Cast & creator
Bill Nighy
Best known for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Doctor Who, Play for Today
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Nighy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: William Francis Nighy, ויליאם פרנסיס "ביל" ניי
143
film credits
58
television credits
198
1970–2027 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (201)
Showing 201 of 201 credits
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Doctor Who
Dr Black
2005
Play for Today
Dave
1970
Peak Practice
Alan Sinclair
1993
The Wild Robot
Longneck (voice)
2024
Minder
Oates
1979
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Shelter
Manafort
2026
Playhouse
Bruno
1974
Parkinson
Self
1998
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Davy Jones
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rufus Scrimgeour
2010
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Davy Jones
2006
Performance
Roger Maitland
1991Performance
Hugh Marriner
1991
Wycliffe
David Cleeve
1994
Ride or Die
The Director
2026
About Time
Dad
2013
Love Actually
Billy Mack
2003
Flushed Away
Whitey (voice)
2006
Castlevania
Saint Germain (voice)
2017
Shaun of the Dead
Phillip
2004
Total Recall
Matthias
2012
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Lockwood
2002
Timeshift
self (voice)
2002
Hot Fuzz
Met Chief Inspector
2007
Wrath of the Titans
Hephaestus
2012
Kavanagh Q.C.
Giles Culpepper QC
1995
The First Omen
Cardinal Lawrence
2024
Black Books
Man at bar
2000
Jack the Giant Slayer
General Fallon
2013
Rango
Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
2011
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
2025
Underworld
Viktor
2003
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage)
2022
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Howard Clifford
2019
G-Force
Leonard Saber
2009
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Slartibartfast
2005
Underworld: Evolution
Viktor
2006
The World's End
The Network (voice)
2013
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Thomas Jerome Newton
2022
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Goschen
1983
Chillers
Tom Dickenson
1990
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Viktor
2009
Arthur Christmas
Grandsanta (voice)
2011
500 Miles
John
2026
10 Lives
Professor Craven (voice)
2024
That Christmas
Lighthouse Bill (voice)
2024
Meerkat Manor
Narrator
2005
Valkyrie
Friedrich Olbricht
2008
Astro Boy
Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
2009
I, Frankenstein
Naberius
2014
10 Minute Tales
Mr Jellaby
2009
Role Play
Bob
2023
Emma.
Mr. Woodhouse
2020
Ordeal by Innocence
Leo Argyll
2018Premiere
Deasey
1977
The Constant Gardener
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
2005
South of the Border
Tony Freason
1988
Longitude
Lord Sandwich
2000
Canterbury Tales
James
2003
Notes on a Scandal
Richard Hart
2006
The Boat That Rocked
Quentin
2009
State of Play
Cameron Foster
2003
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Jeffrey Grainger
1983
Storyboard
Sam
1983
The Bookshop
Mr. Brundish
2017
People Like Us
Will Rushmore
1999
Eye of the Needle
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
1981
This Morning
Self
1988
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
2012
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Belshazzar (voice)
1996
Norm of the North
Socrates (voice)
2016
The Beautiful Game
Mal
2024
Agony
Vincent Fish
1979
He Knew He Was Right
Colonel Osborne
2004
Their Finest
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
2017
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Douglas Ainslie
2015
Wild Target
Victor Maynard
2010
The Last Place on Earth
Cecil Meares
1985
Hope Gap
Edward
2019
Pride
Cliff
2014
Fox
Colin Street
1980
Eye of the Storm
Tom Frewen
1993
Stormbreaker
Alan Blunt
2006
Curse of the Pink Panther
ENT Doctor
1983
The Limehouse Golem
John Kildare
2016
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Conrad (voice)
2024
Living
Williams
2022
The Lost Prince
Stamfordham
2003
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
Narrator (voice)
2019
Grumpy Old Men
Self
2003
The Kindness of Strangers
Timofey
2019
Thirteen at Dinner
Ronald Marsh
1985
Page Eight
Johnny Worricker
2011Page Eight
Executive Producer
2011
Enduring Love
Robin
2004
Chalet Girl
Richard Madsen
