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Nigel Hawthorne
Acting
Biography
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.
BODY OF WORK
Nigel Hawthorne's Filmography
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Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
as Self (Archive Material)
Once Upon a Halloween
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
No Poster
Animal Stories
as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
No Poster
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Me Claus
as Nick
Victoria & Albert
as Lord William Lamb
Higher Love
as Uncle Cullen
The Clandestine Marriage
as Lord Ogleby
A Reasonable Man
as Judge Wendon
Tarzan
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
The Big Brass Ring
as Kim Mennaker
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
Madeline
as Lord Covington
The Object of My Affection
as Rodney Fraser
Amistad
as Martin Van Buren
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as David Livingstone
Murder in Mind
as Dr. Ellis
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
Inside
as Colonel
The Happy Prince
as Narrator (voice)
Richard III
as The Duke of Clarence
The Madness of King George
as George III
Late-Flowering Lust
as Cousin John
No Poster
Portrait or Bust
as Himself (uncredited)
Demolition Man
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Brigadier G (voice)
No Poster
Flea Bites
as Kryst
The Trials of Oz
as Brian Leary
King of the Wind
as Achmet
Relatively Speaking
as Philip Carter
A Handful of Time
as Ted Walker
The Spirit of Man
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
The Shawl
as John
RARG
as Storyteller
Turtle Diary
as Publisher
Jenny's War
as Colonel
The Black Cauldron
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
The Chain
as Mr Thorn
The House
as General Fagg
Pope John Paul II
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Orgon
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Passerby (uncredited)
Dead on Time
as Doctor
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Gandhi
as Kinnoch
The Plague Dogs
as Dr. Boycott (voice)
No Poster
The Critic
as Mr. Sneer
Firefox
as Pyotr Baranovich
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as John Westwood
A Woman Called Golda
as King Abdullah
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
Protest
as Stanek / Vanek
Memoirs of a Survivor
as Victorian Father
History of the World: Part I
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Fulton
Jessie
as Mr Edmonds
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mr. CJ Stryver
No Poster
A Rod of Iron
as Trevor
The Tempest
as Stephano
The Enigma
as Fenton
The Misanthrope
as Philinte
The Knowledge
as Mr Burgess
The Sailor's Return
as Mr Fosse
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Walter Monkton
Watership Down
as Captain Campion (voice)
Sweeney 2
as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
Destiny
as Major Lewis Rolfe
Buffet
as Jack
Play Things
as Tenby
Spiderweb
as Erik Lönnrot
The Floater
as Morris Shelman
The Hiding Place
as Pastor De Ruiter
Child of Hope
as Police Captain
S*P*Y*S
as Croft
Occupations
as Libertini
The Emergency Channel
as Graham
Young Winston
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
Alma Mater
as Major
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Park Soldier (uncredited)