Cast
Bill Nighy
Acting
Cast
Bill Nighy
Known for
Acting
Born
1949-12-12
From
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as William Francis Nighy, ויליאם פרנסיס "ביל" ניי
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).
Shelter
as Manafort
The Wild Robot
as Longneck (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Davy Jones
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Davy Jones
Rango
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
About Time
as Dad
Love Actually
as Billy Mack
Jack the Giant Slayer
as General Fallon
Shaun of the Dead
as Phillip
Flushed Away
as Whitey (voice)
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Howard Clifford
Hot Fuzz
as Met Chief Inspector
Total Recall
as Matthias
Wrath of the Titans
as Hephaestus
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Olbricht
Underworld
as Viktor
Emma.
as Mr. Woodhouse
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
as Viktor
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Slartibartfast
Underworld: Evolution
as Viktor
The World's End
as The Network (voice)
Astro Boy
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
Arthur Christmas
as Grandsanta (voice)
The Constant Gardener
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
The First Omen
as Cardinal Lawrence
G-Force
as Leonard Saber
I, Frankenstein
as Naberius
Chalet Girl
as Richard Madsen
Notes on a Scandal
as Richard Hart
Role Play
as Bob
The Boat That Rocked
as Quentin
500 Miles
Minamata
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Pride
as Cliff
Stormbreaker
as Alan Blunt
10 Lives
as Professor Craven (voice)
That Christmas
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
Blow Dry
as Ray Robertson
Page Eight
as Johnny Worricker
Living
as Williams
Their Finest
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Wilson
Wild Target
as Victor Maynard
FairyTale: A True Story
as Edward Gardner
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
The Limehouse Golem
as John Kildare
Fox
as Colin Street
Eye of the Needle
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Salting the Battlefield
as Johnny Worricker
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
Hope Gap
as Edward
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Being Human
as Julian
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Officer
Bulk
as The Voice
The Magic Roundabout
as Dylan (voice)
Glorious 39
as Alexander Keyes
Curse of the Pink Panther
as ENT Doctor
Turks & Caicos
as Johnny Worricker
Joy
as Patrick Steptoe
Still Crazy
as Ray Simms
Death Watch
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
The Bookshop
as Mr. Brundish
Norm of the North
as Socrates (voice)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Conrad (voice)
StarDog and TurboCat
as Sinclair (voice)
The Kindness of Strangers
as Timofey
The Little Drummer Girl
as Al
& Sons
as Andrew
Enduring Love
as Robin
Guest House Paradiso
as Mr. Johnson
I Capture the Castle
as James Mortmain
Red Nose Day Actually
as Billy Mack
Longitude
as Lord Sandwich
Lucky Break
as Roger
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'
as Self
Thirteen at Dinner
as Ronald Marsh
The Beautiful Game
as Mal
The Girl in the Café
as Lawrence
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
Gideon's Daughter
as Gideon Warner
Sometimes Always Never
as Alan
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Bill
The Phantom of the Opera
as Martin Barton
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Phil Parish
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Self - Narrator
A Masculine Ending
as John Tracey
Slapper
as Arnold Percy
Don't Leave Me This Way
as John Tracey
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Helmut Hoffmann
Mack the Knife
as Tiger Brown
True Blue
as Jeremy Saville
AKA
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Antonia and Jane
as Howard Nash
The Young Visiters
as Earl of Clincham
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
Real Creatures of Dirt
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
London: The Modern Babylon
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
National Theatre Live: Skylight
as Tom Sergeant
Burst
as Maxwell's Fan 22
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
The Maitlands
as Roger Maitland
Buckley's Chance
as Spencer
Easter 2016
as Connor Mullan
Unnatural Causes
as Oliver Latham
Alive and Kicking
as Tristan
Lotus: A New Dawn
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Turning Door
as (voice)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
as Self
Great White Shark
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Absolute Hell
as Hugh Marriner
Bloody Fury
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Lawless Heart
as Dan
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Under the Skin
as Dave
Astonish Me
as The Professor
Dreams of Leaving
as William
Ibelin
as Mats Steen
Standing in for Henry
as Bruno
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
as Self - Narrator
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Graham Greene (voice)
Welcome to Paradise
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Spectre of the Bear
as Bennett (voice)
The Hungry Corpse
as The Hungry Corpse
Deasey (Desperate)
as Deasy
The Bass Player
A Town in Nova Scotia
as Leon
Darkling
A Pirate's Life For Me
as Davy Jones
This Is the Beginning
We Love Cigarettes
as Narrator
The Man with the Stolen Heart
as Narrator