Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy

Acting

Born December 12, 1949 · Caterham, Surrey, England, UK

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,…

Known for

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Shelter

Shelter

2026

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

2024

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

Minder

Minder

1979

Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy

2001

Acting(194)

2026& SonsAndrew

2026Ride or DieThe Director

2026BulkThe Voice

2026ShelterManafort

2025Harlan Coben's LazarusDoctor Lazarus 'Dr L'

2025This Is the Beginning

2024That ChristmasLighthouse Bill (voice)

2024JoyPatrick Steptoe

2024The Wild RobotLongneck (voice)

2024Kent: Garden of EnglandSelf - Narrator (voice)

2024Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the RescueConrad (voice)

202410 LivesProfessor Craven (voice)

2024The First OmenCardinal Lawrence

2024The Beautiful GameMal

2023Role PlayBob

2023Spectre of the BearBennett (voice)

2023Bloody FuryBloody's Consciousness (voice)

2023Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & CountrySelf - Narrator (voice)

2022The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf

2022LivingWilliams

2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf (archive footage)

2022The Man Who Fell to EarthThomas Jerome Newton

2021Christmas Magic at Kew GardensSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021Lotus: A New DawnSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the EdgeSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021Buckley's ChanceSpencer

2021Meerkat Manor: Rise of the DynastySelf - Narrator (voice)

2021World's Most Scenic River JourneysSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021Natural History Museum: World of WonderSelf - Narrator

2020Katherine Jenkins Christmas SpectacularSelf

2020MinamataRobert "Bob" Hayes

2020Emma.Mr. Woodhouse

2019The Kindness of StrangersTimofey

2019StarDog and TurboCatSinclair (voice)

2019World's Most Scenic Railway JourneysNarrator (voice)

2019Hope GapEdward

2019Pokémon Detective PikachuHoward Clifford

2019Sometimes Always NeverAlan

2018Ordeal by InnocenceLeo Argyll

2017The BookshopMr. Brundish

2017CastlevaniaSaint Germain (voice)

2017Red Nose Day ActuallyBilly Mack

2017Their FinestAmbrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank

2016The Limehouse GolemJohn Kildare

2016Dad's ArmySergeant Wilson

2016Norm of the NorthSocrates (voice)

2015A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanSelf - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'

2015Pride: The True StoryHimself

2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelDouglas Ainslie

2014National Theatre Live: SkylightTom Sergeant

2014Salting the BattlefieldJohnny Worricker

2014Turks & CaicosJohnny Worricker

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014I, FrankensteinNaberius

2013About TimeDad

2013The World's EndThe Network (voice)

2013The Hungry CorpseThe Hungry Corpse

2013Great White SharkSelf - Narrator (voice)

2013Jack the Giant SlayerGeneral Fallon

2013Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham GreeneGraham Greene (voice)

2012London: The Modern BabylonSpoken Quotations (voice)

2012Total RecallMatthias

2012Wrath of the TitansHephaestus

2012The Best Exotic Marigold HotelDouglas Ainslie

2011Arthur ChristmasGrandsanta (voice)

2011Page EightJohnny Worricker

2011Astonish MeThe Professor

2011Real Creatures of DirtSelf / Rattlesnake Jake

2011The Man with the Stolen HeartNarrator

2011RangoRattlesnake Jake (voice)

2011Chalet GirlRichard Madsen

2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Rufus Scrimgeour

2010Wild TargetVictor Maynard

200910 Minute TalesMr Jellaby

2009Glorious 39Alexander Keyes

2009Astro BoyDr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)

2009Live from Studio FiveSelf

2009G-ForceLeonard Saber

2009The Big Art ProjectNarrator

2009The Boat That RockedQuentin

2009Underworld: Rise of the LycansViktor

2008ValkyrieFriedrich Olbricht

2008SlapperArnold Percy

2007Conclusive: We Made Hot FuzzSelf

2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndDavy Jones

2007Hot FuzzMet Chief Inspector

2006Notes on a ScandalRichard Hart

2006Flushed AwayWhitey (voice)

