Birthday
1949/12/12 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Also know as
William Francis Nighy, ויליאם פרנסיס "ביל" ניי
William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. 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. There he gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinter's Betrayal ...Read more
(2006) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Davy Jones
(2003) Underworld
as Viktor
(2007) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Davy Jones
(2003) Love Actually
as Billy Mack
(2006) Notes on a Scandal
as Richard Hart
(1998) Still Crazy
as Ray Simms
(2003) Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
as ---
(2004) Shaun of the Dead
as Phillip
(2006) Underworld: Evolution
as Viktor
(2008) Valkyrie
as Friedrich Olbricht
(2024) 10 Lives
as Professor Craven (voice)
(2005) The Constant Gardener
as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
(1999) Guest House Paradiso
as Mr. Johnson
(2007) Hot Fuzz
as Met Chief Inspector
(1985) Thirteen at Dinner
as Ronald Marsh
(2005) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Slartibartfast
(2006) Flushed Away
as Whitey (voice)
(1984) The Little Drummer Girl
as Al
(2009) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
as Viktor
(2010) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rufus Scrimgeour
(2006) Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
(2004) Enduring Love
as Robin
(2006) Stormbreaker
as Alan Blunt
(2005) The Girl in the Café
as Lawrence
(2001) Lucky Break
as Roger
(2009) Glorious 39
as Alexander Keyes
(1997) FairyTale: A True Story
as Edward Gardner
(2010) Wild Target
as Victor Maynard
(2011) Rango
as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
(2005) The Magic Roundabout
as Dylan (voice)
(2009) Astro Boy
as Dr. Elefun (voice)
(2012) Total Recall
as Matthias
(2001) Blow Dry
as Ray Robertson
(2003) I Capture the Castle
as James Mortmain
(1996) True Blue
as Jeremy Saville
(2009) The Boat That Rocked
as Quentin
(2000) Longitude
as Lord Sandwich
(2011) Arthur Christmas
as Grandsanta (voice)
(2009) G-Force
as Leonard Saber
(2011) Real Creatures of Dirt
as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
(1989) Mack the Knife
as Tiger Brown
(2013) Jack the Giant Slayer
as General Fallon
(2011) Page Eight
as Johnny Worricker
(2003) The Young Visiters
as Earl of Clincham
(1993) Unnatural Causes
as Oliver Latham
(2012) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
(2012) Wrath of the Titans
as Hephaestus
(2011) Chalet Girl
as Richard Madsen
(2002) Lawless Heart
as Dan
(2005) Gideon's Daughter
as Gideon Warner
(1989) The Phantom of the Opera
as Martin Barton
(2014) I, Frankenstein
as Naberius
(1985) Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Helmut Hoffmann
(2013) The World's End
as The Network (voice)
(2013) About Time
as Dad
(2024) The First Omen
as Cardinal Lawrence
(1996) Alive and Kicking
as Tristan
(2014) Pride
as Cliff
(2024) Joy
as Patrick Steptoe
(1980) Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Officer
(2014) Turks & Caicos
as Johnny Worricker
(2014) Salting the Battlefield
as Johnny Worricker
(1982) Easter 2016
as Connor Mullan
(2015) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Douglas Ainslie
(2023) Role Play
as Bob
(2024) Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Conrad (voice)
(2014) National Theatre Live: Skylight
as Tom Sergeant
(2021) Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
as Self - Narrator
(1993) The Maitlands
as Roger Maitland
(2007) Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
(1983) Curse of the Pink Panther
as ENT Doctor
(2008) A Fox's Tale
as Ringmaster (voice)
(2023) Darkling
as ---
(2024) The Wild Robot
as Longneck (voice)
500 Miles
as ---
(2016) Norm of the North
as Socrates (voice)
(2017) Their Finest
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
(2022) The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later
as Self
(1994) Being Human
as Julian
(2016) Dad's Army
as Sergeant Wilson
(2008) Slapper
as Arnold Percy
(2023) Spectre of the Bear
as Bennett (voice)
(2024) That Christmas
as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
(2023) Bloody Fury
as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
(2003) Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Narrator
(2004) Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Phil Parish
(2004) Burst
as Maxwell's Fan 22
(2015) A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
(1993) Don't Leave Me This Way
as John Tracey
(1991) Absolute Hell
as Hugh Marriner
& Sons
as ---
(1992) A Masculine Ending
as John Tracey
(2011) Astonish Me
as The Professor
(1980) Fox
as Colin Street
(2016) The Limehouse Golem
as John Kildare
(2012) London: The Modern Babylon
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
(1980) Dreams of Leaving
as William
(2017) The Bookshop
as Mr. Brundish
(2017) Red Nose Day Actually
as Billy Mack
(2006) We Love Cigarettes
as Narrator
(1990) Antonia and Jane
as Howard Nash
(2005) Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
(2019) Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Howard Clifford
(2019) The Kindness of Strangers
as Timofey
(2019) Hope Gap
as Edward
(2013) Great White Shark
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2019) Sometimes Always Never
as Alan
(2013) Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Graham Greene (voice)
(2020) Emma.
