Acting
Bill Nighy
EN, FR cinema · 142 credits
Born
12 December 1949 (age 76)
Birthplace
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as William Francis Nighy · ויליאם פרנסיס "ביל" ניי
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
Filmography
Heart of Darkness
as The Manager
Caine
Actor
The Last Dinosaur
as (voice)
500 Miles
as John
& Sons
as Andrew
Shelter
as Manafort
Welcome to Paradise
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Bulk
as The Voice
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
as Davy Jones (voice)
10 Lives
as Professor Craven (voice)
The First Omen
as Cardinal Lawrence
JOY
as Patrick Steptoe
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Conrad (voice)
The Wild Robot
as Longneck (voice)
That Christmas
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
Role Play
as Bob
Spectre of the Bear
as Bennett (voice)
Bloody Fury
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Living
as Williams
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buckley's Chance
as Spencer
Lotus: A New Dawn
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Emma.
as Mr. Woodhouse
Minamata
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Howard Clifford
The Kindness of Strangers
as Timofey
Hope Gap
as Edward
Sometimes Always Never
as Alan, Executive Producer
StarDog and TurboCat
as Sinclair (voice)
Their Finest
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
The Bookshop
as Mr. Brundish
Red Nose Day Actually
as Billy Mack
Norm of the North
as Socrates (voice)
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Wilson
The Limehouse Golem
as John Kildare
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
I, Frankenstein
as Naberius
Pride
as Cliff
Turks & Caicos
as Johnny Worricker
Salting the Battlefield
as Johnny Worricker
National Theatre Live: Skylight
as Tom Sergeant
Jack the Giant Slayer
as General Fallon
The World's End
as The Network (voice)
About Time
as Dad
Great White Shark
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Graham Greene (voice)
The Hungry Corpse
as The Hungry Corpse
Total Recall
as Matthias
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
Wrath of the Titans
as Hephaestus
London: The Modern Babylon
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Rango
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Arthur Christmas
as Grandsanta (voice)
Real Creatures of Dirt
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Page Eight
as Johnny Worricker, Executive Producer
Chalet Girl
as Richard Madsen
Astonish Me
as The Professor
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Wild Target
as Victor Maynard
Glorious 39
as Alexander Keyes
Astro Boy
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
The Boat That Rocked
as Quentin
G-Force
as Leonard Saber
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper
as Arnold Percy
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz
as Met Chief Inspector
Notes on a Scandal
as Richard Hart
Underworld: Evolution
as Viktor
Flushed Away
as Whitey (voice)
Stormbreaker
as Alan Blunt
We Love Cigarettes
as Narrator
The Constant Gardener
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Slartibartfast
The Girl in the Café
as Lawrence
The Magic Roundabout
as Dylan (voice)
Gideon's Daughter
as Gideon Warner
Shaun of the Dead
as Phillip
Enduring Love
as Robin
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Phil Parish
Burst
as Maxwell's Fan 22
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
as Self - Narrator
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Underworld
as Viktor
Love Actually
as Billy Mack
I Capture the Castle
as James Mortmain
The Young Visiters
as Earl of Clincham
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Self - Narrator
The Armstrongs: The Office Christmas Party
as Self - Narrator
AKA
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Lucky Break
as Roger
Blow Dry
as Ray Robertson
Longitude
as Lord Sandwich
Guest House Paradiso
as Mr. Johnson
Still Crazy
as Ray Simms
FairyTale: A True Story
as Edward Gardner
True Blue
as Jeremy Saville
Alive and Kicking
as Tristan
Being Human
as Julian
Unnatural Causes
as Oliver Latham
The Maitlands
as Roger Maitland
Don't Leave Me This Way
as John Tracey
A Masculine Ending
as John Tracey
Absolute Hell
as Hugh Marriner
Antonia and Jane
as Howard Nash
Mack the Knife
as Tiger Brown
The Phantom of the Opera
as Martin Barton
Thirteen at Dinner
as Ronald Marsh
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Helmut Hoffmann
Curse of the Pink Panther
as ENT Doctor
Easter 2016
as Connor Mullan
Eye of the Needle
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Officer
Fox
1980
Fox
as Colin Street
Dreams of Leaving
as William
Death Watch
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Deasey (Desperate)
as Deasy
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool