Bill Nighy
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William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced /ˈnaɪ/ ny; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor and comedian.
He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema 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, whose extra-marital affairs kept him "vital". He became known around the world in 2003 as Billy Mack, the aging pop star in Love Actually, and in the same year played James Mortmain, the eccentric husband struggling to keep his family afloat in a decaying English castle, in I Capture the Castle. He is also known for his roles in the films Underworld, Shaun of the Dead, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Fuzz, Valkyrie, G-Force and provided voice talents in the films The Magic Roundabout, Flushed Away and Rango. He recently played Rufus Scrimgeour in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bill Nighy is a Patron and supporter of the artistic ... Show more...
William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced /ˈnaɪ/ ny; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor and comedian.
He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema 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, whose extra-marital affairs kept him "vital". He became known around the world in 2003 as Billy Mack, the aging pop star in Love Actually, and in the same year played James Mortmain, the eccentric husband struggling to keep his family afloat in a decaying English castle, in I Capture the Castle. He is also known for his roles in the films Underworld, Shaun of the Dead, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Fuzz, Valkyrie, G-Force and provided voice talents in the films The Magic Roundabout, Flushed Away and Rango. He recently played Rufus Scrimgeour in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bill Nighy is a Patron and supporter of the artistic collective The Factory Theatre Company alongside other actors such as Mark Rylance, Ewan McGregor and Richard Wilson. Other notable members include founder Alex Hassell, Catherine Bailey and Alan Morrissey.
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Minamata (2020)
A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.
Directed by: Andrew Levitas
Stars: Johnny Depp | Bill Nighy | Katherine Jenkins | Lily Robinson
Emma (2020)
As: Mr. Woodhouse
A young woman despite the best intentions, heedlessly meddles in people’s romantic affairs as she tries to play matchmaker.
Directed by: Autumn de Wilde
Stars: Miranda Hart | Bill Nighy | Joe Flynn | Joe Flynn | Anya Taylor-Joy
StarDog and TurboCat (2019)
As: Sinclair (voice)
When vigilante cat, Felix, and loyal canine, Buddy, set out to find Buddy’s lost owner, they discover not only the power of friendship, but their inner superpowers along the way.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Ben Smith
Stars: Gemma Arterton | Luke Evans | Bill Nighy | Nick Frost
Hope Gap (2019)
As: Edward
A couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: William Nicholson
Stars: Annette Bening | Bill Nighy | Aiysha Hart | Josh O'Connor
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Rob Letterman
Stars: Ryan Reynolds | Bill Nighy | Justice Smith | Suki Waterhouse | Kathryn Newton
Sometimes Always Never (2019)
As: Alan
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Carl Hunter
Stars: Bill Nighy | Jenny Agutter | Sam Riley | Alice Lowe | Tim McInnerny
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
As: Timofey
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ ...
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Stars: Andrea Riseborough | Zoe Kazan | Jay Baruchel | Caleb Landry Jones | Tahar Rahim
The Bookshop (2017)
As: Mr. Brundish
Set in an small English town in 1959, the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Isabel Coixet
Stars: Patricia Clarkson | Emily Mortimer | Bill Nighy | Honor Kneafsey | Hunter Tremayne
The Limehouse Golem (2017)
As: John Kildare
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Juan Carlos Medina
Stars: Daniel Mays | Bill Nighy | Douglas Booth | Sam Reid | Olivia Cooke
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
As: Billy Mack
Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.
Runtime: 15 min.
Directed by: Mat Whitecross | Richard Curtis
Stars: Keira Knightley | Colin Firth | Liam Neeson | Hugh Grant | Rowan Atkinson
Their Finest (2016)
As: Ambrose Hilliard
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and Francesca Knight) who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Stars: Jack Huston | Gemma Arterton | Bill Nighy | Richard E. Grant | Sam Claflin
Dad's Army (2016)
As: Sergeant Wilson
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Oliver Parker
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones | Toby Jones | Michael Gambon | Bill Nighy | Mark Gatiss
Norm of the North (2016)
As: Socrates (voice)
The stereoscopic 3D animated family film "Norm" tells the story of the titular polar bear and his three Arctic lemming buddies, who are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Trevor Wall
Stars: Loretta Devine | Rob Schneider | Ken Jeong | Bill Nighy | Heather Graham
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
As: Himself
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
Runtime: 59 min.
Directed by: Richard Mears
Stars: Bill Nighy | Hugh Grant | Julie Walters | David Tennant | Martin Freeman
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
As: Douglas Ainslie
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Maggie Smith | Dev Patel | Richard Gere | Bill Nighy | Judi Dench
Pride (2014)
As: Cliff
Comedy-drama based on a true story set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem - the union seems embarrassed to receive their support. However the activists are not ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Stars: Andrew Scott | Paddy Considine | Bill Nighy | Imelda Staunton | Dominic West
National Theatre Live: Skylight (2014)
As: Tom Sergeant
Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan feature in David Hare’s Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry, broadcast live from London’s West End by National Theatre Live.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Stars: Carey Mulligan | Matthew Beard | Bill Nighy
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
As: Johnny Worricker
David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man knows his only chance of resolving his problems is to return home and confront prime minister Alec Beasley.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: David Hare
Stars: Ewen Bremner | Helena Bonham Carter | Ralph Fiennes | Bill Nighy | Judy Davis
Turks & Caicos (2014)
As: Johnny Worricker
The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and calling himself Tom Eliot (he’s a poet at heart). We’re drawn into his world and his predicament when Christopher Walken strolls in as a shadowy American who ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: David Hare
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Ralph Fiennes | Bill Nighy | Christopher Walken | Winona Ryder
I, Frankenstein (2014)
As: Naberius
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Stuart Beattie
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Miranda Otto | Yvonne Strahovski | Bill Nighy | Jai Courtney
About Time (2013)
As: Dad
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Stars: Rachel McAdams | Domhnall Gleeson | Lydia Wilson | Bill Nighy | Lindsay Duncan
The World's End (2013)
As: The Network (voice)
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Stars: Eddie Marsan | Paddy Considine | Simon Pegg | Martin Freeman | Nick Frost
Great White Shark (2013)
Misrepresented, maligned and on the verge of extinction, the great white shark is an iconic predator: the creature we love to fear. Great White Shark will explore the great white's place in our imaginations, in our fears and in the reality of its role at the top of the oceanic food chain. The film will concentrate on key aggregation points around the world: Mexico, South Africa, Los Angeles and New ...
Runtime: 40 min.
Directed by: Luke Cresswell | Steve McNicholas
Stars: Bill Nighy
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
As: General Fallon
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Stars: Stanley Tucci | Ewan McGregor | Ian McShane | Nicholas Hoult | Eleanor Tomlinson
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
As: Graham Greene
The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century.
Directed by: Thomas P. O'Connor
Stars: Derek Jacobi | Bill Nighy | Graham Greene | John le Carré
Total Recall (2012)
As: Matthias
Welcome to ReCall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Stars: Bryan Cranston | Colin Farrell | Jessica Biel | Bill Nighy | Kate Beckinsale
London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
As: Quotations spoken by
Director Julien Temple (The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, The Filth and the Fury) surveys the past century of London's tumultuous history in this vibrant documentary. (TIFF)
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Julien Temple
Stars: Michael Gambon | Keith Allen | Hetty Bower | Miss Marsh | Malcolm McLaren
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
As: Hephaestus
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Toby Kebbell | Liam Neeson | Sam Worthington | Edgar Ramírez
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
As: Douglas Ainslie
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Maggie Smith | Tom Wilkinson | Dev Patel | Bill Nighy | Judi Dench
Arthur Christmas (2011)
As: Grandsanta (voice)
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one – Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorized rookie mission to get the last present half way around the ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Barry Cook | Sarah Smith
Stars: James McAvoy | Bill Nighy | Imelda Staunton | Jim Broadbent | Hugh Laurie
Chalet Girl (2011)
As: Richard Madsen
While working a job at an exclusive ski resort to support her Dad, Kim learns to snowboard and is so good at it that she enters a competition with a huge cash prize. She has to dig deep to overcome her fears, but her life gets more complicated through her spoken-for boss, Jonny.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Phil Traill
Stars: Felicity Jones | Brooke Shields | Tamsin Egerton | Bill Nighy | Ed Westwick
Page Eight (2011)
As: Johnny Worricker
Page Eight is lovingly turned, with elegant writing, a flawless cast and a heartfelt message from writer/director David Hare about the danger zone where spies and politicians meet. The tension builds gently as we follow the fortunes of Johnny Worricker, a jazz-loving charmer who works high up at MI5 as an intelligence analyst. It’s a part made for Bill Nighy and he purrs out bon mots ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: David Hare
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Felicity Jones | Michael Gambon | Rachel Weisz | Bill Nighy
Astonish Me (2011)
As: The Professor
When a young boy gets locked in the Natural History Museum after closing, a mysterious guard gives him a magical ticket that allows him to visit a restricted area of the museum, where a professor and a guide show him examples of the wondrous new species of animals being discovered every day on Earth.
