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 Hares Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinters Betrayal in 1991, Tom Stoppards Arcadia in 1993, and Anton Chekovs The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Blue/Orange in 2001. He made his Broadway debut in Hares The Vertical Hour in 2006, and returned in the 2015 revival of Hares Skylight earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination.Early film roles include in the comedies Still Crazy (1998), and Blow Dry (1999) before his breakout role in Love Actually (2003) which earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He soon gained recognition portraying Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006-2007), and Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003-2009). Other films include Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Valkyrie (2008), 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 these earning him his first career Academy Award nomination.Nighy has gained acclaim for his roles in television earning a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideons Daughter (2007). Hes also known for his roles in HBOs The Girl in the Café (2006) and PBSs Page Eight (2012).

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Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates

Film 2003

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

Self

Film 2006

True Blue

Jeremy Saville

Film 1996

Real Creatures of Dirt

Self / Rattlesnake Jake

Film 2011

G-Force

Leonard Saber

Film 2009

Unnatural Causes

Oliver Latham

Film 1993

The First Omen

Cardinal Lawrence

Film 2024

Easter 2016

Connor Mullan

Film 1982

National Theatre Live: Skylight

Tom Sergeant

Film 2014

Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens

Self - Narrator

Film 2021

The Maitlands

Roger Maitland

Film 1993

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

Self

Film 2007

Darkling

Film 2023

500 Miles

Film

The Laughter & Secrets of 'Love Actually': 20 Years Later

Self

Film 2022

Slapper

Arnold Percy

Film 2008

Spectre of the Bear

Bennett (voice)

Film 2023

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Narrator

Film 2003

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Phil Parish

Film 2004

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'

Film 2015

Don't Leave Me This Way

John Tracey

Film 1993

& Sons

Film

A Masculine Ending

John Tracey

Film 1992

Astonish Me

The Professor

Film 2011

Fox

Colin Street

Film 1980

London: The Modern Babylon

Spoken Quotations (voice)

Film 2012

Dreams of Leaving

William

Film 1980

We Love Cigarettes

Narrator

Film 2006

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Self

Film 2005

Great White Shark

Self - Narrator (voice)

Film 2013

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Graham Greene (voice)

Film 2013

The Hungry Corpse

The Hungry Corpse

Film 2013

Death Watch

Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)

Film 1980

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

Bill

Film 1978

Living

Williams

Film 2022

Under the Skin

Dave

Film 1982

Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular

Self

Film 2020

Buckley's Chance

Spencer

Film 2021

Occupy!

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Film 1976

Lotus: A New Dawn

Self - Narrator

Film 2021

The Beautiful Game

Mal

Film 2024

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

Film 2005

Deasey (Desperate)

Deasy

Film 1979

Standing in for Henry

Bruno

Film 1980

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Wycliffe

David Cleeve

Tv 1994

The One Show

Self

Tv 2006

Bergerac

Barry

Tv 1981

Meerkat Manor

Narrator

Tv 2005

Richard & Judy

Self

Tv 2001

World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Narrator

Tv 2021

Making News

Sam Courtney

Tv 1990

Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tv 2021

The Lost Prince

Stamfordham

Tv 2003

The Big Art Project

Narrator

Tv 2009

Live from Studio Five

Self

Tv 2009

People Like Us

Will Rushmore

Tv 1999

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Thomas Jerome Newton

Tv 2022

Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country

Narrator

Tv 2023

10 Minute Tales

Tv 2009

Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge

Narrator

Tv 2021

Eye of the Storm

Tom Frewen

Tv 1993

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Tv 2014

Lazarus

Doctor Lazarus ' Dr L'

Tv

Grumpy Old Men

Self

Tv 2003

Timeshift

self (voice)

Tv 2002

World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

Narrator (voice)

Tv 2019

Kent: Garden of England

Narrator

Tv 2024

Parkinson

Self

Tv 1998

This Morning

Self

Tv 1988