Nigel Hawthorne

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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.

Filmography

• Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected (2013)
• Once Upon a Halloween (2005)
• Animal Stories (2005)
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
• Call Me Claus (2001)
• Victoria & Albert (2001)
• Higher Love (2001)
• The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
• A Reasonable Man (1999)
• Tarzan (1999)
• The Big Brass Ring (1999)
• The Winslow Boy (1999)
• Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey (1999)
• Madeline (1998)
• The Object of My Affection (1998)
• Amistad (1997)
• Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
• Murder in Mind (1997)
• Twelfth Night (1996)
• Inside (1996)
• The Happy Prince (1996)
• Richard III (1995)
• The Madness of King George (1994)
• Late-Flowering Lust (1994)
• Portrait or Bust (1994)
• Demolition Man (1993)
• Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992)
• Flea Bites (1992)
• The Trials of Oz (1991)
• King of the Wind (1990)
• Relatively Speaking (1989)
• A Handful of Time (1989)
• The Spirit of Man (1989)
• The Shawl (1989)
• RARG (1988)
• Turtle Diary (1985)
• Jenny's War (1985)
• The Black Cauldron (1985)
• The Chain (1984)
• The House (1984)
• Pope John Paul II (1984)
• Tartuffe, or The Imposter (1983)
• The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
• Dead on Time (1983)
• The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)
• Gandhi (1982)
• The Plague Dogs (1982)
• The Critic (1982)
• Firefox (1982)
• The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
• A Woman Called Golda (1982)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
• Protest (1981)
• Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
• History of the World: Part I (1981)
• A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado (1981)
• Jessie (1980)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
• A Rod of Iron (1980)
• The Tempest (1980)
• The Enigma (1980)
• The Misanthrope (1980)
• The Knowledge (1979)
• The Sailor's Return (1978)
• Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
• Watership Down (1978)
• Sweeney 2 (1978)
• Destiny (1978)
• Buffet (1976)
• Play Things (1976)
• Spiderweb (1976)
• The Floater (1975)
• The Hiding Place (1975)
• Child of Hope (1975)
• S*P*Y*S (1974)
• Occupations (1974)
• The Emergency Channel (1973)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Alma Mater (1971)
• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)