
Bill Nighy
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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

Parkinson

The One Show

Doctor Who

Performance

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Bergerac

Timeshift

South Of The Border

Fox

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'

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Hot Fuzz

Little Lord Fauntleroy

The World's End

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Castlevania

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Shaun of the Dead

The First Omen

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Canterbury Tales

FairyTale: A True Story

Real Creatures of Dirt

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Emma.

Stormbreaker

G-Force

Love Actually

Jack the Giant Slayer

Underworld: Evolution

Astro Boy

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Absolute Hell

Under the Skin

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Total Recall

Wrath of the Titans

Underworld

Flushed Away

Lucky Break

Pride

The Wild Robot

The Constant Gardener

Minamata

Chalet Girl

I Capture the Castle

The Young Visiters

Rango

Arthur Christmas

Don't Leave Me This Way

Antonia and Jane

Ride or Die

A Masculine Ending

Valkyrie

Easter 2016

About Time

I, Frankenstein

Role Play

The Bookshop

Lazarus

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

That Christmas

The Girl in the Café

He Knew He Was Right

Dreams of Leaving

The Beautiful Game

Living

Page Eight

Gideon's Daughter

The Limehouse Golem

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty

Ordeal by Innocence

California Avenue

Sometimes Always Never

State of Play
Production Credits
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