Bill Nighy
Acting
Born: December 12, 1949 (age 76) · Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
Shaun of the Dead
2004
About Time
2013
Hot Fuzz
2007
Love Actually
2003
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
Rango
2011
Underworld
2003
The Wild Robot
2024
The World's End
2013
Photos (9)
Movies (118)
Shelter
Manafort
The Wild Robot
Longneck (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rufus Scrimgeour
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Davy Jones
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Howard Clifford
About Time
Dad
Jack the Giant Slayer
General Fallon
Flushed Away
Whitey (voice)
Rango
Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Shaun of the Dead
Phillip
Love Actually
Billy Mack
Hot Fuzz
Met Chief Inspector
Wrath of the Titans
Hephaestus
Total Recall
Matthias
Underworld
Viktor
The First Omen
Cardinal Lawrence
Valkyrie
Friedrich Olbricht
The World's End
The Network (voice)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Viktor
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Slartibartfast
Underworld: Evolution
Viktor
Emma.
Mr. Woodhouse
Arthur Christmas
Grandsanta (voice)
G-Force
Leonard Saber
Role Play
Bob
The Constant Gardener
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
10 Lives
Professor Craven (voice)
That Christmas
Lighthouse Bill (voice)
Astro Boy
Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
I, Frankenstein
Naberius
Curse of the Pink Panther
ENT Doctor
Wild Target
Victor Maynard
The Boat That Rocked
Quentin
The Limehouse Golem
John Kildare
The Bookshop
Mr. Brundish
Notes on a Scandal
Richard Hart
Stormbreaker
Alan Blunt
Living
Williams
Pride
Cliff
Eye of the Needle
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Minamata
Robert "Bob" Hayes
Their Finest
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Page Eight
Johnny Worricker
Hope Gap
Edward
Norm of the North
Socrates (voice)
The Kindness of Strangers
Timofey
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
StarDog and TurboCat
Sinclair (voice)
Dad's Army
Sergeant Wilson
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
The Magic Roundabout
Dylan (voice)
Guest House Paradiso
Mr. Johnson
Salting the Battlefield
Johnny Worricker
& Sons
Andrew
The Beautiful Game
Mal
Turks & Caicos
Johnny Worricker
Red Nose Day Actually
Billy Mack
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Officer
500 Miles
2026
Blow Dry
Ray Robertson
Chalet Girl
Richard Madsen
Joy
Patrick Steptoe
Thirteen at Dinner
Ronald Marsh
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Conrad (voice)
FairyTale: A True Story
Edward Gardner
Enduring Love
Robin
The Little Drummer Girl
Al
The Phantom of the Opera
Martin Barton
Still Crazy
Ray Simms
Longitude
Lord Sandwich
Absolute Hell
Hugh Marriner
Bulk
The Voice
Being Human
Julian
Sometimes Always Never
Alan
Glorious 39
Alexander Keyes
I Capture the Castle
James Mortmain
Lucky Break
Roger
The Maitlands
Roger Maitland
Gideon's Daughter
Gideon Warner
Bloody Fury
Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Death Watch
Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Slapper
Arnold Percy
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
The Girl in the Café
Lawrence
Mack the Knife
Tiger Brown
Welcome to Paradise
Hooker Duck Host (voice)
The Young Visiters
Earl of Clincham
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
Alive and Kicking
Tristan
Astonish Me
The Professor
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Helmut Hoffmann
Buckley's Chance
Spencer
Antonia and Jane
Howard Nash
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Phil Parish
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
Lawless Heart
Dan
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Bill
True Blue
Jeremy Saville
Darkling
2023
Don't Leave Me This Way
John Tracey
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Tom Sergeant
AKA
Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
A Masculine Ending
John Tracey
Spectre of the Bear
Bennett (voice)
Bottom Mindless Violence
Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Graham Greene (voice)
Easter 2016
Connor Mullan
Dreams of Leaving
William
Unnatural Causes
Oliver Latham
Under the Skin
Dave
Deasey (Desperate)
Deasy
This Is the Beginning
2025
Burst
Maxwell's Fan 22
The Man with the Stolen Heart
Narrator
Standing in for Henry
Bruno
The Hungry Corpse
The Hungry Corpse
We Love Cigarettes
Narrator
TV Shows (36)
Doctor Who
Dr Black · 1 eps
Play for Today
Dave · 1 eps
Minder
Oates · 1 eps
Peak Practice
Alan Sinclair · 1 eps
Ride or Die
The Director · 8 eps
Castlevania
Saint Germain (voice) · 20 eps
Playhouse
Bruno · 1 eps
Performance
Roger Maitland · 1 eps
Performance
Hugh Marriner · 1 eps
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L' · 6 eps
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Lockwood · 1 eps
Black Books
Man at bar · 1 eps
Wycliffe
David Cleeve · 1 eps
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Thomas Jerome Newton · 10 eps
Kavanagh Q.C.
Giles Culpepper QC · 1 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Goschen · 1 eps
State of Play
Cameron Foster · 6 eps
Ordeal by Innocence
Leo Argyll · 3 eps
Meerkat Manor
Narrator · 52 eps
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Jeffrey Grainger · 6 eps
Storyboard
Sam · 1 eps
Canterbury Tales
James · 1 eps
Longitude
Lord Sandwich · 1 eps
10 Minute Tales
Mr Jellaby · 1 eps
Chillers
Tom Dickenson · 1 eps
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Belshazzar (voice) · 1 eps
He Knew He Was Right
Colonel Osborne · 3 eps
Agony
Vincent Fish · 7 eps
The Lost Prince
Stamfordham · 2 eps
People Like Us
Will Rushmore · 1 eps
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Narrator (voice) · 39 eps
South of the Border
Tony Freason · 1 eps
Fox
Colin Street · 2 eps
The Last Place on Earth
Cecil Meares · 7 eps
The Men's Room
Prof. Mark Carleton · 5 eps
Eye of the Storm
Tom Frewen · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (27)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Richard & Judy
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Timeshift
self (voice) · 1 eps
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Grumpy Old Men
Self · 14 eps
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
Self - Narrator · 4 eps
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Self - Narrator (voice) · 13 eps
Kent: Garden of England
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Self - Narrator (voice) · 16 eps
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
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
Great White Shark
Self - Narrator (voice)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Self - Narrator
Lotus: A New Dawn
Self - Narrator (voice)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Self
Real Creatures of Dirt
Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self · 1 eps
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Self - Narrator
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Self - Narrator (voice)
