Bill Nighy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-12-12 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Bill Nighy
Biography
William Francis Nighy 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
Acting
Welcome to Paradise
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Pink Sky at Night
as Man
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
(2025)
Bulk
as (voice)
(2025)
(2024)
The Wild Robot
as Longneck (voice)
(2024)
The First Omen
as Cardinal Lawrence
(2024)
10 Lives
as Professor Craven (voice)
(2024)
That Christmas
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
(2024)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Conrad (voice)
(2024)
Joy
as Patrick Steptoe
(2024)
The Beautiful Game
as Mal
(2023)
Role Play
as Bob
(2023)
Bloody Fury
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
(2023)
(2023)
Spectre of the Bear
as Bennett (voice)
(2022)
Living
as Williams
(2022)
(2021)
Buckley's Chance
as Spencer
(2021)
Lotus: A New Dawn
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2020)
Emma.
as Mr. Woodhouse
(2020)
Minamata
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
(2020)
(2019)
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Howard Clifford
(2019)
Hope Gap
as Edward
(2019)
Sometimes Always Never
as Alan
(2019)
StarDog and TurboCat
as Sinclair (voice)
(2019)
The Kindness of Strangers
as Timofey
(2017)
The Bookshop
as Mr. Brundish
(2017)
Their Finest
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
(2017)
Red Nose Day Actually
as Billy Mack
(2016)
Norm of the North
as Socrates (voice)
(2016)
The Limehouse Golem
as John Kildare
(2016)
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Wilson
(2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
(2015)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
(2014)
I, Frankenstein
as Naberius
(2014)
Pride
as Cliff
(2014)
Turks & Caicos
as Johnny Worricker
(2014)
Salting the Battlefield
as Johnny Worricker
(2014)
National Theatre Live: Skylight
as Tom Sergeant
(2013)
About Time
as Dad
(2013)
Jack the Giant Slayer
as General Fallon
(2013)
The World's End
as The Network (voice)
(2013)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Graham Greene (voice)
(2013)
Great White Shark
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2013)
The Hungry Corpse
as The Hungry Corpse
(2012)
Total Recall
as Matthias
(2012)
Wrath of the Titans
as Hephaestus
(2012)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
(2012)
London: The Modern Babylon
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
(2011)
Rango
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
(2011)
Arthur Christmas
as Grandsanta (voice)
(2011)
Page Eight
as Johnny Worricker
(2011)
Chalet Girl
as Richard Madsen
(2011)
Astonish Me
as The Professor
(2011)
Real Creatures of Dirt
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rufus Scrimgeour
(2010)
Wild Target
as Victor Maynard
(2009)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
as Viktor
(2009)
Astro Boy
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
(2009)
The Boat That Rocked
as Quentin
(2009)
G-Force
as Leonard Saber
(2009)
Glorious 39
as Alexander Keyes
(2008)
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Olbricht
(2008)
Slapper
as Arnold Percy
(2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Davy Jones
(2007)
Hot Fuzz
as Met Chief Inspector
(2007)
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
(2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Davy Jones
(2006)
Flushed Away
as Whitey (voice)
(2006)
Underworld: Evolution
as Viktor
(2006)
Notes on a Scandal
as Richard Hart
(2006)
Stormbreaker
as Alan Blunt
(2006)
(2006)
We Love Cigarettes
as Narrator
(2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Slartibartfast
(2005)
The Constant Gardener
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
(2005)
Gideon's Daughter
as Gideon Warner
(2005)
The Girl in the Café
as Lawrence
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
Shaun of the Dead
as Phillip
(2004)
The Magic Roundabout
as Dylan (voice)
(2004)
Enduring Love
as Robin
(2004)
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Phil Parish
(2004)
Burst
as Maxwell's Fan 22
(2004)
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
as Self - Narrator
(2003)
Underworld
as Viktor
(2003)
Love Actually
as Billy Mack
(2003)
I Capture the Castle
as James Mortmain
(2003)
The Young Visiters
as Earl of Clincham
(2003)
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Narrator
(2003)
(2002)
AKA
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
(2002)
Lawless Heart
as Dan
(2001)
Blow Dry
as Ray Robertson
(2001)
Lucky Break
as Roger
(2000)
Longitude
as Lord Sandwich
(1999)
Guest House Paradiso
as Mr. Johnson
(1999)
(1998)
Still Crazy
as Ray Simms
(1997)
FairyTale: A True Story
as Edward Gardner
(1996)
True Blue
as Jeremy Saville
(1996)
Alive and Kicking
as Tristan
(1994)
Being Human
as Julian
(1993)
Don't Leave Me This Way
as John Tracey
(1993)
Unnatural Causes
as Oliver Latham
(1993)
The Maitlands
as Roger Maitland
(1992)
A Masculine Ending
as John Tracey
(1991)
Absolute Hell
as Hugh Marriner
(1990)
Antonia and Jane
as Howard Nash
(1989)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Martin Barton
(1989)
Mack the Knife
as Tiger Brown
(1985)
Thirteen at Dinner
as Ronald Marsh
(1985)
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Helmut Hoffmann
(1984)
(1983)
Curse of the Pink Panther
as ENT Doctor
(1982)
Under the Skin
as Dave
(1982)
Easter 2016
as Connor Mullan
(1981)
Eye of the Needle
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
(1980)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Officer
(1980)
Death Watch
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
(1980)
Standing in for Henry
as Bruno
(1980)
Fox
as Colin Street
(1980)
Dreams of Leaving
as William
(1979)
Deasey (Desperate)
as Deasy
(1978)
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Bill
(1976)
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Crew
(2019)
Sometimes Always Never
Executive Producer
(2011)
Page Eight
Executive Producer