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.
Filmography
The Floater
1975 · 10.0
Animal Stories
2005 · 10.0
Relatively Speaking
1989 · 10.0
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
1996 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
Yes Minister
1980 · 8.3
Yes, Prime Minister
1986 · 8.3
Marie Curie
1977 · 8.0
RARG
1988 · 8.0
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981 · 8.0
The Plague Dogs
1982 · 7.8
Going Straight
1978 · 7.7
A Woman Called Golda
1982 · 7.7
Gandhi
1982 · 7.6
Victoria & Albert
2001 · 7.6
Dad's Army
1968 · 7.5
The Desperate People
1963 · 7.5
Pope John Paul II
1984 · 7.5
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982 · 7.5
Tarzan
1999 · 7.4
Natural World
1983 · 7.4
Holocaust
1978 · 7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · 7.3
Omnibus
1967 · 7.2
Man of the World
1962 · 7.2
Bill Brand
1976 · 7.2
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983 · 7.2
Watership Down
1978 · 7.2
Amistad
1997 · 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967 · 7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 7.0
Playhouse
1974 · 7.0
Twelfth Night
1996 · 7.0
King of the Wind
1990 · 7.0
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983 · 7.0
The Chain
1984 · 7.0
The Clandestine Marriage
1999 · 7.0
The Tempest
1980 · 7.0
The Hiding Place
1975 · 6.9
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · 6.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · 6.8
The Madness of King George
1994 · 6.8
Richard III
1995 · 6.8
The Winslow Boy
1999 · 6.8
Demolition Man
1993 · 6.8
History of the World: Part I
1981 · 6.7
Jenny's War
1985 · 6.7
Warrior Queen
1978 · 6.7
Play for Today
1970 · 6.6
Dead on Time
1983 · 6.6
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · 6.5
The Knowledge
1979 · 6.5
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997 · 6.5
The Black Cauldron
1985 · 6.4
Higher Love
2001 · 6.4
Performance
1991 · 6.3
Young Winston
1972 · 6.3
Turtle Diary
1985 · 6.3
The Trials of Oz
1991 · 6.3
Mapp & Lucia
1985 · 6.2
Madeline
1998 · 6.2
Sweeney 2
1978 · 6.2
The Sailor's Return
1978 · 6.2
Firefox
1982 · 6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980 · 6.1
ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · 6.0
The Play on One
1988 · 6.0
Thomas & Sarah
1979 · 6.0
Victoria & Albert
2001 · 6.0
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · 6.0
Once Upon a Halloween
2005 · 6.0
Jenny's War
1985 · 6.0
The Object of My Affection
1998 · 5.8
Call Me Claus
2001 · 5.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 · 5.7
A Reasonable Man
1999 · 5.7
The House
1984 · 5.7
Murder in Mind
1997 · 5.5
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 5.2
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992 · 5.2
S*P*Y*S
1974 · 5.2
A Handful of Time
1989 · 5.1
Inside
1996 · 4.8
The Big Brass Ring
1999 · 4.6
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981 · 4.2
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
1999 · 3.0
Spiderweb
1976 · 0.0
Theatre Night
1985 · 0.0
Animal Stories
1998 · 0.0
Russell Harty
1980 · 0.0
Occupations
1974 · 0.0
The Fragile Heart
1996 · 0.0
Great Comedy Moments
2001 · 0.0
The Other Side
1979 · 0.0
Play Things
1976 · 0.0
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982 · 0.0
The Misanthrope
1980 · 0.0
The Happy Prince
1996 · 0.0
The Critic
1982 · 0.0
A Rod of Iron
1980 · 0.0
Late-Flowering Lust
1994 · 0.0
The Enigma
1980 · 0.0