
Nigel Hawthorne
Acting
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
2013Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
Self (Archive Material)
2005Once Upon a Halloween
Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
2001Higher Love
Uncle Cullen
2001Call Me Claus
Nick
2001Victoria & Albert
Lord William Lamb
1999The Winslow Boy
Arthur Winslow
1999Tarzan
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
1999The Big Brass Ring
Kim Mennaker
1999Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
1999The Clandestine Marriage
Lord Ogleby
1999A Reasonable Man
Judge Wendon
1998Madeline
Lord Covington
1998The Object of My Affection
Rodney Fraser
1997Amistad
Martin Van Buren
1997Murder in Mind
Dr. Ellis
1997Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
David Livingstone
1996Twelfth Night
Malvolio
1996Inside
Colonel
1996The Happy Prince
Narrator (voice)
1995Richard III
The Duke of Clarence
1994The Madness of King George
George III
1994Late-Flowering Lust
Cousin John
1993Demolition Man
Dr. Raymond Cocteau
1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Brigadier G (voice)