William Francis Nighy\u00a0(\/na\u026a\/;\u00a0born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known for\u00a0his work on stage and screen, he has received\u00a0various accolades, including two\u00a0BAFTA Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Tony Award, a\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award\u00a0and two\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards.<\/p>\n
Nighy started his career with the\u00a0Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and made his London debut with the\u00a0Royal National Theatre, starting with\u00a0The Illuminatus!\u00a0in 1977. He gained acclaim for his roles in\u00a0David Hare’s\u00a0Pravda\u00a0in 1985,\u00a0Harold Pinter’s\u00a0Betrayal\u00a0in 1991,\u00a0Tom Stoppard’s\u00a0Arcadia in 1993, and\u00a0Anton Chekhov’s\u00a0The Seagull\u00a0in 1994. He received a\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor\u00a0nomination for his role in\u00a0Blue\/Orange\u00a0in 2001. He acted on\u00a0Broadway\u00a0in the David Hare plays\u00a0The Vertical Hour\u00a0(2006) and\u00a0Skylight\u00a0(2015), earning a\u00a0Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for the latter.<\/p>\n
Nighy’s early film roles include the comedies\u00a0Still Crazy\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Guest House Paradiso\u00a0(1999) and\u00a0Blow Dry\u00a0(2001). He rose to international stardom with his role in\u00a0Love Actually\u00a0(2003), for which he won a\u00a0BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to portray Viktor in the\u00a0Underworld\u00a0film series\u00a0(2003\u20132009) and\u00a0Davy Jones\u00a0in the\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean\u00a0film series\u00a0(2006\u20132007). His other films include\u00a0Shaun of the Dead (2004),\u00a0The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\u00a0(2005),\u00a0The Constant Gardener\u00a0(2005),\u00a0Notes on a Scandal\u00a0(2006),\u00a0Hot Fuzz\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Valkyrie\u00a0(2008),\u00a0Wild Target\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows \u2013 Part 1\u00a0(2010),\u00a0The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u00a0(2012),\u00a0About Time\u00a0(2013),\u00a0Emma\u00a0(2020), and\u00a0Living\u00a0(2022), the last of which earned him a nomination for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actor.<\/p>\n
Nighy has gained acclaim for his television roles, earning a\u00a0BAFTA Award\u00a0for his role in the BBC One series\u00a0State of Play\u00a0(2003), and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award for Best Actor\u00a0for the BBC film\u00a0Gideon’s Daughter\u00a0(2007). He is also known for his roles in\u00a0The Girl in the Caf\u00e9\u00a0(2006), the\u00a0BBC’s Worricker trilogy, which includes\u00a0Page Eight\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Turks & Caicos\u00a0(2014), and\u00a0Salting the Battlefield\u00a0(2014), and the\u00a0BBC’s\u00a0Ordeal by Innocence\u00a0(2018).<\/p>\n
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William Francis Nighy\u00a0(\/na\u026a\/;\u00a0born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known for\u00a0his work on stage and screen, he has received\u00a0various accolades, including two\u00a0BAFTA Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Tony Award, a\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award\u00a0and two\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nighy started his career with the\u00a0Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and made his London […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-681","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n