Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy (/naɪ/; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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. 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 Chekhov's The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his role in Blue/Orange in 2001. He acted on Broadway in the David Hare plays The Vertical Hour (2006) and Skylight (2015), earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for the latter.
Nighy's early film roles include the comedies Still Crazy (1998), Guest House Paradiso (1999) and Blow Dry (2001). He rose to international stardom with his role in Love Actually (2003), for which he won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to portray Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003–2009) and Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006–2007). His 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), Wild Target (2010), 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 which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Nighy has gained acclaim for his television roles, earning a BAFTA Award for his role in the BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He is also known for his roles in The Girl in the Café (2006), the BBC's Worricker trilogy, which includes Page Eight (2012), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014), and the BBC's Ordeal by Innocence (2018).
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Movies (143)
The Last Dino
2027 · (voice)
& Sons
2026 · Andrew
Welcome to Paradise
2026 · Hooker Duck Host (voice)
500 Miles
2026 · John
Shelter
2026 · Manafort
Bulk
2026 · The Voice
This Is the Beginning
2025
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025 · Davy Jones (voice)
Aquella Navidad
2024 · Lighthouse Bill (voice)
JOY
2024 · Patrick Steptoe
The Wild Robot
2024 · Longneck (voice)
Mascotas En Apuros
2024 · Conrad (voice)
Un Gato con Suerte
2024 · Professor Craven (voice)
The First Omen
2024 · Cardinal Lawrence
El juego bonito
2024 · Mal
Juego de roles
2023 · Bob
Darkling
2023
Spectre of the Bear
2023 · Bennett (voice)
Bloody Fury
2023 · Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022 · Self
Vivir
2022 · Williams
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Lotus: A New Dawn
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Buckley's Chance
2021 · Spencer
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
2020 · Self
El Síndrome de Minamata
2020 · Robert "Bob" Hayes
Emma.
2020 · Mr. Woodhouse
Un invierno en Nueva York
2019 · Timofey
StarDog y TurboCat
2019 · Sinclair (voice)
Hope Gap
2019 · Edward
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019 · Howard Clifford
Sometimes Always Never
2019 · Alan, Executive Producer
La Librería
2017 · Mr. Brundish
Red Nose Day Actually
2017 · Billy Mack
Their Finest 2016
2017 · Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Los misteriosos asesinatos de Limehouse
2016 · John Kildare
¡Veteranos al ataque!
2016 · Sergeant Wilson
Norm y los invencibles
2016 · Socrates (voice)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015 · Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Pride: The True Story
2015 · Himself
El exótico Hotel Marigold 2
2015 · Douglas Ainslie
Pride
2014 · Cliff
National Theatre Live: Skylight
2014 · Tom Sergeant
Salting the Battlefield
2014 · Johnny Worricker
Turks & Caicos
2014 · Johnny Worricker
Yo Frankenstein
2014 · Naberius
Una Noche en el Fin del Mundo
2013 · The Network (voice)
Cuestión de tiempo
2013 · Dad
The Hungry Corpse
2013 · The Hungry Corpse
Great White Shark
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Jack: El Cazagigantes
2013 · General Fallon
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013 · Graham Greene (voice)
London: The Modern Babylon
2012 · Spoken Quotations (voice)
El vengador del futuro
2012 · Matthias
Furia de Titanes 2
2012 · Hephaestus
El exótico Hotel Marigold
2012 · Douglas Ainslie
Operación Regalo
2011 · Grandsanta (voice)
Page Eight
2011 · Johnny Worricker, Executive Producer
Astonish Me
2011 · The Professor
Real Creatures of Dirt
2011 · Self / Rattlesnake Jake
The Man with the Stolen Heart
2011 · Narrator
Rango
2011 · Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Chalet Girl
2011 · Richard Madsen
Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte (1ª parte)
2010 · Rufus Scrimgeour
Escape Salvaje
2010 · Victor Maynard
Glorious 39
2009 · Alexander Keyes
Astro Boy
2009 · Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
Fuerza-G: Licencia Para Espiar
2009 · Leonard Saber
Los piratas del rock
2009 · Quentin
Inframundo 3: La rebelión de los Lycans
2009 · Viktor
Operación Valquiria
2008 · Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper
2008 · Arnold Percy
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007 · Self
Piratas del Caribe 3: En el Fin del Mundo
2007 · Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz: Super Policías
2007 · Met Chief Inspector
Escandalo
2006 · Richard Hart
Lo que el agua se llevó
2006 · Whitey (voice)
Alex Rider: Operación Stormbreaker
