
William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced /ˈnaɪ/ ny) 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 | 2023 |
Movie | Dragonkeeper | Danzi (voice) | 2023 |
Movie | Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2 | Howard Clifford | 2023 |
Series | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | 2022-04-24 |
Movie | Living | Mr. Williams | 2022-01-21 |
Movie | Emma. | Mr. Woodhouse | 2020-02-13 |
Movie | Minamata | Robert "Bob" Hayes | 2020-03-13 |
Movie | Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular | Self | 2020-12-01 |
Movie | Sometimes Always Never | Alan | 2019-03-14 |
Movie | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford | 2019-05-03 |
Movie | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey | 2019-12-12 |
Series | The Worlds Most Scenic Railway Journeys | Narrator | 2019-10-25 |
Movie | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) | 2019-12-06 |
Series | World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys | Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
Movie | Hope Gap | Edward | 2019-10-03 |
Series | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Himself | 2018-02-18 |
Series | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyll | 2018-04-01 |
Series | Castlevania | Saint Germain (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | The Bookshop | Mr. Brundish | 2017-11-10 |
Movie | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack | 2017-03-24 |
Movie | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard/Uncle Frank | 2017-02-19 |
Movie | The Limehouse Golem | John Kildare | 2016-10-18 |
Movie | Dad's Army | Sergeant Wilson | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | Norm of the North | Socrates (voice) | 2016-01-14 |
Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' | 2015-12-26 |
Movie | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2015-02-26 |
Movie | I, Frankenstein | Naberius | 2014-01-22 |
Movie | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-20 |
Movie | Pride | Cliff | 2014-09-12 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Tom Sergeant | 2014-07-24 |
Movie | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker | 2014-03-27 |
Movie | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Graham Greene (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | The World's End | The Network (voice) | 2013-07-18 |
Movie | About Time | Dad | 2013-09-04 |
Movie | The Hungry Corpse | The Hungry Corpse | 2013-06-26 |
Movie | Great White Shark | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | General Fallon | 2013-02-27 |
Movie | Total Recall | Matthias | 2012-08-02 |
Movie | London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
Movie | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus | 2012-03-28 |
Movie | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
Movie | Chalet Girl | Richard Madsen | 2011-02-02 |
Movie | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) | 2011-03-02 |
Movie | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker | 2011-08-28 |
Movie | Astonish Me | The Professor | 2011-07-26 |
Movie | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | 2011-11-28 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rufus Scrimgeour | 2010-10-17 |
Movie | Wild Target | Victor Maynard | 2010-06-17 |
Movie | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor | 2009-01-22 |
Movie | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Astro Boy | Dr. Elefun (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
Movie | Glorious 39 | Alexander Keyes | 2009-11-20 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | G-Force | Leonard Saber | 2009-07-21 |
Series | The Big Art Project | Narrator | 2009-05-10 |
Movie | A Fox's Tale | Ringmaster (voice) | 2008-04-17 |
Movie | Slapper | Arnold Percy | 2008-06-21 |
Movie | Valkyrie | Friedrich Olbricht | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Captain Davy Jones | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Chief Inspector | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | Killers Kill, Dead Men Die | The Preacher | 2007-03-13 |
Movie | Underworld: Evolution | Viktor | 2006-01-12 |
Movie | We Love Cigarettes | Narrator | 2006-06-29 |
Movie | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart | 2006-12-25 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Captain Davy Jones | 2006-07-06 |
Movie | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
Movie | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt | 2006-07-21 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Doctor Who | Dr. Black | 2005-03-26 |
Movie | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) | 2005-02-02 |
Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast | 2005-04-28 |
Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
Series | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | 2005-09-02 |
Movie | Making of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Slartibartfast (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-09-05 |
Movie | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner | 2005-10-21 |
Movie | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin | 2005-08-31 |
Movie | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence | 2005-06-25 |
Movie | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 22 | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | Enduring Love | Robin | 2004-11-26 |
Series | He Knew He Was Right | Colonel Osborne | 2004-04-18 |
Movie | Shaun of the Dead | Phillip | 2004-04-09 |
Series | The Lost Prince | Stamfordham | 2003-01-19 |
Movie | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Phil Parish | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain | 2003-05-09 |
Movie | Underworld | Viktor | 2003-09-19 |
Movie | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham | 2003-12-26 |
Movie | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Narrator | 2003-12-29 |
Series | Grumpy Old Men | Self | 2003-10-10 |
Series | Canterbury Tales | 2003-09-11 | |
Movie | Love Actually | Billy Mack | 2003-09-07 |
Series | State of Play | Cameron Foster | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | The Lawless Heart | Dan | 2002-06-28 |
Series | Timeshift | self (voice) | 2002-10-10 |
Series | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Lockwood | 2002-04-08 |
Movie | AKA | Uncle Louis Gryffoyn | 2002-01-19 |
Movie | Blow Dry | Ray Robertson | 2001-03-01 |
Movie | Lucky Break | Roger | 2001-08-24 |
Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
Movie | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | 2000-01-02 |
Movie | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Johnson | 1999-12-03 |
Series | People Like Us | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Still Crazy | Ray Simms | 1998-10-30 |
Movie | The Canterbury Tales | The Merchant (voice) | 1998-12-21 |
Movie | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner | 1997-10-24 |
Movie | True Blue | Jeremy Saville | 1996-11-15 |
Movie | Alive and Kicking | Tristan | 1996-11-08 |
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 | Peak Practice | Unknown | 1993-05-10 |
Movie | Don't Leave Me This Way | John Tracey | 1993-05-30 |
Movie | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey | 1992-04-12 |
Movie | The Men's Room | Prof. Mark Carleton | 1991-09-25 |
Movie | Absolute Hell | Hugh Marriner | 1991-10-04 |
Series | Performance | Roger Maitland | 1991-02-22 |
Series | Chillers | Unknown | 1990-04-14 |
Series | Making News | Sam Courtney | 1990-01-16 |
Movie | Antonia and Jane | Howard Nash | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton | 1989-11-04 |
Movie | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown | 1989-11-01 |
Movie | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh | 1985-09-19 |
Series | The Last Place on Earth | Cecil Meares | 1985-02-18 |
Movie | Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil | Helmut Hoffmann | 1985-02-17 |
Movie | The Little Drummer Girl | Al | 1984-10-19 |
Series | Reilly, Ace of Spies | Goschen | 1983-09-05 |
Movie | Curse of the Pink Panther | 1983-08-12 | |
Series | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Jeffrey Grainger | 1983-11-11 |
Movie | Easter 2016 | Connor Mullan | 1982-05-18 |
Movie | Under the Skin | Dave | 1982-01-19 |
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 | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
Series | Fox | Colin Street | 1980-03-10 |
Movie | Death Watch | Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) | 1980-01-23 |
Series | Agony | 1979-03-11 | |
Movie | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Bill | 1978-12-05 |
Movie | Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool | 1976-01-01 |