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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Nighy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027The Last Dinosaur — (voice)
• 2026& Sons — Andrew
• 2026500 Miles — John
• 2026Bulk — The Voice
• Ride or Die — The Director
• 2026Shelter — Manafort
• 2026Welcome to Paradise — Hooker Duck Host (voice)
• Harlan Coben's Lazarus — Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
• 2025Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort — Davy Jones (voice)
• 2025This Is the Beginning
• 202410 Lives — Professor Craven (voice)
• 2024Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue — Conrad (voice)
• 2024JOY — Patrick Steptoe
• 2024That Christmas — Lighthouse Bill (voice)
• 2024The Beautiful Game — Mal
• 2024The First Omen — Cardinal Lawrence
• 2024The Wild Robot — Longneck (voice)
• 2023Bloody Fury — Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
• 2023Darkling
• 2023Role Play — Bob
• 2023Spectre of the Bear — Bennett (voice)
• 2022Living — Williams
• The Man Who Fell to Earth — Thomas Jerome Newton
• 2021Buckley's Chance — Spencer
• 2020Emma. — Mr. Woodhouse
• 2020Minamata — Robert "Bob" Hayes
• 2019Hope Gap — Edward
• 2019Pokémon Detective Pikachu — Howard Clifford
• 2019Sometimes Always Never — Alan, Executive Producer
• 2019StarDog and TurboCat — Sinclair (voice)
• 2019The Kindness of Strangers — Timofey
• World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys — Narrator (voice)
• Ordeal by Innocence — Leo Argyll
• Castlevania — Saint Germain (voice)
• 2017Red Nose Day Actually — Billy Mack
• 2017The Bookshop — Mr. Brundish
• 2017Their Finest — Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
• 2016Dad's Army — Sergeant Wilson
• 2016Norm of the North — Socrates (voice)
• 2016The Limehouse Golem — John Kildare
• 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — Douglas Ainslie
• 2014I, Frankenstein — Naberius
• 2014National Theatre Live: Skylight — Tom Sergeant
• 2014Pride — Cliff
• 2014Salting the Battlefield — Johnny Worricker
• 2014Turks & Caicos — Johnny Worricker
• 2013About Time — Dad
• 2013Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene — Graham Greene (voice)
• 2013Jack the Giant Slayer — General Fallon
• 2013The Hungry Corpse — The Hungry Corpse
• 2013The World's End — The Network (voice)
• 2012London: The Modern Babylon — Spoken Quotations (voice)
• 2012The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — Douglas Ainslie
• 2012Total Recall — Matthias
• 2012Wrath of the Titans — Hephaestus
• 2011Arthur Christmas — Grandsanta (voice)
• 2011Astonish Me — The Professor
• 2011Chalet Girl — Richard Madsen
• 2011Page Eight — Johnny Worricker, Executive Producer
• 2011Rango — Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
• 2011The Man with the Stolen Heart — Narrator
• 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — Rufus Scrimgeour
• 2010Wild Target — Victor Maynard
• 10 Minute Tales — Mr Jellaby
• 2009Astro Boy — Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
• 2009G-Force — Leonard Saber
• 2009Glorious 39 — Alexander Keyes
• The Big Art Project — Narrator
• 2009The Boat That Rocked — Quentin
• 2009Underworld: Rise of the Lycans — Viktor
• 2008Slapper — Arnold Percy
• 2008Valkyrie — Friedrich Olbricht
• 2007Hot Fuzz — Met Chief Inspector
• 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — Davy Jones
• 2006Flushed Away — Whitey (voice)
• 2006Notes on a Scandal — Richard Hart
• 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Davy Jones
• 2006Stormbreaker — Alan Blunt
• 2006Underworld: Evolution — Viktor
• 2006We Love Cigarettes — Narrator
• Doctor Who — Dr Black
• 2005Gideon's Daughter — Gideon Warner
• Meerkat Manor — Narrator
• 2005The Constant Gardener — Sir Bernard Pellegrin
• 2005The Girl in the Café — Lawrence
• 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Slartibartfast
• 2005The Magic Roundabout — Dylan (voice)
• 2004Bottom Mindless Violence — Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2004Burst — Maxwell's Fan 22
• 2004Enduring Love — Robin
• He Knew He Was Right — Colonel Osborne
• 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGill — Phil Parish
• 2004Shaun of the Dead — Phillip
• 2003Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
• Canterbury Tales — James
• 2003I Capture the Castle — James Mortmain
• 2003Love Actually — Billy Mack
• State of Play — Cameron Foster
• The Lost Prince — Stamfordham
• 2003The Young Visiters — Earl of Clincham
• 2003Underworld — Viktor
• 2002AKA — Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
• 2002Lawless Heart — Dan
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries — Lockwood
• 2001Blow Dry — Ray Robertson
• 2001Lucky Break — Roger
• Black Books — Man at bar
• 2000Longitude — Lord Sandwich
• Longitude — Lord Sandwich
• 1999Guest House Paradiso — Mr. Johnson
• People Like Us — Will Rushmore
• 1999The Bass Player
• 1998Still Crazy — Ray Simms
• 1997FairyTale: A True Story — Edward Gardner
• Insiders — Mark Gordon
• 1996Alive and Kicking — Tristan
• Testament: The Bible in Animation — Belshazzar (voice)
• 1996True Blue — Jeremy Saville
• Kavanagh Q.C. — Giles Culpepper QC
• 1994Being Human — Julian
• Wycliffe — David Cleeve
• 1993Don't Leave Me This Way — John Tracey
• Eye of the Storm — Tom Frewen
• Peak Practice — Alan Sinclair
• 1993The Maitlands — Roger Maitland
• 1993Unnatural Causes — Oliver Latham
• 1992A Masculine Ending — John Tracey
• 1991Absolute Hell — Hugh Marriner
• Performance — Roger Maitland, Hugh Marriner
• The Men's Room — Prof. Mark Carleton
• 1990Antonia and Jane — Howard Nash
• Chillers — Tom Dickenson
• Making News — Sam Courtney
• TECX
• 1989Mack the Knife — Tiger Brown
• 1989The Phantom of the Opera — Martin Barton
• South of the Border — Tony Freason
• 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil — Helmut Hoffmann
• The Last Place on Earth — Cecil Meares
• 1985Thirteen at Dinner — Ronald Marsh
• 1984The Little Drummer Girl — Al
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet — Jeffrey Grainger
• 1983Curse of the Pink Panther — ENT Doctor
• Reilly: Ace of Spies — Goschen
• Storyboard — Sam
• 1982Easter 2016 — Connor Mullan
• 1982Under the Skin — Dave
• 1981Eye of the Needle — Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
• 1980Death Watch — Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
• 1980Dreams of Leaving — William
• 1980Fox — Colin Street
• Fox — Colin Street
• 1980Little Lord Fauntleroy — Officer
• 1980Standing in for Henry — Bruno
• Agony — Vincent Fish
• 1979Deasey (Desperate) — Deasy
• Minder — Oates
• 1978Soldiers Talking, Cleanly — Bill
• Premiere — Deasey
• 1976Occupy! — Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
• Playhouse — Bruno
• Play for Today — Dave
• A Town in Nova Scotia — Leon
• Caine
• California Avenue — Jerry, Executive Producer
• Heart of Darkness — The Manager
• Ibelin — Mats Steen
• The Portrait of a Lady — Mr Daniel Touchett
• The Turning Door — (voice)

Appearances as themselves (28)

• Kent: Garden of England — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country — Self - Narrator (voice)
• LIGHT & MAGIC — Self (archive footage)
• 2022The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special — Self
• 2021Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2021Lotus: A New Dawn — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Natural History Museum: World of Wonder — Self - Narrator
• World's Most Scenic River Journeys — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2020Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular — Self
• 2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman — Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
• 2015Pride: The True Story — Himself
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2013Great White Shark — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2011Real Creatures of Dirt — Self / Rattlesnake Jake
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• 2007Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz — Self
• 2006Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener — Self
• 2005Don'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' — Self
• 2005Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' — Self
• 2004Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews — Self - Narrator
• Grumpy Old Men — Self
• 2003Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher — Self - Narrator
• Timeshift — self (voice)
• Richard & Judy — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• This Morning — Self