Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. 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. There 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 Chekov's The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Blue/Orange in 2001. He made his Broadway debut in Hare's The Vertical Hour in 2006, and returned in the 2015 revival of Hare's Skylight earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Early film roles include in the comedies Still Crazy (1998), and Blow Dry (1999) before his breakout role in Love Actually (2003) which earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He soon gained recognition portraying Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006-2007), and Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003-2009). 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), 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 these earning him his first career Academy Award nomination. Nighy has gained acclaim for his roles in television earning a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He's also known for his roles in HBO's The Girl in the Café (2006) and PBS's Page Eight (2012).
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- Born:
- Dec 12, 1949 In Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 192
- First Appeared:
- In the series Play for Today 1970-10-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie 500 Miles 2027
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Turning Door | (voice) | 2027 |
| Movie | A Town in Nova Scotia | Leon | 2027 |
| Movie | 500 Miles | Unknown | 2027 |
| Movie | Heart of Darkness | (voice) | 2027 |
| Movie | Pink Sky at Night | Man | 2027 |
| Series | Ride or Die | The Director | 2027 |
| Movie | Welcome to Paradise | Hooker Duck Host (voice) | 2027 |
| Series | California Avenue | Jerry | 2027 |
| Movie | Shelter | Manafort | 2026-01-28 |
| Movie | Bulk | The Voice | 2026-01-31 |
| Movie | This Is the Beginning | Unknown | 2025-08-17 |
| Movie | & Sons | Andrew | 2025-09-07 |
| Series | Harlan Coben's Lazarus | Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L' | 2025-10-22 |
| Movie | Dragonkeeper | Danzi (voice) | 2024-04-11 |
| Movie | The First Omen | Cardinal Lawrence | 2024-04-03 |
| Movie | The Beautiful Game | Mal | 2024-03-22 |
| Movie | 10 Lives | Professor Craven (voice) | 2024-04-18 |
| Movie | Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue | Conrad (voice) | 2024-05-01 |
| Movie | That Christmas | Lighthouse Bill (voice) | 2024-11-27 |
| Movie | Joy | Patrick Steptoe | 2024-11-15 |
| Movie | The Wild Robot | Longneck (voice) | 2024-09-12 |
| Series | Kent: Garden of England | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2024-09-11 |
| Series | Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2023-09-06 |
| Movie | Bloody Fury | Bloody's Consciousness (voice) | 2023-09-23 |
| Movie | Darkling | Unknown | 2023-10-23 |
| Movie | Spectre of the Bear | Bennett (voice) | 2023-10-07 |
| Movie | Role Play | Bob | 2023-12-14 |
| Series | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | 2022-04-24 |
| Series | LIGHT & MAGIC | Self (archive footage) | 2022-07-27 |
| Movie | Living | Williams | 2022-11-04 |
| Movie | The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special | Self | 2022-11-29 |
| Series | World's Most Scenic River Journeys | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-04-02 |
| Movie | Buckley's Chance | Spencer | 2021-06-24 |
| Series | Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-06-05 |
| Series | Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-06-29 |
| Movie | Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-12-14 |
| Movie | Lotus: A New Dawn | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-07-28 |
| Movie | Emma. | Mr. Woodhouse | 2020-02-13 |
| Movie | Minamata | Robert "Bob" Hayes | 2020-03-13 |
| Movie | Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular | Self | 2020-12-01 |
| Movie | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford | 2019-05-03 |
| Movie | Sometimes Always Never | Alan | 2019-03-14 |
| Movie | Hope Gap | Edward | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey | 2019-12-12 |
| Series | World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys | Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
| Movie | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) | 2019-12-06 |
| Series | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Himself | 2018-02-18 |
| Series | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyll | 2018-04-01 |
| Movie | The Bookshop | Mr. Brundish | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank | 2017-02-19 |
| Movie | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack | 2017-03-24 |
| Series | Castlevania | Saint Germain (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | Norm of the North | Socrates (voice) | 2016-01-14 |
| Movie | Dad's Army | Sergeant Wilson | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | The Limehouse Golem | John Kildare | 2016-10-18 |
| Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2015-02-26 |
| Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' | 2015-12-26 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | I, Frankenstein | Naberius | 2014-01-22 |
| Movie | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-27 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Tom Sergeant | 2014-07-24 |
| Movie | Pride | Cliff | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | General Fallon | 2013-02-27 |
| Movie | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Graham Greene (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Great White Shark | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
| Movie | The Hungry Corpse | The Hungry Corpse | 2013-06-26 |
| Movie | About Time | Dad | 2013-09-04 |
| Movie | The World's End | The Network (voice) | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus | 2012-03-28 |
| Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2012-02-23 |
| Movie | Total Recall | Matthias | 2012-08-02 |
| Movie | London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
| Movie | The Man with the Stolen Heart | Narrator | 2011-07-14 |
| Movie | Chalet Girl | Richard Madsen | 2011-02-02 |
| Movie | Real Creatures of Dirt | Self / Rattlesnake Jake | 2011-07-15 |
| Movie | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) | 2011-03-02 |
| Movie | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker | 2011-08-28 |
| Movie | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
| Movie | Astonish Me | The Professor | 2011-07-26 |
| Movie | Wild Target | Victor Maynard | 2010-06-17 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rufus Scrimgeour | 2010-11-17 |
| Series | The Big Art Project | Narrator | 2009-05-10 |
| Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin | 2009-04-01 |
| Movie | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor | 2009-01-22 |
| Movie | G-Force | Leonard Saber | 2009-07-24 |
| Series | 10 Minute Tales | Mr Jellaby | 2009-12-21 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Alexander Keyes | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | Astro Boy | Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | A Fox's Tale | Ringmaster (voice) | 2008-04-17 |
| Movie | Valkyrie | Friedrich Olbricht | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Slapper | Arnold Percy | 2008-06-21 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Davy Jones | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Chief Inspector | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self | 2007-06-11 |
| Movie | Underworld: Evolution | Viktor | 2006-01-12 |
| Movie | Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | 2006-01-10 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones | 2006-07-06 |
| Movie | We Love Cigarettes | Narrator | 2006-06-29 |
| Movie | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart | 2006-12-25 |
| Movie | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt | 2006-07-21 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence | 2005-06-25 |
| Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast | 2005-04-28 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Dr Black | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
| Movie | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner | 2005-10-21 |
| Movie | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin | 2005-08-31 |
| Movie | 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' | Self | 2005-09-05 |
| Series | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | 2005-09-02 |
| Movie | Shaun of the Dead | Phillip | 2004-04-09 |
| Movie | Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews | Self - Narrator | 2004-04-22 |
| Movie | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 22 | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | He Knew He Was Right | Colonel Osborne | 2004-04-18 |
| Movie | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Phil Parish | 2004-09-01 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) | 2004-10-24 |
| Movie | Enduring Love | Robin | 2004-10-29 |
| Movie | Bottom Mindless Violence | Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2004-11-22 |
| Movie | Love Actually | Billy Mack | 2003-09-07 |
| Series | State of Play | Cameron Foster | 2003-05-18 |
| Series | Canterbury Tales | James | 2003-09-11 |
| Series | The Lost Prince | Stamfordham | 2003-01-19 |
| Movie | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain | 2003-05-09 |
| Movie | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Self - Narrator | 2003-12-29 |
| Movie | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham | 2003-12-26 |
| Movie | Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates | Unknown | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Underworld | Viktor | 2003-09-19 |
| Series | Grumpy Old Men | Self | 2003-10-10 |
| Movie | AKA | Uncle Louis Gryffoyn | 2002-01-19 |
| Series | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Lockwood | 2002-04-08 |
| Movie | Lawless Heart | Dan | 2002-06-28 |
| Series | Timeshift | self (voice) | 2002-10-10 |
| Movie | Lucky Break | Roger | 2001-08-24 |
| Movie | Blow Dry | Ray Robertson | 2001-03-01 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Self | 2001-11-26 |
| Series | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
| Movie | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
| Series | Black Books | Man at bar | 2000-09-29 |
| Series | People Like Us | Will Rushmore | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | Total Recall 2070 | Matthias Lair | 1999-01-05 |
| Movie | The Bass Player | Unknown | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Johnson | 1999-12-03 |
| Series | Parkinson | Self | 1998-01-09 |
| Movie | Still Crazy | Ray Simms | 1998-10-30 |
| Movie | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner | 1997-10-24 |
| Series | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Belshazzar (voice) | 1996-10-16 |
| Movie | Alive and Kicking | Tristan | 1996-11-08 |
| Movie | True Blue | Jeremy Saville | 1996-11-15 |
| Series | Kavanagh Q.C. | Giles Culpepper QC | 1995-01-03 |
| Movie | Being Human | Julian | 1994-05-06 |
| Series | Wycliffe | David Cleeve | 1994-07-24 |
| Movie | Unnatural Causes | Oliver Latham | 1993-01-02 |
| Series | Eye of the Storm | Tom Frewen | 1993-01-08 |
| Movie | Don't Leave Me This Way | John Tracey | 1993-05-30 |
| Movie | The Maitlands | Roger Maitland | 1993-11-13 |
| Series | Peak Practice | Alan Sinclair | 1993-05-10 |
| Movie | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey | 1992-04-12 |
| Movie | Absolute Hell | Hugh Marriner | 1991-10-05 |
| Series | Performance | Hugh Marriner | 1991-10-05 |
| Series | Chillers | Tom Dickenson | 1990-01-05 |
| Movie | Antonia and Jane | Howard Nash | 1990-07-18 |
| Series | Making News | Sam Courtney | 1990-01-16 |
| Movie | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown | 1989-11-01 |
| Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton | 1989-11-04 |
| Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | South Of The Border | Tony Freason | 1988-10-25 |
| Movie | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh | 1985-09-19 |
| Movie | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Helmut Hoffmann | 1985-02-17 |
| Series | The Last Place on Earth | Cecil Meares | 1985-02-18 |
| Movie | The Little Drummer Girl | Al | 1984-10-19 |
| Series | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Goschen | 1983-09-05 |
| Movie | Curse of the Pink Panther | ENT Doctor | 1983-08-12 |
| Series | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Jeffrey Grainger | 1983-11-11 |
| Movie | Under the Skin | Dave | 1982-01-19 |
| Movie | Easter 2016 | Connor Mullan | 1982-05-18 |
| Movie | Eye of the Needle | Squadron Leader Blenkinsop | 1981-07-24 |
| Series | Bergerac | Barry | 1981-10-18 |
| Movie | Death Watch | Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) | 1980-01-23 |
| Movie | Dreams of Leaving | William | 1980-01-17 |
| Series | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | Standing in for Henry | Bruno | 1980-12-19 |
| Movie | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Officer | 1980-12-01 |
| Series | Minder | Oates | 1979-10-29 |
| Series | Agony | Vincent Fish | 1979-03-11 |
| Movie | Deasey (Desperate) | Deasy | 1979-12-06 |
| Movie | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Bill | 1978-12-05 |
| Movie | Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool | 1976-01-01 |
| Series | Playhouse | Bruno | 1974-03-13 |
| Series | Play for Today | Dave | 1970-10-15 |