# Bill Nighy on screen and stage

Bill Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is a British actor of the stage and screen.

## Film

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | The Bitch | Flower Delivery Boy | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Death Watch | Man in 'Harriet scene' | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Army officer | Uncredited |
| 1981 | Eye of the Needle | Squadron Leader Blenkinsop | |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | ENT Doctor | |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | Al | |
| 1985 | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Helmut Hoffmann | |
| 1985 | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh | |
| 1989 | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton | |
| 1989 | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown | |
| 1994 | Being Human | Julian | |
| 1996 | True Blue | Jeremy Saville | |
| 1996 | Indian Summer | Tristan | |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner | |
| 1998 | Still Crazy | Ray Simms | |
| 1999 | Guest House Paradiso | Mr Johnson | |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Raymond "Ray" Robertson | |
| 2001 | Lawless Heart | Dan | |
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Roger "Rog" Chamberlain | |
| 2002 | AKA | Uncle Louis Gryffoyn | |
| 2003 | Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill | Phil Parish | |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Billy Mack | |
| 2003 | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain | |
| 2003 | Underworld | Viktor | |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Philip | |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | Robin | |
| 2005 | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) | UK version only |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast | |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin | |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones | |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Viktor | |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt | |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) | |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart | |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Chief Inspector Kenneth | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Davy Jones | |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Friedrich Olbricht | |
| 2008 | A Fox's Tale | The Ringmaster | |
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor | |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin | |
| 2009 | G-Force | Leonard Saber | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Professor Simon Elefun/Robotsky (voice) | |
| 2009 | Glorious 39 | Sir Alexander | |
| 2010 | Wild Target | Victor Maynard | |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Rufus Scrimgeour | |
| 2011 | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) | |
| 2011 | Chalet Girl | Richard | |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) | |
| 2011 | The Man with the Stolen Heart | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus | |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Matthias Lair | |
| 2013 | Great White Shark 3D | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Fallon (voice) | |
| 2013 | The World's End | The Network (voice) | |
| 2013 | About Time | James Lake | |
| 2014 | I, Frankenstein | Naberius | |
| 2014 | Pride | Cliff | |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | |
| 2016 | Dad's Army | Sergeant Wilson | |
| 2016 | Norm of the North | Socrates (voice) | |
| 2016 | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank | |
| 2016 | The Limehouse Golem | John Kildare | |
| 2017 | The Bookshop | Edmund Brundish | |
| 2018 | Sometimes Always Never | Alan | |
| 2019 | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey | |
| 2019 | Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford / Mewtwo (voice) | |
| 2019 | Hope Gap | Edward | |
| 2019 | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) | |
| 2020 | Emma. | Mr Woodhouse | |
| 2020 | Minamata | Robert Hayes | |
| 2021 | Buckley's Chance | Spencer | |
| 2022 | Living | Mr Rodney Williams | |
| 2024 | Role Play | Bob | |
| 2024 | The Beautiful Game | Mal | |
| 2024 | The First Omen | Lawrence | |
| 2024 | 10 Lives | Professor Craven (voice) | |
| 2024 | Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue | Conrad (voice) | |
| 2024 | The Wild Robot | Longneck (voice) | |
| 2024 | Joy | Patrick Steptoe | |
| 2024 | That Christmas | Lighthouse Bill (voice) | |
| 2025 | 500 Miles | | Filming |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976 | Softly, Softly: Taskforce | Albert Blake | Episode: "Say it with Flowers" |
| 1978–1982 | Play for Today | Dave/William/Bill | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Premier | Deasey | Episode: "Deasey" |
| 1980 | Agony | Vincent Fish | Season 2 |
| 1980 | Fox | Colin Street | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Bruno | Episode: "Standing in for Henry" |
| 1982 | Minder | Oates | Episode: "Looking for Micky" |
| 1982 | Play for Tomorrow | Connor Mullen | Episode: "Easter 2016" |
| 1983 | Reilly, Ace of Spies | Goschen | Episode: "1905: The Visiting Fireman" |
| 1983 | Jemima Shore Investigates | David Cullen | Episode: "A Model for Murder" |
| 1984 | Crown Court | Lee Sinclair | Episode: "The Son of His Father: Part 1" |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Cecil Meares | Miniseries: 4 episodes |
| 1989 | Storyboard | Sam | Episode: "Making News" |
| 1990 | Making News | Sam Courtney | 6 episodes |
| 1990 | ScreenPlay | Howard Nash | Episode: "Antonia and Jane" |
| 1990 | TECX | Brill | Episode: "Writing on the Wall" |
| 1991 | The Men's Room | Mark Carleton | BBC serial |
| 1991 | Bergerac | Barry | Episode: "All For Love" |
| 1991 | Boon | Steve Reeves | Episode: "Pillow Talk" |
| 1991–1993 | Performance | Roger Maitland/Hugh Marriner | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Chiller | Tom Dickenson | Episode: "The Cat Brought It In" |
| 1992 | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey | Television film |
| 1993 | Eye of the Storm | Tom Frewen | 6 episodes |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Alan Sinclair | Episode: "Growing Pains" |
| 1993 | Don't Leave Me This Way | John Tracey | Television film |
