Bill Nighy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 12, 1949
- Birthplace
- Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Filmography
- Insomniac City
Insomniac City TBA
as Oliver Sacks
Caine TBA
Actor
- Ibelin
Ibelin TBA
Actor
- A Town in Nova Scotia
A Town in Nova Scotia TBA
as Leon
- The Turning Door
The Turning Door TBA
as (voice)
Heart of Darkness TBA
as The Manager
The Last Dino 2027
as (voice)
& Sons 2026
as Andrew
Welcome to Paradise 2026
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
500 Miles 2026
as John
Shelter 2026
as Manafort
Bulk 2026
as The Voice
This Is the Beginning 2025
Actor
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort 2025
as Davy Jones (voice)
That Christmas 2024
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
JOY 2024
as Patrick Steptoe
The Wild Robot 2024
as Longneck (voice)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue 2024
as Conrad (voice)
10 Lives 2024
as Professor Craven (voice)
The First Omen 2024
as Cardinal Lawrence
The Beautiful Game 2024
as Mal
Role Play 2023
as Bob
Darkling 2023
Actor
Spectre of the Bear 2023
as Bennett (voice)
Bloody Fury 2023
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special 2022
as Self
Living 2022
as Williams
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens 2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lotus: A New Dawn 2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buckley's Chance 2021
as Spencer
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular 2020
as Self
Minamata 2020
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Emma. 2020
as Mr. Woodhouse
The Kindness of Strangers 2019
as Timofey
StarDog and TurboCat 2019
as Sinclair (voice)
Hope Gap 2019
as Edward
Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2019
as Howard Clifford
Sometimes Always Never 2019
as Alan, Executive Producer
The Bookshop 2017
as Mr. Brundish
Red Nose Day Actually 2017
as Billy Mack
Their Finest 2017
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
The Limehouse Golem 2016
as John Kildare
Dad's Army 2016
as Sergeant Wilson
Norm of the North 2016
as Socrates (voice)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman 2015
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
- Pride: The True Story
Pride: The True Story 2015
as Himself
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2015
as Douglas Ainslie
Pride 2014
as Cliff
National Theatre Live: Skylight 2014
as Tom Sergeant
Salting the Battlefield 2014
as Johnny Worricker
Turks & Caicos 2014
as Johnny Worricker
I, Frankenstein 2014
as Naberius
The World's End 2013
as The Network (voice)
About Time 2013
as Dad
The Hungry Corpse 2013
as The Hungry Corpse
Great White Shark 2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jack the Giant Slayer 2013
as General Fallon
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene 2013
as Graham Greene (voice)
London: The Modern Babylon 2012
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Total Recall 2012
as Matthias
Wrath of the Titans 2012
as Hephaestus
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2012
as Douglas Ainslie
Arthur Christmas 2011
as Grandsanta (voice)
Page Eight 2011
as Johnny Worricker, Executive Producer
Astonish Me 2011
as The Professor
Real Creatures of Dirt 2011
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
The Man with the Stolen Heart 2011
as Narrator
Rango 2011
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Chalet Girl 2011
as Richard Madsen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Wild Target 2010
as Victor Maynard
Glorious 39 2009
as Alexander Keyes
Astro Boy 2009
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
G-Force 2009
as Leonard Saber
The Boat That Rocked 2009
as Quentin
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 2009
as Viktor
Valkyrie 2008
as Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper 2008
as Arnold Percy
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz 2007
as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007
as Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz 2007
as Met Chief Inspector
Notes on a Scandal 2006
as Richard Hart
Flushed Away 2006
as Whitey (voice)
Stormbreaker 2006
as Alan Blunt
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006
as Davy Jones
We Love Cigarettes 2006
as Narrator
Underworld: Evolution 2006
as Viktor
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener 2006
as Self
Gideon's Daughter 2005
as 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
as Self
The Constant Gardener 2005
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' 2005
as Self
The Girl in the Café 2005
as Lawrence
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005
as Slartibartfast
The Magic Roundabout 2005
as Dylan (voice)
Bottom Mindless Violence 2004
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Enduring Love 2004
as Robin
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill 2004
as Phil Parish
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews 2004
as Self - Narrator
Shaun of the Dead 2004
as Phillip
Burst 2004
as Maxwell's Fan 22
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher 2003
as Self - Narrator
The Young Visiters 2003
as Earl of Clincham
The Armstrongs: The Office Christmas Party 2003
as Self - Narrator
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates 2003
Actor
Underworld 2003
as Viktor
Love Actually 2003
as Billy Mack
I Capture the Castle 2003
as James Mortmain
Lawless Heart 2002
as Dan
AKA 2002
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Lucky Break 2001
as Roger
Blow Dry 2001
as Ray Robertson
Longitude 2000
as Lord Sandwich
Guest House Paradiso 1999
as Mr. Johnson
- The Bass Player
The Bass Player 1999
Actor
Still Crazy 1998
as Ray Simms
FairyTale: A True Story 1997
as Edward Gardner
True Blue 1996
as Jeremy Saville
Alive and Kicking 1996
as Tristan
Being Human 1994
as Julian
The Maitlands 1993
as Roger Maitland
Don't Leave Me This Way 1993
as John Tracey
Unnatural Causes 1993
as Oliver Latham
A Masculine Ending 1992
as John Tracey
Absolute Hell 1991
as Hugh Marriner
Antonia and Jane 1990
as Howard Nash
The Phantom of the Opera 1989
as Martin Barton
Mack the Knife 1989
as Tiger Brown
Thirteen at Dinner 1985
as Ronald Marsh
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil 1985
as Helmut Hoffmann
The Little Drummer Girl 1984
as Al
Curse of the Pink Panther 1983
as ENT Doctor
Easter 2016 1982
as Connor Mullan
Under the Skin 1982
as Dave
Eye of the Needle 1981
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Standing in for Henry 1980
as Bruno
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980
as Officer
- Fox
Fox 1980
as Colin Street
Death Watch 1980
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Dreams of Leaving 1980
as William
Deasey (Desperate) 1979
as Deasy
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly 1978
as Bill
Occupy! 1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Credits from TMDB.