Bill Nighy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-12-12
Place of Birth
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Bill Nighy
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).
Also Known For
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Jul 06, 2006
Underworld
Sep 19, 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
May 19, 2007
Love Actually
Sep 07, 2003
Notes on a Scandal
Dec 25, 2006
Still Crazy
Oct 30, 1998
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Dec 02, 2003
Shaun of the Dead
Apr 09, 2004
Underworld: Evolution
Jan 12, 2006
Valkyrie
Dec 25, 2008
10 Lives
Apr 18, 2024
The Constant Gardener
Aug 31, 2005
Guest House Paradiso
Dec 03, 1999
Hot Fuzz
Feb 14, 2007
Thirteen at Dinner
Sep 19, 1985
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Apr 28, 2005
Flushed Away
Oct 22, 2006
The Little Drummer Girl
Oct 19, 1984
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Jan 22, 2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Nov 17, 2010
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Jan 10, 2006
Enduring Love
Oct 29, 2004
Stormbreaker
Jul 21, 2006
The Girl in the Café
Jun 25, 2005
Lucky Break
Aug 24, 2001
Glorious 39
Nov 20, 2009
FairyTale: A True Story
Oct 24, 1997
Wild Target
Jun 17, 2010
Rango
Mar 02, 2011
The Magic Roundabout
Oct 24, 2004
Astro Boy
Oct 15, 2009
Total Recall
Aug 02, 2012
Blow Dry
Mar 01, 2001
I Capture the Castle
May 09, 2003
True Blue
Nov 15, 1996
The Boat That Rocked
Apr 01, 2009
Longitude
Jan 02, 2000
Arthur Christmas
Nov 10, 2011
G-Force
Jul 24, 2009
Real Creatures of Dirt
Jul 15, 2011
Mack the Knife
Nov 01, 1989
Jack the Giant Slayer
Feb 27, 2013
Page Eight
Aug 28, 2011
The Young Visiters
Dec 26, 2003
Unnatural Causes
Jan 02, 1993
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Feb 23, 2012
Wrath of the Titans
Mar 28, 2012
Chalet Girl
Feb 02, 2011
Lawless Heart
Jun 28, 2002
Gideon's Daughter
Oct 21, 2005
The Phantom of the Opera
Nov 04, 1989
I, Frankenstein
Jan 22, 2014
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Feb 17, 1985
The World's End
Jul 18, 2013
About Time
Sep 04, 2013
The First Omen
Apr 03, 2024
Alive and Kicking
Nov 08, 1996
Pride
Sep 12, 2014
Joy
Nov 15, 2024
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dec 01, 1980
Turks & Caicos
Mar 20, 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Mar 27, 2014
Easter 2016
May 18, 1982
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Feb 26, 2015
Role Play
Dec 14, 2023
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
May 01, 2024
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Jul 24, 2014
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Dec 14, 2021
The Maitlands
Nov 13, 1993
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Jun 11, 2007
Curse of the Pink Panther
Aug 12, 1983
Darkling
Oct 23, 2023
The Wild Robot
Sep 12, 2024
500 Miles
Norm of the North
Jan 14, 2016
Their Finest
Feb 19, 2017
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Nov 29, 2022
Being Human
May 06, 1994
Dad's Army
Feb 05, 2016
Slapper
Jun 21, 2008
Spectre of the Bear
Oct 07, 2023
That Christmas
Nov 27, 2024
Bloody Fury
Sep 23, 2023
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Dec 29, 2003
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Sep 01, 2004
Burst
Jan 01, 2004
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Dec 26, 2015
Don't Leave Me This Way
May 30, 1993
Absolute Hell
Oct 05, 1991
& Sons
A Masculine Ending
Apr 12, 1992
Astonish Me
Jul 26, 2011
Fox
Mar 10, 1980
The Limehouse Golem
Oct 18, 2016
London: The Modern Babylon
Aug 03, 2012
Dreams of Leaving
Jan 17, 1980
The Bookshop
Nov 10, 2017
Red Nose Day Actually
Mar 24, 2017
We Love Cigarettes
Jun 29, 2006
Antonia and Jane
Jan 01, 1990
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Jul 05, 2005
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
May 03, 2019
The Kindness of Strangers
Dec 12, 2019
Hope Gap
Oct 03, 2019
Great White Shark
May 24, 2013
Sometimes Always Never
Mar 14, 2019
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Jan 01, 2013
Emma.
Feb 13, 2020
Minamata
Mar 13, 2020
StarDog and TurboCat
Dec 06, 2019
The Hungry Corpse
Jun 26, 2013
Eye of the Needle
Jul 24, 1981
Death Watch
Jan 23, 1980
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Dec 05, 1978
Living
Nov 04, 2022
Under the Skin
Jan 19, 1982
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Dec 01, 2020
AKA
Jan 19, 2002
Buckley's Chance
Jun 24, 2021
Occupy!
Jan 01, 1976
Lotus: A New Dawn
Jul 28, 2021
The Beautiful Game
Mar 22, 2024
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'
Sep 05, 2005
Deasey (Desperate)
Dec 06, 1979
Standing in for Henry
Dec 19, 1980
The Bass Player
Oct 01, 1999
Untitled Jason Statham Action-Thriller
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Apr 22, 2004
Welcome to Paradise
Heart of Darkness
Pink Sky at Night
This is the Beginning
Aug 17, 2025
Wycliffe
Jul 24, 1994
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Apr 08, 2002
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Meerkat Manor
Sep 02, 2005
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
Agony
Mar 11, 1979
Richard & Judy
Nov 26, 2001
State of Play
May 18, 2003
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Apr 02, 2021
He Knew He Was Right
Apr 18, 2004
Making News
Jan 16, 1990
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Jun 05, 2021
The Lost Prince
Jan 19, 2003
The Big Art Project
May 10, 2009
The Last Place on Earth
Feb 18, 1985
Live from Studio Five
Sep 14, 2009
Doctor Who
Mar 26, 2005
Minder
Oct 29, 1979
Canterbury Tales
Sep 11, 2003
Fox
Mar 10, 1980
People Like Us
Sep 20, 1999
Peak Practice
May 10, 1993
Chillers
Apr 14, 1990
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Apr 24, 2022
Kavanagh Q.C.
Jan 03, 1995
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Sep 06, 2023
South Of The Border
Oct 25, 1988
Ordeal by Innocence
Apr 01, 2018
10 Minute Tales
Dec 21, 2009
Black Books
Sep 29, 2000
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Jun 29, 2021
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Nov 11, 1983
Eye of the Storm
Jan 08, 1993
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Lazaruss
Grumpy Old Men
Oct 10, 2003
Longitude
Jan 02, 2000
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
Castlevania
Jul 07, 2017
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Oct 16, 1996
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Timeshift
Oct 10, 2002
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Sep 05, 1983
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Oct 25, 2019
Kent: Garden of England
Sep 11, 2024
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
This Morning
Oct 03, 1988
Ride or Die
California Avenue
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
