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Bill Nighy (IPA: /naɪ/; born December 12, 1949) is an English Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning actor. He started in television and theatre before his first cinema role in 1981. Notable films include: Love Actually, the Underworld movies, Shaun of the Dead, and Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Early life

William Francis Nighy was born in Caterham, Surrey, England and 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. He also suffers from Dupuytren's Contracture.

Acting career

Nighy 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 dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings (where he was credited as William Nighy), and also appeared in the 1980s BBC Radio versions of Yes Minister episodes.

In 2003, he 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 British Academy Television Awards in April with the Best Actor award for State of Play. He also appeared in the comedy Shaun of the Dead.

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. He is alleged to have told reporters that he had considered but ultimately rejected the offer. 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.

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.

In January 2007, Nighy received a Golden Globe award for best performance by an actor in a mini-series or TV Movie for Gideon's Daughter.

Nighy appears in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, where he plays the principal villain, Davy Jones. He reprises this role in the 2007 sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

He can currently be seen on Broadway in The Vertical Hour (a new play by David Hare), also starring Julianne Moore.

He also provides the narration for the 2007 BBC series Meerkat Manor.

Personal life

He is the partner of actress Diana Quick. He once asked her to marry him, but she said, "Don't ask me again." He calls her his wife in public because "anything else would be too difficult." They have one daughter, Mary (born 1984). He is also 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.

Selected filmography

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# Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
# The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
# The Last Place on Earth (1985) (TV)
# The Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture (1989)
# Being Human (1993)
# FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
# Still Crazy (1998)
# Guest House Paradiso (1999)
# Kiss Me Kate (1998) (TV)
# Blow Dry (2001)
# The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Well Schooled in Murder (2002) (TV)
# The Lost Prince (2003) (TV)
# State of Play (2003) (TV)
# Love Actually (2003)
# I Capture the Castle (2003)
# Underworld (2003)
# Shaun of the Dead (2004)
# He Knew He Was Right (2004) (TV)
# Enduring Love (2004)
# The Girl in the Café (2005)(TV)
# The Magic Roundabout (2005) (voice)
# The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
# The Constant Gardener (2005)
# Underworld: Evolution (2006)
# Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (voice)(2006)
# Flushed Away (2006) (voice)
# Notes on a Scandal (2006)
# Stormbreaker (2006)
# Hot Fuzz (2007)
# Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (voice) (2007)

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