Nigel Hawthorne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 5, 1929, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Died
- December 26, 2001
- Movies
- 80
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2013 | Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected | Self (Archive Material) |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Halloween | Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound) |
| 2005 | Animal Stories | Narrator (Orig. U.K.) |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Call Me Claus | Nick |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | Lord William Lamb |
| 2001 | Higher Love | Uncle Cullen |
| 1999 | The Clandestine Marriage | Lord Ogleby |
| 1999 | A Reasonable Man | Judge Wendon |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice) |
| 1999 | The Big Brass Ring | Kim Mennaker |
| 1999 | The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow |
| 1999 | Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey | Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador |
| 1998 | Madeline | Lord Covington |
| 1998 | The Object of My Affection | Rodney Fraser |
| 1997 | Amistad | Martin Van Buren |
| 1997 | Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | David Livingstone |
| 1997 | Murder in Mind | Dr. Ellis |
| 1996 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio |
| 1996 | Inside | Colonel |
| 1996 | The Happy Prince | Narrator (voice) |
| 1995 | Richard III | The Duke of Clarence |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | George III |
| 1994 | Late-Flowering Lust | Cousin John |
| 1994 | Portrait or Bust | Himself (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Demolition Man | Dr. Raymond Cocteau |
| 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7. | Brigadier G (voice) |
| 1992 | Flea Bites | Kryst |
| 1991 | The Trials of Oz | Brian Leary |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Achmet |
| 1989 | Relatively Speaking | Philip Carter |
| 1989 | A Handful of Time | Ted Walker |
| 1989 | The Spirit of Man | Rev. Jonathan Guerdon |
| 1989 | The Shawl | John |
| 1988 | RARG | Storyteller |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | Publisher |
| 1985 | Jenny's War | Colonel |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Fflewddur Fflam (voice) |
| 1984 | The Chain | Mr Thorn |
| 1984 | The House | General Fagg |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski |
| 1983 | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Orgon |
| 1983 | The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Passerby (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Dead on Time | Doctor |
| 1982 | The Funny Side of Christmas | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Kinnoch |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Dr. Boycott (voice) |
| 1982 | The Critic | Mr. Sneer |
| 1982 | Firefox | Pyotr Baranovich |
| 1982 | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | John Westwood |
| 1982 | A Woman Called Golda | King Abdullah |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial |
| 1981 | Protest | Stanek / Vanek |
| 1981 | Memoirs of a Survivor | Victorian Father |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I | Citizen Official - The French Revolution |
| 1981 | A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado | Fulton |
| 1980 | Jessie | Mr Edmonds |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities | Mr. CJ Stryver |
| 1980 | A Rod of Iron | Trevor |
| 1980 | The Tempest | Stephano |
| 1980 | The Enigma | Fenton |
| 1980 | The Misanthrope | Philinte |
| 1979 | The Knowledge | Mr Burgess |
| 1978 | The Sailor's Return | Mr Fosse |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Walter Monkton |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Captain Campion (voice) |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Det. Chief Insp. Dilke |
| 1978 | Destiny | Major Lewis Rolfe |
| 1976 | Buffet | Jack |
| 1976 | Play Things | Tenby |
| 1976 | Spiderweb | Erik Lönnrot |
| 1975 | The Floater | Morris Shelman |
| 1975 | The Hiding Place | Pastor De Ruiter |
| 1975 | Child of Hope | Police Captain |
| 1974 | S*P*Y*S | Croft |
| 1974 | Occupations | Libertini |
| 1973 | The Emergency Channel | Graham |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Boer Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Alma Mater | Major |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Park Soldier (uncredited) |
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