Bill Nighy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 12, 1949 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
William Francis Nighy (/naɪ/; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre, starting with The Illuminatus! in 1977. He gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinter's Betrayal in 1991, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 1993, and Anton Chekhov's The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his role in Blue/Orange in 2001. He acted on Broadway in the David Hare plays The Vertical Hour (2006) and Skylight (2015), earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for the latter. Nighy's early film roles include the comedies Still Crazy (1998), Guest House Paradiso (1999) and Blow Dry (2001). He rose to international stardom with his role in Love Actually (2003), for which he won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to portray Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003–2009) and Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006–2007). His other films include Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Wild Target (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), About Time (2013), Emma (2020), and Living (2022), the last of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Nighy has gained acclaim for his television roles, earning a BAFTA Award for his role in the BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He is also known for his roles in The Girl in the Café (2006), the BBC's Worricker trilogy, which includes Page Eight (2012), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014), and the BBC's Ordeal by Innocence (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Nighy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Heart of Darkness
Movie · as The Manager
The Turning Door
Movie · as (voice)
A Town in Nova Scotia
Movie · as Leon
Ibelin
Movie
Caine
Movie
Insomniac City
Movie · as Oliver Sacks
California Avenue
TV · as Jerry
The Portrait of a Lady
TV · as Mr Daniel Touchett · 6 eps
The Last Dino
Movie · as (voice)
500 Miles
Movie · as John
& Sons
Movie · as Andrew
Shelter
Movie · as Manafort
Welcome to Paradise
Movie · as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Bulk
Movie · as The Voice
Ride or Die
TV · as The Director · 7 eps
This Is the Beginning
Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Movie · as Davy Jones (voice)
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
TV · as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L' · 6 eps
10 Lives
Movie · as Professor Craven (voice)
The First Omen
Movie · as Cardinal Lawrence
JOY
Movie · as Patrick Steptoe
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Movie · as Conrad (voice)
The Wild Robot
Movie · as Longneck (voice)
That Christmas
Movie · as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
The Beautiful Game
Movie · as Mal
Kent: Garden of England
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Role Play
Movie · as Bob
Darkling
Movie
Spectre of the Bear
Movie · as Bennett (voice)
Bloody Fury
Movie · as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie · as Self
Living
Movie · as Williams
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TV · as Thomas Newton · 9 eps
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buckley's Chance
Movie · as Spencer
Lotus: A New Dawn
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 16 eps
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 eps
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
TV · as Self - Narrator · 4 eps
Emma.
Movie · as Mr. Woodhouse
Minamata
Movie · as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Movie · as Self
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Movie · as Howard Clifford
The Kindness of Strangers
Movie · as Timofey
Hope Gap
Movie · as Edward
Sometimes Always Never
Movie · as Alan
StarDog and TurboCat
Movie · as Sinclair (voice)
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 39 eps
Ordeal by Innocence
TV · as Leo Argyll · 3 eps
Their Finest
Movie · as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
The Bookshop
Movie · as Mr. Brundish
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie · as Billy Mack
Castlevania
TV · as Saint Germain (voice) · 20 eps
Norm of the North
Movie · as Socrates (voice)
Dad's Army
Movie · as Sergeant Wilson
The Limehouse Golem
Movie · as John Kildare
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Douglas Ainslie
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Movie · as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Pride: The True Story
Movie · as Himself
I, Frankenstein
Movie · as Naberius
Pride
Movie · as Cliff
Turks & Caicos
Movie · as Johnny Worricker
Salting the Battlefield
Movie · as Johnny Worricker
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Movie · as Tom Sergeant
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie · as General Fallon
The World's End
Movie · as The Network (voice)
About Time
Movie · as Dad
Great White Shark
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Movie · as Graham Greene (voice)
The Hungry Corpse
Movie · as The Hungry Corpse
Total Recall
Movie · as Matthias
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Douglas Ainslie
Wrath of the Titans
Movie · as Hephaestus
London: The Modern Babylon
Movie · as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Rango
Movie · as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as Grandsanta (voice)
Real Creatures of Dirt
