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Place of birth Caterham, Surrey, England
Year of debut 1980
Awards
- BAFTA Awards won1
- BAFTA Awards nominated1
Bill Nighy's mother was a nurse and his father owned a garage. When he left school, he worked as a messenger at a magazine. He wanted to become a journalist but ended up in Paris, trying and failing to write a novel. He returned home and studied at The Guildford School of Dance and Drama. He has gone on to have an eclectic career working on stage, screen and radio. He is well known for supporting roles in movies such as Shaun Of The Dead and Love Actually.
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£2.9912 Certificate 2007 161 MinsPirate adventure starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush. Moderate horror and action-adventure violence.
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£2.9915 Certificate 2007 115 MinsA London cop (Simon Pegg) is relocated to a small village. With Nick Frost and Jim Broadbent. Very strong language and strong comic bloody violence.
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£2.49PG Certificate 2009 84 MinsA group of highly trained guinea pigs go on a secret mission. With the voices of Sam Rockwell, Nicolas Cage, Jon Favreau and Penelope Cruz. Contains mild action violence and threat
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£2.49PG Certificate 2005 104 MinsMartin Freeman discovers that his best friend (Mos Def) is an alien and the world is about to be destroyed. Contains mild language and moderate fantasy horror.
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£2.9915 Certificate 1999 86 MinsRichie (Rik Mayall) and Eddie (Adrian Edmondson) are in charge of the worst hotel in England. Moderate language, moderate sex references and comedic violence.
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£2.4912 Certificate 2009 123 MinsAnne Keyes (Romola Garai) discovers a Nazi appeasement plot. Co stars Bill Nighy and David Tennant. Contains strong language and one gory image.
Did you know?
- Bill Nighy suffers from Dupuytren's contracture. It is a condition which causes certain fingers to be permanently bent inwards towards the palm.
- His song, Christmas Is All Around, from Love Actually reached number 26 on the UK music charts.
- He played the part of Sam Gangee in the original BBC radio production of The Lord Of The Rings, alongside Ian Holm. When director Peter Jackson made his movie version, he gave the radio recording to members of his cast who hadn't read the book.
- His daughter, Mary Nighy, is also an actress. Her movies include Tormented and Marie Antoinette.
- He is a huge fan of The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. He also supports Crystal Palace Football Club.
Awards
BAFTA Awards won1
- 2003 Actor in a Supporting Role - Love Actually
BAFTA Awards nominated1
- 2003 Actor in a Supporting Role - Love Actually
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