Editing Nigel Hawthorne

{{Short description|English actor (1929–2001)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name             = Nigel Hawthorne
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}}
| image            = Nigel Hawthorne photo.jpg
| caption          = Hawthorne as the [[George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence|Duke of<br />Clarence]] in the 1995 film ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]''
| birth_name       = Nigel Barnard Hawthorne
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1929|04|05|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Coventry]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2001|12|26|1929|04|05|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Cold Christmas]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
| occupation       = Actor
| years_active     = 1950–2001
| partner          = [[Trevor Bentham]] (1979–2001)
}}

'''Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne''' (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of [[Sir Humphrey Appleby]], the [[permanent secretary]] in the 1980s sitcom ''[[Yes Minister]]'' and the [[Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)|Cabinet Secretary]] in its sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister''. For this role, he won four [[BAFTA TV Awards]] for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Light Entertainment Performance]].

He won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for portraying [[King George III]] in ''[[The Madness of King George]]'' (1994), having previously won an Olivier Award for the stage version. He later won the BAFTA TV Award for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], for the 1996 series ''[[The Fragile Heart]]''. He was also an [[Olivier Award]] and [[Tony Award]] winner for his work in theatre.

==Early life==
Hawthorne was born on 5 April 1929 in [[Coventry]], [[Warwickshire]] (now [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]), the second of four children of Agnes Rosemary (née Rice) and Charles Barnard Hawthorne, a physician.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/47/Nigel-Hawthorne.html "Nigel Hawthorne Biography],  FilmReference.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.</ref>

When Hawthorne was 3 years old, the family moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where his father had bought a practice. Initially they lived in [[Gardens, Cape Town|Gardens]] and then moved to a newly built house near [[Camps Bay]].<ref name=riley>Kathleen Riley (2004) [https://books.google.com/books?id=ucs-FWpTjp8C ''Nigel Hawthorne on Stage''], University of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield; {{ISBN|978-1-90280-629-7}}</ref>

He attended [[St. George's Grammar School (Cape Town)|St George's Grammar School]], [[Cape Town]], and, although the family was not Catholic, at a now-defunct [[List of Christian Brothers schools|Christian Brothers College]],<ref name="TCM">[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=83138&apid=0 Biography for Nigel Hawthorne]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, TCM.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.</ref> where he played in the rugby team.<ref name="green">Michael Green (2004) ''Around and About: Memoires of a South African Newspaperman'', David Philip Publishers, Cape Town; {{ISBN|0-86486-660-7}}</ref> He described his time at the latter as not being a particularly happy experience.<ref name="riley" />

He enrolled at the [[University of Cape Town]], where he met and sometimes acted in plays with [[Theo Aronson]] (later a well-known biographer), but withdrew and returned to the United Kingdom in the 1950s to pursue a career in acting.

==Career==
Hawthorne made his professional stage debut in 1950, playing Archie Fellows in a [[Cape Town]] production of ''[[The Shop at Sly Corner (play)|The Shop at Sly Corner]]''.<ref name="TCM"/> Unhappy in South Africa, he decided to move to London, where he performed in various small parts including a 1969 appearance in Series 3 Episode 1 of the classic TV comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]'' before becoming recognised as a great character actor.

Finding success in London, Hawthorne decided to try his luck in New York City and eventually got a part in a 1974 production of ''[[As You Like It]]'' on Broadway. Around this time, he was persuaded by [[Ian McKellen]] and [[Judi Dench]] to join the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. He also supplemented his income by appearing in television advertisements, including one for [[Mackeson Stout]], and in the early 1990s starred alongside [[Tom Conti]] in a long-running series of commercials for [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]].

He returned to the New York stage in 1990 in ''[[Shadowlands (play)|Shadowlands]]'' and won the 1991 [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff and agencies |title=Actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne dies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/dec/26/filmnews |work=The Guardian |date=26 December 2001 |access-date=17 October 2017 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Although Hawthorne had appeared in small roles in various British television series since the late 1950s, his most famous role was as Sir [[Humphrey Appleby]], the Permanent Secretary of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in the television series ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (and Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister''), for which he won four [[BAFTA]] awards during the 1980s. He became a household name throughout the United Kingdom, which finally opened the doors to film roles. In 1982, Hawthorne appeared in [[Richard Attenborough]]'s ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'', alongside a distinguished international cast including [[Martin Sheen]], [[John Mills]], [[Candice Bergen]], [[John Gielgud]], [[Ian Charleson]] and [[Ben Kingsley]]. That same year, he starred opposite [[Clint Eastwood]] in the [[Cold War]] thriller ''[[Firefox (film)|Firefox]]'', where he played a dissident Russian scientist.

Other film roles during this time included ''[[Demolition Man (film)|Demolition Man]]'', which he detested for being "brainless" and a "cheap picture". This period led into his most famous role: that of [[King George III]] in [[Alan Bennett]]'s stage play ''[[The Madness of George III]]'' (for which he won a Best Actor Olivier Award) and then the film adaptation titled ''[[The Madness of King George]]'', for which he received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Actor and won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor. (The title was changed lest US audiences misunderstand ‘III’.)

After this success his friend Ian McKellen asked him to play his doomed brother, Clarence, in ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'', and [[Steven Spielberg]] asked him to play lame-duck president [[Martin Van Buren]] in ''[[Amistad (film)|Amistad]]''. He won a sixth BAFTA for the 1996 TV mini-series ''The Fragile Heart''. He also drew praise for his role of Georgie Pillson in the [[London Weekend Television]] series ''[[Mapp and Lucia (1985 TV series)|Mapp and Lucia]]''.

Hawthorne was also a voice actor and lent his voice to two [[Disney]] films: [[Fflewddur Fflam]] in ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' (1985) and Professor Porter in ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]'' (1999). He also voiced Captain Campion in the animated film adaptation of ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (1978).

==Personal life==
An intensely private person, he was annoyed at having been [[outed]] as gay in 1995 in the publicity surrounding the [[67th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]], but he did attend the ceremony with his long-time partner, [[Trevor Bentham]], and afterwards he spoke openly about being gay in interviews and in his autobiography, ''Straight Face'',<ref>Nigel Hawthorne (2002) ''Straight Face'', Hodder & Stoughton, London {{ISBN|978-0-34076-942-3}}</ref> which was published posthumously.<ref>Hubbard, Michael; [http://www.musicomh.com/comment/straight-face.htm "Straight Face by Nigel Hawthorne"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211122234/http://www.musicomh.com/comment/straight-face.htm |date=11 December 2006}} ''MusicOMH.com'' (Retrieved: 18 August 2009)</ref>

Hawthorne met Bentham in 1968 when the latter was stage-managing the [[Royal Court Theatre]]. From 1979 until Hawthorne's death in 2001 they lived together in [[Radwell, Hertfordshire|Radwell]] and then at [[Thundridge]], both in [[Hertfordshire]]. The two of them became fund-raisers for the North Hertfordshire [[hospice]] and other local charities.<ref name="Payne">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1366379/Sir-Nigel-Hawthorne-dies-of-heart-attack-aged-72.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1366379/Sir-Nigel-Hawthorne-dies-of-heart-attack-aged-72.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Nigel Hawthorne dies of heart attack aged 72|last=Payne|first=Stewart|date=27 December 2001|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=24 November 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Death==
Hawthorne died from a heart attack at his home on 26 December 2001, aged 72.<ref name = Payne/> He had recently undergone several operations for [[pancreatic cancer]], which he was diagnosed with in mid-2000, but had been discharged from hospital for the Christmas holidays.<ref name = Payne/> He was survived by Bentham, and his funeral service was held at St Mary's, the parish church of Thundridge near [[Ware, Hertfordshire]], following which he was cremated at Stevenage Crematorium.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 20441-20442). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> His funeral was attended by [[Derek Fowlds]], who had played Bernard in ''Yes, Minister'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister'', [[Maureen Lipman]], [[Charles Dance]], [[Loretta Swit]] and [[Frederick Forsyth]] along with friends and local people. The service was led by the Right Reverend [[Christopher Herbert]], the [[Bishop of St Albans]]. The coffin had a wreath of white lilies and orchids and Bentham was one of the [[pallbearer]]s.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/10/filmnews 'Friends pay tribute to Nigel Hawthorne'] – ''[[The Guardian]]'' 10 January 2002</ref>

