Bill Nighy
Born in Caterham, Surrey, England, UK — Dec 12 1949
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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…
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Shelter
Manafort
Doctor Who
Dr Black
Minder
Oates
Play for Today
Dave
Peak Practice
Alan Sinclair
The Wild Robot
Longneck (voice)
Playhouse
Bruno
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rufus Scrimgeour
Wycliffe
David Cleeve
Performance
Roger Maitland
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Davy Jones
Castlevania
Saint Germain (voice)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Lockwood
Kavanagh Q.C.
Giles Culpepper QC
Black Books
Man at bar
Rango
Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Hot Fuzz
Met Chief Inspector
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Goschen
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage)
Chillers
Tom Dickenson
About Time
Dad
Shaun of the Dead
Phillip
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Thomas Jerome Newton
Timeshift
self (voice)
Love Actually
Billy Mack
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Howard Clifford
Wrath of the Titans
Hephaestus
Flushed Away
Whitey (voice)
Underworld
Viktor
Jack the Giant Slayer
General Fallon
10 Minute Tales
Mr Jellaby
Emma.
Mr. Woodhouse
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Jeffrey Grainger
The World's End
The Network (voice)
Underworld: Evolution
Viktor
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Slartibartfast
People Like Us
Will Rushmore
State of Play
Cameron Foster
Total Recall
Matthias
Valkyrie
Friedrich Olbricht
Pride
Cliff
South of the Border
Tony Freason
Canterbury Tales
James
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Belshazzar (voice)
The Constant Gardener
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Joy
Patrick Steptoe
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Viktor
Notes on a Scandal
Richard Hart
Fox
Colin Street
Astro Boy
Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
G-Force
Leonard Saber
Longitude
Lord Sandwich
Arthur Christmas
Grandsanta (voice)
The Last Place on Earth
Cecil Meares
10 Lives
Professor Craven (voice)
Meerkat Manor
Narrator
Ordeal by Innocence
Leo Argyll
He Knew He Was Right
Colonel Osborne
Living
Williams
I, Frankenstein
Naberius
The First Omen
Cardinal Lawrence
Hope Gap
Edward
The Lost Prince
Stamfordham
That Christmas
Lighthouse Bill (voice)
Agony
Vincent Fish
Page Eight
Johnny Worricker
Role Play
Bob
The Boat That Rocked
Quentin
The Limehouse Golem
John Kildare
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Officer
Wild Target
Victor Maynard
Grumpy Old Men
Self
500 Miles
Blow Dry
Ray Robertson
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
Stormbreaker
Alan Blunt
Turks & Caicos
Johnny Worricker
Their Finest
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Minamata
Robert "Bob" Hayes
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Conrad (voice)
Sometimes Always Never
Alan
Dad's Army
Sergeant Wilson
Curse of the Pink Panther
ENT Doctor
Norm of the North
Socrates (voice)
The Phantom of the Opera
Martin Barton
Being Human
Julian
Bulk
The Voice
Chalet Girl
Richard Madsen
The Magic Roundabout
Dylan (voice)
Alive and Kicking
Tristan
Longitude
Lord Sandwich
Guest House Paradiso
Mr. Johnson
Salting the Battlefield
Johnny Worricker
True Blue
Jeremy Saville
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Narrator (voice)
& Sons
Andrew
StarDog and TurboCat
Sinclair (voice)
Eye of the Needle
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
Still Crazy
Ray Simms
Lucky Break
Roger
Red Nose Day Actually
Billy Mack
FairyTale: A True Story
Edward Gardner
Absolute Hell
Hugh Marriner
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Self - Narrator (voice)
Thirteen at Dinner
Ronald Marsh
Enduring Love
Robin
The Beautiful Game
Mal
Glorious 39
Alexander Keyes
The Little Drummer Girl
Al
The Girl in the Café
Lawrence
Slapper
Arnold Percy
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Self - Narrator (voice)
I Capture the Castle
James Mortmain
Making News
Sam Courtney
The Bookshop
Mr. Brundish
Fox
Colin Street
The Young Visiters
Earl of Clincham
The Kindness of Strangers
Timofey
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Helmut Hoffmann
Mack the Knife
Tiger Brown
Gideon's Daughter
Gideon Warner
Burst
Maxwell's Fan 22
Bloody Fury
Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
Eye of the Storm
Tom Frewen
Don't Leave Me This Way
John Tracey
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
AKA
Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Death Watch
Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
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'
Self
Astonish Me
The Professor
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Bill
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
Dreams of Leaving
William
The Turning Door
(voice)
A Masculine Ending
John Tracey
Real Creatures of Dirt
Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Self - Narrator
Easter 2016
Connor Mullan
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
The Bass Player
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Phil Parish
Bottom Mindless Violence
Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
The Maitlands
Roger Maitland
California Avenue
Jerry
Heart of Darkness
(voice)
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hungry Corpse
The Hungry Corpse
Antonia and Jane
Howard Nash
Standing in for Henry
Bruno
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Graham Greene (voice)
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
Lawless Heart
Dan
Kent: Garden of England
Self - Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Tom Sergeant
Under the Skin
Dave
Lotus: A New Dawn
Self - Narrator (voice)
Unnatural Causes
Oliver Latham
Deasey (Desperate)
Deasy
A Town in Nova Scotia
Leon
Buckley's Chance
Spencer
This Is the Beginning
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Self - Narrator (voice)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Self
Great White Shark
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Man with the Stolen Heart
Narrator
Spectre of the Bear
Bennett (voice)
Welcome to Paradise
Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Darkling
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Self - Narrator
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Big Art Project
Narrator
We Love Cigarettes
Narrator