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

• 2005Animal Stories — Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
• 2005Once Upon a Halloween — Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2001Call Me Claus — Nick
• 2001Higher Love — Uncle Cullen, Executive Producer
• 2001Victoria & Albert — Lord William Lamb
• Victoria & Albert — Viscount Melbourne
• 1999A Reasonable Man — Judge Wendon
• 1999Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey — Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
• 1999Tarzan — Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
• 1999The Big Brass Ring — Kim Mennaker
• 1999The Clandestine Marriage — Lord Ogleby
• 1999The Winslow Boy — Arthur Winslow
• Animal Stories — Narrator (voice)
• 1998Madeline — Lord Covington
• 1998The Object of My Affection — Rodney Fraser
• 1997Amistad — Martin Van Buren
• 1997Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone — David Livingstone
• 1997Murder in Mind — Dr. Ellis, Associate Producer
• 1996Inside — Colonel
• Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow — Narrator
• The Fragile Heart — Dr. Edgar Pascoe
• 1996The Happy Prince — Narrator (voice)
• 1996Twelfth Night — Malvolio
• 1995Richard III — The Duke of Clarence
• 1994Late-Flowering Lust — Cousin John
• 1994The Madness of King George — George III
• 1993Demolition Man — Dr. Raymond Cocteau
• 1992Flea Bites — Kryst
• 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7. — Brigadier G (voice)
• Performance — Brian Leary
• 1991The Trials of Oz — Brian Leary
• 1990King of the Wind — Achmet
• 1989A Handful of Time — Ted Walker
• 1989Relatively Speaking — Philip Carter
• 1989The Shawl — John
• 1989The Spirit of Man — Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
• 1988RARG — Storyteller
• The Play on One — John
• ScreenPlay — Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
• Yes, Prime Minister — Sir Humphrey Appleby
• 1985Jenny's War — Colonel
• Jenny's War — Colonel
• Mapp & Lucia — Georgie Pillson
• 1985The Black Cauldron — Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
• Theatre Night — Harpagon
• 1985Turtle Diary — Publisher
• 1984Pope John Paul II — Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
• 1984The Chain — Mr Thorn
• 1984The House — General Fagg
• 1983Dead on Time — Doctor
• Natural World — Narrator
• 1983Tartuffe, or The Imposter — Orgon
• 1983The Crimson Permanent Assurance — Passerby (uncredited)
• 1982A Woman Called Golda — King Abdullah
• 1982Firefox — Pyotr Baranovich
• 1982Gandhi — Kinnoch
• The Barchester Chronicles — Dr Grantly
• 1982The Critic — Mr. Sneer
• 1982The Funny Side of Christmas — Sir Humphrey Appleby
• 1982The Hunchback of Notre Dame — Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
• 1982The Plague Dogs — Dr. Boycott (voice)
• 1982The World Cup: A Captain's Tale — John Westwood
• 1981A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado — Fulton
• 1981History of the World: Part I — Citizen Official - The French Revolution
• 1981Memoirs of a Survivor — Victorian Father
• 1981Protest — Stanek / Vanek
• 1980A Rod of Iron — Trevor
• 1980A Tale of Two Cities — Mr. CJ Stryver
• 1980Jessie — Mr Edmonds
• Russell Harty
• 1980The Enigma — Fenton
• 1980The Misanthrope — Philinte
• 1980The Tempest — Stephano
• Yes Minister — Sir Humphrey Appleby
• Tales of the Unexpected — Charles Drummond
• 1979The Knowledge — Mr Burgess
• The Other Side — Skellow
• Thomas & Sarah — Wilson
• 1978Destiny — Major Lewis Rolfe
• 1978Edward & Mrs. Simpson — Walter Monkton
• Edward and Mrs Simpson — Walter Monkton
• Going Straight — Worm Wellings
• Holocaust — Ohldendorf
• 1978Sweeney 2 — Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Stephano
• 1978The Sailor's Return — Mr Fosse
• Warrior Queen — Catus Decianus
• 1978Watership Down — Captain Campion (voice)
• Marie Curie — Pierre Curie
• Bill Brand — Browning
• 1976Buffet — Jack
• 1976Play Things — Tenby
• 1976Spiderweb — Erik Lönnrot
• 1975Child of Hope — Police Captain
• 1975The Floater — Morris Shelman
• 1975The Hiding Place — Pastor De Ruiter
• 1974Occupations — Libertini
• Playhouse — Tenby, Fenton
• 1974S*P*Y*S — Croft
• 1973The Emergency Channel — Graham
• 1972Young Winston — Boer Sentry (uncredited)
• 1971Alma Mater — Major
• Play for Today — Graham, Major Lewis Rolfe, Jack, Morris Shelman, Police Captain, Stanek / Vanek, Fulton
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Hugh
• Dad's Army — Angry Man
• ITV Playhouse — Trevor
• Omnibus
• BBC Play of the Month — Mr Sneer, Philinte
• The Desperate People — Cliff Fletcher
• Man of the World — Assistant Director
• 1958Carve Her Name with Pride — Park Soldier (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Magistrate

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2013Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected — Self (Archive Material)
• Parkinson — Self
• 1994Portrait or Bust — Himself (uncredited)
• Film '72 — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Winner