Bill Nighy
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).
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- Born:
- Dec 12, 1949 In Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 177
- First Appeared:
- In the series Lazarus
- Latest Project:
- Movie That Christmas 2024-11-27
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Lazarus | Doctor Lazarus ' Dr L' | 2026 |
| Movie | 500 Miles | 2026 | |
| Movie | & Sons | 2026 | |
| Movie | The Beautiful Game | Mal | 2024-03-22 |
| Movie | That Christmas | Lighthouse Bill (voice) | 2024-11-27 |
| Movie | The First Omen | Cardinal Lawrence | 2024-04-03 |
| Movie | Dragonkeeper | Danzi (voice) | 2024-04-11 |
| Movie | The Wild Robot | Longneck (voice) | 2024-09-12 |
| Movie | Joy | Patrick Steptoe | 2024-11-15 |
| Series | Kent: Garden of England | Narrator | 2024-09-11 |
| Movie | Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue | Conrad (voice) | 2024-05-01 |
| Movie | 10 Lives | Professor Craven (voice) | 2024-04-18 |
| Series | Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country | Narrator | 2023-09-06 |
| Movie | Darkling | 2023-10-23 | |
| Movie | Role Play | Bob | 2023-12-14 |
| Movie | Spectre of the Bear | Bennett (voice) | 2023-10-07 |
| Movie | Bloody Fury | Bloody's Consciousness (voice) | 2023-09-23 |
| Movie | Living | Williams | 2022-11-04 |
| Series | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | 2022-04-24 |
| Movie | The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later | Self | 2022-11-29 |
| Series | World's Most Scenic River Journeys | Narrator | 2021-04-02 |
| Series | Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-06-05 |
| Movie | Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens | Self - Narrator | 2021-12-14 |
| Series | Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge | Narrator | 2021-06-29 |
| Movie | Buckley's Chance | Spencer | 2021-06-24 |
| Movie | Lotus: A New Dawn | Self - Narrator | 2021-07-28 |
| Movie | Emma. | Mr. Woodhouse | 2020-02-13 |
| Movie | Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular | Self | 2020-12-01 |
| Movie | Minamata | Robert "Bob" Hayes | 2020-03-13 |
| Movie | Sometimes Always Never | Alan | 2019-03-14 |
| Series | World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys | Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
| Movie | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey | 2019-12-12 |
| Movie | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) | 2019-12-06 |
| Movie | Hope Gap | Edward | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford | 2019-05-03 |
| Series | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyll | 2018-04-01 |
| Series | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Himself | 2018-02-18 |
| Movie | The Bookshop | Mr. Brundish | 2017-11-10 |
| Movie | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack | 2017-03-24 |
| Series | Castlevania | Saint Germain (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank | 2017-02-19 |
| Movie | Dad's Army | Sergeant Wilson | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | The Limehouse Golem | John Kildare | 2016-10-18 |
| Movie | Norm of the North | Socrates (voice) | 2016-01-14 |
| Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2015-02-26 |
| Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' | 2015-12-26 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Tom Sergeant | 2014-07-24 |
| Movie | Pride | Cliff | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-27 |
| Movie | I, Frankenstein | Naberius | 2014-01-22 |
| Movie | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-20 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Graham Greene (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hungry Corpse | The Hungry Corpse | 2013-06-26 |
| Movie | About Time | Dad | 2013-09-04 |
| Movie | The World's End | The Network (voice) | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | Great White Shark | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
| Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | General Fallon | 2013-02-27 |
| Movie | Total Recall | Matthias | 2012-08-02 |
| Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2012-02-23 |
| Movie | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus | 2012-03-28 |
| Movie | London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
| Movie | Chalet Girl | Richard Madsen | 2011-02-02 |
| Movie | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) | 2011-03-02 |
| Movie | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker | 2011-08-28 |
| Movie | Astonish Me | The Professor | 2011-07-26 |
| Movie | Real Creatures of Dirt | Self / Rattlesnake Jake | 2011-07-15 |
| Movie | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rufus Scrimgeour | 2010-11-17 |
| Movie | Wild Target | Victor Maynard | 2010-06-17 |
| Series | 10 Minute Tales | Unknown | 2009-12-21 |
| Movie | Astro Boy | Dr. Elefun (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor | 2009-01-22 |
| Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin | 2009-04-01 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | G-Force | Leonard Saber | 2009-07-24 |
| Series | The Big Art Project | Narrator | 2009-05-10 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Alexander Keyes | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | A Fox's Tale | Ringmaster (voice) | 2008-04-17 |
| Movie | Valkyrie | Friedrich Olbricht | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Slapper | Arnold Percy | 2008-06-21 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Chief Inspector | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self | 2007-06-11 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Davy Jones | 2007-05-19 |
