Bill Nighy

Name: Bill Nighy
Date of Birth: December 12, 1949
Place of Birth: Caterham, Surrey, England, UK

Mini-bio: Nighy has starred in many radio and television dramas, notably the BBC serial, The Men's Room (1991), and more recently the thriller State of Play (2003) and costume drama He Knew He Was Right (2004)....( read more) He played Sam in the 1981 BBC Radio dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings, and also appeared in the 1980s BBC radio versions of Yes Minister episodes. In addition, he also had a minor role in Softly, Softly.

In February 2004 he was awarded the BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Love Actually, and followed this up at the British Academy Television Awards in April with the Best Actor award for State of Play.

In early 2004 the British tabloid press reported Nighy's partner as saying that he had been offered the coveted role of the Doctor in the 2005 revival of the BBC television series Doctor Who. He is alleged to have told reporters that he had considered but ultimately rejected the offer. The editor of Doctor Who Magazine, Clayton Hickman, had earlier mentioned to the press that Nighy was the first choice of executive producer and writer Russell T. Davies. The role was accepted by Christopher Eccleston some weeks later and Davies subsequently claimed that Eccleston had always been the first choice for the role.

In 2005, he appeared as Slartibartfast in the film adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and also in the one-off BBC One comedy-drama The Girl in the Café.

In February 2006 he appeared in acclaimed scriptwriter Stephen Poliakoff's one-off drama, Gideon's Daughter. Nighy took the lead character of Gideon, a successful events organiser who begins to lose touch with the world around him.

Nighy recently finished working on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, where he plays the principal villain, Davy Jones.

Nighy was born in Caterham in Surrey, and attended the John Fisher School in Purley. He is the partner of actress Diana Quick. He once asked her to marry him but she said: "don't ask me again." He calls her his wife in public because "anything else would be too difficult." They have one daughter, Mary. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting, formerly known as The Guildford School of Dance and Drama.

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donapeyote

Your the maaaaaaan lol xXx

posted 182 days ago
BEhFREAKie

you are such an awsome aro!!! please get the part!! you would be perfect!!! i love you!!!

posted 196 days ago
ss221

Bill Nighy... The Science Guy???!!?? Is that really him? I never realized how old that show was. Or is that a different Bill Nighy?

posted 199 days ago
sharshazza

I loved him in his roles in Underworld as Viktor and in Pirates of the Carribean as Davy Jones! lol. Great actor, great movies! lol.

posted 207 days ago
MovieMad421

he is a great actor!

posted 310 days ago
MovieManMatt

Cool.

posted 311 days ago
sportboy

Hes a very good actor

posted 331 days ago
giveXhuggsXnotXdrugs

it was kool how they animated you to look like davey jones like you did the vioce and movements and by computer put amimeated feachers on the film

posted 380 days ago
rachelmoron

HI!!! I loved youre role in Pirates of the Caribbean!!! You acted the part so wel!!! PLEASE ADD ME!!!
P.S. How did they get you to look like Davy Joones

posted 389 days ago
jillyd5

hey whats up??? U r a cool and great actor please add me!!!!

posted 400 days ago