Bill Nighy
Birthday: 1949-12-12
Birthplace: Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 395
Drafted By: Zac E. Chan
Owned By: Zac E. Chan
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 1
Win Bonus: 3
Nom Bonus: 3
Total Points: 7
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).
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Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 2023 | 74 | Living (2022) | Lead Actor | Nom | 7 | |
| Career | 7 |
Transaction History
| Date | Location | Team | Receives | Team | Receives | Team | Receives |
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Credits
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Welcome to Paradise | Hooker Duck Host (voice) | |
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Heart of Darkness | (voice) | |
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The Turning Door | (voice) | |
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A Town in Nova Scotia | Leon | |
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Ibelin | Mats Steen | |
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Caine | ||
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2026-05-15 | 500 Miles | |
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2026-01-31 | Bulk | The Voice |
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2026-01-28 | Shelter | Manafort |
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2025-09-07 | & Sons | Andrew |
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2025-08-17 | This Is the Beginning | |
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2024-11-27 | That Christmas | Lighthouse Bill (voice) |
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2024-11-15 | Joy | Patrick Steptoe |
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2024-09-12 | The Wild Robot | Longneck (voice) |
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2024-05-01 | Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue | Conrad (voice) |
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2024-04-18 | 10 Lives | Professor Craven (voice) |
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2024-04-03 | The First Omen | Cardinal Lawrence |
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2024-03-22 | The Beautiful Game | Mal |
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2023-12-14 | Role Play | Bob |
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2023-10-23 | Darkling | |
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2023-10-07 | Spectre of the Bear | Bennett (voice) |
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2023-09-23 | Bloody Fury | Bloody's Consciousness (voice) |
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2022-11-04 | Living | Williams |
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2021-06-24 | Buckley's Chance | Spencer |
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2020-03-13 | Minamata | Robert "Bob" Hayes |
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2020-02-13 | Emma. | Mr. Woodhouse |
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2019-12-12 | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey |
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2019-12-06 | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) |
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2019-10-03 | Hope Gap | Edward |
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2019-05-03 | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford |
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2019-03-14 | Sometimes Always Never | Alan |
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2017-11-10 | The Bookshop | Mr. Brundish |
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2017-03-24 | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack |
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2017-02-19 | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank |
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2016-10-18 | The Limehouse Golem | John Kildare |
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2016-02-05 | Dad's Army | Sergeant Wilson |
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2016-01-14 | Norm of the North | Socrates (voice) |
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2015-02-26 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie |
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2014-09-12 | Pride | Cliff |
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2014-07-24 | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Tom Sergeant |
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2014-03-27 | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker |
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2014-03-20 | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker |
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2014-01-22 | I, Frankenstein | Naberius |
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2013-09-04 | About Time | Dad |
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2013-07-18 | The World's End | The Network (voice) |
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2013-06-26 | The Hungry Corpse | The Hungry Corpse |
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2013-02-27 | Jack the Giant Slayer | General Fallon |
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2013-01-01 | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Graham Greene (voice) |
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2012-08-03 | London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) |
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2012-08-02 | Total Recall | Matthias |
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2012-03-28 | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus |
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2012-02-23 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie |
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2011-11-10 | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) |
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2011-08-28 | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker |
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2011-07-26 | Astonish Me | The Professor |
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2011-03-02 | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) |
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2011-02-02 | Chalet Girl | Richard Madsen |
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2010-11-17 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rufus Scrimgeour |
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2010-06-17 | Wild Target | Victor Maynard |
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2009-11-20 | Glorious 39 | Alexander Keyes |
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2009-10-15 | Astro Boy | Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice) |
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2009-07-24 | G-Force | Leonard Saber |
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2009-04-01 | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin |
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2009-01-22 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor |
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2008-12-25 | Valkyrie | Friedrich Olbricht |
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2008-06-21 | Slapper | Arnold Percy |
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2007-05-19 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Davy Jones |
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2007-02-14 | Hot Fuzz | Met Chief Inspector |
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2006-12-25 | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart |
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2006-10-22 | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) |
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2006-07-21 | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt |
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2006-07-06 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones |
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2006-01-12 | Underworld: Evolution | Viktor |
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2005-10-21 | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner |
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2005-08-31 | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin |
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2005-06-25 | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence |
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2005-04-28 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast |
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2005-02-02 | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) |
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2004-10-29 | Enduring Love | Robin |
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2004-09-01 | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Phil Parish |
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2004-04-09 | Shaun of the Dead | Phillip |
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2004-01-01 | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 22 |
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2003-12-26 | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham |
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2003-12-02 | Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates | |
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2003-09-19 | Underworld | Viktor |
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2003-09-07 | Love Actually | Billy Mack |
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2003-05-09 | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain |
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2002-06-28 | Lawless Heart | Dan |
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2002-01-19 | AKA | Uncle Louis Gryffoyn |
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2001-08-24 | Lucky Break | Roger |
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2001-03-01 | Blow Dry | Ray Robertson |
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2000-01-02 | Longitude | Lord Sandwich |
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1999-12-03 | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Johnson |
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1999-10-01 | The Bass Player | |
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1998-10-30 | Still Crazy | Ray Simms |
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1997-10-24 | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner |
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1996-11-15 | True Blue | Jeremy Saville |
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1996-11-08 | Alive and Kicking | Tristan |
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1994-05-06 | Being Human | Julian |
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1993-11-13 | The Maitlands | Roger Maitland |
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1993-05-30 | Don't Leave Me This Way | John Tracey |
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1993-01-02 | Unnatural Causes | Oliver Latham |
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1992-04-12 | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey |
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1991-10-05 | Absolute Hell | Hugh Marriner |
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1990-07-18 | Antonia and Jane | Howard Nash |
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1989-11-04 | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton |
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1989-11-01 | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown |
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1985-09-19 | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh |
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1985-02-17 | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Helmut Hoffmann |
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1984-10-19 | The Little Drummer Girl | Al |
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1983-08-12 | Curse of the Pink Panther | ENT Doctor |
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1982-05-18 | Easter 2016 | Connor Mullan |
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1982-01-19 | Under the Skin | Dave |
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1981-07-24 | Eye of the Needle | Squadron Leader Blenkinsop |
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1980-12-19 | Standing in for Henry | Bruno |
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1980-12-01 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Officer |
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1980-03-10 | Fox | Colin Street |
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1980-01-23 | Death Watch | Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) |
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1980-01-17 | Dreams of Leaving | William |
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1979-12-06 | Deasey (Desperate) | Deasy |
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1978-12-05 | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Bill |
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1976-01-01 | Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool |