William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced /ˈnaɪ/ ny; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor and comedian. He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema role in 1981, and made his name in television with The Men's Room in 1991, in which he played the womanizer Prof. Mark Carleton, whose extra-marital affairs kept him "vital". He became known around the world in 2003 as Billy Mack, the aging pop star in Love Actually, and in the same year played James Mortmain, the eccentric husband struggling to keep his family afloat in a decaying English castle, in I Capture the Castle. He is also known for his roles in the films Underworld, Shaun of the Dead, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Fuzz, Valkyrie, G-Force and provided voice talents in the films The Magic Roundabout, Flushed Away and Rango. He recently played Rufus Scrimgeour in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bill Nighy is a Patron and supporter of the artistic collective The Factory Theatre Company alongside other actors such as Mark Rylance, Ewan McGregor and Richard Wilson. Other notable members include founder Alex Hassell, Catherine Bailey and Alan Morrissey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Nighy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | The Beautiful Game | Mal | 2024-03-22 |
Movie | That Christmas | Lighthouse Bill (voice) | 2024-11-27 |
Movie | The First Omen | Cardinal Lawrence | 2024-04-03 |
Movie | 10 Lives | Professor Craven (voice) | 2024-04-18 |
Movie | The Wild Robot | Longneck (voice) | 2024-09-08 |
Movie | Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue | Conrad (voice) | 2024-05-01 |
Movie | Bloody Fury | Bloody's Consciousness (voice) | 2023-09-23 |
Movie | Spectre of the Bear | Bennett (voice) | 2023-10-07 |
Movie | Role Play | Bob | 2023-12-14 |
Series | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | 2022-04-24 |
Movie | Living | Williams | 2022-11-04 |
Movie | Buckley's Chance | Spencer | 2021-06-24 |
Movie | Minamata | Robert "Bob" Hayes | 2020-03-13 |
Movie | Emma. | Mr. Woodhouse | 2020-02-13 |
Movie | Sometimes Always Never | Alan | 2019-03-14 |
Movie | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford | 2019-05-03 |
Movie | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) | 2019-12-06 |
Movie | Hope Gap | Edward | 2019-10-03 |
Movie | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey | 2019-12-12 |
Series | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Himself | 2018-02-18 |
Series | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyll | 2018-04-01 |
Movie | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack | 2017-03-24 |
Movie | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank | 2017-02-19 |
Series | Castlevania | Saint Germain (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | The Bookshop | Mr. Brundish | 2017-11-10 |
Movie | Dad's Army | Sergeant Wilson | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | Norm of the North | Socrates (voice) | 2016-01-14 |
Movie | The Limehouse Golem | John Kildare | 2016-10-18 |
Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2015-02-26 |
Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' | 2015-12-26 |
Movie | I, Frankenstein | Naberius | 2014-01-22 |
Movie | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-20 |
Movie | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-27 |
Movie | Pride | Cliff | 2014-09-12 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Tom Sergeant | 2014-07-24 |
Movie | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Graham Greene (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | General Fallon | 2013-02-27 |
Movie | The World's End | The Network (voice) | 2013-07-18 |
Movie | About Time | Dad | 2013-09-04 |
Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2012-02-23 |
Movie | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus | 2012-03-28 |
Movie | Total Recall | Matthias | 2012-08-02 |
Movie | London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
Movie | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) | 2011-03-02 |
Movie | Chalet Girl | Richard Madsen | 2011-02-02 |
Movie | Real Creatures of Dirt | Self / Rattlesnake Jake | 2011-07-15 |
Movie | Astonish Me | The Professor | 2011-07-26 |
Movie | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
Movie | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker | 2011-08-28 |
Movie | Wild Target | Victor Maynard | 2010-06-17 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rufus Scrimgeour | 2010-11-17 |
Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor | 2009-01-22 |
Movie | Glorious 39 | Alexander Keyes | 2009-11-20 |
Series | The Big Art Project | Narrator | 2009-05-10 |
Movie | G-Force | Leonard Saber | 2009-07-24 |
