Bill Nighy
Acting
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).
Born: December 12, 1949
Place of Birth: Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
as Andrew
as (voice)
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
as Patrick Steptoe
as Longneck (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Conrad (voice)
as Professor Craven (voice)
as Cardinal Lawrence
as Mal
as Bob
as Bennett (voice)
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Williams
as Self (archive footage)
as Thomas Jerome Newton
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Spencer
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
as Mr. Woodhouse
as Timofey
as Sinclair (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Edward
as Howard Clifford
as Alan
as Leo Argyll
as Mr. Brundish
as Saint Germain (voice)
as Billy Mack
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
as John Kildare
as Sergeant Wilson
as Socrates (voice)
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
as Douglas Ainslie
as Cliff
as Tom Sergeant
as Johnny Worricker
as Johnny Worricker
as Self
as Naberius
as Dad
as The Network (voice)
as The Hungry Corpse
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as General Fallon
as Graham Greene (voice)
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
as Matthias
as Hephaestus
as Douglas Ainslie
as Grandsanta (voice)
as Johnny Worricker
as The Professor
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
as Richard Madsen
as Rufus Scrimgeour
as Victor Maynard
as Alexander Keyes
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
as Self
as Leonard Saber
as Quentin
as Viktor
as Friedrich Olbricht
as Arnold Percy
as Self
as Davy Jones
as Met Chief Inspector
as Richard Hart
as Whitey (voice)
as Self
as Alan Blunt
as Davy Jones
as Narrator
as Viktor
as Gideon Warner
as Narrator
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
as Lawrence
as Slartibartfast
as Dr Black
as Robin
as Dylan (voice)
as Phil Parish
as Self - Narrator
as Colonel Osborne
as Phillip
as Maxwell's Fan 22
as Self - Narrator
as Earl of Clincham
as Self
as Viktor
as James
as Billy Mack
as Cameron Foster
as James Mortmain
as Stamfordham
as self (voice)
as Dan
as Lockwood
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
as Self
as Roger
as Ray Robertson
as Man at bar
as Lord Sandwich
as Lord Sandwich
as Mr. Johnson
as Will Rushmore
as Ray Simms
as Self
as Edward Gardner
as Jeremy Saville
as Tristan
as Belshazzar (voice)
as Giles Culpepper QC
as David Cleeve
as Julian
as Roger Maitland
as John Tracey
as Alan Sinclair
as Tom Frewen
as Oliver Latham
as John Tracey
as Roger Maitland
as Hugh Marriner
as Hugh Marriner
as Howard Nash
as Tom Dickenson
as Martin Barton
as Tiger Brown
as Tony Freason
as Self
as Ronald Marsh
as Cecil Meares
as Helmut Hoffmann
as Jeffrey Grainger
as Goschen
as ENT Doctor
as Connor Mullan
as Dave
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
as Bruno
as Officer
as Colin Street
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
as William
as Deasy
as Oates
as Vincent Fish
as Bill
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
as Bruno
as Dave
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
as (voice)
as Man