On hearing of Hawthorne's death [[Alan Bennett]] described him in his diary: "Courteous, grand, a man of the world and superb at what he did, with his technique never so obvious as to become familiar as, say, [[Laurence Olivier|Olivier's]] did or [[Alec Guinness]]'s."<ref>{{cite book|first=Alan|last=Bennett|author-link=Alan Bennett|title=Untold Stories|publisher=Faber & Faber|location=London, England|date=2005|page=302}}</ref>

==Honours==
He was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1987 New Year Honours|1987 New Years Honours List]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1987 New Year Honours |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50764/supplement/8 |website=[[The London Gazette]]}}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[1999 New Year Honours|1999 New Years Honours List]] "for services to the Theatre, Film and Television."<ref name="Guard271201">Barker, Dennis; [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/dec/27/guardianobituaries.media "Sir Nigel Hawthorne"] ''[[The Guardian]]'', 27 December 2001 (Retrieved: 18 August 2009)</ref><ref>UK list: {{London Gazette |date=31 December 1998 |supp=1 |issue=55354 |pages=2}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]''
| Polish Soldier in Park
| rowspan="2" | Uncredited
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Young Winston]]''
| Boer Sentry
|-
| 1974
| ''[[S*P*Y*S]]''
| Croft
|Parody / Action / Comedy
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1975
| ''[[The Hiding Place (film)|The Hiding Place]]''
| Pastor De Ruiter
|Prison Drama / History
|-
| ''[[Decisions! Decisions!|Decisions, Decisions]]''
| Unknown
| rowspan="2" | Short
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Spiderweb (film)|Spiderweb]]''
| Lonnrot
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1978
| ''[[Sweeney 2]]''
| Dilke
|Action / Crime / Thriller
|-
| ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]''
| Captain Campion
| Voice, credited as Nigel Hawthorn
|-
| ''[[The Sailor's Return (film)|The Sailor's Return]]''
| Mr Fosse
|Drama
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''[[History of the World: Part I]]''
| Citizen Official
| (The French Revolution)
|-
| ''[[Memoirs of a Survivor (film)|Memoirs of a Survivor]]''
| Victorian Father
|Sci-Fi
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1982
| ''[[Firefox (film)|Firefox]]''
| Dr Pyotr Baranovich
|Adventure / Action / Thriller
|-
| ''[[The Plague Dogs (film)|The Plague Dogs]]''
| Dr Boycott
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''
| Kinnoch
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Dead on Time (1983 film)|Dead on Time]]''
| Doctor
| Short
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]''
| Clerk/pirate
| ''[[The Crimson Permanent Assurance]]'' short
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Chain (1984 film)|The Chain]]''
| Mr Thorn
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]''
| [[Fflewddur Fflam]]
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Turtle Diary]]''
| The Publisher
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Rarg''
| The Storyteller
| Short film
|-
| 1989
| ''[[A Handful of Time]]''
| Ted Walker
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[King of the Wind (film)|King of the Wind]]''
| Achmet
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Freddie as F.R.O.7]].''
| Brigadier General
| Voice
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Demolition Man (film)|Demolition Man]]''
| Dr Raymond Cocteau
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Madness of King George]]''
| King [[George III]]
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]''
| [[George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence|Clarence]]
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Twelfth Night (1996 film)|Twelfth Night or What You Will]]''
| [[Malvolio]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Murder in Mind (film)|Murder in Mind]]''
| Dr Ellis
| Also associate producer
|-
