8.9
8.9
National Theatre Live: Skylight
2014
as Tom Sergeant
Bill Nighy
Also known as: William Francis "Bill" Nighy, William Francis Nighy
Acting
Born:December 12, 1949(age 76)
Birthplace:Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Guildford School of Acting, The John Fisher School
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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).
Notable Works
State of PlayLove Actually
Filmography (126 movies)
8.5
8.5
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
2020
as Self
8.3
8.3
The Wild Robot
2024
as Longneck (voice)
8.0
8.0
Astonish Me
2011
as The Professor
7.9
7.9
About Time
2013
as Dad
7.8
7.8
Shelter
2026
as Manafort
7.7
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Rufus Scrimgeour
7.7
7.7
10 Lives
2024
as Professor Craven (voice)
7.7
7.7
Pride
2014
as Cliff
7.5
7.5
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Phillip
7.4
7.4
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Davy Jones
7.3
7.3
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Phil Parish
7.3
7.3
Longitude
2000
as Lord Sandwich
7.3
7.3
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Davy Jones
7.2
7.2
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Quentin
7.2
7.2
That Christmas
2024
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
7.1
7.1
StarDog and TurboCat
2019
as Sinclair (voice)
7.1
7.1
Love Actually
2003
as Billy Mack
7.1
7.1
Notes on a Scandal
2006
as Richard Hart
7.0
7.0
The Girl in the Café
2005
as Lawrence
7.0
7.0
Emma.
2020
as Mr. Woodhouse
7.0
7.0
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993
as John Tracey
7.0
7.0
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
7.0
7.0
Dreams of Leaving
1980
as William
7.0
7.0
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as Billy Mack
7.0
7.0
The Constant Gardener
2005
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
7.0
7.0
Living
2022
as Williams
7.0
7.0
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Douglas Ainslie
6.9
6.9
Valkyrie
2008
as Friedrich Olbricht
6.9
6.9
Minamata
2020
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
6.9
6.9
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
as Howard Clifford
6.9
6.9
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
as Conrad (voice)
6.9
6.9
Rango
2011
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
6.8
6.8
The First Omen
2024
as Cardinal Lawrence
6.8
6.8
The World's End
2013
as The Network (voice)
6.8
6.8
Joy
2024
as Patrick Steptoe
6.8
6.8
Underworld
2003
as Viktor
6.8
6.8
Still Crazy
1998
as Ray Simms
6.8
6.8
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Grandsanta (voice)
6.7
6.7
I Capture the Castle
2003
as James Mortmain
6.7
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Slartibartfast
6.6
6.6
Their Finest
2017
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
6.6
6.6
Mack the Knife
1989
as Tiger Brown
6.6
6.6
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Viktor
6.6
6.6
Page Eight
2011
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
The Bookshop
2017
as Mr. Brundish
6.5
6.5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
as Viktor
6.5
6.5
Unnatural Causes
1993
as Oliver Latham
6.4
6.4
Wild Target
2010
as Victor Maynard
6.4
6.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Douglas Ainslie
6.4
6.4
Sometimes Always Never
2019
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Chalet Girl
2011
as Richard Madsen
6.4
6.4
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Edward Gardner
6.3
6.3
London: The Modern Babylon
2012
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
6.3
6.3
Flushed Away
2006
as Whitey (voice)
6.3
6.3
Astro Boy
2009
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
6.3
6.3
The Beautiful Game
2024
as Mal
6.3
6.3
The Kindness of Strangers
2019
as Timofey
6.3
6.3
Hope Gap
2019
as Edward
6.2
6.2
The Limehouse Golem
2016
as John Kildare
6.2
6.2
Salting the Battlefield
2014
as Johnny Worricker
6.2
6.2
Gideon's Daughter
2005
as Gideon Warner
6.2
6.2
Great White Shark
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.2
6.2
Buckley's Chance
2021
as Spencer
6.2
6.2
Turks & Caicos
2014
as Johnny Worricker
6.1
6.1
Guest House Paradiso
1999
as Mr. Johnson
6.1
6.1
Lucky Break
2001
as Roger
6.0
6.0
Glorious 39
2009
as Alexander Keyes
6.0
6.0
Total Recall
2012
as Matthias
6.0
6.0
Lotus: A New Dawn
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.0
6.0
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
as Self - Narrator
6.0
6.0
Real Creatures of Dirt
2011
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
5.9
5.9
Role Play
2023
as Bob
5.9
5.9
Blow Dry
2001
as Ray Robertson
5.9
5.9
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
as General Fallon
5.8
5.8
& Sons
2025
as Andrew
5.8
5.8
Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Hephaestus
5.7
5.7
Enduring Love
2004
as Robin
5.7
5.7
Absolute Hell
1991
as Hugh Marriner
5.7
5.7
Thirteen at Dinner
1985
as Ronald Marsh
5.7
5.7
True Blue
1996
as Jeremy Saville
5.6
5.6
The Phantom of the Opera
1989
as Martin Barton
5.5
5.5
G-Force
2009
as Leonard Saber
5.4
5.4
The Young Visiters
2003
as Earl of Clincham
5.4
5.4
The Magic Roundabout
2004
as Dylan (voice)
5.4
5.4
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Al
5.4
5.4
I, Frankenstein
2014
as Naberius
5.3
5.3
AKA
2002
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
5.2
5.2
Stormbreaker
2006
as Alan Blunt
5.1
5.1
Being Human
1994
as Julian
5.0
5.0
Antonia and Jane
1990
as Howard Nash
5.0
5.0
Dad's Army
2016
as Sergeant Wilson
4.9
4.9
Lawless Heart
2002
as Dan
4.6
4.6
Norm of the North
2016
as Socrates (voice)
4.5
4.5
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Helmut Hoffmann
4.5
4.5
Alive and Kicking
1996
as Tristan
4.0
4.0
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022
as Self
4.0
4.0
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
as Self
4.0
4.0
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
3.8
3.8
Bulk
2025
as (voice)
3.5
3.5
Slapper
2008
as Arnold Percy
1.0
1.0
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
as Graham Greene (voice)
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
as Self
Occupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
A Masculine Ending
1992
as John Tracey
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self
We Love Cigarettes
2006
as Narrator
The Hungry Corpse
2013
as The Hungry Corpse
Heart of Darkness
TBA
as (voice)
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Bill
Under the Skin
1982
as Dave
Easter 2016
1982
as Connor Mullan
Welcome to Paradise
TBA
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
The Maitlands
1993
as Roger Maitland
Bloody Fury
2023
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Darkling
2023
Spectre of the Bear
2023
as Bennett (voice)
Deasey (Desperate)
1979
as Deasy
Standing in for Henry
1980
as Bruno
The Bass Player
1999
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
2004
as Self - Narrator
Pink Sky at Night
TBA
as Man
This Is the Beginning
2025
The Turning Door
TBA
as (voice)
500 Miles
2026
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