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Acting

Bill Nighy

Career: Active from 1976 to 2026, busiest in 2024 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 61
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: State of Play
86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Golden Globe Awards · Golden Globes
2007 · Won
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Actor
2004 · Won
State of Play
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actor
2004 · Won
Love Actually
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
2023 · Nominated · 80th Golden Globe Awards
Living
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
2023 · Nominated · 95th Academy Awards
Living
Source: Wikidata

Characters

27

The characters Bill Nighy played, best-known titles first.

Bill Nighy as Captain Davy Jones

Bill Nighy as Captain Davy Jones

Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour

Bill Nighy as Phillip

Bill Nighy as Billy Mack

Bill Nighy as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)

Bill Nighy as Viktor

Bill Nighy as Matthias

Bill Nighy as Longneck

Bill Nighy as Viktor

Bill Nighy as Hephaestus

Bill Nighy as Viktor

Bill Nighy as Whitey (voice)

Bill Nighy as Saint Germain

Bill Nighy as Naberius

Bill Nighy as Mr. Woodhouse

Bill Nighy as John Kildare

Bill Nighy as Robert Hayes

Bill Nighy as Lighthouse Bill

Bill Nighy as The Director

Bill Nighy as Leo Argyll

Bill Nighy as Patrick Steptoe

Bill Nighy as Thomas Newton

Bill Nighy as Ray Simms

Bill Nighy as Jonathan Lazarus

Bill Nighy as Prof. Craven

Bill Nighy as The Merchant

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 111 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bill Nighy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.5, average 5.4
Scare
2.0, average 2.6
Violence
3.5, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 14
Social Commentary 8
Historical Drama 5
Psychological Thriller 5
Underdog Story 5
Family Secrets 4
Character Study 4
Political Intrigue 4
Emotional Drama 4
Redemption Arc 4
Contemporary Realism 4
Visual Spectacle 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

164

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

6 titles

Heart of Darkness

as The Manager

The Portrait of a Lady

TV show · as Mr Daniel Touchett

The Turning Door

as (voice)

A Town in Nova Scotia

as Leon

California Avenue

TV show · as Jerry

as Mats Steen

2020s

23 titles · average score 63

500 Miles

68

as John

Shelter

60

as Manafort

& Sons

39

as Andrew

Harlan Coben's Lazarus

58

TV show · as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'

That Christmas

65

as Lighthouse Bill (voice)

The Wild Robot

84

as Longneck (voice)

The Beautiful Game

68

as Mal

JOY

74

as Patrick Steptoe

The First Omen

70

as Cardinal Lawrence

Role Play

41

as Bob

Living

81

as Williams

Emma.

69

as Mr. Woodhouse

2010s

37 titles · average score 63

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

65

as Howard Clifford

Ordeal by Innocence

75

TV show · as Leo Argyll

Their Finest

75

as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank

The Bookshop

60

as Mr. Brundish

The Limehouse Golem

64

as John Kildare

I, Frankenstein

30

as Naberius

About Time

67

as Dad

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

70

as Douglas Ainslie

Arthur Christmas

76

as Grandsanta (voice)

Rango

77

as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)

Page Eight

79

as Johnny Worricker

Wild Target

50

as Victor Maynard

2000s

45 titles · average score 64

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

50

as Viktor

Valkyrie

63

as Friedrich Olbricht

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

59

as Davy Jones

Notes on a Scandal

77

as Richard Hart

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

64

as Davy Jones

Flushed Away

69

as Whitey (voice)

Underworld: Evolution

46

as Viktor

Meerkat Manor

53

TV show · as Narrator

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

64

as Slartibartfast

State of Play

86

TV show · as Cameron Foster

Love Actually

63

as Billy Mack

Underworld

53

as Viktor

1990s

24 titles · average score 68

Guest House Paradiso

62

as Mr. Johnson

Still Crazy

72

as Ray Simms

FairyTale: A True Story

60

as Edward Gardner

True Blue

62

as Jeremy Saville

Alive and Kicking

74

as Tristan

Eye of the Storm

TV show · as Tom Frewen

Don't Leave Me This Way

as John Tracey

The Maitlands

as Roger Maitland

A Masculine Ending

as John Tracey

The Men's Room

TV show · as Prof. Mark Carleton

Antonia and Jane

83

as Howard Nash

TV show · as Sam Courtney

1980s

21 titles · average score 60

The Phantom of the Opera

45

as Martin Barton

Mack the Knife

38

as Tiger Brown

Boon

61

TV show · as Steve Reeves

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

51

as Helmut Hoffmann

The Last Place on Earth

77

TV show · as Cecil Meares

Thirteen at Dinner

53

as Ronald Marsh

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

82

TV show · as Jeffrey Grainger

Reilly: Ace of Spies

76

TV show · as Goschen

Curse of the Pink Panther

37

as ENT Doctor

Easter 2016

as Connor Mullan

Eye of the Needle

72

as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop

Little Lord Fauntleroy

75

as Officer

1970s

8 titles · average score 73

Minder

75

TV show · as Oates

Agony

TV show · as Vincent Fish

Deasey (Desperate)

as Deasy

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

as Bill

TV show · as Deasey

Occupy!

as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Playhouse

TV show · as Bruno

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Dave