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Bill Nighy
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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 …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Bill Nighy's Filmography
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The Last Dinosaur
as (voice)
& Sons
as Andrew
Welcome to Paradise
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
500 Miles
as John
Bulk
as The Voice
Shelter
as Manafort
This Is the Beginning
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
as Davy Jones (voice)
That Christmas
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
JOY
as Patrick Steptoe
The Wild Robot
as Longneck (voice)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Conrad (voice)
10 Lives
as Professor Craven (voice)
The First Omen
as Cardinal Lawrence
The Beautiful Game
as Mal
Role Play
as Bob
Darkling
Spectre of the Bear
as Bennett (voice)
Bloody Fury
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
Living
as Williams
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lotus: A New Dawn
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buckley's Chance
as Spencer
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
as Self
Minamata
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Emma.
as Mr. Woodhouse
The Kindness of Strangers
as Timofey
StarDog and TurboCat
as Sinclair (voice)
Hope Gap
as Edward
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Howard Clifford
Sometimes Always Never
as Alan
The Bookshop
as Mr. Brundish
Red Nose Day Actually
as Billy Mack
Their Finest
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
The Limehouse Golem
as John Kildare
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Wilson
Norm of the North
as Socrates (voice)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
No Poster
Pride: The True Story
as Himself
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
Pride
as Cliff
National Theatre Live: Skylight
as Tom Sergeant
Salting the Battlefield
as Johnny Worricker
Turks & Caicos
as Johnny Worricker
I, Frankenstein
as Naberius
The World's End
as The Network (voice)
About Time
as Dad
The Hungry Corpse
as The Hungry Corpse
Great White Shark
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jack the Giant Slayer
as General Fallon
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Graham Greene (voice)
London: The Modern Babylon
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Total Recall
as Matthias
Wrath of the Titans
as Hephaestus
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
Arthur Christmas
as Grandsanta (voice)
Page Eight
as Johnny Worricker
Astonish Me
as The Professor
Real Creatures of Dirt
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
The Man with the Stolen Heart
as Narrator
Rango
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Chalet Girl
as Richard Madsen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Wild Target
as Victor Maynard
Glorious 39
as Alexander Keyes
Astro Boy
as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
G-Force
as Leonard Saber
The Boat That Rocked
as Quentin
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
as Viktor
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper
as Arnold Percy
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz
as Met Chief Inspector
Notes on a Scandal
as Richard Hart
Flushed Away
as Whitey (voice)
Stormbreaker
as Alan Blunt
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Davy Jones
We Love Cigarettes
as Narrator
Underworld: Evolution
as Viktor
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
Gideon's Daughter
as 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'
as Self
The Constant Gardener
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
The Girl in the Café
as Lawrence
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Slartibartfast
The Magic Roundabout
as Dylan (voice)
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Enduring Love
as Robin
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Phil Parish
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
as Self - Narrator
Shaun of the Dead
as Phillip
Burst
as Maxwell's Fan 22
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Self - Narrator
The Young Visiters
as Earl of Clincham
No Poster
The Armstrongs: The Office Christmas Party
as Self - Narrator
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Underworld
as Viktor
Love Actually
as Billy Mack
I Capture the Castle
as James Mortmain
Lawless Heart
as Dan
AKA
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Lucky Break
as Roger
Blow Dry
as Ray Robertson
Longitude
as Lord Sandwich
Guest House Paradiso
as Mr. Johnson
No Poster
The Bass Player
Still Crazy
as Ray Simms
FairyTale: A True Story
as Edward Gardner
True Blue
as Jeremy Saville
Alive and Kicking
as Tristan
Being Human
as Julian
The Maitlands
as Roger Maitland
Don't Leave Me This Way
as John Tracey
Unnatural Causes
as Oliver Latham
A Masculine Ending
as John Tracey
Absolute Hell
as Hugh Marriner
Antonia and Jane
as Howard Nash
The Phantom of the Opera
as Martin Barton
Mack the Knife
as Tiger Brown
Thirteen at Dinner
as Ronald Marsh
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Helmut Hoffmann
The Little Drummer Girl
as Al
Curse of the Pink Panther
as ENT Doctor
Easter 2016
as Connor Mullan
Under the Skin
as Dave
Eye of the Needle
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Standing in for Henry
as Bruno
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Officer
No Poster
Fox
as Colin Street
Death Watch
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Dreams of Leaving
as William
Deasey (Desperate)
as Deasy
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Bill
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
No Poster
Ibelin
Caine
Heart of Darkness
as The Manager
No Poster
A Town in Nova Scotia
as Leon
No Poster
The Turning Door
as (voice)