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