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Bill Nighy‌

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Birthday

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Bill Nighy

Caterham, Surrey, England, UK

Bill Nighy

Caterham, Surrey, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1949-12-12

Popularity

star20.2

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).

Movie Credits

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

Underworld

Underworld‌
star6.8
calendar 2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End‌
star7.3
calendar 2007

Love Actually

Love Actually‌
star7.1
calendar 2003

Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal‌
star7.1
calendar 2006

Still Crazy

Still Crazy‌
star6.7
calendar 1998

Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates

Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates‌
star4.0
calendar 2003

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead‌
star7.5
calendar 2004

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution‌
star6.6
calendar 2006

Valkyrie

Valkyrie‌
star6.9
calendar 2008

10 Lives

10 Lives‌
star8.2
calendar 2024

The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener‌
star7.0
calendar 2005

Guest House Paradiso

Guest House Paradiso‌
star6.1
calendar 1999

Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz‌
star7.6
calendar 2007

Thirteen at Dinner

Thirteen at Dinner‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy‌
star6.7
calendar 2005

Flushed Away

Flushed Away‌
star6.3
calendar 2006

The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl‌
star5.5
calendar 1984

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans‌
star6.5
calendar 2009

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1‌
star7.8
calendar 2010

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener‌
star4.0
calendar 2006

Enduring Love

Enduring Love‌
star5.7
calendar 2004

Stormbreaker

Stormbreaker‌
star5.2
calendar 2006

The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café‌
star7.1
calendar 2005

Lucky Break

Lucky Break‌
star6.2
calendar 2001

Glorious 39

Glorious 39‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story‌
star6.4
calendar 1997

Wild Target

Wild Target‌
star6.4
calendar 2010

Rango

Rango‌
star6.9
calendar 2011

The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout‌
star5.4
calendar 2005

Astro Boy

Astro Boy‌
star6.3
calendar 2009

Total Recall

Total Recall‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Blow Dry

Blow Dry‌
star5.9
calendar 2001

I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle‌
star6.8
calendar 2003

True Blue

True Blue‌
star6.1
calendar 1996

The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked‌
star7.2
calendar 2009

Longitude

Longitude‌
star7.3
calendar 2000

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas‌
star6.8
calendar 2011

G-Force

G-Force‌
star5.5
calendar 2009

Real Creatures of Dirt

Real Creatures of Dirt‌
star6.0
calendar 2011

Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife‌
star6.6
calendar 1989

Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer‌
star5.8
calendar 2013

Page Eight

Page Eight‌
star6.6
calendar 2011

The Young Visiters

The Young Visiters‌
star5.1
calendar 2003

Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel‌
star6.9
calendar 2012

Wrath of the Titans

Wrath of the Titans‌
star5.7
calendar 2012

Chalet Girl

Chalet Girl‌
star6.4
calendar 2011

Lawless Heart

Lawless Heart‌
star5.3
calendar 2002

Gideon's Daughter

Gideon's Daughter‌
star6.3
calendar 2005

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera‌
star5.5
calendar 1989

I, Frankenstein

I, Frankenstein‌
star5.4
calendar 2014

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil‌
star4.5
calendar 1985

The World's End

The World's End‌
star6.8
calendar 2013

About Time

About Time‌
star7.9
calendar 2013

The First Omen

The First Omen‌
star6.9
calendar 2024

Alive and Kicking

Alive and Kicking‌
star4.9
calendar 1996

Pride

Pride‌
star7.7
calendar 2014

JOY

JOY‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy‌
star7.3
calendar 1980

Turks & Caicos

Turks & Caicos‌
star6.3
calendar 2014

Salting the Battlefield

Salting the Battlefield‌
star6.2
calendar 2014

Easter 2016

Easter 2016‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel‌
star6.4
calendar 2015

Role Play

Role Play‌
star6.0
calendar 2023

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue‌
star7.1
calendar 2024

National Theatre Live: Skylight

National Theatre Live: Skylight‌
star9.2
calendar 2014

Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens

Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

The Maitlands

The Maitlands‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther‌
star4.6
calendar 1983

A Fox's Tale

A Fox's Tale‌
star1.7
calendar 2008

Darkling

Darkling‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot‌
star8.6
calendar 2024

500 Miles

500 Miles‌
star0.0
calendar

Norm of the North

Norm of the North‌
star4.6
calendar 2016

Their Finest

Their Finest‌
star6.7
calendar 2017

The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later

The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Being Human

Being Human‌
star5.0
calendar 1994

Dad's Army

Dad's Army‌
star5.0
calendar 2016

Slapper

Slapper‌
star3.5
calendar 2008

Spectre of the Bear

Spectre of the Bear‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

That Christmas

That Christmas‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Bloody Fury

Bloody Fury‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill‌
star7.3
calendar 2004

Burst

Burst‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman‌
star7.0
calendar 2015

Don't Leave Me This Way

Don't Leave Me This Way‌
star7.0
calendar 1993

Absolute Hell

Absolute Hell‌
star5.7
calendar 1991

& Sons

& Sons‌
star0.0
calendar

A Masculine Ending

A Masculine Ending‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Astonish Me

Astonish Me‌
star8.0
calendar 2011

Fox

Fox‌
star1.0
calendar 1980

The Limehouse Golem

The Limehouse Golem‌
star6.2
calendar 2016

London: The Modern Babylon

London: The Modern Babylon‌
star6.5
calendar 2012

Dreams of Leaving

Dreams of Leaving‌
star7.0
calendar 1980

The Bookshop

The Bookshop‌
star6.5
calendar 2017

Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually‌
star7.1
calendar 2017

We Love Cigarettes

We Love Cigarettes‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Antonia and Jane

Antonia and Jane‌
star5.5
calendar 1990

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu‌
star6.9
calendar 2019

The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers‌
star6.3
calendar 2019

Hope Gap

Hope Gap‌
star6.3
calendar 2019

Great White Shark

Great White Shark‌
star6.2
calendar 2013

Sometimes Always Never

Sometimes Always Never‌
star6.4
calendar 2019

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene‌
star1.0
calendar 2013

Emma.

Emma.‌
star7.0
calendar 2020

Minamata

Minamata‌
star7.0
calendar 2020

StarDog and TurboCat

StarDog and TurboCat‌
star7.1
calendar 2019

The Hungry Corpse

The Hungry Corpse‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle‌
star6.6
calendar 1981

Death Watch

Death Watch‌
star6.3
calendar 1980

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Living

Living‌
star7.0
calendar 2022

Under the Skin

Under the Skin‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular

Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular‌
star8.5
calendar 2020

AKA

AKA‌
star5.6
calendar 2002

Buckley's Chance

Buckley's Chance‌
star6.2
calendar 2021

Occupy!

Occupy!‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Lotus: A New Dawn

Lotus: A New Dawn‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game‌
star6.4
calendar 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'

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'‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Deasey

Deasey‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Standing in for Henry

Standing in for Henry‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Tv Credits

Wycliffe

Wycliffe‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries‌
star7.1
calendar 2002

The One Show

The One Show‌
star4.6
calendar 2006

Bergerac

Bergerac‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Meerkat Manor

Meerkat Manor‌
star7.5
calendar 2005

Performance

Performance‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

Agony

Agony‌
star6.4
calendar 1979

Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy‌
star3.1
calendar 2001

State of Play

State of Play‌
star7.5
calendar 2003

World's Most Scenic River Journeys

World's Most Scenic River Journeys‌
star8.0
calendar 2021

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right‌
star7.8
calendar 2004

Making News

Making News‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty‌
star9.0
calendar 2021

The Lost Prince

The Lost Prince‌
star7.0
calendar 2003

The Big Art Project

The Big Art Project‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

The Last Place on Earth

The Last Place on Earth‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

Live from Studio Five

Live from Studio Five‌
star3.3
calendar 2009

Doctor Who

Doctor Who‌
star7.5
calendar 2005

Minder

Minder‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales‌
star6.9
calendar 2003

Fox

Fox‌
star5.7
calendar 1980

People Like Us

People Like Us‌
star8.3
calendar 1999

Peak Practice

Peak Practice‌
star5.5
calendar 1993

Chillers

Chillers‌
star6.2
calendar 1990

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth‌
star7.4
calendar 2022

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.‌
star6.6
calendar 1995

Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country

Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

South Of The Border

South Of The Border‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence‌
star7.0
calendar 2018

10 Minute Tales

10 Minute Tales‌
star7.5
calendar 2009

Black Books

Black Books‌
star8.0
calendar 2000

Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge

Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge‌
star10.0
calendar 2021

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet‌
star7.8
calendar 1983

Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm‌
star8.0
calendar 1993

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers‌
star5.4
calendar 2014

Lazarus

Lazarus‌
star0.0
calendar

Grumpy Old Men

Grumpy Old Men‌
star7.3
calendar 2003

Longitude

Longitude‌
star7.0
calendar 2000

Performance

Performance‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

Castlevania

Castlevania‌
star8.3
calendar 2017

Testament: The Bible in Animation

Testament: The Bible in Animation‌
star7.5
calendar 1996

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star5.9
calendar 1970

Timeshift

Timeshift‌
star7.0
calendar 2002

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Reilly: Ace of Spies‌
star7.1
calendar 1983

World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys‌
star8.3
calendar 2019

Kent: Garden of England

Kent: Garden of England‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Parkinson

Parkinson‌
star0.0
calendar 1998