Bill Nighy
Acting
🎂 1949-12-12
William Francis Nighy 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).
Cast credits(184)
Dr Black
2005
Self
2014
Longneck (voice)
2024
Self
2006
Dave
1970
Rufus Scrimgeour
2010
Oates
1979
Alan Sinclair
1993
Davy Jones
2006
Davy Jones
2007
Bruno
1974
Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
2011
General Fallon
2013
Dad
2013
Self
1998
Roger Maitland
1991
Hugh Marriner
1991
Hephaestus
2012
Friedrich Olbricht
2008
Matthias
2012
Saint Germain (voice)
2017
Whitey (voice)
2006
Phillip
2004
Howard Clifford
2019
Cardinal Lawrence
2024
Lockwood
2002
Mr. Woodhouse
2020
Viktor
2003
Met Chief Inspector
2007
self (voice)
2002
David Cleeve
1994
Viktor
2006
Professor Craven (voice)
2024
Viktor
2009
Billy Mack
2003
Man at bar
2000
Self
2001
The Network (voice)
2013
Giles Culpepper QC
1995
Leonard Saber
2009
Slartibartfast
2005
Conrad (voice)
2024
Bob
2023
Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
2009
Thomas Jerome Newton
2022
Self (archive footage)
2022
Naberius
2014
Goschen
1983
Lighthouse Bill (voice)
2024
Dylan (voice)
2004
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
2005
Richard Madsen
2011
Timofey
2019
Narrator
2005
Billy Mack
2017
Patrick Steptoe
2024
Leo Argyll
2018
Grandsanta (voice)
2011
Alan Blunt
2006
Quentin
2009
Dan
2002
Lord Sandwich
2000
Cameron Foster
2003
John Kildare
2016
Mal
2024
Socrates (voice)
2016
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
1981
Robert "Bob" Hayes
2020
Richard Hart
2006
Victor Maynard
2010
William
1980
Alexander Keyes
2009
Edward Gardner
1997
Ray Robertson
2001
ENT Doctor
1983
Mr. Brundish
2017
Bruno
1980
Tony Freason
1988
Williams
2022
Douglas Ainslie
2015
Jeffrey Grainger
1983
Colin Street
1980
Narrator (voice)
2019
Colin Street
1980
Jeremy Saville
1996
Cliff
2014
Ray Simms
1998
Sinclair (voice)
2019
Will Rushmore
1999
Self
2006
Douglas Ainslie
2012
Johnny Worricker
2011
Cecil Meares
1985
Edward
2019
Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
2002
Al
1984
Dave
1982
Sergeant Wilson
2016
2025
Officer
1980
Tom Dickenson
1990
Ronald Marsh
1985
Stamfordham
2003
Robin
2004
Vincent Fish
1979
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
2017
Martin Barton
1989
Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
1980
Johnny Worricker
2014
James Mortmain
2003
Phil Parish
2004
(voice)
2025
Deasy
1979
Gideon Warner
2005
John Tracey
1992
Belshazzar (voice)
1996
Julian
1994
Roger
2001
James
2003
Self / Rattlesnake Jake
2011
Graham Greene (voice)
2013
Self
2005
Tom Sergeant
2014
Lawrence
2005
Colonel Osborne
2004
Hugh Marriner
1991
Self
2007
Johnny Worricker
2014
Self
2005
Maxwell's Fan 22
2004
The Hungry Corpse
2013
Connor Mullan
1982
John Tracey
1993
Narrator
2003
2009
Bennett (voice)
2023
(voice)
Mr. Johnson
1999
Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
2015
Spencer
2021
Helmut Hoffmann
1985
Sam Courtney
1990
Self
2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Self
2003
Lord Sandwich
2000
Self
2020
Self
1988
Jerry
Doctor Lazarus ' Dr L'
The Director
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Tom Frewen
1993
Arnold Percy
2008
The Professor
2011
Earl of Clincham
2003
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
1976
Howard Nash
1990
Tristan
1996
Spoken Quotations (voice)
2012
Tiger Brown
1989
Alan
2019
1999
Bill
1978
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Narrator
2009
Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
2023
Oliver Latham
1993
Self
2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Man
Roger Maitland
1993
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
2003
Narrator
2006
2023
Self - Narrator
2004
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021