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