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
Hot Fuzz
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The World's End
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Castlevania
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
G-Force
Stormbreaker
Emma.
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Love Actually
Real Creatures of Dirt
FairyTale: A True Story
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Shaun of the Dead
Astro Boy
Underworld: Evolution
Jack the Giant Slayer
Wrath of the Titans
Lucky Break
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Underworld
Total Recall
Flushed Away
Pride
Chalet Girl
The Constant Gardener
The Wild Robot
Rango
The First Omen
Minamata
Arthur Christmas
About Time
I, Frankenstein
Role Play
Lazarus
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
The Girl in the Café
Sometimes Always Never
The Beautiful Game
Living
Page Eight
The Limehouse Golem
Production Credits
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