Runtime: 7 min.
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Stars: Christian McKay | Gemma Arterton | Bill Nighy | Anthony Gopaul | Will Jacklin
Rango (2011)
As: Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Alfred Molina | Ned Beatty | Johnny Depp | Bill Nighy | Isla Fisher
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
As: Rufus Scrimgeour
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Runtime: 146 min.
Directed by: David Yates
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Ralph Fiennes | Rupert Grint | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson
Wild Target (2010)
As: Victor Maynard
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose. He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiring in the process a young apprentice, Tony. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Stars: Eileen Atkins | Emily Blunt | Bill Nighy | Rupert Grint | Rupert Everett
Glorious 39 (2009)
As: Alexander Keyes
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an unexpected pawn. Her accidental discovery of secret recordings creates a rift in the family.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
Stars: Bill Nighy | Juno Temple | Julie Christie | Romola Garai | Eddie Redmayne
Astro Boy (2009)
As: Dr. Elefun (voice)
Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: David Bowers
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Donald Sutherland | Kristen Bell | Freddie Highmore | Bill Nighy
G-Force (2009)
As: Leonard Saber
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Can they escape to defeat the villain and save the world?
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Hoyt Yeatman
Stars: Steve Buscemi | Sam Rockwell | Penélope Cruz | Tracy Morgan | Jon Favreau
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
As: Quentin
The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government ...
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Stars: Rhys Ifans | Emma Thompson | Tom Sturridge | Bill Nighy | Philip Seymour Hoffman
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
As: Viktor
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Patrick Tatopoulos
Stars: Rhona Mitra | Steven Mackintosh | Michael Sheen | Bill Nighy | Shane Brolly
Valkyrie (2008)
As: Friedrich Olbricht
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Stars: Terence Stamp | Carice van Houten | Bill Nighy | Kenneth Branagh | Tom Cruise
A Fox's Tale (2008)
As: Ringmaster (voice)
The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: György Gát | János Uzsák
Stars: Miranda Richardson | Freddie Highmore | Bill Nighy | Sienna Miller | Clemency Burton-Hill
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
As: Captain Davy Jones
Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
Runtime: 169 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Stellan Skarsgård | Johnny Depp | Chow Yun-Fat
Hot Fuzz (2007)
As: Met Chief Inspector
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. It is addressed as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Stars: Paddy Considine | Rafe Spall | Simon Pegg | Jim Broadbent | Nick Frost
Vanity Fair: Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
As: The Preacher
The most ambitious portfolio in the 13-year history of Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue, this year's homage to noir had its own dramatic imperatives.
Runtime: 6 min.
Directed by: Annie Leibovitz
Stars: Jessica Alba | Ben Affleck | Amy Adams | Pedro Almodóvar | Alec Baldwin
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
As: Richard Hart
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Bill Nighy | Juno Temple | Judi Dench | Max Lewis
Flushed Away (2006)
As: Whitey (voice)
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: David Bowers | Sam Fell
Stars: Ian McKellen | Jean Reno | Kate Winslet | Bill Nighy | Hugh Jackman
Stormbreaker (2006)
As: Alan Blunt
Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually spy on a mission, when he was killed. Alex is recruited by Alan Blunt to continue the mission. He is sent to Cornwall to investigate a new computer system, which Darrius Sayle has created. He plans to give the new computer systems to every school in the country, but Mr. Blunt has other ideas and ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
Stars: Ewan McGregor | Stephen Fry | Robbie Coltrane | Sarah Bolger | Alex Pettyfer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
As: Captain Davy Jones
Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.
