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Nigel Hawthorne

1929 - 2001

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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 in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. For this role, he won four BAFTA TV Awards for 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nigel Hawthorne is the 2,568th most popular actor (down from 2,303rd in 2019), the 2,528th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,140th in 2019) and the 323rd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Nigel Hawthorne ranks 2,568 out of 13,578. Before him are Sanford Meisner, Robert Webber, Jamie Dornan, Leo McKern, Ann E. Todd, and Joseph Sweeney. After him are Ji Chang-wook, Alice Brady, Park Hae-soo, David Leitch, Marcel Bozzuffi, and Jack Cassidy.

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Among people born in 1929, Nigel Hawthorne ranks 234. Before him are Barbara Walters, Roger Bannister, June Squibb, Joe Pass, Péter Palotás, and Nina Ponomaryova. After him are Jack Higgins, Kishore Kumar, Anna Walentynowicz, Liz Sheridan, Dick Button, and George Crumb. Among people deceased in 2001, Nigel Hawthorne ranks 131. Before him are Betty Everett, Marta Hillers, Jelle Zijlstra, Ziad Jarrah, Burt Kennedy, and Bill Roberts. After him are William P. Rogers, Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Helou, Georgy Vitsin, and Jenő Fock.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hawthorne ranks 2,529 out of 8,785. Before him are Solomon (1902), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Samuel Smiles (1812), Jamie Dornan (1982), Dodie Smith (1896), and Frederick Guthrie (1833). After him are David Mumford (1937), Brian Naylor (1923), John William Draper (1811), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968), and Henry Maudslay (1771).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Nigel Hawthorne ranks 323. Before him are Michelle Fairley (1964), Geraldine James (1950), Jane Asher (1946), Robert Brown (1921), Tom Felton (1987), and Jamie Dornan (1982). After him are Bernard Fox (1927), Susannah York (1939), Rufus Sewell (1967), Eric Porter (1928), Miriam Margolyes (1941), and Barbara Steele (1937).

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