
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

Performance

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

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

Real Creatures of Dirt

Canterbury Tales

Love Actually

FairyTale: A True Story

The First Omen

Stormbreaker

Emma.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

G-Force

Underworld: Evolution

Jack the Giant Slayer

Astro Boy

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Lucky Break

Wrath of the Titans

Total Recall

Flushed Away

Under the Skin

Underworld

Absolute Hell

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Rango

The Wild Robot

The Young Visiters

The Constant Gardener

I Capture the Castle

Minamata

Pride

Chalet Girl

Antonia and Jane

A Masculine Ending

Arthur Christmas

Ride or Die

Valkyrie

Don't Leave Me This Way

About Time

Easter 2016

I, Frankenstein

Role Play

That Christmas

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Lazaruss

The Bookshop

State of Play

Dreams of Leaving

The Girl in the Café

Sometimes Always Never

The Beautiful Game

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty

California Avenue

Ordeal by Innocence

He Knew He Was Right

Living

The Limehouse Golem

Gideon's Daughter

Page Eight
Production Credits
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