
Bill Nighy
Biography
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 …
Known For
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rufus Scrimgeour
About Time
Dad
The Wild Robot
Longneck (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz
Met Chief Inspector
Shaun of the Dead
Phillip
Love Actually
Billy Mack
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Filmography
Acting (186)
Movies (137)
Shelter
2026as Manafort
500 Miles
2026 UpcomingMay 15
Bulk
2026as The Voice
& Sons
2026 Upcomingas Andrew
Jun 19
This Is the Beginning
2025
The Wild Robot
2024as Longneck (voice)
The First Omen
2024as Cardinal Lawrence
That Christmas
2024as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
10 Lives
2024as Professor Craven (voice)
Joy
2024as Patrick Steptoe
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024as Conrad (voice)
The Beautiful Game
2024as Mal
Role Play
2023as Bob
Bloody Fury
2023as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Spectre of the Bear
2023as Bennett (voice)
Darkling
2023
Living
2022as Williams
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special
2022as Self
Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens
2021as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buckley's Chance
2021as Spencer
Lotus: A New Dawn
2021as Self - Narrator (voice)
Emma.
2020as Mr. Woodhouse
Minamata
2020as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
2020as Self
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019as Howard Clifford
Hope Gap
2019as Edward
StarDog and TurboCat
2019as Sinclair (voice)
The Kindness of Strangers
2019as Timofey
Sometimes Always Never
2019as Alan
Red Nose Day Actually
2017as Billy Mack
The Bookshop
2017as Mr. Brundish
Their Finest
2017as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Norm of the North
2016as Socrates (voice)
The Limehouse Golem
2016as John Kildare
Dad's Army
2016as Sergeant Wilson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015as Douglas Ainslie
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
Pride
2014as Cliff
I, Frankenstein
2014as Naberius
Salting the Battlefield
2014as Johnny Worricker
Turks & Caicos
2014as Johnny Worricker
National Theatre Live: Skylight
2014as Tom Sergeant
About Time
2013as Dad
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013as General Fallon
The World's End
2013as The Network (voice)
Great White Shark
2013as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hungry Corpse
2013as The Hungry Corpse
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013as Graham Greene (voice)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012as Douglas Ainslie
Total Recall
2012as Matthias
Wrath of the Titans
2012as Hephaestus
London: The Modern Babylon
2012as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Rango
2011as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Arthur Christmas
2011as Grandsanta (voice)
Chalet Girl
2011as Richard Madsen
Real Creatures of Dirt
2011as Self / Rattlesnake Jake
Page Eight
2011as Johnny Worricker
Astonish Me
2011as The Professor
The Man with the Stolen Heart
2011as Narrator
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010as Rufus Scrimgeour
Wild Target
2010as Victor Maynard
Astro Boy
2009as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009as Viktor
G-Force
2009as Leonard Saber
The Boat That Rocked
2009as Quentin
Glorious 39
2009as Alexander Keyes
Valkyrie
2008as Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper
2008as Arnold Percy
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007as Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz
2007as Met Chief Inspector
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006as Davy Jones
Flushed Away
2006as Whitey (voice)
Underworld: Evolution
2006as Viktor
Notes on a Scandal
2006as Richard Hart
Stormbreaker
2006as Alan Blunt
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006as Self
We Love Cigarettes
2006as Narrator
The Constant Gardener
2005as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005as Slartibartfast
The Magic Roundabout
2005as Dylan (voice)
Gideon's Daughter
2005as Gideon Warner
The Girl in the Café
2005as Lawrence
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'
2005as Self
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005as Self
Shaun of the Dead
2004as Phillip
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
2004as Self - Narrator
Enduring Love
2004as Robin
Burst
2004as Maxwell's Fan 22
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004as Phil Parish
Love Actually
2003as Billy Mack
Underworld
2003as Viktor
I Capture the Castle
2003as James Mortmain
The Young Visiters
2003as Earl of Clincham
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003as Self - Narrator
Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
Lawless Heart
2002as Dan
AKA
2002as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Blow Dry
2001as Ray Robertson
Lucky Break
2001as Roger
Longitude
2000as Lord Sandwich
Guest House Paradiso
1999as Mr. Johnson
The Bass Player
1999
Still Crazy
1998as Ray Simms
FairyTale: A True Story
1997as Edward Gardner
Alive and Kicking
1996as Tristan
True Blue
1996as Jeremy Saville
Being Human
1994as Julian
The Maitlands
1993as Roger Maitland
Unnatural Causes
1993as Oliver Latham
Don't Leave Me This Way
1993as John Tracey
A Masculine Ending
1992as John Tracey
Absolute Hell
1991as Hugh Marriner
Antonia and Jane
1990as Howard Nash
The Phantom of the Opera
1989as Martin Barton
Mack the Knife
1989as Tiger Brown
Thirteen at Dinner
1985as Ronald Marsh
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985as Helmut Hoffmann
The Little Drummer Girl
1984as Al
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983as ENT Doctor
Under the Skin
1982as Dave
Easter 2016
1982as Connor Mullan
Eye of the Needle
1981as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Standing in for Henry
1980as Bruno
Fox
1980as Colin Street
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980as Officer
Death Watch
1980as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Dreams of Leaving
1980as William
Deasey (Desperate)
1979as Deasy
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978as Bill
Occupy!
1976as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Welcome to Paradise
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
The Turning Door
as (voice)
A Town in Nova Scotia
as Leon
Pink Sky at Night
as Man
Television (49)
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
2025as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
Kent: Garden of England
2024as Self - Narrator (voice)
Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
2023as Self - Narrator (voice)
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022as Thomas Jerome Newton
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
2021as Self - Narrator (voice)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
2021as Self - Narrator (voice)
Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge
2021as Self - Narrator (voice)
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
2019as Narrator (voice)
Ordeal by Innocence
2018as Leo Argyll
Castlevania
2017as Saint Germain (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014as Self
Live from Studio Five
2009as Self
10 Minute Tales
2009as Mr Jellaby
The Big Art Project
2009as Narrator
Doctor Who
2005as Dr Black
Meerkat Manor
2005as Narrator
He Knew He Was Right
2004as Colonel Osborne
The Lost Prince
2003as Stamfordham
State of Play
2003as Cameron Foster
Canterbury Tales
2003as James
Grumpy Old Men
2003as Self
Timeshift
2002as self (voice)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002as Lockwood
Richard & Judy
2001as Self
Black Books
2000as Man at bar
Longitude
2000as Lord Sandwich
People Like Us
1999as Will Rushmore
Parkinson
1998as Self
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996as Belshazzar (voice)
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995as Giles Culpepper QC
Wycliffe
1994as David Cleeve
Peak Practice
1993as Alan Sinclair
Eye of the Storm
1993as Tom Frewen
Chillers
1992as Tom Dickenson
Performance
1991as Hugh Marriner
Making News
1990as Sam Courtney
This Morning
1988as Self
South Of The Border
1988as Tony Freason
The Last Place on Earth
1985as Cecil Meares
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983as Goschen
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983as Jeffrey Grainger
Bergerac
1981as Barry
Fox
1980as Colin Street
Minder
1979as Oates
Agony
1979as Vincent Fish
Playhouse
1974as Bruno
Play for Today
1970as Dave
California Avenue
as Jerry
Crew (3)
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