Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Nighy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Last Dinosaur
Film · 2027
500 Miles
Film · 2026
& Sons
Film · 2026
Shelter
Film · 2026
Welcome to Paradise
Film · 2026
Bulk
Film · 2026
Ride or Die
Series · 2026
This Is the Beginning
Film · 2025
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Film · 2025
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
Series · 2025
10 Lives
Film · 2024
The First Omen
Film · 2024
JOY
Film · 2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Film · 2024
The Wild Robot
Film · 2024
That Christmas
Film · 2024
The Beautiful Game
Film · 2024
Kent: Garden of England
Series · 2024
Role Play
Film · 2023
Darkling
Film · 2023
Spectre of the Bear
Film · 2023
Bloody Fury
Film · 2023
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Series · 2023
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Film · 2022
Living
Film · 2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
Series · 2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Series · 2022
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Film · 2021
Buckley's Chance
Film · 2021
Lotus: A New Dawn
Film · 2021
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Series · 2021
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Series · 2021
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Series · 2021
Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
Series · 2021
Emma.
Film · 2020
Minamata
Film · 2020
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Film · 2020
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Film · 2019
The Kindness of Strangers
Film · 2019
Hope Gap
Film · 2019
Sometimes Always Never
Film · 2019
StarDog and TurboCat
Film · 2019
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Series · 2019
Ordeal by Innocence
Series · 2018
Their Finest
Film · 2017
The Bookshop
Film · 2017
Red Nose Day Actually
Film · 2017
Castlevania
Series · 2017
Norm of the North
Film · 2016
Dad's Army
Film · 2016
The Limehouse Golem
Film · 2016
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Film · 2015
Pride: The True Story
Film · 2015
I, Frankenstein
Film · 2014
Pride
Film · 2014
Turks & Caicos
Film · 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Film · 2014
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Jack the Giant Slayer
Film · 2013
The World's End
Film · 2013
About Time
Film · 2013
Great White Shark
Film · 2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Film · 2013
The Hungry Corpse
Film · 2013
Total Recall
Film · 2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2012
Wrath of the Titans
Film · 2012
London: The Modern Babylon
Film · 2012
Rango
Film · 2011
Arthur Christmas
Film · 2011
Real Creatures of Dirt
Film · 2011
Page Eight
Film · 2011
Chalet Girl
Film · 2011
Astonish Me
Film · 2011
The Man with the Stolen Heart
Film · 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
Wild Target
Film · 2010
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Film · 2009
Glorious 39
Film · 2009
Astro Boy
Film · 2009
The Boat That Rocked
Film · 2009
G-Force
Film · 2009
The Big Art Project
Series · 2009
Live from Studio Five
Series · 2009
10 Minute Tales
Series · 2009
Valkyrie
Film · 2008
Slapper
Film · 2008
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Film · 2007
Hot Fuzz
Film · 2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Film · 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Film · 2006
Notes on a Scandal
Film · 2006
Underworld: Evolution
Film · 2006
Flushed Away
Film · 2006
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Film · 2006
Stormbreaker
Film · 2006
We Love Cigarettes
Film · 2006
The Constant Gardener
Film · 2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Film · 2005
The Girl in the Café
Film · 2005
The Magic Roundabout
Film · 2005
Gideon's Daughter
Film · 2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Film · 2005
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'
Film · 2005
Meerkat Manor
Series · 2005
Doctor Who
Series · 2005
Shaun of the Dead
Film · 2004
Enduring Love
Film · 2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Film · 2004
Burst
Film · 2004
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Film · 2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
Film · 2004
He Knew He Was Right
Series · 2004
Underworld
Film · 2003
Love Actually
Film · 2003
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Film · 2003
I Capture the Castle
Film · 2003
The Young Visiters
Film · 2003
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Film · 2003
The Armstrongs: The Office Christmas Party
Film · 2003
State of Play
Series · 2003
The Lost Prince
Series · 2003
Grumpy Old Men
Series · 2003
Canterbury Tales
Series · 2003
Lawless Heart
Film · 2002
AKA
Film · 2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Series · 2002
Timeshift
Series · 2002
Lucky Break
Film · 2001
Blow Dry
Film · 2001
Richard & Judy
Series · 2001
Longitude
Film · 2000
Black Books
Series · 2000
Longitude
Series · 2000
Guest House Paradiso
Film · 1999
The Bass Player
Film · 1999
People Like Us
Series · 1999
Still Crazy
Film · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
FairyTale: A True Story
Film · 1997
Insiders
Series · 1997
True Blue
Film · 1996
Alive and Kicking
Film · 1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Series · 1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
Series · 1995
Being Human
Film · 1994
Wycliffe
Series · 1994
Unnatural Causes
Film · 1993
The Maitlands
Film · 1993
Don't Leave Me This Way
Film · 1993
Peak Practice
Series · 1993
Eye of the Storm
Series · 1993
A Masculine Ending
Film · 1992
Absolute Hell
Film · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
The Men's Room
Series · 1991
Antonia and Jane
Film · 1990
Making News
Series · 1990
Chillers
Series · 1990
TECX
Series · 1990
Mack the Knife
Film · 1989
The Phantom of the Opera
Film · 1989
South of the Border
Series · 1988
This Morning
Series · 1988
Boon
Series · 1986
Thirteen at Dinner
Film · 1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Film · 1985
The Last Place on Earth
Series · 1985
The Little Drummer Girl
Film · 1984
Curse of the Pink Panther
Film · 1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Series · 1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Series · 1983
Storyboard
Series · 1983
Easter 2016
Film · 1982
Under the Skin
Film · 1982
Eye of the Needle
Film · 1981
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Film · 1980
Fox
Film · 1980
Dreams of Leaving
Film · 1980
Death Watch
Film · 1980
Standing in for Henry
Film · 1980
Fox
Series · 1980
Deasey (Desperate)
Film · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Agony
Series · 1979
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Film · 1978
Premiere
Series · 1977
Occupy!
Film · 1976
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Heart of Darkness
Film
The Turning Door
Film
A Town in Nova Scotia
Film
Ibelin
Film
Caine
Film
California Avenue
Series
The Portrait of a Lady
Series