Acting

Nigel Hawthorne

Born 1929-04-05 · Hertfordshire, England, UK

Died 2001-12-26

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.

Credits

Newest first

Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
as Self (Archive Material)
2013
Once Upon a Halloween
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
2005
Animal Stories
as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Call Me Claus
as Nick
2001
Victoria & Albert
as Lord William Lamb
2001
Victoria & Albert
as Viscount Melbourne
2001
Higher Love
as Uncle Cullen
2001
Higher Love
Executive Producer
2001
The Clandestine Marriage
as Lord Ogleby
1999
A Reasonable Man
as Judge Wendon
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
1999
Madeline
as Lord Covington
1998
Animal Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1998
The Object of My Affection
as Rodney Fraser
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Amistad
as Martin Van Buren
1997
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as David Livingstone
1997
Murder in Mind
as Dr. Ellis
1997
Murder in Mind
Associate Producer
1997
The Fragile Heart
as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
1996
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
1996
Inside
as Colonel
1996
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
as Narrator
1996
The Happy Prince
as Narrator (voice)
1996
Richard III
as The Duke of Clarence
1995
The Madness of King George
as George III
1994
Late-Flowering Lust
as Cousin John
1994
Portrait or Bust
as Himself (uncredited)
1994
Demolition Man
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
1993
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Brigadier G (voice)
1992
Flea Bites
as Kryst
1992
The Trials of Oz
as Brian Leary
1991
Performance
as Brian Leary
1991
King of the Wind
as Achmet
1990
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
1989
RARG
as Storyteller
1988
The Play on One
as John
1988
ScreenPlay
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
1986
Yes, Prime Minister
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1986
Turtle Diary
as Publisher
1985
Jenny's War
as Colonel
1985
Theatre Night
as Harpagon
1985
The Black Cauldron
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
1985
Jenny's War
as Colonel
1985
Mapp & Lucia
as Georgie Pillson
1985
The Chain
as Mr Thorn
1984
The House
as General Fagg
1984
Pope John Paul II
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
1984
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Orgon
1983
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Passerby (uncredited)
1983
Dead on Time
as Doctor
1983
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1982
Gandhi
as Kinnoch
1982
The Barchester Chronicles
as Dr Grantly
1982
The Plague Dogs
as Dr. Boycott (voice)
1982
The Critic
as Mr. Sneer
1982
Firefox
as Pyotr Baranovich
1982
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as John Westwood
1982
A Woman Called Golda
as King Abdullah
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
1982
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
1981
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Fulton
1981
Jessie
as Mr Edmonds
1980
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mr. CJ Stryver
1980
Russell Harty
1980
A Rod of Iron
as Trevor
1980
The Tempest
as Stephano
1980
Yes Minister
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1980
The Enigma
as Fenton
1980
The Misanthrope
as Philinte
1980