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).
Filmography
all 173
Movies 126
TV Shows 47
self 23
Voice 11
Narrator 6
The Wild Robot (2024)
Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024)
10 Lives (2024)
Dragonkeeper (2024)
The First Omen (2024)
The Beautiful Game (2024)
Role Play (2024)
Darkling (2023)
Spectre of the Bear (2023)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country (2023)
The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later (2022)
Living (2022)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022)
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens (2021)
Lotus: A New Dawn (2021)
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge (2021)
Buckley's Chance (2021)
Johnny Depp: King of Cult (2021)
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty (2021)
Kew Gardens: A Year in Bloom (2021)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys (2021)
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (2020)
Minamata (2020)
Emma. (2020)
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
StarDog and TurboCat (2019)
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys (2019)
Hope Gap (2019)
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
The Bookshop (2017)
Castlevania (2017)
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
Their Finest (2017)
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Dad's Army (2016)
Norm of the North (2016)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Pride (2014)
National Theatre Live: Skylight (2014)
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
Turks & Caicos (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
I, Frankenstein (2014)
About Time (2013)
The World's End (2013)
The Hungry Corpse (2013)
Great White Shark (2013)
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
Total Recall (2012)
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Page Eight (2011)
Astonish Me (2011)
Real Creatures of Dirt (2011)
Rango (2011)
Chalet Girl (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Wild Target (2010)
The RRF in New Recruit (2010)
10 Minute Tales (2009)
Glorious 39 (2009)
Astro Boy (2009)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
G-Force (2009)
The Big Art Project (2009)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Valkyrie (2008)
UK Border Force (2008)
Slapper (2008)
A Fox's Tale (2008)
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Flushed Away (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Stormbreaker (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
We Love Cigarettes (2006)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener (2006)
Gideon's Daughter (2005)
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' (2005)
Meerkat Manor (2005)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
The Girl in the Café (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Doctor Who (2005)
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
Enduring Love (2004)
He Knew He Was Right (2004)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Burst (2004)
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
The Young Visiters (2003)
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates (2003)
Grumpy Old Men (2003)
Underworld (2003)
Canterbury Tales (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
State of Play (2003)
I Capture the Castle (2003)
The Lost Prince (2003)
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2003)
Timeshift (2002)
Lawless Heart (2002)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
AKA (2002)
Richard & Judy (2001)
Lucky Break (2001)
Blow Dry (2001)
Black Books (2000)
Longitude (2000)
Longitude (2000)
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
People Like Us (1999)
The Canterbury Tales (1998)
Still Crazy (1998)
Kiss Me Kate (1998)
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996)
True Blue (1996)
Alive and Kicking (1996)
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
Wycliffe (1994)
Being Human (1994)
The Maitlands (1993)
Don't Leave Me This Way (1993)
Peak Practice (1993)
Eye of the Storm (1993)
Unnatural Causes (1993)
A Masculine Ending (1992)
Absolute Hell (1991)
Performance (1991)
Chillers (1990)
Making News (1990)
Antonia and Jane (1990)
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
Mack the Knife (1989)
South Of The Border (1988)
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
The Last Place on Earth (1985)
Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil (1985)
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Easter 2016 (1982)
Under the Skin (1982)
Bergerac (1981)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Fox (1980)
Fox (1980)
Death Watch (1980)
Dreams of Leaving (1980)
Minder (1979)
Agony (1979)
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)
Occupy! (1976)
Lazarus
Joy
That Christmas
500 Miles
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1949-12-12 (74 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Francis Nighy
Birth PlaceCaterham, United Kingdom
RelationshipsDiana Quick (1980-01-01 - 2008-01-01)
ChildrenMary Nighy
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsБилл Найи, 빌 나이, William Francis Nighy, Μπιλ Νάι, ビル・ナイ, Білл Наї
AwardsTheatre World Award, Golden Globe Award, Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
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