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