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William Francis NighyΒ (/naΙͺ/;Β born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known forΒ his work on stage and screen, he has receivedΒ various accolades, including twoΒ BAFTA AwardsΒ and aΒ Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for anΒ Academy Award, aΒ Tony Award, aΒ Laurence Olivier AwardΒ and twoΒ Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Nighy started his career with theΒ Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and made his London debut with theΒ Royal National Theatre, starting withΒ The Illuminatus!Β in 1977. He gained acclaim for his roles inΒ David Hare'sΒ PravdaΒ in 1985,Β Harold Pinter'sΒ BetrayalΒ in 1991,Β Tom Stoppard'sΒ Arcadia in 1993, andΒ Anton Chekhov'sΒ The SeagullΒ in 1994. He received aΒ Laurence Olivier Award for Best ActorΒ nomination for his role inΒ Blue/OrangeΒ in 2001. He acted onΒ BroadwayΒ in the David Hare playsΒ The Vertical HourΒ (2006) andΒ SkylightΒ (2015), earning aΒ Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for the latter.
Nighy's early film roles include the comediesΒ Still CrazyΒ (1998),Β Guest House ParadisoΒ (1999) andΒ Blow DryΒ (2001). He rose to international stardom with his role inΒ Love ActuallyΒ (2003), for which he won aΒ BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to portray Viktor in theΒ UnderworldΒ film seriesΒ (2003β2009) andΒ Davy JonesΒ in theΒ Pirates of the CaribbeanΒ film seriesΒ (2006β2007). His other films includeΒ Shaun of the Dead (2004),Β The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyΒ (2005),Β The Constant GardenerΒ (2005),Β Notes on a ScandalΒ (2006),Β Hot FuzzΒ (2007),Β ValkyrieΒ (2008),Β Wild TargetΒ (2010),Β Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows β Part 1Β (2010),Β The Best Exotic Marigold HotelΒ (2012),Β About TimeΒ (2013),Β EmmaΒ (2020), andΒ LivingΒ (2022), the last of which earned him a nomination for theΒ Academy Award for Best Actor.
Nighy has gained acclaim for his television roles, earning a BAFTA Award for his role in the BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He is also known for his roles in The Girl in the Café (2006), the BBC's Worricker trilogy, which includes Page Eight (2012), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014), and the BBC's Ordeal by Innocence (2018).
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