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