Bill Nighy
Acting
William Francis Nighy (/naɪ/; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. 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. 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 Chekhov's The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his role in Blue/Orange in 2001. He acted on Broadway in the David Hare plays The Vertical Hour (2006) and Skylight (2015), earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for the latter. Nighy's early film roles include the comedies Still Crazy (1998), Guest House Paradiso (1999) and Blow Dry (2001). He rose to international stardom with his role in Love Actually (2003), for which he won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to portray Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003–2009) and Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006–2007). His 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), Wild Target (2010), 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 which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Nighy has gained acclaim for his television roles, earning a BAFTA Award for his role in the BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He is also known for his roles in The Girl in the Café (2006), the BBC's Worricker trilogy, which includes Page Eight (2012), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014), and the BBC's Ordeal by Innocence (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Nighy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movie& Sons
2026
Andrew
tvRide or Die
2026
The Director
movieBulk
2026
The Voice
movieShelter
2026
Manafort
tvHarlan Coben's Lazarus
2025
Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
movieThat Christmas
2024
Lighthouse Bill (voice)
movieJoy
2024
Patrick Steptoe
movieThe Wild Robot
2024
Longneck (voice)
tvKent: Garden of England
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieGracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
Conrad (voice)
movie10 Lives
2024
Professor Craven (voice)
movieThe First Omen
2024
Cardinal Lawrence
movieSpectre of the Bear
2023
Bennett (voice)
movieBloody Fury
2023
Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
tvNorfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieLiving
2022
Williams
tvLIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
Thomas Jerome Newton
movieChristmas Magic at Kew Gardens
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieLotus: A New Dawn
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvIberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieBuckley's Chance
2021
Spencer
tvMeerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvWorld's Most Scenic River Journeys
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvNatural History Museum: World of Wonder
2021
Self - Narrator
movieMinamata
2020
Robert "Bob" Hayes
movieEmma.
2020
Mr. Woodhouse
movieStarDog and TurboCat
2019
Sinclair (voice)
tvWorld's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieHope Gap
2019
Edward
moviePokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
Howard Clifford
tvOrdeal by Innocence
2018
Leo Argyll
movieThe Bookshop
2017
Mr. Brundish
tvCastlevania
2017
Saint Germain (voice)
movieRed Nose Day Actually
2017
Billy Mack
movieTheir Finest
2017
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
movieThe Limehouse Golem
2016
John Kildare
movieDad's Army
2016
Sergeant Wilson
movieNorm of the North
2016
Socrates (voice)
movieA Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
movieThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Douglas Ainslie
moviePride
2014
Cliff
movieNational Theatre Live: Skylight
2014
Tom Sergeant
movieSalting the Battlefield
2014
Johnny Worricker
movieTurks & Caicos
2014
Johnny Worricker
movieI, Frankenstein
2014
Naberius
movieThe World's End
2013
The Network (voice)
movieThe Hungry Corpse
2013
The Hungry Corpse
movieGreat White Shark
2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieJack the Giant Slayer
2013
General Fallon
movieDangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
Graham Greene (voice)
movieLondon: The Modern Babylon
2012
Spoken Quotations (voice)
movieTotal Recall
2012
Matthias
