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Bill Nighy
Born · December 12, 1949 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Bio
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).
That Christmas
Lighthouse Bill (voice)
7.4
2024
Joy
Patrick Steptoe
6.9
2024
The Wild Robot
Longneck (voice)
8.4
2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Conrad (voice)
6.5
2024
10 Lives
Professor Craven (voice)
8.0
2024
The First Omen
Cardinal Lawrence
6.9
2024
Role Play
Bob
6.0
2023
Darkling
0.0
2023
Spectre of the Bear
Bennett (voice)
0.0
2023
Bloody Fury
Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
0.0
2023
The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later
Self
0.0
2022
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Self - Narrator
0.0
2021
Their Finest
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
6.7
2017
Dad's Army
Sergeant Wilson
5.0
2016
Norm of the North
Socrates (voice)
4.6
2016
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
7.0
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
6.4
2015
Pride
Cliff
7.7
2014
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Tom Sergeant
9.1
2014
Salting the Battlefield
Johnny Worricker
6.3
2014
Turks & Caicos
Johnny Worricker
6.3
2014
I, Frankenstein
Naberius
5.4
2014
About Time
Dad
7.9
2013
The World's End
The Network (voice)
6.8
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
General Fallon
5.8
2013
Total Recall
Matthias
6.0
2012
Wrath of the Titans
Hephaestus
5.7
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
6.9
2012
Arthur Christmas
Grandsanta (voice)
6.8
2011
Page Eight
Johnny Worricker
6.6
2011
Real Creatures of Dirt
Self / Rattlesnake Jake
6.0
2011
Rango
Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
6.9
2011
Chalet Girl
Richard Madsen
6.4
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rufus Scrimgeour
7.7
2010
Wild Target
Victor Maynard
6.4
2010
Glorious 39
Alexander Keyes
6.0
2009
Astro Boy
Dr. Elefun (voice)
6.3
2009
G-Force
Leonard Saber
5.5
2009
The Boat That Rocked
Quentin
7.2
2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Viktor
6.5
2009
Valkyrie
Friedrich Olbricht
6.9
2008
Slapper
Arnold Percy
3.5
2008
A Fox's Tale
Ringmaster (voice)
1.7
2008
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
0.0
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Davy Jones
7.3
2007
Hot Fuzz
Met Chief Inspector
7.6
2007
Notes on a Scandal
Richard Hart
7.1
2006
Flushed Away
Whitey (voice)
6.3
2006
Stormbreaker
Alan Blunt
5.2
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Davy Jones
7.4
2006
Underworld: Evolution
Viktor
6.6
2006
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
4.0
2006
Gideon's Daughter
Gideon Warner
6.3
2005
The Constant Gardener
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
7.0
2005
The Girl in the Café
Lawrence
7.1
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Slartibartfast
6.7
2005
The Magic Roundabout
Dylan (voice)
5.4
2005
Enduring Love
Robin
5.7
2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Phil Parish
7.3
2004
Shaun of the Dead
Phillip
7.5
2004
Burst
Maxwell's Fan 22
0.0
2004
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Narrator
6.0
2003
The Young Visiters
Earl of Clincham
5.1
2003
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
4.0
2003
Underworld
Viktor
6.8
2003
Love Actually
Billy Mack
7.1
2003
I Capture the Castle
James Mortmain
6.8
2003
Lawless Heart
Dan
5.3
2002
Lucky Break
Roger
6.2
2001
Blow Dry
Ray Robertson
6.0
2001
Longitude
Lord Sandwich
7.3
2000
Guest House Paradiso
Mr. Johnson
6.1
1999
Still Crazy
Ray Simms
6.8
1998
FairyTale: A True Story
Edward Gardner
6.4
1997
True Blue
Jeremy Saville
6.1
1996
Alive and Kicking
Tristan
4.9
1996
Being Human
Julian
5.0
1994
The Maitlands
Roger Maitland
0.0
1993
Unnatural Causes
Oliver Latham
0.0
1993
The Phantom of the Opera
Martin Barton
5.5
1989
Mack the Knife
Tiger Brown
6.6
1989
Thirteen at Dinner
Ronald Marsh
5.5
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Helmut Hoffmann
4.5
1985
The Little Drummer Girl
Al
5.5
1984
Curse of the Pink Panther
ENT Doctor
4.7
1983
Easter 2016
Connor Mullan
0.0
1982
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Officer
7.3
1980
500 Miles
0.0
Kent: Garden of England
Narrator · (5 episodes)
0.0
2024
The Beautiful Game
Mal
6.4
2024
Living
Williams
7.0
2022
Lotus: A New Dawn
Self - Narrator
0.0
2021
Buckley's Chance
Spencer
6.2
2021
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Self
8.5
2020
Emma.
Mr. Woodhouse
7.0
2020
The Kindness of Strangers
Timofey
6.3
2019
Hope Gap
Edward
6.3
2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Howard Clifford
6.9
2019
Sometimes Always Never
Alan
6.4
2019
The Bookshop
Mr. Brundish
6.5
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
Billy Mack
7.1
2017
The Limehouse Golem
John Kildare
6.2
2016
Don't Leave Me This Way
John Tracey
7.0
1993
Absolute Hell
Hugh Marriner
5.7
1991
& Sons
0.0
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Narrator · (6 episodes)
0.0
2023
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Thomas Jerome Newton · (10 episodes)
7.4
2022
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Narrator · (2 episodes)
10.0
2021
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Self - Narrator (voice) · (13 episodes)
9.0
2021
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Narrator · (16 episodes)
8.0
2021
Minamata
Robert "Bob" Hayes
6.9
2020
StarDog and TurboCat
Sinclair (voice)
7.1
2019
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Narrator (voice) · (39 episodes)
8.3
2019
Ordeal by Innocence
Leo Argyll · (3 episodes)
7.0
2018
Castlevania
Saint Germain (voice) · (20 episodes)
8.3
2017
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
The Hungry Corpse
The Hungry Corpse
0.0
2013
Great White Shark
Self - Narrator (voice)
6.2
2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Graham Greene (voice)
1.0
2013
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
6.5
2012
Astonish Me
The Professor
8.0
2011
10 Minute Tales
(1 episode)
7.5
2009
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
3.3
2009
The Big Art Project
Narrator · (4 episodes)
0.0
2009
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.6
2006
We Love Cigarettes
Narrator
0.0
2006
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
0.0
2005
Meerkat Manor
Narrator · (52 episodes)
7.5
2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
0.0
2005
Doctor Who
Dr Black · (1 episode)
7.5
2005
He Knew He Was Right
Colonel Osborne · (4 episodes)
7.8
2004
Grumpy Old Men
Self · (14 episodes)
7.3
2003
Canterbury Tales
James · (1 episode)
6.9
2003
State of Play
Cameron Foster · (6 episodes)
7.5
2003
The Lost Prince
Stamfordham · (2 episodes)
7.0
2003
Timeshift
self (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Lockwood · (1 episode)
7.1
2002
AKA
Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
5.6
2002
Richard & Judy
Self · (1 episode)
3.1
2001
Black Books
Man at bar · (1 episode)
8.0
2000
Longitude
Lord Sandwich · (2 episodes)
7.0
2000
People Like Us
Will Rushmore · (1 episode)
8.1
1999
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Belshazzar (voice) · (1 episode)
6.0
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
Giles Culpepper QC · (1 episode)
6.8
1995
Wycliffe
David Cleeve · (1 episode)
6.0
1994
Peak Practice
Alan Sinclair · (1 episode)
5.9
1993
Eye of the Storm
Tom Frewen · (6 episodes)
8.0
1993
A Masculine Ending
John Tracey
0.0
1992
Performance
Roger Maitland · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Performance
Hugh Marriner · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Chillers
Tom Dickenson · (1 episode)
6.2
1990
Making News
Sam Courtney · (6 episodes)
6.0
1990
Antonia and Jane
Howard Nash
5.5
1990
South Of The Border
Tony Freason · (1 episode)
0.0
1988
This Morning
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1988
The Last Place on Earth
Cecil Meares · (7 episodes)
6.8
1985
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Jeffrey Grainger · (6 episodes)
7.8
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Goschen · (1 episode)
7.1
1983
Under the Skin
Dave
0.0
1982
Bergerac
Barry · (1 episode)
6.4
1981
Eye of the Needle
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
6.7
1981
Standing in for Henry
Bruno
0.0
1980
Fox
Colin Street
1.0
1980
Fox
Colin Street · (2 episodes)
5.7
1980
Death Watch
Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
6.3
1980
Dreams of Leaving
William
7.0
1980
Deasey (Desperate)
Deasy
0.0
1979
Minder
Oates · (1 episode)
6.8
1979
Agony
Vincent Fish · (20 episodes)
6.4
1979
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Bill
0.0
1978
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
0.0
1976
Lazarus
Doctor Lazarus ' Dr L' · (2 episodes)
0.0
Play for Today
Dave · (1 episode)
6.1
1970