Bill Nighy
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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.
Known for
Credits
Shelter (2026)
as Manafort
The Wild Robot (2024)
as Longneck (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
as Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
as Davy Jones
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
as Howard Clifford
About Time (2013)
as Dad
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
as General Fallon
Rango (2011)
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Flushed Away (2006)
as Whitey (voice)
Love Actually (2003)
as Billy Mack
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
as Hephaestus
Hot Fuzz (2007)
as Met Chief Inspector
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
as Phillip
Total Recall (2012)
as Matthias
Valkyrie (2008)
as Friedrich Olbricht
The First Omen (2024)
as Cardinal Lawrence
Underworld (2003)
as Viktor
The World's End (2013)
as The Network (voice)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
as Viktor
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Slartibartfast
Emma. (2020)
as Mr. Woodhouse
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
as Viktor
Role Play (2023)
as Bob
G-Force (2009)
as Leonard Saber
Arthur Christmas (2011)
as Grandsanta (voice)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Astro Boy (2009)
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
I, Frankenstein (2014)
as Naberius
That Christmas (2024)
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
10 Lives (2024)
as Professor Craven (voice)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
as Quentin
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
as Richard Hart
Norm of the North (2016)
as Socrates (voice)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as ENT Doctor
Wild Target (2010)
as Victor Maynard
Pride (2014)
as Cliff
Living (2022)
as Williams
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
as John Kildare
Their Finest (2017)
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
The Bookshop (2017)
as Mr. Brundish
Hope Gap (2019)
as Edward
Page Eight (2011)
as Johnny Worricker
Minamata (2020)
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Stormbreaker (2006)
as Alan Blunt
StarDog and TurboCat (2019)
as Sinclair (voice)
Dad's Army (2016)
as Sergeant Wilson
Eye of the Needle (1981)
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
as Douglas Ainslie
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
as Timofey
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Douglas Ainslie
The Beautiful Game (2024)
as Mal
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024)
as Conrad (voice)
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Johnny Worricker
& Sons (2026)
as Andrew
Chalet Girl (2011)
as Richard Madsen
Joy (2024)
as Patrick Steptoe
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Billy Mack
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Johnny Worricker
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Officer
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
as Dylan (voice)
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Edward Gardner
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
as Mr. Johnson
500 Miles (2026)
Actor
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Ronald Marsh
Blow Dry (2001)
as Ray Robertson
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
as Alan
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Al
Being Human (1994)
as Julian
Enduring Love (2004)
as Robin
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
as Martin Barton
Caine (—)
Actor
Longitude (2000)
as Lord Sandwich
Bulk (2026)
as The Voice
I Capture the Castle (2003)
as James Mortmain
Still Crazy (1998)
as Ray Simms
Glorious 39 (2009)
as Alexander Keyes
Bloody Fury (2023)
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Absolute Hell (1991)
as Hugh Marriner
Death Watch (1980)
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
The Girl in the Café (2005)
as Lawrence
Lucky Break (2001)
as Roger
Welcome to Paradise (2026)
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
The Maitlands (1993)
as Roger Maitland
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
as Self
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Slapper (2008)
as Arnold Percy
London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Fox (1980)
as Colin Street
Gideon's Daughter (2005)
as Gideon Warner
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
as Self - Narrator
Heart of Darkness (—)
as (voice)
Ibelin (—)
as Mats Steen
Occupy! (1976)
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
The Young Visiters (2003)
as Earl of Clincham
Mack the Knife (1989)
as Tiger Brown
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
Astonish Me (2011)
as The Professor
True Blue (1996)
as Jeremy Saville
Antonia and Jane (1990)
as Howard Nash
A Town in Nova Scotia (—)
as Leon
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)
as Helmut Hoffmann
Buckley's Chance (2021)
as Spencer
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates (2003)
Actor
AKA (2002)
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Darkling (2023)
Actor
National Theatre Live: Skylight (2014)
as Tom Sergeant
Alive and Kicking (1996)
as Tristan
Spectre of the Bear (2023)
as Bennett (voice)
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004)
as Phil Parish
The Turning Door (—)
as (voice)
A Masculine Ending (1992)
as John Tracey
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener (2006)
as Self
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)
as Bill
Don't Leave Me This Way (1993)
as John Tracey
Easter 2016 (1982)
as Connor Mullan
Great White Shark (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Unnatural Causes (1993)
as Oliver Latham
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007)
as Self
The Bass Player (1999)
Actor
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
as Graham Greene (voice)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (2020)
as Self
This Is the Beginning (2025)
Actor
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' (2005)
as Self
Lotus: A New Dawn (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
as William
Lawless Heart (2002)
as Dan
Real Creatures of Dirt (2011)
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Pride: The True Story (2015)
as Himself
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hungry Corpse (2013)
as The Hungry Corpse
Under the Skin (1982)
as Dave
Deasey (Desperate) (1979)
as Deasy
Burst (2004)
as Maxwell's Fan 22
Standing in for Henry (1980)
as Bruno
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews (2004)
as Self - Narrator
The Man with the Stolen Heart (2011)
as Narrator
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
We Love Cigarettes (2006)
as Narrator