2006 · Alan Blunt
Piratas del Caribe 2: El Cofre de la Muerte
2006 · Davy Jones
We Love Cigarettes
2006 · Narrator
Inframundo: La Evolución
2006 · Viktor
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006 · Self
Gideon's Daughter
2005 · Gideon Warner
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'
2005 · Self
El jardinero fiel
2005 · Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005 · Self
The Girl in the Café
2005 · Lawrence
Guía del autoestopista galáctico
2005 · Slartibartfast
The Magic Roundabout
2005 · Dylan (voice)
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004 · Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Enduring Love
2004 · Robin
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004 · Phil Parish
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
2004 · Self - Narrator
El Despertar de los Muertos
2004 · Phillip
Burst
2004 · Maxwell's Fan 22
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003 · Self - Narrator
The Young Visiters
2003 · Earl of Clincham
The Armstrongs: The Office Christmas Party
2003 · Self - Narrator
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
Inframundo
2003 · Viktor
Realmente amor
2003 · Billy Mack
I Capture the Castle
2003 · James Mortmain
Lawless Heart
2002 · Dan
AKA
2002 · Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Lucky Break
2001 · Roger
Blow Dry
2001 · Ray Robertson
Longitude
2000 · Lord Sandwich
Guest House Paradiso
1999 · Mr. Johnson
The Bass Player
1999
Still Crazy
1998 · Ray Simms
FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · Edward Gardner
True Blue
1996 · Jeremy Saville
Alive and Kicking
1996 · Tristan
Being Human
1994 · Julian
The Maitlands
1993 · Roger Maitland
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993 · John Tracey
Unnatural Causes
1993 · Oliver Latham
A Masculine Ending
1992 · John Tracey
Absolute Hell
1991 · Hugh Marriner
Antonia and Jane
1990 · Howard Nash
The Phantom of the Opera
1989 · Martin Barton
Mack the Knife
1989 · Tiger Brown
Thirteen at Dinner
1985 · Ronald Marsh
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 · Helmut Hoffmann
The Little Drummer Girl
1984 · Al
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 · ENT Doctor
Easter 2016
1982 · Connor Mullan
Under the Skin
1982 · Dave
Eye of the Needle
1981 · Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Standing in for Henry
1980 · Bruno
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Officer
Fox
1980 · Colin Street
Death Watch
1980 · Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Dreams of Leaving
1980 · William
Deasey (Desperate)
1979 · Deasy
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978 · Bill
Occupy!
1976 · Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Heart of Darkness
· The Manager
The Turning Door
· (voice)
A Town in Nova Scotia
· Leon
Ibelin
Caine
Insomniac City
· Oliver Sacks
TV shows (57)
Ride or Die
2026 · The Director
Lazarus de Harlan Coben
2025 · Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
Kent: Garden of England
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
2023 · Self - Narrator (voice)
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self (archive footage)
El hombre que cayó a la Tierra
2022 · Thomas Newton
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
2021 · Self - Narrator
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
2019 · Narrator (voice)
Ordeal by Innocence
2018 · Leo Argyll
Castlevania
2017 · Saint Germain (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
10 Minute Tales
2009 · Mr Jellaby
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
The Big Art Project
2009 · Narrator
Meerkat Manor
2005 · Narrator
Doctor Who
2005 · Dr Black
He Knew He Was Right
2004 · Colonel Osborne
Grumpy Old Men
2003 · Self
Canterbury Tales
2003 · James
State of Play
2003 · Cameron Foster
El príncipe perdido
2003 · Stamfordham
Timeshift
2002 · self (voice)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · Lockwood
Richard & Judy
2001 · Self
Black Books
2000 · Man at bar
Longitude
2000 · Lord Sandwich
People Like Us
1999 · Will Rushmore
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Insiders
1997 · Mark Gordon
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 · Belshazzar (voice)
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Giles Culpepper QC
Wycliffe
1994 · David Cleeve
Peak Practice
1993 · Alan Sinclair
Eye of the Storm
1993 · Tom Frewen
Performance
1991 · Roger Maitland, Hugh Marriner
The Men's Room
1991 · Prof. Mark Carleton
TECX
1990
Making News
1990 · Sam Courtney
Chillers
1990 · Tom Dickenson
South of the Border
1988 · Tony Freason
This Morning
1988 · Self
Boon
1986 · Steve Reeves
The Last Place on Earth
1985 · Cecil Meares
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · Jeffrey Grainger
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Goschen
Storyboard
1983 · Sam
Fox
1980 · Colin Street
Minder
1979 · Oates
Agony
1979 · Vincent Fish
Premiere
1977 · Deasey
Playhouse
1974 · Bruno
Play for Today
1970 · Dave
California Avenue
· Jerry, Executive Producer
The Portrait of a Lady
· Mr Daniel Touchett