Nigel Hawthorne

Known for: Acting

Born: 1929-04-05 – 2001-12-26 (aged 72)

From: 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 (116)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
2013
as Self (Archive Material)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Animal Stories
2005
as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Call Me Claus
2001
as Nick
MOVIE★ 7.6
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Lord William Lamb
TV★ 6.0
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Viscount Melbourne
MOVIE★ 6.4
Higher Love
2001
as Uncle Cullen
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
as Lord Ogleby
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Reasonable Man
1999
as Judge Wendon
MOVIE★ 7.4
Tarzan
1999
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Big Brass Ring
1999
as Kim Mennaker
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Winslow Boy
1999
as Arthur Winslow
MOVIE★ 3.0
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
1999
as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
MOVIE★ 6.2
Madeline
1998
as Lord Covington
TV
Animal Stories
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Object of My Affection
1998
as Rodney Fraser
TV
Parkinson
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Amistad
1997
as Martin Van Buren
MOVIE★ 6.5
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997
as David Livingstone
MOVIE★ 5.5
Murder in Mind
1997
as Dr. Ellis
TV
The Fragile Heart
1996
as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
MOVIE★ 7.0
Twelfth Night
1996
as Malvolio
MOVIE★ 4.8
Inside
1996
as Colonel
TV★ 9.0
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
1996
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Happy Prince
1996
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Richard III
1995
as The Duke of Clarence
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Madness of King George
1994
as George III
MOVIE
Late-Flowering Lust
1994
as Cousin John
MOVIE
Portrait or Bust
1994
as Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Demolition Man
1993
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
MOVIE★ 5.3
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Brigadier G (voice)
MOVIE
Flea Bites
1992
as Kryst
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Trials of Oz
1991
as Brian Leary
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Brian Leary
MOVIE★ 7.0
King of the Wind
1990
as Achmet
MOVIE★ 10.0
Relatively Speaking
1989
as Philip Carter
MOVIE★ 5.1
A Handful of Time
1989
as Ted Walker
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Spirit of Man
1989
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
MOVIE
The Shawl
1989
as John
MOVIE★ 8.0
RARG
1988
as Storyteller
TV★ 6.0
The Play on One
1988
as John
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
TV★ 8.3
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
MOVIE★ 6.3
Turtle Diary
1985
as Publisher
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jenny's War
1985
as Colonel
TV
Theatre Night
1985
as Harpagon
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Black Cauldron
1985
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
TV★ 6.7
Jenny's War
1985
as Colonel
TV★ 6.3
Mapp & Lucia
1985
as Georgie Pillson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Chain
1984
as Mr Thorn
MOVIE★ 5.7
The House
1984
as General Fagg
MOVIE★ 7.5
Pope John Paul II
1984
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
TV★ 7.4
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983
as Orgon
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983
as Passerby (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Dead on Time
1983
as Doctor
MOVIE
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
MOVIE★ 7.6
Gandhi
1982
as Kinnoch
TV★ 7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Dr Grantly
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Plague Dogs
1982
as Dr. Boycott (voice)
MOVIE
The Critic
1982
as Mr. Sneer
MOVIE★ 6.1
Firefox
1982
as Pyotr Baranovich
MOVIE★ 7.5
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
as John Westwood
MOVIE★ 7.7
A Woman Called Golda
1982
as King Abdullah
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
MOVIE
Protest
1981
as Stanek / Vanek
MOVIE★ 4.2
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981
as Victorian Father
MOVIE★ 6.8
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981
as Fulton
MOVIE★ 10.0
Jessie
1980
as Mr Edmonds
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as Mr. CJ Stryver
TV
Russell Harty
1980
MOVIE
A Rod of Iron
1980
as Trevor
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Tempest
1980
as Stephano
TV★ 8.3
Yes Minister
1980
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
MOVIE
The Enigma
1980
as Fenton
MOVIE
The Misanthrope
1980
as Philinte
TV
The Other Side
1979
as Skellow
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Charles Drummond
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Knowledge
1979
as Mr Burgess
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Stephano
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Sailor's Return
1978
as Mr Fosse
TV★ 6.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Walter Monkton
MOVIE★ 10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Walter Monkton
MOVIE★ 7.2
Watership Down
1978
as Captain Campion (voice)
TV★ 7.3
Holocaust
1978
as Ohldendorf
MOVIE★ 6.2
Sweeney 2
1978
as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
TV★ 7.7
Going Straight
1978
as Worm Wellings
TV★ 6.7
Warrior Queen
1978
as Catus Decianus
MOVIE★ 8.0
Destiny
1978
as Major Lewis Rolfe
TV★ 8.0
Marie Curie
1977
as Pierre Curie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Buffet
1976
as Jack
TV★ 7.3
Bill Brand
1976
as Browning
MOVIE
Play Things
1976
as Tenby
MOVIE
Spiderweb
1976
as Erik Lönnrot
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Floater
1975
as Morris Shelman
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Hiding Place
1975
as Pastor De Ruiter
MOVIE
Child of Hope
1975
as Police Captain
MOVIE★ 5.3
S*P*Y*S
1974
as Croft
MOVIE
Occupations
1974
as Libertini
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Tenby
MOVIE
The Emergency Channel
1973
as Graham
MOVIE★ 6.2
Young Winston
1972
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Alma Mater
1971
as Major
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Graham
TV★ 7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Hugh
TV★ 7.4
Dad's Army
1968
as Angry Man
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Trevor
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mr Sneer
TV★ 7.5
The Desperate People
1963
as Cliff Fletcher
TV★ 7.2
Man of the World
1962
as Assistant Director
MOVIE★ 6.0
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Park Soldier (uncredited)
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Magistrate