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person_profile-Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Age: 75

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bill Nighy

Date of Birth:

Dec 12, 1949

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

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).

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Bill Nighy

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Filmography of

Bill Nighy

Found 108 Movies in total

That Christmas

Bill (voice) ( Actor )

... 2024

Joy

Patrick Steptoe ( Actor )

... 2024

The Wild Robot

(voice) ( Actor )

... 2024

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

Conrad (voice) ( Actor )

... 2024

10 Lives

Professor Craven (voice) ( Actor )

... 2024

Dragonkeeper

Danzi (voice) ( Actor )

... 2024

The First Omen

Lawrence ( Actor )

... 2024

The Beautiful Game

Mal ( Actor )

... 2024

Role Play

Bob ( Actor )

... 2023

Living

Williams ( Actor )

... 2022

Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens

Self - Narrator ( Actor )

... 2021

Buckley's Chance

Spencer ( Actor )

... 2021

Minamata

Robert "Bob" Hayes ( Actor )

... 2020

Emma.

Mr. Woodhouse ( Actor )

... 2020

The Kindness of Strangers

Timofey ( Actor )

... 2019

StarDog and TurboCat

Sinclair (voice) ( Actor )

... 2019

Hope Gap

Edward ( Actor )

... 2019

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Howard Clifford ( Actor )

... 2019

Sometimes Always Never

Alan ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2019

The Bookshop

Mr. Brundish ( Actor )

... 2017

Their Finest

Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank ( Actor )

... 2017

The Limehouse Golem

John Kildare ( Actor )

... 2016

Dad's Army

Sergeant Wilson ( Actor )

... 2016

Norm of the North

Socrates (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' ( Actor )

... 2015

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Douglas Ainslie ( Actor )

... 2015

Pride

Cliff ( Actor )

... 2014

National Theatre Live: Skylight

Tom Sergeant ( Actor )

... 2014

Salting the Battlefield

Johnny Worricker ( Actor )

... 2014

Turks & Caicos

Johnny Worricker ( Actor )

... 2014

I, Frankenstein

Naberius ( Actor )

... 2014

About Time

Dad ( Actor )

... 2013

The World's End

The Network (voice) ( Actor )

... 2013

Great White Shark

Self - Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2013

Jack the Giant Slayer

General Fallon ( Actor )

... 2013

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Graham Greene (voice) ( Actor )

... 2013

London: The Modern Babylon

Spoken Quotations (voice) ( Actor )

... 2012

Total Recall

Matthias ( Actor )

... 2012

Wrath of the Titans

Hephaestus ( Actor )

... 2012

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Douglas Ainslie ( Actor )

... 2012

Arthur Christmas

Grandsanta (voice) ( Actor )

... 2011

Page Eight

Johnny Worricker ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2011

Rango

Rattlesnake Jake (voice) ( Actor )

... 2011

Chalet Girl

Richard Madsen ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2010

Wild Target

Victor Maynard ( Actor )

... 2010

Glorious 39

Alexander Keyes ( Actor )

... 2009

Astro Boy

Dr. Elefun (voice) ( Actor )

... 2009

G-Force

Leonard Saber ( Actor )

... 2009

The Boat That Rocked

Quentin ( Actor )

... 2009

... 2009

Valkyrie

Friedrich Olbricht ( Actor )

... 2008

A Fox's Tale

Ringmaster (voice) ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

Hot Fuzz

Met Chief Inspector ( Actor )

... 2007

Notes on a Scandal

Richard Hart ( Actor )

... 2006

Flushed Away

Whitey (voice) ( Actor )

... 2006

Stormbreaker

Alan Blunt ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2006

We Love Cigarettes

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2006

Underworld: Evolution

Viktor ( Actor )

... 2006

Gideon's Daughter

Gideon Warner ( Actor )

... 2005

The Constant Gardener

Sir Bernard Pellegrin ( Actor )

... 2005

The Girl in the Café

Lawrence ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

The Magic Roundabout

Dylan (voice) ( Actor )

... 2005

Enduring Love

Robin ( Actor )

... 2004

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Phil Parish ( Actor )

... 2004

Shaun of the Dead

Phillip ( Actor )

... 2004

The Young Visiters

Earl of Clincham ( Actor )

... 2003

Underworld

Viktor ( Actor )

... 2003

Love Actually

Billy Mack ( Actor )

... 2003

I Capture the Castle

James Mortmain ( Actor )

... 2003

Lawless Heart

Dan ( Actor )

... 2002

AKA

Uncle Louis Gryffoyn ( Actor )

... 2002

Lucky Break

Roger ( Actor )

... 2001

Blow Dry

Ray Robertson ( Actor )

... 2001

Longitude

Lord Sandwich ( Actor )

... 2000

Guest House Paradiso

Mr. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1999

Still Crazy

Ray Simms ( Actor )

... 1998

FairyTale: A True Story

Edward Gardner ( Actor )

... 1997

True Blue

Jeremy Saville ( Actor )

... 1996

Alive and Kicking

Tristan ( Actor )

... 1996

Being Human

Julian ( Actor )

... 1994

The Maitlands

Roger Maitland ( Actor )

... 1993

Don't Leave Me This Way

John Tracey ( Actor )

... 1993

Unnatural Causes

Oliver Latham ( Actor )

... 1993

A Masculine Ending

John Tracey ( Actor )

... 1992

Absolute Hell

Hugh Marriner ( Actor )

... 1991

Antonia and Jane

Howard Nash ( Actor )

... 1990

The Phantom of the Opera

Martin Barton ( Actor )

... 1989

Mack the Knife

Tiger Brown ( Actor )

... 1989

Thirteen at Dinner

Ronald Marsh ( Actor )

... 1985

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Helmut Hoffmann ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1984

Curse of the Pink Panther

ENT Doctor ( Actor )

... 1983

Easter 2016

Connor Mullan ( Actor )

... 1982

Under the Skin

Dave ( Actor )

... 1982

Eye of the Needle

Squadron Leader Blenkinsop ( Actor )

... 1981

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Officer ( Actor )

... 1980

Death Watch

Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1980

Dreams of Leaving

William ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1978

Occupy!

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool ( Actor )

... 1976