2011
Minamata
Robert "Bob" Hayes
2020
JOY
Patrick Steptoe
2024
The Magic Roundabout
Dylan (voice)
2005
Dad's Army
Sergeant Wilson
2016TECX
1990
The Phantom of the Opera
Martin Barton
1989
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Death Watch
Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
1980
Turks & Caicos
Johnny Worricker
2014
FairyTale: A True Story
Edward Gardner
1997
I Capture the Castle
James Mortmain
2003
Caine
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Officer
1980
& Sons
Andrew
2026
StarDog and TurboCat
Sinclair (voice)
2019The Portrait of a Lady
Mr Daniel Touchett
Red Nose Day Actually
Billy Mack
2017
Salting the Battlefield
Johnny Worricker
2014
Bulk
The Voice
2026Making News
Sam Courtney
1990
Still Crazy
Ray Simms
1998
Guest House Paradiso
Mr. Johnson
1999
The Little Drummer Girl
Al
1984
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
2015
Absolute Hell
Hugh Marriner
1991
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Being Human
Julian
1994
Alive and Kicking
Tristan
1996
Glorious 39
Alexander Keyes
2009
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Sometimes Always Never
Alan
2019Sometimes Always Never
Executive Producer
2019
The Girl in the Café
Lawrence
2005
Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
Self - Narrator
2021
The Maitlands
Roger Maitland
1993
The Men's Room
Prof. Mark Carleton
1991
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021California Avenue
Jerry
California Avenue
Executive Producer
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Davy Jones (voice)
2025
Blow Dry
Ray Robertson
2001
Longitude
Lord Sandwich
2000
Don't Leave Me This Way
John Tracey
1993
Bloody Fury
Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
2023
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Phil Parish
2004
Lucky Break
Roger
2001
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
2005
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
2022
Antonia and Jane
Howard Nash
1990Pride: The True Story
Himself
2015
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
1976
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
2012A Town in Nova Scotia
Leon
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
Gideon's Daughter
Gideon Warner
2005
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Helmut Hoffmann
1985
Real Creatures of Dirt
Self / Rattlesnake Jake
2011
Buckley's Chance
Spencer
2021
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Tom Sergeant
2014
Slapper
Arnold Percy
2008
Astonish Me
The Professor
2011
True Blue
Jeremy Saville
1996Fox
Colin Street
1980
Mack the Knife
Tiger Brown
1989
Standing in for Henry
Bruno
1980
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
2006
The Last Dinosaur
(voice)
2027
The Young Visiters
Earl of Clincham
2003Ibelin
Mats Steen
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Self
2020
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
A Masculine Ending
John Tracey
1992
Bottom Mindless Violence
Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Darkling
2023
AKA
Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
2002
Welcome to Paradise
Hooker Duck Host (voice)
2026
This Is the Beginning
2025
Deasey (Desperate)
Deasy
1979
Spectre of the Bear
Bennett (voice)
2023
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Bill
1978
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
2007The Turning Door
(voice)
Unnatural Causes
Oliver Latham
1993
Lotus: A New Dawn
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Lawless Heart
Dan
2002
Great White Shark
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
Heart of Darkness
The Manager
Under the Skin
Dave
1982
Easter 2016
Connor Mullan
1982
Kent: Garden of England
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024The Big Art Project
Narrator
2009
Dreams of Leaving
William
1980
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Graham Greene (voice)
2013
The Hungry Corpse
The Hungry Corpse
2013
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Self - Narrator
2003
Burst
Maxwell's Fan 22
2004
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
Self - Narrator
2004
The Man with the Stolen Heart
Narrator
2011The Bass Player
1999
We Love Cigarettes
Narrator
2006
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021Insiders
Mark Gordon
1997