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:
- 190
- First Appeared:
- In the series Ride or Die
- Latest Project:
- Movie Shelter 2026-01-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Turning Door | (voice) | 2026 |
| Series | Ride or Die | The Director | 2026 |
| Movie | Shelter | 2026-01-29 | |
| Movie | Pink Sky at Night | Man | 2026 |
| Movie | Heart of Darkness | (voice) | 2026 |
| Movie | 500 Miles | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Welcome to Paradise | Hooker Duck Host (voice) | 2026 |
| Series | California Avenue | Jerry | 2026 |
| Movie | This Is the Beginning | 2025-08-17 | |
| Movie | Bulk | (voice) | 2025-08-14 |
| Movie | & Sons | Andrew | 2025-09-07 |
| Movie | Lazarus | Unknown | 2025-10-22 |
| Series | Harlan Coben's Lazarus | Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L' | 2025-10-22 |
| Movie | Dragonkeeper | Danzi (voice) | 2024-04-11 |
| Movie | The Beautiful Game | Mal | 2024-03-22 |
| Movie | 10 Lives | Professor Craven (voice) | 2024-04-18 |
| Movie | The First Omen | Cardinal Lawrence | 2024-04-03 |
| Movie | Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue | Conrad (voice) | 2024-05-01 |
| Movie | That Christmas | Lighthouse Bill (voice) | 2024-11-27 |
| Series | Kent: Garden of England | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2024-09-11 |
| Movie | Joy | Patrick Steptoe | 2024-11-15 |
| Movie | The Wild Robot | Longneck (voice) | 2024-09-12 |
| 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 | Role Play | Bob | 2023-12-14 |
| Movie | Spectre of the Bear | Bennett (voice) | 2023-10-07 |
| Series | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | 2022-04-24 |
| Series | LIGHT & MAGIC | Self (archive footage) | 2022-07-27 |
| Movie | The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special | Self | 2022-11-29 |
| Movie | Living | Williams | 2022-11-04 |
| Series | World's Most Scenic River Journeys | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-04-02 |
| Series | Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-06-05 |
| Movie | Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-12-14 |
| Movie | Lotus: A New Dawn | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-07-28 |
| Series | Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-06-29 |
| Movie | Buckley's Chance | Spencer | 2021-06-24 |
| Movie | Emma. | Mr. Woodhouse | 2020-02-13 |
| Movie | Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular | Self | 2020-12-01 |
| Movie | Minamata | Robert "Bob" Hayes | 2020-03-13 |
| Movie | Sometimes Always Never | Alan | 2019-03-14 |
| Movie | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey | 2019-12-12 |
| Movie | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford | 2019-05-03 |
| Movie | Hope Gap | Edward | 2019-10-03 |
| Series | World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys | Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
| Movie | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) | 2019-12-06 |
| Series | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyll | 2018-04-01 |
| Series | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Himself | 2018-02-18 |
| Movie | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank | 2017-02-19 |
| Series | Castlevania | Saint Germain (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | The Bookshop | Mr. Brundish | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack | 2017-03-24 |
| 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 | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' | 2015-12-26 |
| Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2015-02-26 |
| Movie | I, Frankenstein | Naberius | 2014-01-22 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Tom Sergeant | 2014-07-24 |
| Movie | Pride | Cliff | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-27 |
| Movie | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Graham Greene (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | General Fallon | 2013-02-27 |
| Movie | About Time | Dad | 2013-09-04 |
| Movie | The World's End | The Network (voice) | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | The Hungry Corpse | The Hungry Corpse | 2013-06-26 |
| Movie | Great White Shark | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
| Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2012-02-23 |
| Movie | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus | 2012-03-28 |
| Movie | Total Recall | Matthias | 2012-08-02 |
| Movie | London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
| Movie | Chalet Girl | Richard Madsen | 2011-02-02 |
| Movie | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) | 2011-03-02 |
| Movie | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker | 2011-08-28 |
| Movie | Real Creatures of Dirt | Self / Rattlesnake Jake | 2011-07-15 |
| Movie | Astonish Me | The Professor | 2011-07-26 |
| Movie | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
| 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 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor | 2009-01-22 |
| Movie | G-Force | Leonard Saber | 2009-07-24 |
| Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin | 2009-04-01 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Series | 10 Minute Tales | Unknown | 2009-12-21 |
| 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 | Hot Fuzz | Met Chief Inspector | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self | 2007-06-11 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Davy Jones | 2007-05-19 |
| 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 | We Love Cigarettes | Narrator | 2006-06-29 |
| Movie | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart | 2006-12-25 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones | 2006-07-06 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt | 2006-07-21 |
| Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast | 2005-04-28 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Dr Black | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence | 2005-06-25 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
| Movie | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner | 2005-10-21 |
| Series | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | 2005-09-02 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin | 2005-08-31 |
| Movie | Shaun of the Dead | Phillip | 2004-04-09 |
| Movie | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 22 | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | He Knew He Was Right | Colonel Osborne | 2004-04-18 |
| Movie | Enduring Love | Robin | 2004-10-29 |
| Movie | Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews | Self - Narrator | 2004-04-22 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) | 2004-10-24 |
| Movie | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Phil Parish | 2004-09-01 |
| Series | State of Play | Cameron Foster | 2003-05-18 |
| Movie | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain | 2003-05-09 |
| Movie | Love Actually | Billy Mack | 2003-09-07 |
| Series | The Lost Prince | Stamfordham | 2003-01-19 |
| Series | Canterbury Tales | James | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham | 2003-12-26 |
| Movie | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Self - Narrator | 2003-12-29 |
| Movie | Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates | Unknown | 2003-12-02 |
| Series | Grumpy Old Men | Self | 2003-10-10 |
| Movie | Underworld | Viktor | 2003-09-19 |
| 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 | Blow Dry | Ray Robertson | 2001-03-01 |
| Movie | Lucky Break | Roger | 2001-08-24 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Self | 2001-11-26 |
| Series | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
| Series | Black Books | Man at bar | 2000-09-29 |
| Movie | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
| Movie | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Johnson | 1999-12-03 |
| Series | Total Recall 2070 | Matthias Lair | 1999-01-05 |
| Series | People Like Us | Will Rushmore | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | The Bass Player | Unknown | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Still Crazy | Ray Simms | 1998-10-30 |
| Series | Parkinson | Self | 1998-01-09 |
| Movie | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner | 1997-10-24 |
| Series | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Belshazzar (voice) | 1996-10-16 |
| Movie | True Blue | Jeremy Saville | 1996-11-15 |
| Movie | Alive and Kicking | Tristan | 1996-11-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Peak Practice | Alan Sinclair | 1993-05-10 |
| Movie | The Maitlands | Roger Maitland | 1993-11-13 |
| Movie | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey | 1992-04-12 |
| Series | Performance | Hugh Marriner | 1991-10-05 |
| Movie | Absolute Hell | Hugh Marriner | 1991-10-05 |
| Movie | Antonia and Jane | Howard Nash | 1990-07-18 |
| Series | Making News | Sam Courtney | 1990-01-16 |
| Series | Chillers | Tom Dickenson | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown | 1989-11-01 |
| Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton | 1989-11-04 |
| Series | South Of The Border | Tony Freason | 1988-10-25 |
| Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Helmut Hoffmann | 1985-02-17 |
| Series | The Last Place on Earth | Cecil Meares | 1985-02-18 |
| Movie | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh | 1985-09-19 |
| Movie | The Little Drummer Girl | Al | 1984-10-19 |
| Series | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Jeffrey Grainger | 1983-11-11 |
| Movie | Curse of the Pink Panther | ENT Doctor | 1983-08-12 |
| Series | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Goschen | 1983-09-05 |
| Movie | Easter 2016 | Connor Mullan | 1982-05-18 |
| Movie | Under the Skin | Dave | 1982-01-19 |
| Series | Bergerac | Barry | 1981-10-18 |
| Movie | Eye of the Needle | Squadron Leader Blenkinsop | 1981-07-24 |
| 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 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Officer | 1980-12-01 |
| Movie | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
| Series | Agony | Vincent Fish | 1979-03-11 |
| Movie | Deasey (Desperate) | Deasy | 1979-12-06 |
| Series | Minder | Oates | 1979-10-29 |
| 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 |