Bill Nighy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
187
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-12-12 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
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).
Known For
Shelter
Doctor Who
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Minder
The Wild Robot
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Parkinson
Peak Practice
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Playhouse
Play for Today
About Time
Castlevania
10 Lives
Richard & Judy
Stormbreaker
Performance
Performance
Rango
Hot Fuzz
Pride
Enduring Love
AKA
Shaun of the Dead
Wycliffe
Love Actually
Black Books
Underworld
Occupy!
500 Miles
True Blue
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
Jack the Giant Slayer
Total Recall
The Bookshop
Flushed Away
Absolute Hell
Thirteen at Dinner
Bloody Fury
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The World's End
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Bulk
Timeshift
Valkyrie
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wrath of the Titans
Fox
The Young Visiters
StarDog and TurboCat
Dad's Army
& Sons
Longitude
Deasey (Desperate)
LIGHT & MAGIC
The First Omen
Curse of the Pink Panther
Emma.
Underworld: Evolution
Mack the Knife
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Kavanagh Q.C.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Easter 2016
Hope Gap
Slapper
Sometimes Always Never
Ordeal by Innocence
Astro Boy
The Lost Prince
The Constant Gardener
The Bass Player
Role Play
G-Force
The Maitlands
Norm of the North
The Beautiful Game
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Chillers
Fox
That Christmas
Reilly: Ace of Spies
The Boat That Rocked
State of Play
I, Frankenstein
Chalet Girl
Guest House Paradiso
Arthur Christmas
The Magic Roundabout
Agony
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Joy
Living
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Astonish Me
Notes on a Scandal
Heart of Darkness
Minamata
Wild Target
Canterbury Tales
Longitude
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Red Nose Day Actually
FairyTale: A True Story
The Limehouse Golem
10 Minute Tales
Page Eight
The Last Place on Earth
Their Finest
People Like Us
Alive and Kicking
He Knew He Was Right
Antonia and Jane
Eye of the Needle
Meerkat Manor
Blow Dry
Still Crazy
Ride or Die
I Capture the Castle
South Of The Border
This Morning
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Turks & Caicos
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Live from Studio Five
The Kindness of Strangers
The Little Drummer Girl
This Is the Beginning
Salting the Battlefield
The Phantom of the Opera
Grumpy Old Men
Glorious 39
The Turning Door
Death Watch
Eye of the Storm
Being Human
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
London: The Modern Babylon
The Girl in the Café
Welcome to Paradise
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Don't Leave Me This Way
Buckley's Chance
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Lucky Break
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'
Making News
Gideon's Daughter
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Lotus: A New Dawn
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Lawless Heart
Kent: Garden of England
California Avenue
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Burst
Real Creatures of Dirt
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Spectre of the Bear
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Pink Sky at Night
A Masculine Ending
Bottom Mindless Violence
The Big Art Project
Unnatural Causes
Dreams of Leaving
Great White Shark
Standing in for Henry
The Hungry Corpse
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Darkling
Under the Skin
A Town in Nova Scotia
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
We Love Cigarettes
The Man with the Stolen Heart
