
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).
Acting (126 movies)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006

Underworld
2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007

Love Actually
2003

Notes on a Scandal
2006

Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003

Still Crazy
1998

Shaun of the Dead
2004

Underworld: Evolution
2006

Valkyrie
2008

10 Lives
2024

The Constant Gardener
2005

Guest House Paradiso
1999

Hot Fuzz
2007

Thirteen at Dinner
1985

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005

Flushed Away
2006

The Little Drummer Girl
1984

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006

Enduring Love
2004

Stormbreaker
2006

The Girl in the Café
2005

Glorious 39
2009

Lucky Break
2001

FairyTale: A True Story
1997

Wild Target
2010

Rango
2011

The Magic Roundabout
2004

Astro Boy
2009

Total Recall
2012

Blow Dry
2001

I Capture the Castle
2003

True Blue
1996

The Boat That Rocked
2009

Longitude
2000

Arthur Christmas
2011

Real Creatures of Dirt
2011

G-Force
2009

Mack the Knife
1989

Jack the Giant Slayer
2013

Page Eight
2011

The Young Visiters
2003

Unnatural Causes
1993

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012

Wrath of the Titans
2012

Chalet Girl
2011

Lawless Heart
2002

Gideon's Daughter
2005

The Phantom of the Opera
1989

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985

I, Frankenstein
2014

The World's End
2013

About Time
2013

The First Omen
2024

Alive and Kicking
1996

Pride
2014

Joy
2024

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980

Turks & Caicos
2014

Salting the Battlefield
2014

Easter 2016
1982

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015

Role Play
2023

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024

National Theatre Live: Skylight
2014

Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
2021

The Maitlands
1993

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007

Curse of the Pink Panther
1983

Darkling
2023

The Wild Robot
2024

Norm of the North
2016

Their Finest
2017

The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022

Being Human
1994

Dad's Army
2016

Slapper
2008

Spectre of the Bear
2023

That Christmas
2024

Bloody Fury
2023

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004

Burst
2004

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015

Don't Leave Me This Way
1993

Absolute Hell
1991

& Sons
2025

A Masculine Ending
1992

Astonish Me
2011

The Limehouse Golem
2016

London: The Modern Babylon
2012

Dreams of Leaving
1980

The Bookshop
2017

Red Nose Day Actually
2017

We Love Cigarettes
2006

Antonia and Jane
1990

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005

Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Page Eight | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| Sometimes Always Never | 2019 | Executive Producer |