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- Birth nameNigel Barnard Hawthorne
- Height5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
- Widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and screen actors both in his native UK and internationally, the unparalleled Nigel Hawthorne was born in Coventry, England on 5 April 1929, raised in South Africa and returned to the UK in the 1950s with his extensive work as a great gentleman of acting following during the decade as well as in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. His portrayal of 'Sir Humphrey Appleby' in the BBC comedy Yes Minister (1980) won him international acclaim in the 1980s. In 1992, he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for his sublime interpretation of 'George III' in Alan Bennett's hit stage play, "The Madness of King George III" and he was also nominated for an Academy Award of Best Actor in a Leading Role in its brilliant film adaptation The Madness of King George (1994), both of them exquisitely directed by Nicholas Hytner.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous and Markos.
- ParentsCharles Barnard HawthorneAgnes Rosemary Hawthorne
- Derek Fowlds, co-star from Yes Minister (1980), said of him; "together, with Paul Eddington, the 3 of us were together for 7, 8 years. We were really good mates. We had many happy hours doing those shows ... they were very special times".
- He lived quietly in a 15th-century manor house
- Was supposedly considered early on for the role of Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
- 2001 - Battled a recurrence of pancreatic cancer which was thought in remission after surgical therapy.
- He didn't get on well with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes during the making of Demolition Man (1993).
- There's something idiotic and at the same time rather exciting about Cannes.
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