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