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Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne is known for acting, with popular credits including History of the World: Part I, Firefox, The Black Cauldron, The Plague Dogs.

Born 05 Apr 1929 Hertfordshire, England, UK

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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.

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2013 Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected as Self (Archive Material) movie 2005 Once Upon a Halloween as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound) movie 2005 Animal Stories as Narrator (Orig. U.K.) movie 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited) movie 2001 Call Me Claus as Nick movie 2001 Victoria & Albert as Lord William Lamb movie 2001 Victoria & Albert as Viscount Melbourne tv 2001 Higher Love as Uncle Cullen movie 1999 The Clandestine Marriage as Lord Ogleby movie 1999 A Reasonable Man as Judge Wendon movie 1999 Tarzan as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice) movie 1999 The Big Brass Ring as Kim Mennaker movie 1999 The Winslow Boy as Arthur Winslow movie 1999 Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador movie 1998 Madeline as Lord Covington movie 1998 Animal Stories as Narrator (voice) tv 1998 The Object of My Affection as Rodney Fraser movie 1998 Parkinson as Self tv 1997 Amistad as Martin Van Buren movie 1997 Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as David Livingstone movie 1997 Murder in Mind as Dr. Ellis movie 1996 The Fragile Heart as Dr. Edgar Pascoe tv 1996 Twelfth Night as Malvolio movie 1996 Inside as Colonel movie 1996 Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow as Narrator tv 1996 The Happy Prince as Narrator (voice) movie 1995 Richard III as The Duke of Clarence movie 1994 The Madness of King George as George III movie 1994 Late-Flowering Lust as Cousin John movie 1994 Portrait or Bust as Himself (uncredited) movie 1993 Demolition Man as Dr. Raymond Cocteau movie 1992 Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Brigadier G (voice) movie 1992 Flea Bites as Kryst movie 1991 The Trials of Oz as Brian Leary movie 1991 Performance as Brian Leary tv 1990 King of the Wind as Achmet movie 1989 Relatively Speaking as Philip Carter movie 1989 A Handful of Time as Ted Walker movie 1989 The Spirit of Man as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon movie 1989 The Shawl as John movie 1988 RARG as Storyteller movie 1988 The Play on One as John tv 1986 ScreenPlay as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon tv 1986 Yes, Prime Minister as Sir Humphrey Appleby tv 1985 Turtle Diary as Publisher movie 1985 Jenny's War as Colonel movie 1985 Theatre Night as Harpagon tv 1985 The Black Cauldron as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) movie 1985 Jenny's War as Colonel tv 1985 Mapp & Lucia as Georgie Pillson tv 1984 The Chain as Mr Thorn movie 1984 The House as General Fagg movie 1984 Pope John Paul II as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski movie 1983 Natural World as Narrator tv 1983 Tartuffe, or The Imposter as Orgon movie 1983 The Crimson Permanent Assurance as Passerby (uncredited) movie 1983 Dead on Time as Doctor movie 1982 The Funny Side of Christmas as Sir Humphrey Appleby movie 1982 Gandhi as Kinnoch movie 1982 The Barchester Chronicles as Dr Grantly tv 1982 The Plague Dogs as Dr. Boycott (voice) movie 1982 The Critic as Mr. Sneer movie 1982 Firefox as Pyotr Baranovich movie 1982 The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as John Westwood movie 1982 A Woman Called Golda as King Abdullah movie 1982 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial movie 1981 Protest as Stanek / Vanek movie 1981 Memoirs of a Survivor as Victorian Father movie 1981 History of the World: Part I as Citizen Official - The French Revolution movie 1981 A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado as Fulton movie 1980 Jessie as Mr Edmonds movie 1980 A Tale of Two Cities as Mr. CJ Stryver movie 1980 Russell Harty tv 1980 A Rod of Iron as Trevor movie 1980 The Tempest as Stephano movie 1980 Yes Minister as Sir Humphrey Appleby tv 1980 The Enigma as Fenton movie 1980 The Misanthrope as Philinte movie 1979 The Other Side as Skellow tv 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Charles Drummond tv

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Nigel Hawthorne is known for acting, with popular credits including History of the World: Part I, Firefox, The Black Cauldron, The Plague Dogs.

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Nigel Hawthorne is 97 years old, based on the birthday listed by TMDB.

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Nigel Hawthorne is known for credits including History of the World: Part I, Firefox, The Black Cauldron, The Plague Dogs, The Madness of King George.

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