| ''[[Amistad (film)|Amistad]]''
| President [[Martin Van Buren]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
| ''[[The Object of My Affection]]''
| Rodney Fraser
|
|-
| ''[[Madeline (1998 film)|Madeline]]''
| Lord Covington
| (segment "Lord Cucuface")
|-
| ''[[At Sachem Farm]]''
| Uncle Cullen
| Also executive producer
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1999
| ''[[The Big Brass Ring]]''
| Kim
|
|-
| ''[[The Winslow Boy (1999 film)|The Winslow Boy]]''
| Arthur Winslow
|
|-
| ''[[A Reasonable Man]]''
| Judge Wendon
|
|-
| ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]''
| Professor Porter
| Voice
|-
| ''[[The Clandestine Marriage (film)|The Clandestine Marriage]]''
| Lord Ogleby
| Also associate producer
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Cry Wolf (1947 film)|Cry Wolf!]]''
| PC Bray
| Television movie<br />television debut
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1957
| ''[[The Goose Girl (1957 film)|The Goose Girl]]''
| Unknown
| rowspan="2" | Television movie
|-
| ''The Royal Astrologers''
| Third Thief
|-
| ''Bonehead''
| Bit Part
| Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| ''Huntingtower''
| Sinister Man
| Episode: "#1.3"
|-
| ''Villette''
| Second Footman
| Television miniseries; 2 episodes
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Last Man Out]]''
| Gestapo Man
| Episode: "The Way Out"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1963
| ''The Desperate People''
| Cliff Fletcher
| recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Man of the World (TV series)|Man of the World]]''
| Assistant Director
| Episode: "The Bandit"
|-
| ''Bud''
| Trefor Jones
| Episode: "#1.5"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1964
| ''Detective''
| Temple Doorkeeper
| Episode: "Death in Ecstasy"
|-
| ''[[Emergency-Ward 10]]''
| Colin Davies
| Episode: "#1.769"
|-
| 1965
| ''Jury Room''
| David Hemming, Juror
| Episode: "The Dilke Affair"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1969
| ''[[Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)|Mrs Wilson's Diary]]''
| [[Roy Jenkins]]
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[The Gnomes of Dulwich]]''
| Gnome
| Episode: "#1.6"
|-
| ''[[Dad's Army]]''
| The Angry Man
| Episode: "[[The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1971
| ''[[The Last of the Baskets]]''
| Mr Snodgrass
| Episode: "For Richer, for Poorer"
|-
| ''Hine''
| Freddy Ambercourt
| Episode: "Everything I Am I Owe"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Hadleigh (TV series)|Hadleigh]]''
| Oliver Mason
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| ''Occupations''
| Libertini
| rowspan="2" |Television movie
|-
| ''[[Miss Nightingale]]''
| Dr Lewis
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| ''Couples''
| Mr Laker
| recurring role; 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Bill Brand (TV series)|Bill Brand]]''
| Browning
| Television Miniseries; Episode: "Yarn"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1977
| ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]''
| Dr William Ranford
| Episode: "Beauty and the Beast (Part 1)"
|-
| ''[[Eleanor Marx]]''
| Engels
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Marie Curie]]''
| Pierre Curie
| Television miniseries; 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Just William (1970s TV series)|Just William]]''
| Mr Croombe
| Episode: "The Great Detective"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1978
| ''[[Warrior Queen]]''
| Catus Decianus
| recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| ''Breakaway Girls''
| Derek Carter
| Episode: "Sarah Carter"
|-
| ''[[Going Straight]]''
| "Worm" Wellings
| Episode: "Going Going Gone"
|-
| ''[[Holocaust (miniseries)|Holocaust]]''
| Ohldendorf
| Television miniseries; Episode: "Part 2"
|-
| ''[[Edward & Mrs. Simpson]]''
| [[Walter Monckton]]
| recurring role; 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1979
| ''[[Thomas and Sarah]]''
| Wilson
| Episode: "The New Rich"
|-
| ''The Other Side''
