
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

Doctor Who

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'

Hot Fuzz

Little Lord Fauntleroy

The World's End

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Castlevania

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The First Omen

Emma.

Stormbreaker

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Shaun of the Dead

Love Actually

G-Force

FairyTale: A True Story

Real Creatures of Dirt

Jack the Giant Slayer

Underworld: Evolution

Astro Boy

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Underworld

Total Recall

Wrath of the Titans

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Lucky Break

Flushed Away

The Constant Gardener

Chalet Girl

Rango

The Wild Robot

Minamata

Pride

Arthur Christmas

Role Play

Ride or Die

About Time

I, Frankenstein

The Bookshop

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

That Christmas

Lazarus

Sometimes Always Never

The Beautiful Game

The Girl in the Café

Living

Page Eight

The Limehouse Golem
Production Credits
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