Runtime: 151 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Stellan Skarsgård | Johnny Depp | Bill Nighy
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
As: Viktor
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Stars: Derek Jacobi | Tony Curran | Scott Speedman | Kate Beckinsale | Shane Brolly
The Lost Prince (2005)
As: Stamfordham
The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama about the life of Prince John – youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary – who died at the age of 13 in 1919. John suffered from epileptic seizures and an autism-like developmental disorder, and the Royal Family tried to shelter him from public view as much as possible; rather than presenting the Royal Family as unsympathetic to ...
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
Stars: Rollo Weeks | Tom Hollander | Daniel Williams | Brock Everitt-Elwick | Matthew James Thomas
Gideon's Daughter (2005)
As: Gideon Warner
Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death. Nighy is a PR guru who has to stop and re-evaluate his world when his daughter threatens to leave his life, perhaps as revenge for his serial infidelities. Richardson plays a mother trying to bury her grief in an unconventional way after the loss ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff
Stars: Tom Hardy | Miranda Richardson | Emily Blunt | Bill Nighy | Robert Lindsay
The Constant Gardener (2005)
As: Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
Stars: Danny Huston | Ralph Fiennes | Rachel Weisz | Donald Sumpter | Bill Nighy
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
As: Himself
Documentary charting the rise of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from its original guise as a radio series through to becoming a Hollywood blockbuster.
Runtime: 25 min.
Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar | Zooey Deschanel | Sandra Dickinson | Clive Anderson | Colin Murray
The Girl in the Café (2005)
As: Lawrence
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: David Yates
Stars: Bill Nighy | Paul Ritter | Kelly Macdonald | Anton Lesser | Meneka Das
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
As: Dylan
A shaggy, candy-loving puppy named Dougal along with a group of friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil ice sorcerer ZeeBad (Zebedee's evil twin). As the world is placed in mortal danger Zeebad who wants to turn the world to ice. Doogal and his friends must recover 3 diamonds that are needed to stop him.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Frank Passingham | Jean Duval | Dave Borthwick
Stars: Ian McKellen | Bill Nighy | Kylie Minogue | Tom Baker | Robbie Williams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
As: Slartibartfast
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Garth Jennings
Stars: Sam Rockwell | John Malkovich | Zooey Deschanel | Martin Freeman | Yasiin Bey
Enduring Love (2004)
As: Robin
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Roger Michell
Stars: Rhys Ifans | Bill Nighy | Susan Lynch | Samantha Morton | Daniel Craig
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
As: Phillip
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Stars: Kate Ashfield | Simon Pegg | Lucy Davis | Nick Frost | Dylan Moran
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
As: Narrator
Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.
Runtime: 50 min.
Stars: Bill Nighy | Christopher Biggins | Peter Vaughan | Ronnie Barker | Patricia Brake
The Young Visiters (2003)
As: Earl of Clincham
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadvertent social satire.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: David Yates
Stars: Bill Nighy | Jim Broadbent | Geoffrey Palmer | Hugh Laurie | Lyndsey Marshal
Underworld (2003)
As: Viktor
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Stars: Michael Sheen | Scott Speedman | Bill Nighy | Kate Beckinsale | Shane Brolly
Love Actually (2003)
As: Billy Mack
Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Stars: Colin Firth | Sienna Guillory | Bill Nighy | Gregor Fisher | Rory MacGregor
I Capture the Castle (2003)
As: James Mortmain
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Based on Dodie Smith's 1948 novel with the same name.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Tim Fywell
Stars: Rose Byrne | Bill Nighy | Tara Fitzgerald | Marc Blucas | Romola Garai
Lawless Heart (2002)
As: Dan
In a British seaside resort, several lives intertwine following the funeral of a gay restaurant owner
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Neil Hunter | Tom Hunsinger
Stars: Clémentine Célarié | Bill Nighy | Douglas Henshall | Tom Hollander | Sukie Smith
Lucky Break (2001)
As: Roger
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Peter Cattaneo
Stars: James Nesbitt | Timothy Spall | Olivia Williams | Christopher Plummer | Bill Nighy
Blow Dry (2001)
As: Ray Robertson
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Paddy Breathnach
Stars: Rachel Griffiths | Rachael Leigh Cook | Alan Rickman | Natasha Richardson | Josh Hartnett
Longitude (2000)
As: Lord Sandwich
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Runtime: 200 min.