| Skellow
| Episode: "Underdog"
|-
| ''[[The Knowledge (film)|The Knowledge]]''
| Mr Burgess
| rowspan="3" | Television movie
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1980
| ''[[The Misanthrope]]''
| Philinte
|-
| ''[[The Tempest (1979 film)|The Tempest]]''
| Stephano
|-
| ''Jukes of Piccadilly''
| Brinsley Jukes
| recurring role; 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Good Companions (play)|The Good Companions]]''
| Reverend Chillingford
| Television miniseries; Episode: "Miss Trant Pays the Bill"
|-
| 1980
| ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
| Mr C.J. Stryver
| Television Movie
|-
| 1980–1984
| ''[[Yes Minister]]''
| [[Sir Humphrey Appleby]]
| series regular; 22 episodes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| Charles Drummond
| Episode: "The Last Bottle in the World"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1982
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| Magistrate at Esmeralda's Trial
| rowspan="3" | Television movie
|-
| ''[[A Woman Called Golda]]''
| King Abdullah
|-
| ''[[The World Cup: A Captain's Tale]]''
| John Westwood
|-
| ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]''
| Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly
| Television miniseries; 7 episodes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Tartuffe, or the Impostor|Tartuffe, or the Imposter]]''
| Orgon
| rowspan="3" | Television movie
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| ''[[Pope John Paul II (film)|Pope John Paul II]]''
| [[Stefan Wyszyński|Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski]]
|-
| ''The House''
| General Fagg
|-
| 1985–1986
| ''[[Mapp and Lucia (1985 TV series)|Mapp & Lucia]]''
| Georgie Pillson
| recurring role; 10 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Jenny's War]]''
| Colonel
| recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| 1986–1988
| ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]''
| Sir Humphrey Appleby
| series regular; 16 episodes
|-
| 1989
| ''The Play on One''
| John
| Episode: "The Shawl"
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Relatively Speaking (play anthology)|Relatively Speaking]]''
| Philip Carter
| Television movie
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Late Flowering Lust]]''
| Cousin John - poetry reader
| A "blend of music, poetry, dance, actor/dancers..."<ref name="n468">{{cite web | last=Lemomu | first=Damie | title=Vintage Adventures: Late Flowering Lust | website=New Adventures | date=2020-03-26 | url=https://www.new-adventures.net/news/late-flowering-lust | access-date=2024-11-14}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''Betjeman Revisited''
| Narrator
| Hawthorne reads [[John Betjeman|Betjeman]]'s script for three 1962 programmes on [[Chippenham]] & [[Crewkerne]], [[Sherborne]], and [[Sidmouth]], where the soundtrack was missing
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary series, 10 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| ''[[Inside (1996 film)|Inside]]''
| Colonel
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[The Fragile Heart]]''
| Dr Edgar Pascoe
| unknown episode
|-
| ''The Happy Prince''
| Narrator
| Television movie
|-
| 1997
| ''Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone''
| [[David Livingstone]]
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Animal Stories]]''
| rowspan="2" | Narrator
| unknown episode
|-
| 2000
| ''The Last Polar Bears''
| Television short
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Victoria & Albert (TV serial)|Victoria & Albert]]''
| [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Lord William Lamb]]
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[Call Me Claus]]''
| Nick
| Television movie, (final film role)
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1998
|''[[Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1998 video game)|Jeff Wayne's the War of the Worlds]]''
|The General
| rowspan="2" |Voice
|-
|2001
|''[[Tarzan: Untamed]]''
|Professor Porter
|}

