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Encyclopedia > Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy

Nighy at the premiere of Stormbreaker on July 17, 2006
Birth name William Francis Nighy
Born December 12, 1949 (1949-12-12) (age 57)
Flag of England Caterham, Surrey, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1975 - Present
Partner(s) Diana Quick
Children Mary Nighy
Official site http://www.billnighy.net

Bill Nighy (IPA: /naɪ/; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. He started working in theatre and television, before his first cinema role in 1981. He is perhaps best known to American film audiences for his roles in Love Actually, Underworld, Shaun of the Dead and Pirates of the Caribbean. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Gideons Daughter is the second of two linked BBC television dramas written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. ... The symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet can be used to show pronounciation in English. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Love Actually is a romantic comedy first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. ... Underworld is a 2003 action-horror film about the secret history of vampire and werewolves, where the latter are referred to as Lycan as an abbreviated form of lycanthrope. ... Shaun of the Dead is a zombie-themed romantic comedy (or rom zom com as it dubs itself) or zombie comedy released in 2004. ... The Pirates of the Caribbean films are a trilogy of pirate adventure films directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. ...

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Biography

Early life

William Francis Nighy, the youngest of three children, was born in Caterham, Surrey, England to Catherine Josephine Whittaker, a psychiatric nurse, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who managed a car garage and worked as a mechanic. He has two siblings, Martin and Anna. [1] [2] [3] Nighy attended the John Fisher School in Purley. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting, formerly known as The Guildford School of Dance and Drama. This article is about the town in England. ... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... Look up Mechanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The John Fisher School is a voluntary-aided Roman Catholic secondary school located in Purley, UK. Its current headmaster is Mr. ... , Purley is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ... Guildford School of Acting is a drama school located in Guildford, Surrey, England. ...


Career

After two seasons at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, Nighy made his London stage debut at the National Theatre in an epic staging of Ken Campbell and Chris Langham's Illuminatus!, which opened the new Cottesloe Theatre on 4th March 1977, and went on to appear in two David Hare premieres, also at the National. Everyman Theatre at dusk from the steps of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King The Everyman Theatre is a theatre located on Hope Street in Liverpool, United Kingdom. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... The name Ken Campbell can refer to: The British artist and book maker Ken Campbell The British writer and actor Ken Campbell The US actor Ken Hudson Campbell The Canadian evangelist Ken Campbell An American philosopher[Ken Campbell] This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might... Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is a British writer, actor, comedian and as such is most famous for playing MP Hugh Abbot in BBC Four sitcom The Thick of It and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer... 23 The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. ... The National Theatre on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England is immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ...


He 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). He played Sam in the 1981 BBC Radio dramatization of The Lord of the Rings (where he was credited as William Nighy), and appeared in the 1980s BBC Radio versions of Yes Minister episodes. He starred alongside Stephen Moore and Lesley Sharp in the acclaimed short radio drama Kerton's Story first aired in 1996. He also played a starring role in the 2002 return of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, portraying crooked politician Jeffrey Grainger. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... State of Play is a British television drama serial, first broadcast on BBC One in 2003. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Samwise Gamgee, later known as Samwise Gardner[2] or Samwise the Brave and commonly known as Sam, is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... In 1981 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings in 26 half-hour stereo instalments. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC television and radio between 1980 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. ... Stephen Moore refers to multiple people: Stephen Moore is an English actor. ... Lesley Sharp (born in 1964 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a British actress. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers: Wayne, Dennis, Oz, Bomber, Barry, Neville and Moxey, who are living and working on a German building site. ...


Nighy's two most acclaimed stage performances were in National Theatre productions. Taking the leading male role in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia (1993), he played an unscrupulous university don in witty exchanges with Felicity Kendal, his famous ironic 'snicker' much in evidence; and he gave a virtuoso performance as a consultant psychiatrist in Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange (2000), for which he won an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor, and which transferred to the West End at the Duchess Theatre the following year. Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born as Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937)[1] is an Academy Award winning British playwright of more than 24 plays. ... Arcadia is a play by Tom Stoppard which first opened at the Royal National Theatre in London on 13 April 1993 and has played at many theatres since. ... Felicity Kendal in The Good Life. ... Joe Penhall is a writer. ... In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... The Duchess Theatre The theatre opened on 25th November, 1929 and is one of the smallest proscenium arched West End theatres. ...


In 2003, Nighy played the role of the Vampire Elder Viktor in the American production Underworld and returned in the same role for the sequel Underworld: Evolution in 2006. 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 BAFTA Television Awards in April with the Best Actor award for State of Play. He also appeared in the comedy Shaun of the Dead. Vampire Elders are a specially powerful breed of Vampires in the Underworld mythos. ... Viktor is one of the Vampire Elders in the Underworld mythos, portrayed by Bill Nighy. ... Underworld is a 2003 action-horror film about the secret history of vampire and werewolves, where the latter are referred to as Lycan as an abbreviated form of lycanthrope. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... In the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role actors of all nationalities are eligible to receive the award. ... Love Actually is a romantic comedy first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. ... The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards, are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. ... State of Play is a British television drama serial, first broadcast on BBC One in 2003. ... Shaun of the Dead is a zombie-themed romantic comedy (or rom zom com as it dubs itself) or zombie comedy released in 2004. ...


