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| 3 | ->''"I went into acting because I was hiding from myself, and although acting has become more of a habit now, I think I am still hiding."'' |
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| 5 | [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 - 26 December 2001) was a well regarded British actor. |
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| 7 | He rose to fame in the popular political satire ''Series/YesMinister'' and its sequel ''Yes, Prime Minister''. To international audiences his most well known role was the titular king in ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'', for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and won the BAFTA. He also won two Olivier Awards and a Tony for his work in theater. |
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| 9 | Hawthorne was gay but remained in the closet for most of his career before being outed in 1995. |
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| 11 | !!Selected Works: |
| 12 | * ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'' |
| 13 | * ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' |
| 15 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' |
| 16 | * ''Series/YesMinister'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister'' |
| 17 | * ''Film/DemolitionMan'' |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{Shadowlands}}'' |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'' |
| 20 | * ''Film/RichardIII'' |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Amistad}}'' |
| 22 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' |
| 23 | * ''Literature/ThePlagueDogs'' |
| 24 | * ''Series/TheGnomesOfDulwich'' |
| 25 | * ''Series/TheLastOfTheBaskets'' |
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