
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

LIGHT & MAGIC

Doctor Who

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Performance

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

Shaun of the Dead

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Emma.

G-Force

Canterbury Tales

Stormbreaker

Real Creatures of Dirt

The First Omen

FairyTale: A True Story

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Love Actually

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Underworld: Evolution

Astro Boy

Jack the Giant Slayer

Under the Skin

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Flushed Away

Lucky Break

Absolute Hell

Total Recall

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Wrath of the Titans

Underworld

The Constant Gardener

Rango

The Wild Robot

Chalet Girl

Pride

I Capture the Castle

Minamata

The Young Visiters

I, Frankenstein

Ride or Die

A Masculine Ending

Don't Leave Me This Way

Role Play

About Time

Antonia and Jane

Valkyrie

Easter 2016

Arthur Christmas

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Harlan Coben's Lazarus

The Bookshop

That Christmas

He Knew He Was Right

Ordeal by Innocence

The Girl in the Café

Dreams of Leaving

Living

The Limehouse Golem

State of Play

The Beautiful Game

Gideon's Daughter

Page Eight

California Avenue

Sometimes Always Never

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Production Credits
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