as Mr. Woodhouse
(2020) Minamata
as Robert "Bob" Hayes
(2019) StarDog and TurboCat
as Sinclair (voice)
(2013) The Hungry Corpse
as The Hungry Corpse
(1981) Eye of the Needle
as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
(1980) Death Watch
as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
(1978) Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Bill
(2022) Living
as Williams
(1982) Under the Skin
as Dave
(2020) Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
as Self
(2002) AKA
as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
(2021) Buckley's Chance
as Spencer
(1976) Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
(2021) Lotus: A New Dawn
as Self - Narrator
(2024) The Beautiful Game
as Mal
(2005) 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'
as Self
(1979) Deasey (Desperate)
as Deasy
(1980) Standing in for Henry
as Bruno
(1999) The Bass Player
as ---
(1994) Wycliffe
as David Cleeve
(2002) The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Lockwood
(2006) The One Show
as Self
(1981) Bergerac
as Barry
(2005) Meerkat Manor
as Narrator
(1991) Performance
as Roger Maitland
(1979) Agony
as Vincent Fish
(2001) Richard & Judy
as Self
(2003) State of Play
as Cameron Foster
(2021) World's Most Scenic River Journeys
as Narrator
(2004) He Knew He Was Right
as Colonel Osborne
(1990) Making News
as Sam Courtney
(2021) Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2003) The Lost Prince
as Stamfordham
(2009) The Big Art Project
as Narrator
(1985) The Last Place on Earth
as Cecil Meares
(2009) Live from Studio Five
as Self
(2005) Doctor Who
as Dr Black
(1979) Minder
as Oates
(2003) Canterbury Tales
as James
(1980) Fox
as Colin Street
(1999) People Like Us
as Will Rushmore
(1993) Peak Practice
as Alan Sinclair
(1990) Chillers
as Tom Dickenson
(2022) The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Thomas Jerome Newton
(1995) Kavanagh Q.C.
as Giles Culpepper QC
(2023) Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
as Narrator
(1988) South Of The Border
as Tony Freason
(2018) Ordeal by Innocence
as Leo Argyll
(2009) 10 Minute Tales
as ---
(2000) Black Books
as Man at bar
(2021) Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
as Narrator
(1983) Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Jeffrey Grainger
(1993) Eye of the Storm
as Tom Frewen
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Lazarus
as Doctor Lazarus ' Dr L'
(2003) Grumpy Old Men
as Self
(2000) Longitude
as Lord Sandwich
(1991) Performance
as Hugh Marriner
(2017) Castlevania
as Saint Germain (voice)
(1996) Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Belshazzar (voice)
(1970) Play for Today
as Dave
(2002) Timeshift
as self (voice)
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Goschen
(2019) World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
as Narrator (voice)
(2024) Kent: Garden of England
as Narrator
(1998) Parkinson
as Self
(1988) This Morning
as Self