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
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
Shelter (2026)
as Manafort
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
as Davy Jones
Rango (2011)
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Slartibartfast
The Constant Gardener (2005)
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
About Time (2013)
as Dad
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
as Phillip
Hot Fuzz (2007)
as Met Chief Inspector
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
as Hephaestus
Flushed Away (2006)
as Whitey (voice)
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
as General Fallon
Love Actually (2003)
as Billy Mack
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
as Howard Clifford
Total Recall (2012)
as Matthias
Valkyrie (2008)
as Friedrich Olbricht
Underworld (2003)
as Viktor
The Bookshop (2017)
as Mr. Brundish
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
as Viktor
The First Omen (2024)
as Cardinal Lawrence
The World's End (2013)
as The Network (voice)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
as Viktor
Arthur Christmas (2011)
as Grandsanta (voice)
Emma. (2020)
as Mr. Woodhouse
Pride (2014)
as Cliff
G-Force (2009)
as Leonard Saber
I, Frankenstein (2014)
as Naberius
Astro Boy (2009)
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
That Christmas (2024)
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
10 Lives (2024)
as Professor Craven (voice)
Ibelin (—)
Actor
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
as Quentin
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
as Richard Hart
Bloody Fury (2023)
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as ENT Doctor
Their Finest (2017)
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Role Play (2023)
as Bob
StarDog and TurboCat (2019)
as Sinclair (voice)
Norm of the North (2016)
as Socrates (voice)
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
as Timofey
Eye of the Needle (1981)
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
as Mr. Johnson
Dad's Army (2016)
as Sergeant Wilson
Living (2022)
as Williams
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
as John Kildare
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Officer
Caine (—)
Actor
Occupy! (1976)
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Fox (1980)
as Colin Street
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Douglas Ainslie
Absolute Hell (1991)
as Hugh Marriner
Minamata (2020)
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024)
as Conrad (voice)
500 Miles (2026)
as John
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
as Douglas Ainslie
Wild Target (2010)
as Victor Maynard
Hope Gap (2019)
as Edward
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Billy Mack
Stormbreaker (2006)
as Alan Blunt
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Davy Jones (voice)
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Ronald Marsh
The Maitlands (1993)
as Roger Maitland
The Last Dinosaur (2027)
as (voice)
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
as Alan
The Beautiful Game (2024)
as Mal
JOY (2024)
as Patrick Steptoe
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
as Dylan (voice)
Alive and Kicking (1996)
as Tristan
Death Watch (1980)
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Slapper (2008)
as Arnold Percy
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Edward Gardner
Pride: The True Story (2015)
as Himself
& Sons (2026)
as Andrew
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
as Martin Barton
Page Eight (2011)
as Johnny Worricker
Chalet Girl (2011)
as Richard Madsen
Mack the Knife (1989)
as Tiger Brown
Easter 2016 (1982)
as Connor Mullan
Antonia and Jane (1990)
as Howard Nash
Enduring Love (2004)
as Robin
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)
as Bill
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Al
Bulk (2026)
as The Voice
I Capture the Castle (2003)
as James Mortmain
Being Human (1994)
as Julian
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Lucky Break (2001)
as Roger
Blow Dry (2001)
as Ray Robertson
Still Crazy (1998)
as Ray Simms
The Young Visiters (2003)
as Earl of Clincham
Astonish Me (2011)
as The Professor
Heart of Darkness (—)
as The Manager
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Johnny Worricker
Welcome to Paradise (2026)
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
A Town in Nova Scotia (—)
as Leon
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Johnny Worricker
The Girl in the Café (2005)
as Lawrence
Spectre of the Bear (2023)
as Bennett (voice)
Glorious 39 (2009)
as Alexander Keyes
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
The Bass Player (1999)
Actor
The Turning Door (—)
as (voice)
Longitude (2000)
as Lord Sandwich
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)
as Helmut Hoffmann
Gideon's Daughter (2005)
as Gideon Warner
The Man with the Stolen Heart (2011)
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: Skylight (2014)
as Tom Sergeant
Burst (2004)
as Maxwell's Fan 22
Real Creatures of Dirt (2011)
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
The Armstrongs: The Office Christmas Party (2003)
as Self - Narrator
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (2020)
as Self
London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
AKA (2002)
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Don't Leave Me This Way (1993)
as John Tracey
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
Buckley's Chance (2021)
as Spencer
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007)
as Self
This Is the Beginning (2025)
Actor
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
as Self
Lawless Heart (2002)
as Dan
Great White Shark (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Darkling (2023)
Actor
True Blue (1996)
as Jeremy Saville
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
as Self - Narrator
Lotus: A New Dawn (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Masculine Ending (1992)
as John Tracey
Unnatural Causes (1993)
as Oliver Latham
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews (2004)
as Self - Narrator
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004)
as Phil Parish
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener (2006)
as Self
Standing in for Henry (1980)
as Bruno
The Hungry Corpse (2013)
as The Hungry Corpse
Under the Skin (1982)
as Dave
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
as William
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
as Graham Greene (voice)
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates (2003)
Actor
Deasey (Desperate) (1979)
as Deasy
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
We Love Cigarettes (2006)
as Narrator