| Movie | Underworld: Evolution | Viktor | 2006-01-12 |
| Movie | We Love Cigarettes | Narrator | 2006-06-29 |
| Movie | Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | 2006-01-10 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones | 2006-07-06 |
| Movie | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt | 2006-07-21 |
| Movie | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart | 2006-12-25 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Dr Black | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast | 2005-04-28 |
| Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
| Series | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | 2005-09-02 |
| Movie | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence | 2005-06-25 |
| Movie | 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 | 2005-09-05 |
| Movie | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner | 2005-10-21 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
| Movie | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin | 2005-08-31 |
| Movie | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 22 | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Shaun of the Dead | Phillip | 2004-04-09 |
| Series | He Knew He Was Right | Colonel Osborne | 2004-04-18 |
| Movie | Enduring Love | Robin | 2004-10-29 |
| Movie | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Phil Parish | 2004-09-01 |
| Series | State of Play | Cameron Foster | 2003-05-18 |
| Series | The Lost Prince | Stamfordham | 2003-01-19 |
| Movie | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain | 2003-05-09 |
| Movie | Love Actually | Billy Mack | 2003-09-07 |
| Series | Canterbury Tales | James | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Narrator | 2003-12-29 |
| Movie | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham | 2003-12-26 |
| Series | Grumpy Old Men | Self | 2003-10-10 |
| Movie | Underworld | Viktor | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates | 2003-12-02 | |
| Movie | AKA | Uncle Louis Gryffoyn | 2002-01-19 |
| Movie | Lawless Heart | Dan | 2002-06-28 |
| Series | Timeshift | self (voice) | 2002-10-10 |
| Series | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Lockwood | 2002-04-08 |
| Movie | Blow Dry | Ray Robertson | 2001-03-01 |
| Movie | Lucky Break | Roger | 2001-08-24 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Self | 2001-11-26 |
| Movie | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
| Series | Black Books | Man at bar | 2000-09-29 |
| Series | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
| Movie | The Bass Player | 1999-10-01 | |
| Series | Total Recall 2070 | Matthias Lair | 1999-01-05 |
| Series | People Like Us | Will Rushmore | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Johnson | 1999-12-03 |
| Series | Parkinson | Self | 1998-01-09 |
| Movie | Still Crazy | Ray Simms | 1998-10-30 |
| Movie | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner | 1997-10-24 |
| Movie | True Blue | Jeremy Saville | 1996-11-15 |
| Movie | Alive and Kicking | Tristan | 1996-11-08 |
| Series | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Belshazzar (voice) | 1996-12-11 |
| Series | Kavanagh Q.C. | Giles Culpepper QC | 1995-01-03 |
| Movie | Being Human | Julian | 1994-05-06 |
| Series | Wycliffe | David Cleeve | 1994-07-24 |
| Movie | Unnatural Causes | Oliver Latham | 1993-01-02 |
| Series | Peak Practice | Alan Sinclair | 1993-05-10 |
| Series | Eye of the Storm | Tom Frewen | 1993-01-08 |
| Movie | The Maitlands | Roger Maitland | 1993-11-13 |
| Movie | Don't Leave Me This Way | John Tracey | 1993-05-30 |
| Movie | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey | 1992-04-12 |
| Series | Performance | Hugh Marriner | 1991-02-22 |
| Movie | Absolute Hell | Hugh Marriner | 1991-10-05 |
| Series | Making News | Sam Courtney | 1990-01-16 |
| Series | Chillers | Tom Dickenson | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Antonia and Jane | Howard Nash | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown | 1989-11-01 |
| Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton | 1989-11-04 |
| Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | South Of The Border | Tony Freason | 1988-10-25 |
| Series | The Last Place on Earth | Cecil Meares | 1985-02-18 |
| Movie | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh | 1985-09-19 |
| Movie | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Helmut Hoffmann | 1985-02-17 |
| Movie | The Little Drummer Girl | Al | 1984-10-19 |
| Series | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Jeffrey Grainger | 1983-11-11 |
| Movie | Curse of the Pink Panther | ENT Doctor | 1983-08-12 |
| Series | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Goschen | 1983-09-05 |
| Movie | Under the Skin | Dave | 1982-01-19 |
| Movie | Easter 2016 | Connor Mullan | 1982-05-18 |
| Series | Bergerac | Barry | 1981-10-18 |
| Movie | Eye of the Needle | Squadron Leader Blenkinsop | 1981-07-24 |
| Movie | Death Watch | Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) | 1980-01-23 |
| Movie | Dreams of Leaving | William | 1980-01-17 |
| Movie | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
| Movie | Standing in for Henry | Bruno | 1980-12-19 |
| Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Officer | 1980-12-01 |
| Series | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
| Series | Agony | Vincent Fish | 1979-03-11 |
| Movie | Deasey (Desperate) | Deasy | 1979-12-06 |
| Series | Minder | Oates | 1979-10-29 |
| Movie | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Bill | 1978-12-05 |
| Movie | Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool | 1976-01-01 |
| Series | Play for Today | Dave | 1970-10-15 |