Bill Nighy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
185
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-12-12 (75 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
Doctor Who
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Wild Robot
Minder
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Love Actually
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Play for Today
Richard & Judy
Shelter
About Time
Peak Practice
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Flushed Away
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
That Christmas
Wycliffe
Rango
Castlevania
Hot Fuzz
Playhouse
The First Omen
Wrath of the Titans
Underworld
Arthur Christmas
Jack the Giant Slayer
Parkinson
Joy
Shaun of the Dead
10 Lives
Total Recall
Astro Boy
Black Books
The Bookshop
Kavanagh Q.C.
Performance
Performance
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
& Sons
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Living
G-Force
Emma.
LIGHT & MAGIC
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The World's End
Underworld: Evolution
Chalet Girl
Valkyrie
I, Frankenstein
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Wild Target
Role Play
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
The Boat That Rocked
Stormbreaker
Pride
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
True Blue
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'
Occupy!
Timeshift
Notes on a Scandal
The Constant Gardener
Deasey (Desperate)
Being Human
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Page Eight
Glorious 39
Alive and Kicking
500 Miles
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Hope Gap
Unnatural Causes
The Magic Roundabout
State of Play
The Beautiful Game
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Still Crazy
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Curse of the Pink Panther
Thirteen at Dinner
London: The Modern Babylon
StarDog and TurboCat
Dad's Army
Ordeal by Innocence
AKA
Eye of the Needle
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
The Little Drummer Girl
Easter 2016
The Maitlands
Fox
Red Nose Day Actually
Norm of the North
Meerkat Manor
The Phantom of the Opera
Gideon's Daughter
Absolute Hell
Death Watch
The Girl in the Café
Chillers
The Limehouse Golem
The Kindness of Strangers
People Like Us
Longitude
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Bloody Fury
I Capture the Castle
Minamata
Salting the Battlefield
Longitude
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
The Last Place on Earth
10 Minute Tales
Testament: The Bible in Animation
He Knew He Was Right
Guest House Paradiso
Agony
Under the Skin
Enduring Love
Slapper
The Young Visiters
The Lost Prince
Canterbury Tales
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Fox
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
A Masculine Ending
Mack the Knife
Buckley's Chance
Bulk
Sometimes Always Never
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
South Of The Border
The Hungry Corpse
Real Creatures of Dirt
Standing in for Henry
This Morning
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Blow Dry
Don't Leave Me This Way
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
FairyTale: A True Story
Heart of Darkness
Astonish Me
Turks & Caicos
The Turning Door
Grumpy Old Men
Ride or Die
Their Finest
Live from Studio Five
The Bass Player
Eye of the Storm
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Lucky Break
Making News
Lotus: A New Dawn
California Avenue
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
The Big Art Project
Antonia and Jane
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Lawless Heart
Welcome to Paradise
Great White Shark
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Bottom Mindless Violence
Kent: Garden of England
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Dreams of Leaving
Burst
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Darkling
Pink Sky at Night
This Is the Beginning
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Spectre of the Bear
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
We Love Cigarettes
