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)
Shelter (2026)
as Manafort
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
as Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
as Davy Jones
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Rufus Scrimgeour
About Time (2013)
as Dad
Love Actually (2003)
as Billy Mack
Flushed Away (2006)
as Whitey (voice)
Total Recall (2012)
as Matthias
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
as Phillip
The First Omen (2024)
as Cardinal Lawrence
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
as Hephaestus
Hot Fuzz (2007)
as Met Chief Inspector
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
as General Fallon
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
as Howard Clifford
Rango (2011)
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Slartibartfast
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
as Viktor
Underworld (2003)
as Viktor
The World's End (2013)
as The Network (voice)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
as Viktor
500 Miles (2026)
as John
Arthur Christmas (2011)
as Grandsanta (voice)
Role Play (2023)
as Bob
G-Force (2009)
as Leonard Saber
Valkyrie (2008)
as Friedrich Olbricht
That Christmas (2024)
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
10 Lives (2024)
as Professor Craven (voice)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
as Richard Hart
I, Frankenstein (2014)
as Naberius
The Bookshop (2017)
as Mr. Brundish
Astro Boy (2009)
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
Emma. (2020)
as Mr. Woodhouse
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Douglas Ainslie
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
as Quentin
Norm of the North (2016)
as Socrates (voice)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
The Constant Gardener (2005)
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Wild Target (2010)
as Victor Maynard
Pride (2014)
as Cliff
Their Finest (2017)
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
The Beautiful Game (2024)
as Mal
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
as Douglas Ainslie
Hope Gap (2019)
as Edward
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024)
as Conrad (voice)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
as ENT Doctor
Living (2022)
as Williams
Enduring Love (2004)
as Robin
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
as John Kildare
Page Eight (2011)
as Johnny Worricker
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
as Timofey
Stormbreaker (2006)
as Alan Blunt
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
as Martin Barton
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Ronald Marsh
Chalet Girl (2011)
as Richard Madsen
JOY (2024)
as Patrick Steptoe
Minamata (2020)
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
as Dylan (voice)
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Billy Mack
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Johnny Worricker
Dad's Army (2016)
as Sergeant Wilson
Death Watch (1980)
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Edward Gardner
I Capture the Castle (2003)
as James Mortmain
StarDog and TurboCat (2019)
as Sinclair (voice)
Caine (—)
Actor
& Sons (2026)
as Andrew
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Officer
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
as Al
Blow Dry (2001)
as Ray Robertson
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Johnny Worricker
Absolute Hell (1991)
as Hugh Marriner
Still Crazy (1998)
as Ray Simms
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
as Mr. Johnson
The Girl in the Café (2005)
as Lawrence
The Maitlands (1993)
as Roger Maitland
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Being Human (1994)
as Julian
Bulk (2026)
as The Voice
Fox (1980)
as Colin Street
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
as Alan
Bloody Fury (2023)
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
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
Longitude (2000)
as Lord Sandwich
Lucky Break (2001)
as Roger
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022)
as Self
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)
as Helmut Hoffmann
London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Don't Leave Me This Way (1993)
as John Tracey
Glorious 39 (2009)
as Alexander Keyes
Occupy! (1976)
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004)
as Phil Parish
Antonia and Jane (1990)
as Howard Nash
Alive and Kicking (1996)
as Tristan
Slapper (2008)
as Arnold Percy
A Town in Nova Scotia (—)
as Leon
Buckley's Chance (2021)
as Spencer
Real Creatures of Dirt (2011)
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Gideon's Daughter (2005)
as Gideon Warner
National Theatre Live: Skylight (2014)
as Tom Sergeant
The Young Visiters (2003)
as Earl of Clincham
Ibelin (—)
as Mats Steen
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
as Self
Mack the Knife (1989)
as Tiger Brown
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (2020)
as Self
Standing in for Henry (1980)
as Bruno
True Blue (1996)
as Jeremy Saville
Pride: The True Story (2015)
as Himself
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007)
as Self
Astonish Me (2011)
as The Professor
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
as Self - Narrator
The Last Dinosaur (2027)
as (voice)
AKA (2002)
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener (2006)
as Self
This Is the Beginning (2025)
Actor
Darkling (2023)
Actor
The Turning Door (—)
as (voice)
Lawless Heart (2002)
as Dan
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates (2003)
Actor
A Masculine Ending (1992)
as John Tracey
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lotus: A New Dawn (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Unnatural Causes (1993)
as Oliver Latham
Spectre of the Bear (2023)
as Bennett (voice)
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
as William
Heart of Darkness (—)
as The Manager
Easter 2016 (1982)
as Connor Mullan
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)
as Bill
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
as Graham Greene (voice)
Welcome to Paradise (2026)
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Great White Shark (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hungry Corpse (2013)
as The Hungry Corpse
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews (2004)
as Self - Narrator
Burst (2004)
as Maxwell's Fan 22
The Bass Player (1999)
Actor
Under the Skin (1982)
as Dave
The Man with the Stolen Heart (2011)
as Narrator
Deasey (Desperate) (1979)
as Deasy
We Love Cigarettes (2006)
as Narrator
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens (2021)
as Self - Narrator (voice)