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Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne was an English actor. He portrayed 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 won four BAFTA TV Awards for Best Light Entertainment Performance. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in The Madness of King George (1994). He later won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor, for the 1996 series The Fragile Heart. He was also an Olivier Award and Tony Award winner for his work in theatre.
Birth Name
Nigel Barnard Hawthorne
Born
Friday, 05 April 1929
Died
Wednesday, 26 December 2001
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Fifty Years on Stage | George III | 2013 |
| Tory! Tory! Tory! | Sir Humphrey Appleby | 2006 |
| Once Upon a Halloween | Fflewddur Fflam | 2005 |
| Comedy Connections | Sir Humphrey Appleby | 2003 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2002 |
| Call Me Claus | Nick | 2001 |
| Uncorked | Uncle Cullen | 2001 |
| The Last Polar Bears | Narrator | 2000 |
| The Clandestine Marriage | Lord Ogleby | 1999 |
| A Reasonable Man | Judge Wendon | 1999 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Fifty Years on Stage | George III | 2013 |
| Tory! Tory! Tory! | Sir Humphrey Appleby | 2006 |
| Once Upon a Halloween | Fflewddur Fflam | 2005 |
| Comedy Connections | Sir Humphrey Appleby | 2003 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2002 |
| Call Me Claus | Nick | 2001 |
| Uncorked | Uncle Cullen | 2001 |
| The Last Polar Bears | Narrator | 2000 |
| The Clandestine Marriage | Lord Ogleby | 1999 |
| A Reasonable Man | Judge Wendon | 1999 |
| Tarzan | Professor Porter / Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice) | 1999 |
| The Big Brass Ring | Kim Mennaker / Kim | 1999 |
| The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow | 1999 |
| Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey | Sir Percy Loraine | 1999 |
| Madeline | Lord Covington | 1998 |
| Animal Stories | Narrated by | 1998 |
| The Object of My Affection | Rodney Fraser | 1998 |
| Amistad | Martin Van Buren | 1997 |
| Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | David Livingstone | 1997 |
| Funny Women | Self | 1997 |
| Murder in Mind | Dr. Ellis | 1997 |
| The Fragile Heart | Edgar Pascoe | 1996 |
| Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 1996 |
| Inside | Colonel / Colonel Kruger | 1996 |
| Richard III | Duke of Clarence / The Duke of Clarence | 1995 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1995 |
| The Madness of King George | George III | 1994 |
| Late Flowering Lust | Cousin John | 1994 |
| Demolition Man | Dr. Raymond Cocteau | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Brigadier G (voice) / Brigadier G | 1992 |
| The Trials of Oz | Brian Leary | 1991 |
| Performance | Brian Leary | 1991 |
| The 45th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1991 |
| King of the Wind | Achmet | 1990 |
| Relatively Speaking | Philip Carter | 1990 |
| A Handful of Time | Ted Walker | 1989 |
| The Play on One | John | 1988 |
| Yes, Prime Minister | Sir Humphrey Appleby / Humphrey Appleby | 1986 |
| Turtle Diary | The Publisher / Publisher | 1985 |
| The Black Cauldron | Fflewddur Fflam / Fflewddur Fflam (voice) | 1985 |
| Jenny's War | Colonel | 1985 |
| Mapp & Lucia | Georgie Pillson | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Kryst | 1985 |
| The Chain | Mr Thorn / Mr. Thorn | 1984 |
| An Audience with Kenneth Williams | Self | 1983 |
| Natural World | Self - Narrator | 1983 |
| Dead on Time | Doctor | 1983 |
| Gandhi | Kinnoch | 1982 |
| The Barchester Chronicles | Dr. Grantly | 1982 |
| The Plague Dogs | Dr. Boycott (voice) / Dr. Boycott | 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 | 1982 |
| Memoirs of a Survivor | Victorian Father | 1981 |
| History of the World: Part I | Citizen Official - The French Revolution | 1981 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Mr. CJ Stryver | 1980 |
| The Good Companions | Rev. Chillingford | 1980 |
| The Tempest | Stephano | 1980 |
| Yes Minister | Humphrey Appleby / Sir Humphrey Appleby | 1980 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Charles Drummond | 1979 |
| Thomas and Sarah | Wilson | 1979 |
| The Knowledge | Mr Burgess / Mr. Burgess | 1979 |
| Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Walter Monkton | 1978 |
| Watership Down | Capt. Campion / Captain Campion (voice) | 1978 |
| The Sailor's Return | Mr. Fosse | 1978 |
| Holocaust | Ohldendorf | 1978 |
| Sweeney 2 | Dilke / Detective Chief Inspector Dilke | 1978 |
| Going Straight | Worm Wellings | 1978 |
| Warrior Queen | Catus Decianus | 1978 |
| Marie Curie | Pierre Curie | 1977 |
| Just William | Mr. Croombe | 1977 |
| Bill Brand | Browning | 1976 |
| Couples | Mr. Laker | 1975 |
| The Hiding Place | Pastor De Ruiter | 1975 |
| Occupations | Libertini | 1974 |
| S*P*Y*S | Croft | 1974 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Fenton / Tenby | 1974 |
| Crown Court | Dr. William Ranford | 1972 |
| Young Winston | Boer Sentry | 1972 |
| Play for Today | Václav Havel / Police Captain / Mr. Edmonds / Morris Shelman / Major / Major Lewis Rolfe / Jack / Graham / Fulton | 1970 |
| Hadleigh | Oliver Mason | 1969 |
| The Gnomes of Dulwich | Gnome | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Hugh | 1969 |
| Dad's Army | the Angry Man | 1968 |
| ITV Playhouse | Trevor | 1967 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Mr. Sneer | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Detective | Temple Doorkeeper | 1964 |
| Bud | Trefor Jones | 1963 |
| The Desperate People | Cliff Fletcher | 1963 |
| Man of the World | 1962 | |
| Carve Her Name with Pride | Polish Soldier in Park | 1958 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Colin Davies | 1957 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Uncorked | 2001 |
| The Clandestine Marriage | 1999 |
| Murder in Mind | 1997 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1995 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
