William Francis Nighy was born on December 12, 1949, in Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine Whittaker, a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who managed a garage in Croydon.
Bill Nighy
75 · Born: Dec 12, 1949
Known For
Career
2025
Bulk as (voice)
& Sons as Andrew
Lazarus as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
2024
The First Omen as Cardinal Lawrence
Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue as Conrad (voice)
10 Lives as Professor Craven (voice)
Role Play as Bob
The Wild Robot as Longneck (voice)
The Beautiful Game as Mal
That Christmas as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
Joy as Patrick Steptoe
Dragonkeeper as Danzi
2023
Role Play as Bob
Bloody Fury as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Spectre of the Bear as Bennett (voice)
2022
Living as Williams
The Man Who Fell to Earth as Thomas Jerome Newton
2021
Buckley's Chance as Spencer
The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys as Narrator (voice)
2020
Minamata as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Emma. as Mr. Woodhouse
Castlevania as Saint Germain (voice)
2019
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu as Howard Clifford
Hope Gap as Edward
The Kindness of Strangers as Timofey
Sometimes Always Never as Alan
StarDog and TurboCat as Sinclair (voice)
2018
Ordeal by Innocence as Leo Argyll
2017
The Bookshop as Mr. Brundish
Their Finest as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
2016
Norm of the North as Socrates (voice)
The Limehouse Golem as John Kildare
Dad's Army as Sergeant Wilson
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Douglas Ainslie
2014
I, Frankenstein as Naberius
Turks & Caicos as Johnny Worricker
Skylight as Tom Sergeant
Salting the Battlefield as Johnny Worricker
Pride as Cliff
2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene as Graham Greene (voice)
About Time as Dad
Jack the Giant Slayer as General Fallon
The World's End as The Network (voice)
2012
London: The Modern Babylon as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Total Recall as Matthias
Wrath of the Titans as Hephaestus
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Douglas Ainslie
2011
Page Eight as Johnny Worricker
Arthur Christmas as Grandsanta (voice)
Chalet Girl as Richard Madsen
Rango as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Astonish Me as The Professor
2010
Wild Target as Victor Maynard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Rufus Scrimgeour
2009
Glorious 39 as Alexander Keyes
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Viktor
Astro Boy as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
The Boat That Rocked as Quentin
G-Force as Leonard Saber
2008
Valkyrie as Friedrich Olbricht
Slapper as Arnold Percy
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz as Met Chief Inspector
Meerkat Manor as Narrator
2006
Notes on a Scandal as Richard Hart
Flushed Away as Whitey (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Davy Jones
Underworld: Evolution as Viktor
Stormbreaker as Alan Blunt
2005
Gideon's Daughter as Gideon Warner
The Girl in the Café as Lawrence
The Constant Gardener as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
The Magic Roundabout: The Movie as Dylan (voice)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Slartibartfast
2004
Enduring Love as Robin
Shaun of the Dead as Phillip
2003
I Capture the Castle as James Mortmain
Love Actually as Billy Mack
The Young Visiters as Earl of Clincham
Underworld as Viktor
State of Play as Cameron Foster
2002
AKA as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Lawless Heart as Dan
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Jeffrey Grainger
2001
Blow Dry as Ray Robertson
Lucky Break as Roger
2000
Longitude as Lord Sandwich
1999
Guest House Paradiso as Mr. Johnson
1998
Still Crazy as Ray Simms
1997
FairyTale: A True Story as Edward Gardner
1996
Alive and Kicking as Tristan
True Blue as Jeremy Saville
1994
Being Human as Julian
1993
Unnatural Causes as Oliver Latham
Don't Leave Me This Way as John Tracey
1992
A Masculine Ending as John Tracey
1991
Performance as Hugh Marriner
1990
Screenplay as Howard Nash
1989
The Phantom of the Opera as Martin Barton
Mack the Knife as Tiger Brown
1985
Thirteen at Dinner as Ronald Marsh
Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil as Helmut Hoffmann
The Last Place on Earth as Cecil Meares
1984
The Little Drummer Girl as Al
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther as ENT Doctor
1982
Play for Today as Dave
1981
Eye of the Needle as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy as Officer
Death Watch as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Agony as Vincent Fish
1978
Play for Today as Bill
1976
Occupy! as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
2021
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