes, Prime Minister
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1986
8.4
Turtle Diary
as Publisher
1985
6.2
Jenny's War
as Colonel
1985
6.0
🎬
Theatre Night
as Harpagon
1985
0.0
The Black Cauldron
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
1985
6.4
Jenny's War
as Colonel
1985
5.5
Mapp & Lucia
1985
6.0
The House
as General Fagg
1984
5.0
Pope John Paul II
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
1984
6.9
The Chain
as Mr Thorn
1984
6.8
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.2
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Orgon
1983
0.0
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Passerby (uncredited)
1983
7.2
Dead on Time
as Doctor
1983
6.5
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1982
0.0
Gandhi
as Kinnoch
1982
7.6
The Barchester Chronicles
as Dr Grantly
1982
7.0
The Plague Dogs
as Dr. Boycott (voice)
1982
7.9
🎬
The Critic
as Mr. Sneer
1982
0.0
Firefox
as Pyotr Baranovich
1982
6.0
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as John Westwood
1982
7.0
A Woman Called Golda
as King Abdullah
1982
7.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
1982
5.7
Protest
as Stanek / Vanek
1981
0.0
Memoirs of a Survivor
as Victorian Father
1981
4.0
History of the World: Part I
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
1981
6.8
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Fulton
1981
0.0
Jessie
as Mr Edmonds
1980
0.0
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mr. CJ Stryver
1980
5.7
🎬
Russell Harty
1980
0.0
🎬
A Rod of Iron
as Trevor
1980
0.0
The Tempest
as Stephano
1980
7.0
Yes Minister
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1980
8.3
The Enigma
as Fenton
1980
0.0
The Misanthrope
as Philinte
1980
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Charles Drummond
1979
6.7
The Knowledge
as Mr Burgess
1979
6.4
The Sailor's Return
as Mr Fosse
1978
6.0
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Walter Monkton
1978
6.2
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Walter Monkton
1978
10.0
Watership Down
as Captain Campion (voice)
1978
7.2
Holocaust
as Ohldendorf
1978
7.3
Sweeney 2
as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
1978
6.1
Going Straight
as Worm Wellings
1978
7.7
Warrior Queen
as Catus Decianus
1978
5.0
Destiny
as Major Lewis Rolfe
1978
0.0
Marie Curie
as Pierre Curie
1977
7.0
Buffet
as Jack
1976
0.0
Bill Brand
as Browning
1976
6.3
Play Things
as Tenby
1976
0.0
Spiderweb
as Erik Lönnrot
1976
0.0
The Floater
as Morris Shelman
1975
0.0
The Hiding Place
as Pastor De Ruiter
1975
6.8
Child of Hope
as Police Captain
1975
0.0
S*P*Y*S
as Croft
1974
5.2
Occupations
as Libertini
1974
0.0
Playhouse
as Tenby
1974
7.0
Playhouse
as Fenton
1974
7.0
The Emergency Channel
as Graham
1973
0.0
Young Winston
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
1972
6.2
Alma Mater
as Major
1971
0.0
Play for Today
as Graham
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Major Lewis Rolfe
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Police Captain
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Morris Shelman
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Jack
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Fulton
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Stanek / Vanek
1970
6.3
BBC Play of the Month
as Mr Sneer
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Philinte
1965
5.0
The Desperate People
as Cliff Fletcher
1963
7.0
Man of the World
as Assistant Director
1962
7.0
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Park Soldier (uncredited)
1958
6.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Magistrate
1951
8.6