12/12/1949
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK:
William Francis Nighy (nato il 12 dicembre 1949) è un attore inglese. Conosciuto per il suo lavoro sullo schermo e sul palcoscenico, ha ricevuto numerosi premi, tra cui due BAFTA Awards, un Golden Globe e nomination per un Academy Award e un Tony Award. Nighy ha iniziato la sua carriera con l'Everyman Theatre di Liverpool e ha fatto il suo debutto a Londra con il Royal National Theatre iniziando con The Illuminatus! nel 1977. Lì ha ottenuto consensi per i suoi ruoli in Pravda di David Hare nel 1985, Tradimento di Harold Pinter nel 1991, Arcadia di Tom Stoppard nel 1993 e Il gabbiano di Anton Chekov nel 1994. Ha ricevuto una nomination al Laurence Olivier Award come miglior attore per la sua interpretazione. in Blue/Orange nel 2001. Ha fatto il suo debutto a Broadway in The Vertical Hour di Hare nel 2006, ed è tornato nel revival del 2015 di Hare's Skylight ottenendo una nomination al Tony Award come miglior attore in un'opera teatrale. I primi ruoli cinematografici includono le commedie Still Crazy (1998) e Blow Dry (1999) prima del suo ruolo da protagonista in Love Actually (2003) che gli è valso un BAFTA Award come miglior attore non protagonista. Ben presto ha ottenuto il riconoscimento interpretando Davy Jones nella serie di film Pirati dei Caraibi (2006-2007) e Viktor nella serie di film Underworld (2003-2009). Altri film includono L'alba dei morti dementi (2004), Guida galattica per gli autostoppisti (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), Diario di uno scandalo (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Harry Potter e i Doni della Morte - Parte 1 (2010), Il miglior esotico Marigold Hotel (2012), About Time (2013), Emma (2020) e Living (2022), l'ultimo di questi gli è valso la sua prima nomination all'Oscar in carriera. Nighy ha ottenuto consensi per i suoi ruoli in televisione, guadagnandosi un British Academy Television Award come miglior attore per la sua interpretazione nella serie della BBC One State of Play (2003) e un Golden Globe come miglior attore per il film della BBC Gideon's Daughter (2007). È noto anche per i suoi ruoli in The Girl in the Café (2006) della HBO e Page Eight (2012) della PBS.
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& Sons (2026) as Andrew |
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500 Miles (2026) as |
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Bulk (2026) as The Voice |
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Shelter (2026) as Manafort |
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This Is the Beginning (2025) as |
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That Christmas (2024) as Lighthouse Bill (voice) |
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Joy (2024) as Patrick Steptoe |
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The Wild Robot (2024) as Longneck (voice) |
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Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024) as Conrad (voice) |
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10 Lives (2024) as Professor Craven (voice) |
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The First Omen (2024) as Cardinal Lawrence |
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The Beautiful Game (2024) as Mal |
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Role Play (2023) as Bob |
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Darkling (2023) as |
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Spectre of the Bear (2023) as Bennett (voice) |
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Bloody Fury (2023) as Bloody's Consciousness (voice) |
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The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special (2022) as Self |
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Living (2022) as Williams |
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Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens (2021) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Lotus: A New Dawn (2021) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Buckley's Chance (2021) as Spencer |
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Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular (2020) as Self |
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Minamata (2020) as Robert "Bob" Hayes |
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Emma. (2020) as Mr. Woodhouse |
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The Kindness of Strangers (2019) as Timofey |
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StarDog and TurboCat (2019) as Sinclair (voice) |
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Hope Gap (2019) as Edward |
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) as Howard Clifford |
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Sometimes Always Never (2019) as Alan |
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The Bookshop (2017) as Mr. Brundish |
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Red Nose Day Actually (2017) as Billy Mack |
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Their Finest (2017) as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank |
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The Limehouse Golem (2016) as John Kildare |
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Dad's Army (2016) as Sergeant Wilson |
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Norm of the North (2016) as Socrates (voice) |
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015) as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' |
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) as Douglas Ainslie |
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Pride (2014) as Cliff |
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National Theatre Live: Skylight (2014) as Tom Sergeant |
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Salting the Battlefield (2014) as Johnny Worricker |
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Turks & Caicos (2014) as Johnny Worricker |
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I, Frankenstein (2014) as Naberius |
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About Time (2013) as Dad |
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The World's End (2013) as The Network (voice) |
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The Hungry Corpse (2013) as The Hungry Corpse |
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Great White Shark (2013) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) as General Fallon |
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Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013) as Graham Greene (voice) |
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London: The Modern Babylon (2012) as Spoken Quotations (voice) |
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Total Recall (2012) as Matthias |
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Wrath of the Titans (2012) as Hephaestus |
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) as Douglas Ainslie |
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Arthur Christmas (2011) as Grandsanta (voice) |
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Page Eight (2011) as Johnny Worricker |
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Astonish Me (2011) as The Professor |
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Real Creatures of Dirt (2011) as Self / Rattlesnake Jake |
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The Man with the Stolen Heart (2011) as Narrator |
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Rango (2011) as Rattlesnake Jake (voice) |
