English actor
Born: December 12, 1949
William Francis Nighy is an English actor and voice artist. He worked in theater and television before his first cinematic role in 1981 and made his name in television with The Men’s Room in 1991, in which he played the womanizer Prof. Mark Carleton.
Nighy became widely known for his performance as Billy Mack in Love, Actually. Other notable roles in cinema include his portrayal of Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and its sequel, as well as Viktor in the Underworld film series.
He is also known for his roles in the films Lawless Heart, I Capture the Castle, Shaun of the Dead, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Notes on a Scandal, Hot Fuzz, Valkyrie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 1, Rango, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. His performances were also acclaimed in the State of Play series and in the TV films The Girl in the Café, Gideon’s Daughter, and Page Eight, for which he earned Golden Globe nominations, winning one for Gideon’s Daughter.
Bill Nighy’s 5 most popular quotes
- As you get older you feel you need to pay more attention to what is around you and relish it. I’m greedy for beauty.
- If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I’m in crisis.
- Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: ‘What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.’
- I find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.
- I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and important.
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