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{{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 (United Kingdom)|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), 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, a now-defunct [[List of Christian Brothers schools|Christian Brothers College]],<ref name="TCM">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021103130/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=83138&apid=0 Biography for Nigel Hawthorne], 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 an appearance in a 1969 episode of the comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''.

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, such as reformed ex-con Worm Wellings in an episode of ''[[Going Straight]]'' opposite [[Ronnie Barker]], 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 opened the doors to film roles.

In 1982, Hawthorne appeared in [[Richard Attenborough]]'s ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'', alongside a 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]]''.

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 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.

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]], but attended the ceremony with his long-time partner, [[Trevor Bentham]], and afterwards 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
| ''[[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=26 March 2020 | url=https://www.new-adventures.net/news/late-flowering-lust | access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''Betjeman Revisited''
| Narrator
| Hawthorne reads [[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 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]]''
| 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]]''
|[[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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