Bill Nighy

Birthday:

12/12/1949

Place of birth:

Caterham, Surrey, England, UK:

Biography:

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).



Credits

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