Bill Nighy
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.
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)
Valkyrie
(Friedrich Olbricht)
Underworld: Evolution
(Viktor)
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 / Robotsky (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 (voice))
The Maitlands
(Roger Maitland)
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
(Self)
Curse of the Pink Panther
(ENT Doctor)
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 – A Diane Sawyer Special
(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
(Self - 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
(Andrew)
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 (voice))
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)
The Bass Player
Shelter
(Manafort)
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
(Self - Narrator)
Welcome to Paradise
(Hooker Duck Host (voice))
Heart of Darkness
((voice))
This Is the Beginning
Bulk
(The Voice)
The Turning Door
((voice))
Bottom Mindless Violence
(Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Man with the Stolen Heart
(Narrator)
A Town in Nova Scotia
(Leon)
Ibelin
(Mats Steen)
Caine
Wycliffe
(David Cleeve)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
(Lockwood)
Meerkat Manor
(Narrator)
Performance
(Roger Maitland)
Richard & Judy
(Self)
State of Play
(Cameron Foster)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
(Self - Narrator (voice))
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)
Fox
(Colin Street)
People Like Us
(Will Rushmore)
Peak Practice
(Alan Sinclair)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
(Thomas Jerome Newton)
Kavanagh Q.C.
(Giles Culpepper QC)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
(Self - Narrator (voice))
South of the Border
(Tony Freason)
Ordeal by Innocence
(Leo Argyll)
Black Books
(Man at bar)
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
(Jeffrey Grainger)
Eye of the Storm
(Tom Frewen)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
(Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L')
Grumpy Old Men
(Self)
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
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Parkinson
(Self)
This Morning
(Self)
California Avenue
(Jerry)
Playhouse
(Bruno)
LIGHT & MAGIC
(Self (archive footage))
Longitude
(Lord Sandwich)
10 Minute Tales
(Mr Jellaby)
Chillers
(Tom Dickenson)
Agony
(Vincent Fish)
He Knew He Was Right
(Colonel Osborne)
Canterbury Tales
(James)
Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
(Self - Narrator)
Ride or Die
(The Director)