Movie · as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Page Eight
Movie · as Johnny Worricker
Chalet Girl
Movie · as Richard Madsen
Astonish Me
Movie · as The Professor
The Man with the Stolen Heart
Movie · as Narrator
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Rufus Scrimgeour
Wild Target
Movie · as Victor Maynard
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Movie · as Viktor
Glorious 39
Movie · as Alexander Keyes
Astro Boy
Movie · as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
The Boat That Rocked
Movie · as Quentin
G-Force
Movie · as Leonard Saber
The Big Art Project
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
10 Minute Tales
TV · as Mr Jellaby · 1 ep
Valkyrie
Movie · as Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper
Movie · as Arnold Percy
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Movie · as Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Met Chief Inspector
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie · as Davy Jones
Notes on a Scandal
Movie · as Richard Hart
Underworld: Evolution
Movie · as Viktor
Flushed Away
Movie · as Whitey (voice)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Movie · as Self
Stormbreaker
Movie · as Alan Blunt
We Love Cigarettes
Movie · as Narrator
The Constant Gardener
Movie · as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Slartibartfast
The Girl in the Café
Movie · as Lawrence
The Magic Roundabout
Movie · as Dylan (voice)
Gideon's Daughter
Movie · as Gideon Warner
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Movie · as Self
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Movie · as Self
Meerkat Manor
TV · as Narrator · 52 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Dr Black · 1 ep
Shaun of the Dead
Movie · as Phillip
Enduring Love
Movie · as Robin
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Movie · as Phil Parish
Burst
Movie · as Maxwell's Fan 22
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Bottom Mindless Violence
Movie · as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
He Knew He Was Right
TV · as Colonel Osborne · 3 eps
Underworld
Movie · as Viktor
Love Actually
Movie · as Billy Mack
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Movie
I Capture the Castle
Movie · as James Mortmain
The Young Visiters
Movie · as Earl of Clincham
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Armstrongs: The Office Christmas Party
Movie · as Self - Narrator
State of Play
TV · as Cameron Foster · 6 eps
The Lost Prince
TV · as Stamfordham · 2 eps
Grumpy Old Men
TV · as Self · 14 eps
Canterbury Tales
TV · as James · 1 ep
Lawless Heart
Movie · as Dan
AKA
Movie · as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV · as Lockwood · 1 ep
Timeshift
TV · as self (voice) · 1 ep
Lucky Break
Movie · as Roger
Blow Dry
Movie · as Ray Robertson
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Longitude
Movie · as Lord Sandwich
Black Books
TV · as Man at bar · 1 ep
Longitude
TV · as Lord Sandwich · 1 ep
Guest House Paradiso
Movie · as Mr. Johnson
The Bass Player
Movie
People Like Us
TV · as Will Rushmore · 1 ep
Still Crazy
Movie · as Ray Simms
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
FairyTale: A True Story
Movie · as Edward Gardner
Insiders
TV · as Mark Gordon · 1 ep
True Blue
Movie · as Jeremy Saville
Alive and Kicking
Movie · as Tristan
Testament: The Bible in Animation
TV · as Belshazzar (voice) · 1 ep
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Giles Culpepper QC · 1 ep
Being Human
Movie · as Julian
Wycliffe
TV · as David Cleeve · 1 ep
Unnatural Causes
Movie · as Oliver Latham
The Maitlands
Movie · as Roger Maitland
Don't Leave Me This Way
Movie · as John Tracey
Peak Practice
TV · as Alan Sinclair · 1 ep
Eye of the Storm
TV · as Tom Frewen · 6 eps
A Masculine Ending
Movie · as John Tracey
Absolute Hell
Movie · as Hugh Marriner
Performance
TV · as Roger Maitland, Hugh Marriner · 1 ep
The Men's Room
TV · as Prof. Mark Carleton · 5 eps
Antonia and Jane
Movie · as Howard Nash
Making News
TV · as Sam Courtney · 6 eps
Chillers
TV · as Tom Dickenson · 1 ep
TECX
TV · 1 ep
Mack the Knife
Movie · as Tiger Brown
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Martin Barton
South of the Border
TV · as Tony Freason · 1 ep
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Boon
TV · as Steve Reeves · 1 ep
Thirteen at Dinner
Movie · as Ronald Marsh
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Movie · as Helmut Hoffmann
The Last Place on Earth
TV · as Cecil Meares · 7 eps
The Little Drummer Girl
Movie · as Al
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie · as ENT Doctor
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TV · as Jeffrey Grainger · 6 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV · as Goschen · 1 ep
Storyboard
TV · as Sam · 1 ep
Easter 2016
Movie · as Connor Mullan
Under the Skin
Movie · as Dave
Eye of the Needle
Movie · as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · as Officer
Fox
Movie · as Colin Street
Dreams of Leaving
Movie · as William
Death Watch
Movie · as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Standing in for Henry
Movie · as Bruno
Fox
TV · as Colin Street · 2 eps
Deasey (Desperate)
Movie · as Deasy
Minder
TV · as Oates · 1 ep
Agony
TV · as Vincent Fish · 7 eps
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Movie · as Bill
Premiere
TV · as Deasey · 1 ep
Occupy!
Movie · as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Playhouse
TV · as Bruno · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as Dave · 1 ep