Nigel Hawthorne
Acting

Nigel Hawthorne

Born 5 April 1929 · Hertfordshire, England, UK · Died 26 December 2001

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.

Known for

Tarzan
Demolition Man
Gandhi
The Black Cauldron
Amistad
History of the World: Part I
Watership Down
Firefox
The Object of My Affection
The Plague Dogs
The Madness of King George
Madeline
Higher Love
Call Me Claus
Victoria & Albert
The Winslow Boy
Tarzan
The Big Brass Ring
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
The Clandestine Marriage
A Reasonable Man
Madeline
The Object of My Affection
Amistad
Murder in Mind
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Twelfth Night
Inside
The Happy Prince
Richard III
The Madness of King George
Late-Flowering Lust
Demolition Man
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
The Trials of Oz
King of the Wind
The Shawl
Relatively Speaking
A Handful of Time
The Spirit of Man
RARG
The Black Cauldron
Turtle Diary
Jenny's War
The Chain
Pope John Paul II
The House
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
Dead on Time
Firefox
The Plague Dogs
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
A Woman Called Golda
Gandhi
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Funny Side of Christmas
History of the World: Part I
Memoirs of a Survivor
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Protest
A Tale of Two Cities
The Misanthrope
The Tempest
Jessie
The Enigma
The Knowledge
The Sailor's Return
Sweeney 2
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Destiny
Watership Down
Spiderweb
Buffet
Play Things
The Hiding Place
Child of Hope
The Floater
Occupations
S*P*Y*S
The Emergency Channel
Alma Mater
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