Personal Info
Birthday
April 5, 1929
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Nigel Hawthorne
Biography
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.
Acting Filmography (108)
No Backdrop
7.0
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
Movie2013
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6.2
Once Upon a Halloween
Movie2005
5.7
Call Me Claus
Movie2001
7.6
Victoria & Albert
Movie2001
6.0
Victoria & Albert
TV Series2001
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6.4
Higher Love
Movie2001
7.0
The Clandestine Marriage
Movie1999
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5.7
A Reasonable Man
Movie1999
7.4
Tarzan
Movie1999
4.6
The Big Brass Ring
Movie1999
6.8
The Winslow Boy
Movie1999
3.0
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
Movie1999
6.2
Madeline
Movie1998
0.0
Animal Stories
TV Series1998
5.8
The Object of My Affection
Movie1998
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0.0
Parkinson
TV Series1998
7.0
Amistad
Movie1997
No Backdrop
6.5
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
Movie1997
5.5
Murder in Mind
Movie1997
0.0
The Fragile Heart
TV Series1996
7.0
Twelfth Night
Movie1996
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4.8
Inside
Movie1996
9.0
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
TV Series1996
0.0
The Happy Prince
Movie1996
6.8
Richard III
Movie1995
6.8
The Madness of King George
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Late-Flowering Lust
Movie1994
6.8
Demolition Man
Movie1993
5.3
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Movie1992
6.3
The Trials of Oz
Movie1991
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6.3
Performance
TV Series1991
7.0
King of the Wind
Movie1990
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10.0
Relatively Speaking
Movie1989
5.1
A Handful of Time
Movie1989
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10.0
The Spirit of Man
Movie1989
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0.0
The Shawl
Movie1989
8.0
RARG
Movie1988
6.0
The Play on One
TV Series1988
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6.0
ScreenPlay
TV Series1986
8.3
Yes, Prime Minister
TV Series1986
6.3
Turtle Diary
Movie1985
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6.0
Jenny's War
Movie1985
0.0
Theatre Night
TV Series1985
6.4
The Black Cauldron
Movie1985
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6.7
Jenny's War
TV Series1985
6.3
Mapp & Lucia
TV Series1985
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7.0
The Chain
Movie1984
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5.7
The House
Movie1984
7.5
Pope John Paul II
Movie1984
7.4
Natural World
TV Series1983
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7.0
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
Movie1983
7.2
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Movie1983
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6.7
Dead on Time
Movie1983
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0.0
The Funny Side of Christmas
Movie1982
7.6
Gandhi
Movie1982
7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
TV Series1982
7.8
The Plague Dogs
Movie1982
6.1
Firefox
Movie1982
No Backdrop
7.5
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Movie1982
7.7
A Woman Called Golda
Movie1982
5.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie1982
No Backdrop
0.0
Protest
Movie1981
No Backdrop
4.2
Memoirs of a Survivor
Movie1981
6.8
History of the World: Part I
Movie1981
No Backdrop
8.0
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Movie1981
No Backdrop
10.0
Jessie
Movie1980
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie1980
No Backdrop
7.0
The Tempest
Movie1980
8.3
Yes Minister
TV Series1980
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0.0
The Enigma
Movie1980
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0.0
The Misanthrope
Movie1980
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
TV Series1979
6.5
The Knowledge
Movie1979
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV Series1978
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6.2
The Sailor's Return
Movie1978
6.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
TV Series1978
10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Movie1978
7.2
Watership Down
Movie1978
7.3
Holocaust
TV Series1978
6.2
Sweeney 2
Movie1978
7.7
Going Straight
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
6.7
Warrior Queen
TV Series1978
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8.0
Destiny
Movie1978
8.0
Marie Curie
TV Series1977
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9.0
Buffet
Movie1976
7.3
Bill Brand
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
0.0
Play Things
Movie1976
No Backdrop
0.0
Spiderweb
Movie1976
No Backdrop
10.0
The Floater
Movie1975
6.9
The Hiding Place
Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0
Child of Hope
Movie1975
5.3
S*P*Y*S
Movie1974
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0.0
Occupations
Movie1974
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7.0
Playhouse
TV Series1974
No Backdrop
0.0
The Emergency Channel
Movie1973
6.2
Young Winston
Movie1972
No Backdrop
8.0
Alma Mater
Movie1971
6.6
Play for Today
TV Series1970
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7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV Series1969
7.4
Dad's Army
TV Series1968
7.2
Omnibus
TV Series1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
TV Series1967
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
7.5
The Desperate People
TV Series1963
7.2
Man of the World
TV Series1962
6.0
Carve Her Name with Pride
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951