Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne CBE (born April 5, 1929 in Coventry , Warwickshire , England , † December 26, 2001 in Radwell , Hertfordshire , England) was a British actor .
life and work
Nigel Hawthorne grew up in South Africa from the age of four and began his acting career there in 1950 at the theater in Cape Town . He returned to England in the 1950s to continue his acting career there.
His television career began in the late 1950s with supporting roles in various television series and films. He played his most famous role as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the television series Yes, Minister and the follow-up series Yes, Prime Minister , for which he received four BAFTA awards, and as George III. in Alan Bennett's play The Madness of George III and its film adaptation King George , which earned him an Olivier Award , an Oscar nomination and another BAFTA award. He received a sixth BAFTA Award in 1996 for The Fragile Heart .
In 1987 he became a member of the Order of the British Empire with the rank of commander and in 1999 he was knighted.
Hawthorne had to undergo multiple surgeries for pancreatic cancer . He died of a heart attack . He described the fight against cancer in his posthumously published autobiography Straight Face .
Hawthorne was in a relationship with the English screenwriter Trevor Bentham . He kept his private life private, but never pretended to be something he wasn't. On the day the Oscar prizes were awarded in 1995, his homosexuality was made a public scandal by the press. Helen Mirren explained in 2016 that this press scandal still "pisses off" her today.
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: The Desperate People (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1969: Dad's Army (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1973: Hadleigh (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1976: Couples (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1977: Marie Curie (miniseries, 4 episodes)
- 1978: Watership Down (voice)
- 1978: Holocaust - The Story of the Weiss Family ( Holocaust , TV series)
- 1980: The storm ( The Tempest , TV movie)
- 1980: Jessie (TV movie)
- 1980–1984: Yes, Minister (TV series)
- 1982: Firefox
- 1982: Gandhi
- 1982: Dead On Time
- 1984: John Paul II - His Way to Rome ( Pope John Paul II , TV film)
- 1985: Taran and the Cauldron ( The Black Cauldron , voice)
- 1985: Oceanic Feelings (The Publisher)
- 1986–1988: Yes, Prime Minister (TV series)
- 1993: Demolition Man
- 1994: King George - The Madness of King George
- 1995: Richard III. (Richard III)
- 1996: What you want (Twelfth Night)
- 1997: Amistad
- 1998: Love in Every Relationship (The Object of My Affection)
- 1998: Madeline
- 1999: The Romero Files (The Big Brass Ring)
- 1999: Tarzan (voice)
- 2001: Victoria & Albert (TV movie)
- 2001: Just call me Nikolaus ( Call Me Claus , TV movie)
literature
- Nigel Hawthorne: Straight Face . Hodder, 2002, ISBN 0-340-76942-4 (autobiography)
- Kathleen Riley: Nigel Hawthorne on Stage . University of Hertfordshire Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-902806-31-0
- Sir Nigel Hawthorne . The Telegraph, December 27, 2001
- Alan Strachan: Sir Nigel Hawthorne . The Independent, December 29, 2001
Web links
- Nigel Hawthorne in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Scholz : That pisses me off! , Interview with Helen Mirren, in: Welt am Sonntag , February 28, 2016, p. 59
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hawthorne, Nigel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hawthorne, Sir Nigel Barnard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coventry , Warwickshire, England, UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2001 |
| Place of death | Radwell , Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |