Person
Bill Nighy
Born 12 December 1949 76 years old Caterham, Surrey, England, UK Who else is 76? → TMDB ↗
William Francis Nighy (/naɪ/; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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20age in their first credit on record (1970)
56years on screen and counting
8credits in 2003, their busiest year
151dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Welcome to Paradise
as Hooker Duck Host (voice)
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
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A Town in Nova Scotia
as Leon
Caine
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The Turning Door
as (voice)
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Ibelin
as Mats Steen
Age: 76 & Sons
2026as Andrew
Age: 76 500 Miles
2026
Age: 76 Bulk
2026as The Voice
Age: 76 Shelter
2026as Manafort
Age: 75 This Is the Beginning
2025
Age: 74 That Christmas
2024as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
Age: 74 Joy
2024as Patrick Steptoe
Age: 74 The Wild Robot
2024as Longneck (voice)
Age: 74 Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024as Conrad (voice)
Age: 74 10 Lives
2024as Professor Craven (voice)
Age: 74 The First Omen
2024as Cardinal Lawrence
Age: 74 The Beautiful Game
2024as Mal
Age: 74 Role Play
2023as Bob
Age: 73 Darkling
2023
Age: 73 Spectre of the Bear
2023as Bennett (voice)
Age: 73 Bloody Fury
2023as Bloody's Consciousness (voice)
Age: 72 Living
2022as Williams
Age: 71 Buckley's Chance
2021as Spencer
Age: 70 Minamata
2020as Robert "Bob" Hayes
Age: 70 Emma.
2020as Mr. Woodhouse
Age: 70 The Kindness of Strangers
2019as Timofey
Age: 69 StarDog and TurboCat
2019as Sinclair (voice)
Age: 69 Hope Gap
2019as Edward
Age: 69 Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019as Howard Clifford
Age: 69 Sometimes Always Never
2019as Alan
Age: 67 The Bookshop
2017as Mr. Brundish
Age: 67 Red Nose Day Actually
2017as Billy Mack
Age: 67 Their Finest
2017as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Age: 66 The Limehouse Golem
2016as John Kildare
Age: 66 Dad's Army
2016as Sergeant Wilson
Age: 66 Norm of the North
2016as Socrates (voice)
Age: 65 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015as Douglas Ainslie
Age: 64 Pride
2014as Cliff
Age: 64 National Theatre Live: Skylight
2014as Tom Sergeant
Age: 64 Salting the Battlefield
2014as Johnny Worricker
Age: 64 Turks & Caicos
2014as Johnny Worricker
Age: 64 I, Frankenstein
2014as Naberius
Age: 63 About Time
2013as Dad
Age: 63 The World's End
2013as The Network (voice)
Age: 63 The Hungry Corpse
2013as The Hungry Corpse
Age: 63 Jack the Giant Slayer
2013as General Fallon
Age: 63 Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013as Graham Greene (voice)
Age: 62 London: The Modern Babylon
2012as Spoken Quotations (voice)
Age: 62 Total Recall
2012as Matthias
Age: 62 Wrath of the Titans
2012as Hephaestus
Age: 62 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012as Douglas Ainslie
Age: 61 Arthur Christmas
2011as Grandsanta (voice)
Age: 61 Page Eight
2011as Johnny Worricker
Age: 61 Astonish Me
2011as The Professor
Age: 61 Rango
2011as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Age: 61 Chalet Girl
2011as Richard Madsen
Age: 60 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010as Rufus Scrimgeour
Age: 60 Wild Target
2010as Victor Maynard
Age: 59 Glorious 39
2009as Alexander Keyes
Age: 59 Astro Boy
2009as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
Age: 59 G-Force
2009as Leonard Saber
Age: 59 The Boat That Rocked
2009as Quentin
Age: 59 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009as Viktor
Age: 59 Valkyrie
2008as Friedrich Olbricht
Age: 58 Slapper
2008as Arnold Percy
Age: 57 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007as Davy Jones
Age: 57 Hot Fuzz
2007as Met Chief Inspector
Age: 57 Notes on a Scandal
2006as Richard Hart
Age: 56 Flushed Away
2006as Whitey (voice)
Age: 56 Stormbreaker
2006as Alan Blunt
Age: 56 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006as Davy Jones
Age: 56 Underworld: Evolution
2006as Viktor
Age: 55 Gideon's Daughter
2005as Gideon Warner
Age: 55 The Constant Gardener
2005as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Age: 55 The Girl in the Café
2005as Lawrence
Age: 55 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005as Slartibartfast
Age: 55 The Magic Roundabout
2005as Dylan (voice)
Age: 54 Bottom Mindless Violence
2004as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 54 Enduring Love
2004as Robin
Age: 54 Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004as Phil Parish
Age: 54 Shaun of the Dead
2004as Phillip
Age: 54 Burst
2004as Maxwell's Fan 22
Age: 54 The Young Visiters
2003as Earl of Clincham
Age: 53 Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
2003
Age: 53 Underworld
2003as Viktor
Age: 53 Love Actually
2003as Billy Mack
Age: 53 I Capture the Castle
2003as James Mortmain
Age: 52 Lawless Heart
2002as Dan
Age: 52 AKA
2002as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
Age: 51 Lucky Break
2001as Roger
Age: 51 Blow Dry
2001as Ray Robertson
Age: 50 Longitude
2000as Lord Sandwich
Age: 49 Guest House Paradiso
1999as Mr. Johnson
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Age: 49 The Bass Player
1999
Age: 48 Still Crazy
1998as Ray Simms
Age: 47 FairyTale: A True Story
1997as Edward Gardner
Age: 46 True Blue
1996as Jeremy Saville
Age: 46 Alive and Kicking
1996as Tristan
Age: 44 Being Human
1994as Julian
Age: 43 The Maitlands
1993as Roger Maitland
Age: 43 Don't Leave Me This Way
1993as John Tracey
Age: 43 Unnatural Causes
1993as Oliver Latham
Age: 42 A Masculine Ending
1992as John Tracey
Age: 41 Absolute Hell
1991as Hugh Marriner
Age: 40 Antonia and Jane
1990as Howard Nash
Age: 39 The Phantom of the Opera
1989as Martin Barton
Age: 39 Mack the Knife
1989as Tiger Brown
Age: 35 Thirteen at Dinner
1985as Ronald Marsh
Age: 35 Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985as Helmut Hoffmann
Age: 34 The Little Drummer Girl
1984as Al
Age: 33 Curse of the Pink Panther
1983as ENT Doctor
Age: 32 Easter 2016
1982as Connor Mullan
Age: 32 Under the Skin
1982as Dave
Age: 31 Eye of the Needle
1981as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Age: 31 Standing in for Henry
1980as Bruno
Age: 30 Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980as Officer
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Age: 30 Fox
1980as Colin Street
Age: 30 Death Watch
1980as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
Age: 30 Dreams of Leaving
1980as William
Age: 29 Deasey (Desperate)
1979as Deasy
Age: 28 Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978as Bill
Age: 26 Occupy!
1976as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
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TV credits
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California Avenue
as Jerry
Age: 76 Ride or Die
2026as The Director
Age: 75 Harlan Coben's Lazarus
2025as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'
Age: 72 The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022as Thomas Jerome Newton
Age: 69 World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
2019as Narrator (voice)
Age: 68 Ordeal by Innocence
2018as Leo Argyll
Age: 67 Castlevania
2017as Saint Germain (voice)
Age: 60 10 Minute Tales
2009as Mr Jellaby
Age: 55 Doctor Who
2005as Dr Black
Age: 54 He Knew He Was Right
2004as Colonel Osborne
Age: 53 Canterbury Tales
2003as James
Age: 53 State of Play
2003as Cameron Foster
Age: 53 The Lost Prince
2003as Stamfordham
Age: 52 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002as Lockwood
Age: 50 Black Books
2000as Man at bar
Age: 50 Longitude
2000as Lord Sandwich
Age: 49 People Like Us
1999as Will Rushmore
Age: 46 Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996as Belshazzar (voice)
Age: 45 Kavanagh Q.C.
1995as Giles Culpepper QC
Age: 44 Wycliffe
1994as David Cleeve
Age: 43 Peak Practice
1993as Alan Sinclair
Age: 43 Eye of the Storm
1993as Tom Frewen
Age: 41 Performance
1991as Roger Maitland
Age: 41 Performance
1991as Hugh Marriner
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Age: 40 Making News
1990as Sam Courtney
Age: 40 Chillers
1990as Tom Dickenson
Age: 38 South of the Border
1988as Tony Freason
Age: 35 The Last Place on Earth
1985as Cecil Meares
Age: 33 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983as Jeffrey Grainger
Age: 33 Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983as Goschen
Age: 30 Fox
1980as Colin Street
Age: 29 Minder
1979as Oates
Age: 29 Agony
1979as Vincent Fish
Age: 24 Playhouse
1974as Bruno
Age: 20 Play for Today
1970as Dave