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Chalet Girl (2011) as Richard Madsen |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) as Rufus Scrimgeour |
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Wild Target (2010) as Victor Maynard |
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Glorious 39 (2009) as Alexander Keyes |
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Astro Boy (2009) as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice) |
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G-Force (2009) as Leonard Saber |
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The Boat That Rocked (2009) as Quentin |
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) as Viktor |
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Valkyrie (2008) as Friedrich Olbricht |
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Slapper (2008) as Arnold Percy |
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Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007) as Self |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) as Davy Jones |
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Hot Fuzz (2007) as Met Chief Inspector |
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Notes on a Scandal (2006) as Richard Hart |
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Flushed Away (2006) as Whitey (voice) |
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Stormbreaker (2006) as Alan Blunt |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as Davy Jones |
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We Love Cigarettes (2006) as Narrator |
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Underworld: Evolution (2006) as Viktor |
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener (2006) as Self |
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Gideon's Daughter (2005) as Gideon Warner |
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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' (2005) as Self |
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The Constant Gardener (2005) as Sir Bernard Pellegrin |
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Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) as Self |
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The Girl in the Café (2005) as Lawrence |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) as Slartibartfast |
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The Magic Roundabout (2005) as Dylan (voice) |
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Bottom Mindless Violence (2004) as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Enduring Love (2004) as Robin |
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004) as Phil Parish |
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Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews (2004) as Self - Narrator |
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Shaun of the Dead (2004) as Phillip |
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Burst (2004) as Maxwell's Fan 22 |
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Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003) as Self - Narrator |
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The Young Visiters (2003) as Earl of Clincham |
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Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates (2003) as |
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Underworld (2003) as Viktor |
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Love Actually (2003) as Billy Mack |
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I Capture the Castle (2003) as James Mortmain |
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Lawless Heart (2002) as Dan |
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AKA (2002) as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn |
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Lucky Break (2001) as Roger |
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Blow Dry (2001) as Ray Robertson |
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Longitude (2000) as Lord Sandwich |
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Guest House Paradiso (1999) as Mr. Johnson |
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The Bass Player (1999) as |
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Still Crazy (1998) as Ray Simms |
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FairyTale: A True Story (1997) as Edward Gardner |
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True Blue (1996) as Jeremy Saville |
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Alive and Kicking (1996) as Tristan |
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Being Human (1994) as Julian |
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The Maitlands (1993) as Roger Maitland |
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Don't Leave Me This Way (1993) as John Tracey |
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Unnatural Causes (1993) as Oliver Latham |
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A Masculine Ending (1992) as John Tracey |
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Absolute Hell (1991) as Hugh Marriner |
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Antonia and Jane (1990) as Howard Nash |
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The Phantom of the Opera (1989) as Martin Barton |
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Mack the Knife (1989) as Tiger Brown |
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Thirteen at Dinner (1985) as Ronald Marsh |
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) as Helmut Hoffmann |
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The Little Drummer Girl (1984) as Al |
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Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) as ENT Doctor |
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Easter 2016 (1982) as Connor Mullan |
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Under the Skin (1982) as Dave |
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Eye of the Needle (1981) as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop |
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Standing in for Henry (1980) as Bruno |
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Officer |
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Fox (1980) as Colin Street |
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La Mort en direct (1980) as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) |
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Dreams of Leaving (1980) as William |
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Deasey (Desperate) (1979) as Deasy |
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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978) as Bill |
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Occupy! (1976) as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool |
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Ibelin () as Mats Steen |
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A Town in Nova Scotia () as Leon |
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Welcome to Paradise () as Hooker Duck Host (voice) |
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Heart of Darkness () as (voice) |
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The Turning Door () as (voice) |
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Sometimes Always Never (2019) Executive Producer |
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Page Eight (2011) Executive Producer |