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      Bill Nighy

      Bill Nighy

      Highest Rated: 100% Antonia and Jane (1991)

      Lowest Rated: 5% I, Frankenstein (2014)

      Birthday: Dec 12, 1949

      Birthplace: Caterham, England, UK

      Despite decades on the British dramatic stage and in small, offbeat comedies, Bill Nighy remained one of England's best kept secrets until scene-stealing supporting roles in a number of mainstream American hits led to his remarkable success after the age of 50. Following his series role on the widely acclaimed British serial "State of Play" (BBC One, 2003), Nighy had his international breakthrough with his casting as the villainous Viktor in the "Underworld" horror-action series and earned critical acclaim for the spark he injected into "Love Actually" (2003) with his role of an aging rock star. His lean, elegant stature immediately found a niche in witty blockbusters like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005), while his portrayal of the cephalopod Davy Jones in the second and third installments of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise (2006-07) introduced him to a wider audience. He delivered strong performances in historical dramas as well, namely "The Constant Gardner" (2005) and "Valkyrie" (2008), and displayed his lighter side in whimsical comedies like "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2012). Staying true to his roots as both a dramatic and comedic performer, Nighy managed to stay relevant to contemporary audiences on both sides of the Atlantic without sacrificing his stature as one of Britain's finest performers.

      Highest rated movies

      Antonia and Jane
      Living
      Pride
      Page Eight
      The Beautiful Game Shaun of the Dead Hot Fuzz Their Finest

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      Bill Nighy GIDEON'S DAUGHTER, Bill Nighy, 2006. © BBC/Freemantle Media Company THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from left: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS, Bill Nighy, 2009. ©Screen Gems THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, Bill Nighy, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, Bill Nighy, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from left: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from row from left: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, , 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight Pictures GIDEON'S DAUGHTER, Bill Nighy, 2006. © BBC/Freemantle Media Company THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from left: Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight Pictures THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from left: Tina Desai, Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight Pictures THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from left: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from left: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, 2015. ph: Laurie Sparham/TM & copyright © Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved FLUSHED AWAY, Spike (top, voice: Andy Serkis) Whitey (bottom, voice: Bill Nighy), Toad (voice: Ian McKellen), Roddy (voice: Hugh Jackman), Rita (voice: Kate Winslet), Le Frog (voice: Jean Reno), 2006. ©DreamWorks Bill Nighy stars as "Mr. Woodhouse" in director Autumn de Wilde's EMMA, a Focus Features release. Credit : Focus Features (L to R) Bill Nighy as "Mr. Woodhouse", Miranda Hart as "Miss Bates" and Myra McFadyen as "Mrs. Bates" in director Autumn de Wilde's EMMA, a Focus Features release. Credit : Focus Features THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, from left: Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, 2012. ph: Ishika Mohan/TM and ©Copyright Fox Searchlight Pictures. STILL CRAZY, Jimmy Nail, Bill Nighy, 1998, singing THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, 2005, (c) Touchstone THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, Bill Nighy, 2005, (c) Touchstone