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Stars: Michael Gambon | Ian Hart | Jeremy Irons | Jonathan Coy | Peter Cartwright
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
As: Mr Johnson
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Adrian Edmondson
Stars: Kate Ashfield | Bill Nighy | Rik Mayall | Adrian Edmondson | Steven O'Donnell
Don't Leave Me This Way (1999)
As: John Tracey
British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While ...
Directed by: Stuart Orme
Stars: Bill Nighy | Imelda Staunton | Ian McNeice | Janet McTeer | John Fortune
Still Crazy (1998)
As: Ray Simms
In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Stars: Timothy Spall | Stephen Rea | Bill Nighy | Billy Connolly | Jimmy Nail
Alive and Kicking (1997)
As: Tristan
A passionately committed young dancer is forced to re-examine his career and life when faced with death, finding hope through an older man who becomes his lover, mentor and companion.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Nancy Meckler
Stars: Jason Flemyng | Antony Sher | Bill Nighy | Anthony Higgins | Dorothy Tutin
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
As: Edward Gardner
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Stars: Harvey Keitel | Peter O'Toole | Paul McGann | Florence Hoath | Elizabeth Earl
True Blue (1996)
As: Jeremy Saville
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Stars: Johan Leysen | Bill Nighy | Dominic West | Edward Atterton | Ryan Bollman
Being Human (1994)
As: Julian
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Bill Forsyth
Stars: Robin Williams | Robert Carlyle | Maudie Johnson | Max Johnson | Irvine Allen
Unnatural Causes (1993)
As: Oliver Latham
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a further degree of difficulty, Dalgliesh must contend with a colleague on the case, the aptly named Inspector Reckless.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: John Davies
Stars: Simon Chandler | Bill Nighy | Kenneth Colley | Mel Martin | Roy Marsden
A Masculine Ending (1992)
As: John Tracey
While English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved ...
Directed by: Antonia Bird
Stars: Bill Nighy | Imelda Staunton | Suzanna Hamilton | Paul Brooke | Janet McTeer
Absolute Hell (1991)
Black comedy written by Rodney Ackland.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Anthony Page
Stars: Ronald Pickup | Bill Nighy | Charles Gray | Judi Dench | Francesca Annis
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
As: Martin Barton
A darker version of the classic Gaston Leroux novel. A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer who has plans for those oppose himself or the young singer.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Stars: Bill Nighy | Robert Englund | Alex Hyde-White | Jill Schoelen | Stephanie Lawrence
Mack the Knife (1989)
As: Tiger Brown
In the 19th century London, a young girl falls for a famous womanizing criminal and they decide to get married. Her family strongly disapproves so her father "the king of thieves" gets the gangster arrested.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Menahem Golan
Stars: Richard Harris | Roger Daltrey | Mark Northover | Julia Migenes | Raúl Juliá
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
As: Ronald Marsh
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Lou Antonio
Stars: Faye Dunaway | Bill Nighy | Peter Ustinov | Jonathan Cecil | Diane Keen
Hitler's SS: Portrait In Evil (1985)
As: Helmut Hoffmann
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman (Bill Nighy) a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl (John Shea), a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A." (storm troopers).
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Jim Goddard
Stars: John Shea | Bill Nighy | David Warner | Warren Clarke | Lucy Gutteridge
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
As: Al (Theatre Company)
An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Stars: Diane Keaton | Eli Danker | Sami Frey | Klaus Kinski | Yorgo Voyagis
Easter 2016 (1982)
As: Connor Mullan
Set in 2016 prior to the centennial of the Easter Rising at Northern Ireland's only integrated teacher training college. A struggle develops between the principal and the security director who values security more than education.
Runtime: 68 min.
Directed by: Ben Bolt
Stars: Denys Hawthorne | Denys Hawthorne | Derrick O'Connor | Derrick O'Connor