Actor Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy
Photo of actor Bill Nighy
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.
Place of birth
Caterham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Caterham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth
12th December 1949
Movies that starred Bill Nighy (35 in total)
The First Omen poster

The First Omen [2024]

Cardinal Lawrence
Role Play poster

Role Play [2024]

Bob
The Wild Robot poster

The Wild Robot [2024]

Longneck (voice)
That Christmas poster

That Christmas [2024]

Lighthouse Bill (voice)
Joy poster

Joy [2024]

Patrick Steptoe
Living poster

Living [2022]

Williams
Emma. poster

Emma. [2020]

Mr. Woodhouse
Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2 poster

Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2 [2020]

Howard Clifford
Pokémon Detective Pikachu poster

Pokémon Detective Pikachu [2019]

Howard Clifford
Norm of the North poster

Norm of the North [2016]

Socrates (voice)
I, Frankenstein poster

I, Frankenstein [2014]

Naberius
Turks & Caicos poster

Turks & Caicos [2014]

Johnny Worricker
Salting the Battlefield poster

Salting the Battlefield [2014]

Johnny Worricker
Jack the Giant Slayer poster

Jack the Giant Slayer [2013]

General Fallon
About Time poster

About Time [2013]

Dad
Wrath of the Titans poster

Wrath of the Titans [2012]

Hephaestus
Total Recall poster

Total Recall [2012]

Matthias
Rango poster

Rango [2011]

Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Arthur Christmas poster

Arthur Christmas [2011]

Grandsanta (voice)
Page Eight poster

Page Eight [2011]

Johnny Worricker
Astro Boy poster

Astro Boy [2009]

Dr. Elefun (voice)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans poster

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [2009]

Viktor
G-Force poster

G-Force [2009]

Leonard Saber
Valkyrie poster

Valkyrie [2008]

Friedrich Olbricht
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End [2007]

Captain Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [2006]

Captain Davy Jones
Underworld: Evolution poster

Underworld: Evolution [2006]

Viktor
Flushed Away poster

Flushed Away [2006]

Whitey (voice)
Notes on a Scandal poster

Notes on a Scandal [2006]

Richard Hart
Stormbreaker poster

Stormbreaker [2006]

Alan Blunt
The Constant Gardener poster

The Constant Gardener [2005]

Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Shaun of the Dead poster

Shaun of the Dead [2004]

Phillip
Underworld poster

Underworld [2003]

Viktor
Love Actually poster

Love Actually [2003]

Billy Mack
Still Crazy poster

Still Crazy [1998]

Ray Simms
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