Nigel Hawthorne
Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1929
Died: December 26, 2001
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
80 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
2013
6.0
Once Upon a Halloween
200510.0
Animal Stories
20056.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
5.7
Call Me Claus
2001
7.6
Victoria & Albert
2001
6.0
Victoria & Albert
2001
6.4
Higher Love
2001
7.0
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
5.7
A Reasonable Man
1999
7.4
Tarzan
1999
4.6
The Big Brass Ring
1999
6.8
The Winslow Boy
1999
3.0
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
1999
6.2
Madeline
1998
NR
Animal Stories
1998
5.8
The Object of My Affection
1998
NR
Parkinson
1998
7.0
Amistad
1997
6.5
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
5.4
Murder in Mind
1997
NR
The Fragile Heart
1996
7.0
Twelfth Night
1996
4.8
Inside
1996
9.0
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
1996
NR
The Happy Prince
1996
6.8
Richard III
1995
6.8
The Madness of King George
1994
NR
Late-Flowering Lust
1994NR
Portrait or Bust
1994
6.8
Demolition Man
1993
5.2
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992NR
Flea Bites
1992
6.3
The Trials of Oz
1991
6.3
Performance
1991
7.0
King of the Wind
1990
10.0
Relatively Speaking
1989
5.1
A Handful of Time
1989
10.0
The Spirit of Man
1989
NR
The Shawl
1989
8.0
RARG
1988
6.0
The Play on One
1988
6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
8.3
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
6.3
Turtle Diary
1985
6.0
Jenny's War
1985
NR
Theatre Night
1985
6.4
The Black Cauldron
1985
6.7
Jenny's War
1985
6.3
Mapp & Lucia
1985
7.0
The Chain
1984
5.7
The House
1984
7.5
Pope John Paul II
1984
7.4
Natural World
1983
7.0
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983
7.2
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983
6.6
Dead on Time
1983
NR
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
7.6
Gandhi
1982
7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
7.8
The Plague Dogs
1982NR
The Critic
1982
6.1
Firefox
1982
7.5
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
7.7
A Woman Called Golda
1982
5.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
NR
Protest
1981
4.2
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981
6.7
History of the World: Part I
1981
8.0
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981
10.0
Jessie
1980
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980NR
Russell Harty
1980NR
A Rod of Iron
1980
7.0
The Tempest
1980
8.3
Yes Minister
1980
NR
The Enigma
1980
NR
The Misanthrope
1980NR
The Other Side
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
6.5
The Knowledge
1979
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
6.2
The Sailor's Return
1978
6.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
7.2
Watership Down
1978
7.3
Holocaust
1978
6.2
Sweeney 2
1978
7.7
Going Straight
1978
6.7
Warrior Queen
1978
8.0
Destiny
1978
8.0
Marie Curie
1977
9.0
Buffet
1976
7.3
Bill Brand
1976
NR
Play Things
1976
NR
Spiderweb
1976
10.0
The Floater
1975
6.9
The Hiding Place
1975
NR
Child of Hope
1975
5.2
S*P*Y*S
1974
NR
Occupations
1974
7.0
Playhouse
1974
NR
The Emergency Channel
1973
6.2
Young Winston
19725.1
Film '72
1971
8.0
Alma Mater
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
7.5
Dad's Army
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
7.5
The Desperate People
1963
7.2
Man of the World
1962
6.0
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
NR
Tony Awards
1956
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951