Bill Nighy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-12-12 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Caterham, Surrey, England, UK

Bill Nighy

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 hi...

Acting

2003

Underworld

as Viktor

2003

Love Actually

as Billy Mack

2006

Notes on a Scandal

as Richard Hart

1998

Still Crazy

as Ray Simms

2004

2008

Valkyrie

as Friedrich Olbricht

2024

10 Lives

as Professor Craven (voice)

2005

The Constant Gardener

as Sir Bernard Pellegrin

1999

Guest House Paradiso

as Mr. Johnson

2007

Hot Fuzz

as Met Chief Inspector

1985

Thirteen at Dinner

as Ronald Marsh

2006

Flushed Away

as Whitey (voice)

2004

2006

Stormbreaker

as Alan Blunt

2005

2009

Glorious 39

as Alexander Keyes

2001

Lucky Break

as Roger

1997

FairyTale: A True Story

as Edward Gardner

2010

Wild Target

as Victor Maynard

2011

Rango

as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)

2004

The Magic Roundabout

as Dylan (voice)

2009

Astro Boy

as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)

2012

Total Recall

as Matthias

2001

Blow Dry

as Ray Robertson

2003

I Capture the Castle

as James Mortmain

1996

True Blue

as Jeremy Saville

2009

2000

Longitude

as Lord Sandwich

2011

Arthur Christmas

as Grandsanta (voice)

2011

Real Creatures of Dirt

as Self / Rattlesnake Jake

2009

G-Force

as Leonard Saber

1989

Mack the Knife

as Tiger Brown

2013

Jack the Giant Slayer

as General Fallon

2011

Page Eight

as Johnny Worricker

2003

The Young Visiters

as Earl of Clincham

1993

Unnatural Causes

as Oliver Latham

2012

2012

Wrath of the Titans

as Hephaestus

2011

Chalet Girl

as Richard Madsen

2002

2005

Gideon's Daughter

as Gideon Warner

1989

The Phantom of the Opera

as Martin Barton

1985

2014

I, Frankenstein

as Naberius

2013

The World's End

as The Network (voice)

2013

2024

The First Omen

as Cardinal Lawrence

1996

2014

Pride

as Cliff

2024

Joy

as Patrick Steptoe

2014

Turks & Caicos

as Johnny Worricker

2014

Salting the Battlefield

as Johnny Worricker

1982

Easter 2016

as Connor Mullan

2023

Role Play

as Bob

2021

Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1993

The Maitlands

as Roger Maitland

1983

2024

The Wild Robot

as Longneck (voice)

2016

Norm of the North

as Socrates (voice)

2017

Their Finest

as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank

1994

Being Human

as Julian

2016

Dad's Army

as Sergeant Wilson

2008

Slapper

as Arnold Percy

2023

Spectre of the Bear

as Bennett (voice)

2024

That Christmas

as Lighthouse Bill (voice)

2023

Bloody Fury

as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)

2004

Burst

as Maxwell's Fan 22

2015

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'

1993

1991

Absolute Hell

as Hugh Marriner

1992

A Masculine Ending

as John Tracey

2011

Astonish Me

as The Professor

1980

Fox

as Colin Street

2016

The Limehouse Golem

as John Kildare

2012

London: The Modern Babylon

as Spoken Quotations (voice)

1980

2017

The Bookshop

as Mr. Brundish

2017

2006

1990

Antonia and Jane

as Howard Nash

2019

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

as Howard Clifford

2019

Hope Gap

as Edward

2013

Great White Shark

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2013

2020

Emma.

as Mr. Woodhouse

2020

Minamata

as Robert "Bob" Hayes

2019

StarDog and TurboCat

as Sinclair (voice)

2013

The Hungry Corpse

as The Hungry Corpse

1981

Eye of the Needle

as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop

1980

Death Watch

as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)

2022

Living

as Williams

1982

2002

AKA

as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn

2021

1976

Occupy!

as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

2021

Lotus: A New Dawn

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1979

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Welcome to Paradise

as Hooker Duck Host (voice)

Production

2011

Page Eight

as Executive Producer

2019

Sometimes Always Never

as Executive Producer

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