Nigel Hawthorne
Acting
1929-04-05 · Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
2013 · Movie
Once Upon a Halloween
2005 · Movie
Animal Stories
2005 · Movie
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Movie
Call Me Claus
2001 · Movie
Victoria & Albert
2001 · Movie
Victoria & Albert
2001 · Series
Higher Love
2001 · Movie
The Clandestine Marriage
1999 · Movie
A Reasonable Man
1999 · Movie
Tarzan
1999 · Movie
The Big Brass Ring
1999 · Movie
The Winslow Boy
1999 · Movie
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
1999 · Movie
Madeline
1998 · Movie
Animal Stories
1998 · Series
The Object of My Affection
1998 · Movie
Parkinson
1998 · Series
Amistad
1997 · Movie
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997 · Movie
Murder in Mind
1997 · Movie
The Fragile Heart
1996 · Series
Twelfth Night
1996 · Movie
Inside
1996 · Movie
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
1996 · Series
The Happy Prince
1996 · Movie
Richard III
1995 · Movie
The Madness of King George
1994 · Movie
Late-Flowering Lust
1994 · Movie
Portrait or Bust
1994 · Movie
Demolition Man
1993 · Movie
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992 · Movie
Flea Bites
1992 · Movie
The Trials of Oz
1991 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
King of the Wind
1990 · Movie
Relatively Speaking
1989 · Movie
A Handful of Time
1989 · Movie
The Spirit of Man
1989 · Movie
The Shawl
1989 · Movie
RARG
1988 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Yes, Prime Minister
1986 · Series
Turtle Diary
1985 · Movie
Jenny's War
1985 · Movie
Theatre Night
1985 · Series
The Black Cauldron
1985 · Movie
Jenny's War
1985 · Series
Mapp & Lucia
1985 · Series
The Chain
1984 · Movie
The House
1984 · Movie
Pope John Paul II
1984 · Movie
Natural World
1983 · Series
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983 · Movie
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983 · Movie
Dead on Time
1983 · Movie
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982 · Movie
Gandhi
1982 · Movie
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · Series
The Plague Dogs
1982 · Movie
The Critic
1982 · Movie
Firefox
1982 · Movie
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982 · Movie
A Woman Called Golda
1982 · Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 · Movie
Protest
1981 · Movie
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981 · Movie
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Movie
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981 · Movie
Jessie
1980 · Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
1980 · Movie
Russell Harty
1980 · Series
A Rod of Iron
1980 · Movie
The Tempest
1980 · Movie
Yes Minister
1980 · Series
The Enigma
1980 · Movie
The Misanthrope
1980 · Movie
The Other Side
1979 · Series
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
The Knowledge
1979 · Movie
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Series
The Sailor's Return
1978 · Movie
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · Series
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978 · Movie
Watership Down
1978 · Movie
Holocaust
1978 · Series
Sweeney 2
1978 · Movie
Going Straight
1978 · Series
Warrior Queen
1978 · Series
Destiny
1978 · Movie
Marie Curie
1977 · Series
Buffet
1976 · Movie
Bill Brand
1976 · Series
Play Things
1976 · Movie
Spiderweb
1976 · Movie
The Floater
1975 · Movie
The Hiding Place
1975 · Movie
Child of Hope
1975 · Movie
S*P*Y*S
1974 · Movie
Occupations
1974 · Movie
Playhouse
1974 · Series
The Emergency Channel
1973 · Movie
Young Winston
1972 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
Alma Mater
1971 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Series
Dad's Army
1968 · Series
Omnibus
1967 · Series
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
The Desperate People
1963 · Series
Man of the World
1962 · Series
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series