2006StormbreakerAlan Blunt

2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestDavy Jones

2006We Love CigarettesNarrator

2006Underworld: EvolutionViktor

2006Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant GardenerSelf

2005Gideon's DaughterGideon Warner

2005Don'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

2005Meerkat ManorNarrator

2005The Constant GardenerSir Bernard Pellegrin

2005Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Self

2005The Girl in the CaféLawrence

2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxySlartibartfast

2005Doctor WhoDr Black

2005The Magic RoundaboutDylan (voice)

2004Bottom Mindless ViolenceMr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004Enduring LoveRobin

2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGillPhil Parish

2004Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson InterviewsSelf - Narrator

2004He Knew He Was RightColonel Osborne

2004Shaun of the DeadPhillip

2004BurstMaxwell's Fan 22

2003Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley FletcherSelf - Narrator

2003The Young VisitersEarl of Clincham

2003Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates

2003Grumpy Old MenSelf

2003UnderworldViktor

2003Canterbury TalesJames

2003Love ActuallyBilly Mack

2003State of PlayCameron Foster

2003I Capture the CastleJames Mortmain

2003The Lost PrinceStamfordham

2002Timeshiftself (voice)

2002Lawless HeartDan

2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesLockwood

2002AKAUncle Louis Gryffoyn

2001Richard & JudySelf

2001Lucky BreakRoger

2001Blow DryRay Robertson

2000Black BooksMan at bar

2000LongitudeLord Sandwich

2000LongitudeLord Sandwich

1999Guest House ParadisoMr. Johnson

1999The Bass Player

1999People Like UsWill Rushmore

1998Still CrazyRay Simms

1998ParkinsonSelf

1997FairyTale: A True StoryEdward Gardner

1996True BlueJeremy Saville

1996Alive and KickingTristan

1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationBelshazzar (voice)

1995Kavanagh Q.C.Giles Culpepper QC

1994WycliffeDavid Cleeve

1994Being HumanJulian

1993The MaitlandsRoger Maitland

1993Don't Leave Me This WayJohn Tracey

1993Peak PracticeAlan Sinclair

1993Eye of the StormTom Frewen

1993Unnatural CausesOliver Latham

1992A Masculine EndingJohn Tracey

1991Absolute HellHugh Marriner

1991PerformanceRoger Maitland

1991The Men's RoomProf. Mark Carleton

1990Antonia and JaneHoward Nash

1990Making NewsSam Courtney

1990ChillersTom Dickenson

1989The Phantom of the OperaMartin Barton

1989Mack the KnifeTiger Brown

1988South of the BorderTony Freason

1988This MorningSelf

1985Thirteen at DinnerRonald Marsh

1985The Last Place on EarthCecil Meares

1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilHelmut Hoffmann

1984The Little Drummer GirlAl

1983Auf Wiedersehen, PetJeffrey Grainger

1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesGoschen

1983Curse of the Pink PantherENT Doctor

1983StoryboardSam

1982Easter 2016Connor Mullan

1982Under the SkinDave

1981Eye of the NeedleSquadron Leader Blenkinsop

1980Standing in for HenryBruno

1980Little Lord FauntleroyOfficer

1980FoxColin Street

1980FoxColin Street

1980Death WatchKatherine's Co-worker (uncredited)

1980Dreams of LeavingWilliam

1979Deasey (Desperate)Deasy

1979MinderOates

1979AgonyVincent Fish

1978Soldiers Talking, CleanlyBill

1977PremiereDeasey

1976Occupy!Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

1974PlayhouseBruno

1970Play for TodayDave

Welcome to ParadiseHooker Duck Host (voice)

Heart of Darkness(voice)

The Turning Door(voice)

A Town in Nova ScotiaLeon

IbelinMats Steen

California AvenueJerry

The Portrait of a LadyMr Daniel Touchett