==Stage==
===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Company
!Venue
|-
|1950
|''[[The Shop at Sly Corner (play)|The Shop at Sly Corner]]''
|Archie
|
|Hofmeyr Theatre
|-
|1951
|''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It With You]]''
|Donald
|
|Embassy Theatre
|-
| rowspan="2" |1957
|''[[His Excellency (opera)|His Excellency]]''
|Captain the Contino Sevastein Jacono de Piero
|
|
|-
|''Talking To You''
|Fancy Dan
|
|Duke of York's Theatre
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967
|''[[Mrs Wilson's Diary]]''
|Roy
|
|Criterion Theatre
|-
|''The Marie Lloyd Story''
|Sir [[Oswald Stoll]]
|
|Theatre Royal, Stratford
|-
|1968
|''[[Early Morning]]''
|[[Albert, Prince Consort|Albert]]
|
|[[Royal Court Theatre]]
|-
|1970
| rowspan="2" |''Curtains''
| rowspan="2" |Niall
|
|Edinburgh Festival
|-
| rowspan="2" |1971
|
|Open Space
|-
|''Alma Mater''
|Major
|
|
|-
|1972
|''The Trial of St George''
|Judge
|
|Soho Poly
|-
| rowspan="3" |1973
|''A Question of Everything''
|Hugh
|
|
|-
|''The Emergency Channel''
|Graham
|
|
|-
|''[[The Philanthropist (play)|The Philanthropist]]''
|Philip
|
|May Fair
|-
| rowspan="4" |1975
|''A Child of Hope''
|Police Captain
|
|
|-
|''[[The Floaters|The Floater]]''
|Morris Shelman
|
|
|-
|''[[Otherwise Engaged]]''
|Stephen
|
|Queens Theatre
|-
|''[[The Doctor's Dilemma (play)|The Doctor's Dilemma]]''
|Culter Walpole
|
|Mermaid Theatre
|-
| rowspan="3" |1976
|''Play Things''
|Tenby
|
|
|-
|''Buffet''
|Jack
|
|
|-
|''[[As You Like It]]''
|[[Touchstone (As You Like It)|Touchstone]]
|
|Riverside Studios
|-
| rowspan="3" |1977
|''[[The Fire that Consumes]]''
|Abbe de Pradts
|
|Mermaid Theatre
|-
|''[[Blind date]]''
|Brian
|
|King's Head Theatre
|-
|''[[Privates on Parade]]''
|Major Gliles Flack
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1978
|''Destiny''
|Major Lewis Rolfe
|
|
|-
|''[[The Millionairess (play)|The Millionairess]]''
|Julius
|
|Theatre Royal Haymarket
|-
| rowspan="3" |1980
|''The Enigma''
|Fenton
|
|
|-
|''A Rod of Iron''
|Trevor
|
|
|-
|''Jessie''
|Mr. Edmonds
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981
|''A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to Eldorado''
|Fulton
|
|
|-
|''Protest''
|Vaclav Havel
|
|
|-
|1982
|''[[The Critic (play)|The Critic]]''
|Mr. Sneer
|
|
|-
|1986
|''Across from the Garden of Allah''
|Douglas
|
|Comedy Theatre
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
|''[[The Miser]]''
|Harpagon
|
|
|-
|''[[Hapgood (play)|Hapgood]]''
|Blair
|
|Aldwych Theatre
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
|''The Spirit of Man''
|Reverend Jonathan Guerdon
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''[[Shadowlands (play)|Shadowlands]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[C. S. Lewis]]
|
|Queens Theatre
|-
|1990
|
|[[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
|''[[The Trials of Oz]]''
|Brian Leary
|
|
|-
|''[[The Madness of George III]]''
|[[George III]]
|
|
|-
|1992
|''Flea Bites''
|Kryst
|
|
|-
|1999
|''[[King Lear]]''
|[[Leir of Britain|Lear]]
|[[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]]
|[[Barbican Centre|Barbican]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Accolade
!Category
!Result
|-
|1977
|''[[Privates on Parade]]''
|[[Laurence Olivier Award]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|1981
| rowspan="3" |''[[Yes Minister]]''
|[[Broadcasting Press Guild Award]]
|[[Broadcasting Press Guild|Best Actor in a Light Entertainment Program]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|1982
| rowspan="2" |[[British Academy Television Award]]
| rowspan="2" |[[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Light Entertainment Performance]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|1983
|{{Won}}
|-
|1986
|[[The Magistrate (play)|''The Magistrate'']]
|[[Laurence Olivier Awards]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance|Best Comedy Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|1987
| rowspan="3" |[[Yes, Prime Minister|''Yes, Prime Minister'']]
| rowspan="2" |[[British Academy Television Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |[[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Light Entertainment Performance]]
|{{won}}
|-
|1988
|{{Won}}
|-
|1989
|[[CableACE Award]]
|[[CableACE Award|Actor in a Comedy Series]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1990
| rowspan="2" |''[[Shadowlands (play)|Shadowlands]]''
|[[Laurence Olivier Award]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Actor of the Year]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1991
|[[Tony Award]]
|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|1992
|''[[The Madness of George III]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Laurence Olivier Award]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Actor of the Year]]
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1995
|[[The Clandestine Marriage|''The Clandestine Marriage'']]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance|Best Comedy Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |''[[The Madness of King George]]''
|[[Academy Award]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996
|[[Empire Award]]
|[[Empire Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[British Academy Film Award]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Critics Circle Film Award]]
|[[London Critics Circle Film Award|British Actor of the Year]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|1997
|''[[The Fragile Heart]]''
|[[British Academy Television Award]]
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|1999
|''[[The Object of My Affection]]''
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Critics Circle Film Award]]
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|British Supporting Actor of the Year]]
|{{Won}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|1329|Nigel Hawthorne}}
* {{IBDB name|nigel-hawthorne-44566|Nigel Hawthorne}}

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