
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

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

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Shaun of the Dead

Love Actually

Stormbreaker

G-Force

The First Omen

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

FairyTale: A True Story

Emma.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Canterbury Tales

Real Creatures of Dirt

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Jack the Giant Slayer

Astro Boy

Underworld: Evolution

Lucky Break

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Underworld

Flushed Away

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Wrath of the Titans

Total Recall

Absolute Hell

Under the Skin

I Capture the Castle

Rango

Minamata

The Young Visiters

The Wild Robot

Pride

Chalet Girl

The Constant Gardener

A Masculine Ending

About Time

Arthur Christmas

I, Frankenstein

Role Play

Valkyrie

Easter 2016

Don't Leave Me This Way

Ride or Die

Antonia and Jane

Lazarus

The Bookshop

That Christmas

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

The Beautiful Game

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty

The Girl in the Café

Gideon's Daughter

Page Eight

Sometimes Always Never

The Limehouse Golem

He Knew He Was Right

Dreams of Leaving

California Avenue

State of Play

Living

Ordeal by Innocence
Production Credits
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