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Nigel Hawthorne: Summary

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BIOGRAPHY

Recent Role:
Sir Humphrey Appleby on Britain's Best Sitcom
Birthday:
4-5-1929
Birthplace:
Coventry, England
Birth Name:
Nigel Barnard Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne was born in Coventry in 1929, but moved with his family to South Africa soon afterwards. An authoritarian upbringing and brutal schooling left Hawthorne lonely and lacking in confidence. After appearing in a Cape Town theatre production, Hawthorne was convinced he would find happiness on the British stage, and aged 22, left for England with 12 pounds in his pocket. His first...

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  • Nigel Hawthorne won both the London Drama Critics Awards and Laurence Olivier Award in 1992 for his performance in The Madness of George III.(edit)
  • Nigel Hawthorn made his directorial début with The Clandestine Marriage, a hit 1995 London production. (edit)
  • Nigel Hawthorne auditioned each year for over a decade at the Royal Shakespeare Company's annual acceptance auditions, and was never offered a place with the company.(edit)
  • Nigel Hawthorne's first job was a motor insurance salesman, even though he didn't drive a car at the time and would not learn to do so until he was almost fifty years old.(edit)
  • Nigel Hawthorne's performance as C.S. Lewis in Shadowlands won him both the Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in 1991.(edit)
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