Bill Nighy
Acting
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.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
Age 62 (now 76)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Davy Jones
Age 56 (now 76)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Davy Jones
Age 57 (now 76)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Age 60 (now 76)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Conrad (voice)
Age 74 (now 76)
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
Age 72 (now 76)
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 72 (now 76)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
as Self
Age 70 (now 76)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Age 66 (now 76)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
Age 65 (now 76)
National Theatre Live: Skylight
as Tom Sergeant
Age 64 (now 76)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Graham Greene (voice)
Age 63 (now 76)
London: The Modern Babylon
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Age 62 (now 76)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
Age 62 (now 76)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rufus Scrimgeour
Age 60 (now 76)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Davy Jones
Age 57 (now 76)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Davy Jones
Age 56 (now 76)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
Age 56 (now 76)
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
Age 55 (now 76)
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
Age 55 (now 76)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Slartibartfast
Age 55 (now 76)
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 54 (now 76)
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
as Self - Narrator
Age 54 (now 76)
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Self - Narrator
Age 54 (now 76)
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Helmut Hoffmann
Age 35 (now 76)
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
Age 75 (now 76)
Kent: Garden of England
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 74 (now 76)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 73 (now 76)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Thomas Jerome Newton
Age 72 (now 76)
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 71 (now 76)
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 71 (now 76)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 71 (now 76)
Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
as Self - Narrator
Age 71 (now 76)
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
as Narrator (voice)
Age 69 (now 76)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Lockwood
Age 52 (now 76)
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Belshazzar (voice)
Age 46 (now 76)
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Also Known As
William Francis Nighy, ויליאם פרנסיס "ביל" ניי
IMDB
nm0631490