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.[citation needed] He is alleged to have told reporters that he had considered but ultimately rejected the offer.[attribution needed] 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. A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This article is about the television series. ... Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor. ...


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 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. This performance won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Mini-series or TV Movie in January 2007. There are many minor characters in the 5-part fictional trilogy The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. ... The Girl in the Café is a British one-off television drama, produced by independent production company Tightrope Pictures for BBC Wales, and originally screened on BBC One in the UK on Saturday June 25, 2005. ... Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff (born December 1, 1952) is an acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter, widely judged amongst Britains foremost television dramatists. ... Gideons Daughter is the second of two linked BBC television dramas written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...


Nighy appears in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, where he plays the principal villain, Davy Jones. He reprised the role in the 2007 sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. From November 2006 to March 2007, he appeared on Broadway in The Vertical Hour (a new play by David Hare), also starring Julianne Moore.[citation needed] For other uses, see Davy Jones Locker. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... The Vertical Hour is a play by David Hare. ... David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ... Julianne Moore (born December 3, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. ...


He also provides the narration for the 2007 BBC series Meerkat Manor. Recently, he played the role of Richard Hart in Notes on a Scandal, for which he was nominated for a London Film Critics Circle award. He has twice played burnt-out rockstars: Ray Simms in Still Crazy and Billy Mack in Love Actually. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Meerkat Manor is a British television show made by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International. ... Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 Academy Award-nominated film adapted from the 2003 novel Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller. ... The London Film Critics Circle, also known as the Critics Circle, was started in 1913 as an association for working British critics. ... Still Crazy is a 1998 comedy film about a fictional 70s rock band named Strange Fruit, who, after being split up for several years, are convinced to get back together to perform at a reunion of the same concert venue where they played their last gig. ... Love Actually is a romantic comedy first released in cinemas in October and November 2003. ...


Bill Nighy is set to play the character of the same name in the comedy "LoveCake" set for release in 2010. Produced by Working Title and written by writing pair Steven Walker and Ellis German the film revolves around the World Cheesecake Championships.[citation needed]


Personal life

Nighy is the partner of actress Diana Quick. They have one daughter, Mary (born 1984). He is a supporter of Crystal Palace Football Club and is the Patron of the CPFRIS (Crystal Palace F.C. Fast Results & Information Service) Disabled Childrens Club[4]. Nighy lives near the director Richard Curtis in Suffolk. He has Dupuytren's Contracture, a hereditary condition which causes the ring and little fingers of each hand to be permanently bent inwards towards the palm. For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Diana Quick (born on 23 November 1947 in London, England) is an English actress, best known for her role as Julia in Brideshead Revisited. ... Mary Nighy (born in 1984 in London, England) is a British actress and the daughter of Bill Nighy and Diana Quick. ... This article is about the year. ... Crystal Palace Football Club are a professional football team based in South Norwood in south-east London and playing in the Coca-Cola Football League Championship, the second level of English football. ... Richard Curtis in London, 1999 Richard Curtis CBE, (born 8 November 1956), is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, best known for the TV programmes Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley as well as movies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love Actually. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Dupuytrens contracture (also known as Morbus Dupuytren) is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). ...


Theatre

  • Speak Now, Olwen Wymark, Traverse Edinburgh
  • Landscape and Silence, Harold Pinter, Chester
  • Illuminatus!, Ken Campbell/Chris Langham, NT Cottesloe 1977
  • Comings and Goings, Mike Stott, Hampstead Theatre Club 1978
  • The Warp, Neil Oram/Ken Campbell, ICA 1979
  • Illuminations, Peter Jenkins, Lyric Hammersmith 1980
  • A Map of the World, David Hare, NT Lyttelton 1983
  • Pravda, David Hare/Howard Brenton, NT Olivier 1985
  • King Lear, Wm Shakespeare, NT Olivier 1986
  • Mean Tears, Peter Gill, NT Cottesloe 1987
  • Betrayal, Harold Pinter, Almeida 1991
  • Arcadia, Tom Stoppard, NT Lyttelton, 1993
  • The Seagull, Anton Chekhov/ad. Pam Gems, NT Olivier 1994
  • Skylight, David Hare, NT production at Vaudeville Theatre 1997
  • A Kind of Alaska, Harold Pinter, Donmar Warehouse, 1998
  • Blue/Orange, Joe Penhall, NT Cottesloe 2000, Duchess Theatre 2001
  • The Vertical Hour, David Hare, Broadway production at the Music Box Theatre, NY, 2006

Filmography

Nighy as Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End underneath CGI makeup

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References

  1. ^ The BILL NIGHY Experience
  2. ^ Bill Nighy: the thinking woman's bagel The Independent: February 19, 2006
  3. ^ Family Detective Telegraph Family History
  4. ^ Crystal Palace F.C. Disabled Childrens Club accessed 2 Jun 2007

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Awards
Preceded by
Christopher Walken
for Catch Me If You Can		 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2004
for Love Actually		 Succeeded by
Clive Owen
for Closer

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