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wild Robot Longneck (Voice) - 2024
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Omen Cardinal Lawrence (Character) - 2024
      92% No Score Yet The Beautiful Game Mal (Character) - 2024
      80% No Score Yet 10 Lives Unknown (Voice) - 2024
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 10 Lives Professor Craven (Voice) - 2024
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dragonkeeper Danzi (Voice) - 2024
      27% 44% Role Play Bob (Character) - 2023
      96% 91% Living Williams (Character) $3.0M 2022
      No Score Yet 50% The Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour Narrator - 2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Making of the Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour Narrator - 2022
      42% 42% Buckley's Chance Spencer (Character) - 2021
      78% 92% Minamata Robert Hayes (Character) - 2020
      86% 72% EMMA. Mr. Woodhouse (Character) $9.9M 2020
      50% 42% StarDog and TurboCat Sinclair (Voice) - 2019
      64% 70% Hope Gap Edward (Character) $95.8K 2019
      31% 85% The Kindness of Strangers Timofey (Character) - 2019
      68% 79% Pokémon Detective Pikachu Howard Clifford (Character) $144.1M 2019
      82% 64% Sometimes Always Never Alan (Character) - 2018
      58% 51% The Bookshop Edmund Brundish (Character) $1.5M 2017
      No Score Yet 61% Red Nose Day Actually Billy Mack (Character) - 2017
      74% 54% The Limehouse Golem John Kildare (Character) - 2016
      90% 72% Their Finest Ambrose Hilliard/Uncle Frank (Character) $3.6M 2016
      31% 36% Dad's Army Sergeant Wilson (Character) - 2016
      6% 22% Norm of the North Socrates (Voice) $17.0M 2016
      66% 59% The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Douglas Ainslie (Character) $33.0M 2015
      93% 89% Pride Cliff (Character) $1.4M 2014
      5% 38% I, Frankenstein Naberius (Character) $19.1M 2014
      No Score Yet 50% Turks & Caicos Johnny Worricker (Character) - 2014
      No Score Yet 49% Salting the Battlefield Johnny Worricker (Character) - 2014
      71% 81% About Time Dad (Character) $15.3M 2013
      52% 55% Jack the Giant Slayer General Fallon (Character) - 2013
      No Score Yet 86% Great White Shark Narrator - 2013
      31% 47% Total Recall Matthias (Character) $58.9M 2012
      26% 49% Wrath of the Titans Hephaestus (Character) $83.6M 2012
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene Unknown (Character) - 2012
      78% 78% The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Douglas Ainslie (Character) $46.4M 2011
      92% 77% Arthur Christmas Grandsanta (Voice) $46.4M 2011
      93% 64% Page Eight Johnny Worricker (Character) - 2011
      77% 53% Chalet Girl Richard (Character) $1.2K 2011
      88% 70% Rango Rattlesnake Jake (Voice) - 2011
      31% 56% Wild Target Victor Maynard (Character) $117.2K 2010
      77% 85% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Rufus Scrimgeour (Character) $295.0M 2010
      44% 43% Glorious 39 Alexander (Character) - 2009
      51% 50% Astro Boy Robotsky (Voice) $19.5M 2009
      60% 71% Pirate Radio Quentin (Character) $8.0M 2009
      22% 40% G-Force Leonard Saber (Character) $119.4M 2009
      29% 63% Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Viktor (Character) $45.8M 2009
      62% 65% Valkyrie Friedrich Olbricht (Character) $83.1M 2008
      No Score Yet 11% A Fox's Tale Ringmaster (Voice) - 2008
      44% 72% Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Davy Jones (Character) $309.4M 2007
      91% 89% Hot Fuzz Met Chief Inspector (Character) $23.6M 2007
      88% 83% Notes on a Scandal Richard Hart (Character) $17.5M 2006
      73% 65% Flushed Away Whitey (Voice) $64.5M 2006
      36% 53% Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker Alan Blunt (Character) $652.5K 2006
      53% 72% Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Davy Jones (Character) $423.3M 2006
      17% 72% Underworld: Evolution Viktor (Character) $62.3M 2006
      No Score Yet 77% Gideon's Daughter Gideon Warner (Character) - 2005
      No Score Yet 85% The Girl in the Café Lawrence (Character) - 2005
      83% 82% The Constant Gardener Sir Bernard Pellegrin (Character) $33.6M 2005
      60% 65% The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Slartibartfast (Character) $51.0M 2005
      60% 51% The Magic Roundabout Dylan (Voice) - 2005
      92% 93% Shaun of the Dead Philip (Character) $13.5M 2004
      59% 60% Enduring Love Robin (Character) $358.3K 2004
      78% 76% I Capture the Castle James Mortmain (Character) $1.2M 2003
      No Score Yet 57% The Young Visiters Earl of Clincham (Character) - 2003
      64% 72% Love Actually Billy Mack (Character) $60.1M 2003
      31% 79% Underworld Viktor (Character) $51.5M 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Ready When You Are Mr. McGill Phil Parish (Character) - 2003
      71% 77% The Lost Prince Stamfordham (Character) - 2003
      58% 65% AKA Uncle Louis Gryffoyn (Character) $48.1K 2002
      87% 58% Lawless Heart Dan (Character) $330.1K 2001
      48% 48% Lucky Break Roger 'Rog' Chamberlain (Character) $54.6K 2001
      19% 55% Blow Dry Ray (Character) $637.8K 2001
      No Score Yet 67% Guest House Paradiso Mr Johnson (Character) - 1999
      73% 84% Still Crazy Ray Simms (Character) $477.9K 1998
      56% 66% Fairy Tale: A True Story Edward Gardner (Character) $14.1M 1997
      86% 59% Alive and Kicking Tristan (Character) $294.5K 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Unnatural Causes Oliver Latham (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Don't Leave Me This Way John Tracey (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Eye of the Storm Tom Frewen (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Masculine Ending John Tracey (Character) - 1992
      100% 78% Antonia and Jane Howard Nash (Character) - 1991
      33% 53% The Phantom of the Opera Barton (Character) $4.1M 1989
      20% 48% Mack the Knife Tiger Brown (Character) $16.1K 1989
      No Score Yet 39% Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil Helmut Hoffmann (Character) - 1985
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Occupy! Unknown (Character) - 1976

      TV

      Credit
      94% 69% Ordeal by Innocence Leo Argyll (Character) 2018 2023
      87% 78% The Man Who Fell to Earth Thomas Newton (Character) 2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty Narrator 2021
      94% 89% Castlevania Saint Germain (Voice) 2020-2021
      No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2013
      90% 65% Doctor Who Dr. Black (Guest Star) 2010
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Meerkat Manor Narrator 2005-2008
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre Unknown (Character) 2000 2005
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Canterbury Tales Unknown (Character) 2003
      100% No Score Yet State of Play Cameron Foster (Character) 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery! Unknown (Character) 1994