movieWrath of the Titans
2012
Hephaestus
movieThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Douglas Ainslie
movieArthur Christmas
2011
Grandsanta (voice)
moviePage Eight
2011
Johnny Worricker
movieAstonish Me
2011
The Professor
movieReal Creatures of Dirt
2011
Self / Rattlesnake Jake
movieRango
2011
Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
movieChalet Girl
2011
Richard Madsen
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Rufus Scrimgeour
movieWild Target
2010
Victor Maynard
tv10 Minute Tales
2009
Mr Jellaby
movieGlorious 39
2009
Alexander Keyes
movieAstro Boy
2009
Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
movieG-Force
2009
Leonard Saber
movieValkyrie
2008
Friedrich Olbricht
movieSlapper
2008
Arnold Percy
movieHot Fuzz
2007
Met Chief Inspector
movieNotes on a Scandal
2006
Richard Hart
movieFlushed Away
2006
Whitey (voice)
movieStormbreaker
2006
Alan Blunt
movieWe Love Cigarettes
2006
Narrator
movieGideon's Daughter
2005
Gideon Warner
tvMeerkat Manor
2005
Narrator
movieThe Constant Gardener
2005
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
movieThe Girl in the Café
2005
Lawrence
movieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Slartibartfast
tvDoctor Who
2005
Dr Black
movieThe Magic Roundabout
2005
Dylan (voice)
movieBottom Mindless Violence
2004
Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieReady When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
Phil Parish
moviePeter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
2004
Self - Narrator
tvHe Knew He Was Right
2004
Colonel Osborne
movieShaun of the Dead
2004
Phillip
movieBurst
2004
Maxwell's Fan 22
movieLife Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
Self - Narrator
movieThe Young Visiters
2003
Earl of Clincham
movieUnderworld
2003
Viktor
movieLove Actually
2003
Billy Mack
tvState of Play
2003
Cameron Foster
movieI Capture the Castle
2003
James Mortmain
tvThe Lost Prince
2003
Stamfordham
tvTimeshift
2002
self (voice)
movieAKA
2002
Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
movieLucky Break
2001
Roger
movieBlow Dry
2001
Ray Robertson
tvBlack Books
2000
Man at bar
movieLongitude
2000
Lord Sandwich
tvLongitude
2000
Lord Sandwich
movieGuest House Paradiso
1999
Mr. Johnson
tvPeople Like Us
1999
Will Rushmore
movieStill Crazy
1998
Ray Simms
tvParkinson
1998
Self
movieFairyTale: A True Story
1997
Edward Gardner
movieTrue Blue
1996
Jeremy Saville
movieAlive and Kicking
1996
Tristan
tvTestament: The Bible in Animation
1996
Belshazzar (voice)
tvKavanagh Q.C.
1995
Giles Culpepper QC
tvWycliffe
1994
David Cleeve
movieBeing Human
1994
Julian
movieThe Maitlands
1993
Roger Maitland
movieDon't Leave Me This Way
1993
John Tracey
tvPeak Practice
1993
Alan Sinclair
tvEye of the Storm
1993
Tom Frewen
movieUnnatural Causes
1993
Oliver Latham
movieA Masculine Ending
1992
John Tracey
movieAbsolute Hell
1991
Hugh Marriner
tvPerformance
1991
Roger Maitland / Hugh Marriner
movieAntonia and Jane
1990
Howard Nash
Making News
1990
Sam Courtney
tvChillers
1990
Tom Dickenson
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1989
Martin Barton
movieMack the Knife
1989
Tiger Brown
tvSouth of the Border
1988
Tony Freason
movieThirteen at Dinner
1985
Ronald Marsh
tvThe Last Place on Earth
1985
Cecil Meares
movieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
Helmut Hoffmann
tvAuf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
Jeffrey Grainger
tvReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Goschen
movieCurse of the Pink Panther
1983
ENT Doctor
movieEaster 2016
1982
Connor Mullan
movieEye of the Needle
1981
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Fox
1980
Colin Street
tvFox
1980
Colin Street
movieDeath Watch
1980
Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
movieDreams of Leaving
1980
William
tvMinder
1979
Oates
tvAgony
1979
Vincent Fish
Premiere
1977
Deasey
movieOccupy!
1976
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
tvPlayhouse
1974
Bruno
movieWelcome to Paradise
Hooker Duck Host (voice)
movieHeart of Darkness
(voice)
Ibelin
Mats Steen
Production3
movieSometimes Always Never
2019
Executive Producer
moviePage Eight
2011
Executive Producer
California Avenue
Executive Producer