Personal Info
Nigel Hawthorne
Acting
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 Nomi…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
as Self (Archive Material)
Once Upon a Halloween
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Animal Stories
as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
Call Me Claus
as Nick
Victoria & Albert
as Lord William Lamb
Higher Love
as Uncle Cullen
Tarzan
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
The Big Brass Ring
as Kim Mennaker
TV Shows
Victoria & Albert
as Viscount Melbourne · 2 ep.
Parkinson
as Self · 1 ep.
Animal Stories
as Narrator (voice) · 52 ep.
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
as Narrator · 10 ep.
The Fragile Heart
as Dr. Edgar Pascoe · 3 ep.
Performance
as Brian Leary · 1 ep.
The Play on One
as John · 1 ep.
Yes, Prime Minister
as Sir Humphrey Appleby · 16 ep.
Theatre Night
as Harpagon · 1 ep.
Mapp & Lucia
as Georgie Pillson · 10 ep.
