
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

Doctor Who

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Performance

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

Shaun of the Dead

Castlevania

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Canterbury Tales

G-Force

Emma.

Stormbreaker

The First Omen

FairyTale: A True Story

Real Creatures of Dirt

Love Actually

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Underworld: Evolution

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Astro Boy

Jack the Giant Slayer

Flushed Away

Total Recall

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Underworld

Wrath of the Titans

Lucky Break

Under the Skin

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Absolute Hell

The Wild Robot

Rango

Minamata

The Constant Gardener

I Capture the Castle

Pride

Chalet Girl

The Young Visiters

Ride or Die

I, Frankenstein

A Masculine Ending

About Time

Role Play

Antonia and Jane

Don't Leave Me This Way

Arthur Christmas

Easter 2016

Lazarus

That Christmas

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

The Bookshop

The Beautiful Game

Living

Page Eight

State of Play

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty

The Girl in the Café

He Knew He Was Right

The Limehouse Golem

Ordeal by Innocence

Sometimes Always Never

Dreams of Leaving

Gideon's Daughter
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