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