History Creator / BillNighy

* Longneck in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Wild Robot|2024}} (2024) (voice)

* AwesomeDearBoy: His reason for taking smaller supporting roles in ''Film/HarryPotter'' and ''Series/DoctorWho''. He didn't want to be one of the few British actors to ''not'' be in ''Harry Potter''.

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* {{Fingore}}: Downplayed; He has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren%27s_contracture Dupuytren's Contracture]], a condition that causes the fingers (in his case the pinky and ring) to become permanently bent inward.

* SharpDressedMan: He is well-known for his bespoke navy suits and has appeared in several "best-dressed men" lists.
* TypeCasting: If he's not hamming, many of his characters have a pensive stumbling delivery with nervous pauses and a somewhat melancholy tone.

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Nighy is probably most famous for playing Billy Mack in ''Film/LoveActually'' and Davy Jones in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''. He is also known as Philip in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' and Viktor in the ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' film series.

* Charles Paris in ''Radio/ACharlesParisMystery'' (1999 to present)
* Viktor in ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' (2003), the sequel ''Underworld Evolution'' and the prequel ''Film/UnderworldRiseOfTheLycans'' (2009)

* Dylan in ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'' (2005) (voice; original UK dub)

He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for 2022's ''Living'' (an adaptation of Creator/{{Akira Kurosawa}}'s ''Film/{{Ikiru}}''.

* Robotsky in ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' (2009) (voice)

* Slartibartfast in ''[[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (2005)

* Slartibartfast in ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' (2005)

* Matthias Lair in ''[[Film/TotalRecall2012 Total Recall]]'' (2012)

* Dylan in the original UK dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'' (2005)

* Whitey in ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' (2006)

* Robotsky in ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' (2009)

* Rattlesnake Jake in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' (2011)

* Grandsanta in ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'' (2011)

* The Speaker in ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' (2014)
* High King Emeric in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'' (2014)

* Odin in ''[[AudioPlay/TheSandman2020 The Sandman]]'' (2021) (voice role)

* Odin in ''AudioPlay/TheSandman'' (2021) (voice role)

* Mr. Woodhouse in ''Film/Emma2020'' (2020)
* Odin in ''AudioPlay/TheSandman2020'' (2021) (voice role)

William Francis 'Bill' Nighy (born December 12, 1949 in Caterham, England) is a British stage actor who made the transition to film in 1989's ''Eye of the Needle''.

* Viktor in ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' (2003), the sequel ''Underworld Evolution'' and the prequel ''Film/UnderworldRiseOfTheLycans'' (2009).

* Cameron Foster in ''Series/StateOfPlay'' (2003).
* Philip in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' (2004).
* Robin in ''Film/EnduringLove'' (2004).
* Slartibartfast in ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' (2005).
* Davy Jones in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' (2006) and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' (2007).
* Dylan in the original UK dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'' (2005).
* Sir Bernard Pellegrin in ''Film/TheConstantGardener'' (2005).
* Whitey in ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' (2006).

* Chief Inspector Kenneth in ''Film/HotFuzz'' (2007).
* Friedrich Olbricht in ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'' (2008).
* Leonard Saber in ''Film/GForce'' (2009).
* Robotsky in ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' (2009).
* Quentin in ''Film/PirateRadio'' (2009).
* A Musée d'Orsay curator with a bow tie in ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2010).
* Rufus Scrimgeour in ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' (2010).
* Victor Maynard in ''Film/WildTarget'' (2010).
* Rattlesnake Jake in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' (2011).
* Douglas Ainslie in ''Film/TheBestExoticMarigoldHotel'' and its sequel.
* Grandsanta in ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'' (2011).
* Hephaestus in ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans'' (2012).
* Matthias Lair in ''[[Film/TotalRecall2012 Total Recall]]'' (2012).
* Fallon in ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' (2013).
* The Network in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' (2013).
* James Lake in ''Film/AboutTime'' (2013).
* Naberius in ''Film/IFrankenstein'' (2014).

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William Francis 'Bill' Nighy (born 12 December 1949 in Caterham, England) is a British stage actor who made the transition to film in 1989's ''Eye of the Needle''.