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Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy is an English stage, TV and film actor and voice artist, a multi-award-winning actor of both the stage and screen, with an expansive career spanning fifty years. Amongst other awards, Bill has received a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Love Actually and a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries for his work in Gideon's Daughter. 

Other film credits include Living (adapted from the 1052 Japanese classic), The Beautiful Game, Minamata, Emma, The Kindness of Strangers, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Sometimes Always Never, Hope Gap, The Bookshop, The Limehouse Golem, Their Finest, Pride, About Time, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Wild Target, Pirate Radio, Valkyrie, Notes on a Scandal, The Constant Gardener, Lawless Heart, and Still Crazy.

Bill began his career on the stage and has since earned acclaim for his work in numerous plays, including David Hare's Pravada, Skylight, A Map of the World, and Blue/Orange.

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Norfolk and Suffolk: Country & Coast (2023)
Starring as Narrator (6 episodes)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022)
Starring as Thomas Jerome Newton (9 episodes)
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty (2021)
Starring as Narrator (13 episodes)
World's Most Scenic River Journeys (2021)
Starring as Narrator (16 episodes)
World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys (2019)
Starring as Narrator (41 episodes)
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
Starring as Leo Argyll (3 episodes)
Castlevania (2017)
Starring as Count Saint Germain (14 episodes)
A Very British Hotel (2017)
Starring as Narrator (4 episodes)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Bill Nighy
10 Minute Tales (2009)
Guest starring as Mr. Jellaby
Doctor Who (2005)
Guest starring as Dr. Black
He Knew He Was Right (2004)
Starring as Colonel Osbourne (3 episodes)
  • Episode 1x03: Part 3 (May 2, 2004)
  • Episode 1x02: Part 2 (Apr 25, 2004)
  • Episode 1x01: Part 1 (Apr 18, 2004)
Grumpy Old Men (2003)
Guest starring as Bill Nighy (4 episodes)
Canterbury Tales (2003)
Guest starring as James
State of Play (2003)
Starring as Cameron Foster (6 episodes)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
Guest starring as Lockwood
Kiss Me Kate (1998)
Guest starring as Iain Cameron (5 episodes)
Peak Practice (1993)
Guest starring as Alan Sinclair
The Men's Room (1991)
Starring as Prof. Mark Carleton
This Morning (1988)
Guest starring as Bill Nighy
Lazarus ()
Starring as Doctor Lazarus
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