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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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Tarzan

1999
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)

Demolition Man

1993
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau

The Black Cauldron

1985
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)

The Object of My Affection

1998
as Rodney Fraser

The Trials of Oz

1991
as Brian Leary

RARG

1988
as Storyteller (voice)

A Tale of Two Cities

1980
as Mr. CJ Stryver

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial

Gandhi

1982
as Kinnoch

The Big Brass Ring

1999
as Kim Mennaker

The Clandestine Marriage

1999
as Lord Ogleby

King of the Wind

1990
as Achmet

A Handful of Time

1989
as Ted Walker

Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey

1999
as Sir Percy Loraine

The Madness of King George

1994
as George III

Madeline

1998
as Lord Covington

A Woman Called Golda

1982
as King Abdullah

The Winslow Boy

1999
as Arthur Winslow

Marie Curie

1977
as Pierre Curie

History of the World: Part I

1981
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution

Yes Minister

1980
as Sir Humphrey Appleby

The Knowledge

1979
as Mr Burgess

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone

1997
as David Livingstone

Twelfth Night

1996
as Malvolio

Watership Down

1978
as Captain Campion (voice)

Spiderweb

1977
as Lönnrot

Pope John Paul II

1985
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

Dead on Time

1983
as Doctor

Jenny's War

1985
as Colonel

Yes, Prime Minister

1986
as Sir Humphrey Appleby

Call Me Claus

2001
as Nick

Sweeney 2

1978
as Detective Chief Inspector Dilke

The Sailor's Return

1978
as Mr. Fosse

The Barchester Chronicles

1982
as Archdeacon Grantly

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

1992
as Brigadier G (voice)

Firefox

1982
as Pyotr Baranovich

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978

Amistad

1997
as Martin Van Buren

Richard III

1995
as The Duke of Clarence

Memoirs of a Survivor

1981
as Victorian Father

Relatively Speaking

1990
as Philip Carter

Mapp and Lucia

1985

Murder in Mind

1997
as Dr. Ellis

The Plague Dogs

1982
as Dr. Boycott (voice)

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

1983
as Orgon

Turtle Diary

1985
as The Publisher

A Reasonable Man

1999
as Judge Wendon

Warrior Queen

1978
as Catus Decianus

Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward

1998
as Nigel Hawthorne

Producer

Movie The Clandestine Marriage 1999

Guest Star

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