Movie | Astro Boy | Dr. Elefun (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | A Fox's Tale | Ringmaster (voice) | 2008-04-17 |
Movie | Valkyrie | Friedrich Olbricht | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Slapper | Arnold Percy | 2008-06-21 |
Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Chief Inspector | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Davy Jones | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones | 2006-07-06 |
Movie | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt | 2006-07-21 |
Movie | We Love Cigarettes | Narrator | 2006-06-29 |
Movie | Underworld: Evolution | Viktor | 2006-01-12 |
Movie | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart | 2006-12-25 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast | 2005-04-28 |
Series | Doctor Who | Dr. Black | 2005-03-26 |
Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
Movie | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence | 2005-06-25 |
Movie | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin | 2005-08-31 |
Movie | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner | 2005-10-21 |
Movie | 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 | 2005-09-05 |
Series | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | 2005-09-02 |
Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
Movie | Shaun of the Dead | Phillip | 2004-04-09 |
Series | He Knew He Was Right | Colonel Osborne | 2004-04-18 |
Movie | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 22 | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Phil Parish | 2004-09-01 |
Movie | Enduring Love | Robin | 2004-10-29 |
Series | State of Play | Cameron Foster | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Love Actually | Billy Mack | 2003-09-07 |
Series | The Lost Prince | Stamfordham | 2003-01-19 |
Series | Canterbury Tales | 2003-09-11 | |
Movie | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain | 2003-05-09 |
Movie | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Narrator | 2003-12-29 |
Movie | Underworld | Viktor | 2003-09-19 |
Movie | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham | 2003-12-26 |
Series | Grumpy Old Men | Self | 2003-10-10 |
Movie | AKA | Uncle Louis Gryffoyn | 2002-01-19 |
Series | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Lockwood | 2002-04-08 |
Movie | Lawless Heart | Dan | 2002-06-28 |
Movie | Blow Dry | Ray Robertson | 2001-03-01 |
Movie | Lucky Break | Roger | 2001-08-24 |
Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
Series | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
Movie | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
Series | People Like Us | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Johnson | 1999-12-03 |
Movie | Still Crazy | Ray Simms | 1998-10-30 |
Movie | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner | 1997-10-24 |
Movie | Alive and Kicking | Tristan | 1996-11-08 |
Movie | True Blue | Jeremy Saville | 1996-11-15 |
Series | Kavanagh Q.C. | Unknown | 1995-01-03 |
Movie | Being Human | Julian | 1994-05-06 |
Series | Wycliffe | Unknown | 1994-07-24 |
Movie | Unnatural Causes | Oliver Latham | 1993-01-02 |
Series | Eye of the Storm | Tom Frewen | 1993-01-08 |
Movie | Don't Leave Me This Way | John Tracey | 1993-05-30 |
Series | Peak Practice | Unknown | 1993-05-10 |
Movie | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey | 1992-04-12 |
Movie | Absolute Hell | Hugh Marriner | 1991-10-05 |
Movie | Antonia and Jane | Howard Nash | 1990-01-01 |
Series | Making News | Sam Courtney | 1990-01-16 |
Series | Chillers | Unknown | 1990-04-14 |
Movie | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown | 1989-11-01 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton | 1989-11-04 |
Movie | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Helmut Hoffmann | 1985-02-17 |
Movie | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh | 1985-09-19 |
Series | The Last Place on Earth | Cecil Meares | 1985-02-18 |
Movie | The Little Drummer Girl | Al | 1984-10-19 |
Series | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Jeffrey Grainger | 1983-11-11 |
Movie | Curse of the Pink Panther | ENT Doctor | 1983-08-12 |
Movie | Under the Skin | Dave | 1982-01-19 |
Movie | Easter 2016 | Connor Mullan | 1982-05-18 |
Movie | Eye of the Needle | Squadron Leader Blenkinsop | 1981-07-24 |
Series | Bergerac | Unknown | 1981-10-18 |
Movie | Dreams of Leaving | William | 1980-01-17 |
Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Officer | 1980-12-01 |
Movie | Death Watch | Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) | 1980-01-23 |
Movie | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
Series | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
Series | Agony | Vincent Fish | 1979-03-11 |
Movie | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Bill | 1978-12-05 |
Movie | Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool | 1976-01-01 |