Bill Nighy
Biography
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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-12-12
Place of birth
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
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Cast
Underworld
2003
6.83
Love Actually
2003
7.11
Notes on a Scandal
2006
7.09
Still Crazy
1998
6.70
Shaun of the Dead
2004
7.54
Valkyrie
2008
6.95
Underworld: Evolution
2006
6.59
10 Lives
2024
7.75
The Constant Gardener
2005
7.00
Guest House Paradiso
1999
6.20
Hot Fuzz
2007
7.56
Thirteen at Dinner
1985
5.68
Flushed Away
2006
6.30
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
5.50
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
6.50
Enduring Love
2004
5.68
Stormbreaker
2006
5.20
The Girl in the Café
2005
7.14
Glorious 39
2009
6.03
Lucky Break
2001
6.20
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
6.41
Wild Target
2010
6.43
Rango
2011
6.87
The Magic Roundabout
2004
5.40
Astro Boy
2009
6.32
Total Recall
2012
6.03
Blow Dry
2001
5.90
I Capture the Castle
2003
6.80
True Blue
1996
6.10
The Boat That Rocked
2009
7.23
Longitude
2000
7.25
Arthur Christmas
2011
6.77
Real Creatures of Dirt
2011
6.00
G-Force
2009
5.50
Mack the Knife
1989
6.60
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
5.85
Page Eight
2011
6.56
The Young Visiters
2003
5.36
Unnatural Causes
1993
0.00
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
6.95
Wrath of the Titans
2012
5.74
Chalet Girl
2011
6.41
Lawless Heart
2002
5.09
Gideon's Daughter
2005
6.23
The Phantom of the Opera
1989
5.61
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
4.50
I, Frankenstein
2014
5.36
The World's End
2013
6.81
About Time
2013
7.92
The First Omen
2024
6.86
Alive and Kicking
1996
4.90
Pride
2014
7.71
Joy
2024
6.95
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
7.35
Turks & Caicos
2014
6.28
Salting the Battlefield
2014
6.25
Easter 2016
1982
0.00
Role Play
2023
5.98
National Theatre Live: Skylight
2014
8.91
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
2021
0.00
The Maitlands
1993
0.00
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
0.00
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
4.61
A Fox's Tale
2008
1.67
Darkling
2023
0.00
The Wild Robot
2024
8.30
500 Miles
0.00
Norm of the North
2016
4.64
Their Finest
2017
6.65
Being Human
1994
5.10
Dad's Army
2016
5.00
Slapper
2008
3.50
Spectre of the Bear
2023
0.00
That Christmas
2024
7.17
Bloody Fury
2023
0.00
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
7.30
Burst
2004
0.00
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993
7.00
Absolute Hell
1991
5.70
& Sons
0.00
A Masculine Ending
1992
0.00
Astonish Me
2011
8.00
Fox
1980
1.00
The Limehouse Golem
2016
6.22
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
6.50
Dreams of Leaving
1980
7.00
The Bookshop
2017
6.49
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
7.04
We Love Cigarettes
2006
0.00
Antonia and Jane
1990
5.50
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
6.92
The Kindness of Strangers
2019
6.35
Hope Gap
2019
6.27
Great White Shark
2013
6.20
Sometimes Always Never
2019
6.30
Emma.
2020
7.00
Minamata
2020
6.93
StarDog and TurboCat
2019
7.02
The Hungry Corpse
2013
0.00
Eye of the Needle
1981
6.60
Death Watch
1980
6.31
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
0.00
Living
2022
7.00
Under the Skin
1982
0.00
AKA
2002
5.60
Buckley's Chance
2021
6.20
Occupy!
1976
0.00
Lotus: A New Dawn
2021
6.00
The Beautiful Game
2024
6.36
Deasey (Desperate)
1979
0.00
Standing in for Henry
1980
0.00
The Bass Player
1999
0.00