| 1993 | The Maitlands | Roger Maitland | BBC TV production |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | David Cleeve | Episode: "The Four Jacks" |
| 1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Belshazzar (voice) | Episode: "Daniel" |
| 1997 | Insiders | Mark Gordon | Episode: "The Vat Man" |
| 1997 | Kavanagh QC | Giles Culpepper QC | Episode: "Ancient History" |
| 1999–2000 | Kiss Me Kate | Ian | 5 episodes |
| 1998–2000 | The Canterbury Tales | The Merchant | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | People Like Us | Will Rushmore | Episode: "The Photographer" |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | Television film |
| 2000 | Animated Tales of the World | Tiger (Voice) | Episode: "A Story of Taiwan: Aunt Tiger" |
| 2002 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Jeffrey Grainger | Season 3 |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Alan Lockwood | Episode: "Well Schooled in Murder" |
| 2003 | State of Play | Cameron Foster | 6 episodes |
| 2003 | Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill | Phil Parish | Television film |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham | Television film |
| 2003 | The Canterbury Tales | James | Episode: "The Wife of Bath" |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham | Television film |
| 2003 | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Narrator (voice) | Television film |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Colonel Osborne | 3 parts |
| 2005 | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence | Television film |
| 2005 | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner | Television film |
| 2006 | Horizon | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "The Great Robot Race" |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales | Mr Jellaby | Episode: "Statuesque" |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Dr Black | Uncredited; episode: "Vincent and the Doctor" |
| 2011 | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker | BBC TV series: The Worricker Trilogy |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | BBC TV series: The Worricker Trilogy |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker | BBC TV series: The Worricker Trilogy |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack | Television short film |
| 2018 | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyll | 3 episodes |
| 2019–present | The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys | Narrator (voice) | Television series |
| 2020–2021 | Castlevania | Saint Germain (voice) | 14 episodes |
| 2021–present | World’s Most Scenic River Journeys | Narrator (voice) | Television series |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | Television series |
| 2024 | Kent: The Garden of England | Narrator (voice) | Television series |
| 2025 | Lazarus† | Dr. Lazarus | Filming |
| TBA | Ride or Die† | The Director | Filming |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue | Ref. |
| 1969 | Plaza Suite | Asst. Stage Manager | Neil Simon | Watermill Theatre, Newbury | |
| 1969 | The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore | Performer | Tennessee Williams | Watermill Theatre, Newbury | |
| 1971 | Landscape and Silence | Performer | Harold Pinter | Gateway Theatre, Chester | |
| 1971 | Entertaining Mr Sloane | Mr. Sloane | Joe Orton | Gateway Theatre, Chester | |
| 1971 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Performer | Tom Stoppard | Arts Theatre, Cambridge | |
| 1971 | The Immoralist | Performer | André Gide | Hampstead Theatre | |
| 1971 | Speak Now | Timmy | Olwen Wymark | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | |
| 1971 | Under New Management | Harold | Chris Bond | Everyman Theatre, Liverpool | |
| 1972 | Freedom of the City | Skinnwe | Brian Friel | Everyman Theatre, Liverpool | |
| 1976 | Occupy! | Player | | Everyman Theatre, Liverpool | |
| 1977 | Illuminatus! | Performer | Ken Campbell/Chris Langham | National Theatre, London | |
| 1978 | Comings and Goings | Vernon | Mike Stott | Hampstead Theatre Club | |
| 1979 | The Warp | Performer | Neil Oram/ Ken Campbell | Institute of Contemporary Arts, London | |
| 1980 | Illuminations | Gorman | Arthur Rimbaud | Lyric Hammersmith | |
| 1983 | A Map of the World | Stephen Andrews | David Hare | National Theatre, London | |
| 1985 | Pravda | Eaton Sylvester | David Hare/ Howard Brenton | National Theatre, London | |
| 1986 | King Lear | Edgar | William Shakespeare | National Theatre, London | |
| 1987 | Mean Tears | Julian | Peter Gill | National Theatre, Cottesloe | |
| 1991 | Betrayal | Jerry | Harold Pinter | Almeida Theatre, London | |
| 1993 | Arcadia | Bernard Nightingale | Tom Stoppard | National Theatre, London | |
| 1994 | The Seagull | Trigorin | Anton Chekhov | National Theatre, London | |
| 1995–97 | Skylight | Tom Sergeant | David Hare | National Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre | UK tour |
| 1998 | A Kind of Alaska | Hornby | Harold Pinter | Donmar Warehouse | |
| 2000–01 | Blue/Orange | Robert | Joe Penhall | National Theatre, Cottesloe Duchess Theatre, London | |
| 2006 | The Vertical Hour | Oliver Lucas | David Hare | Music Box Theater, Broadway | |
| 2014 | Skylight | Tom Sergeant | David Hare | Wyndham's Theatre, West End | |
| 2015 | Skylight | Tom Sergeant | David Hare | John Golden Theatre, Broadway | |

## Radio

| Date | Title | Role | Station |
| 1981 | The Lord of the Rings | Sam Gamgee | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1983 | Yes Minister | Frank Weisel | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1990 | Pravda | Eaton Sylvester | BBC Radio 3 |
| 1993 | Arcadia | Bernard Nightingale | BBC Radio 3 |
| 1994 | Ancient Enemies | Un­known | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1999 | So Much Blood | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play |
| 2002 | Blue/Orange | Un­known | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2003 | Baldi: The Book Case | O'Connor | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 2003 | Turtle Diary | William | BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play |
| 2004 | A Series of Murders | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play |
| 2004 | All Fingers and Thumbs | Tom | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 2006 | A Charles Paris Mystery: Sicken and So Die | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2007 | A Charles Paris Mystery: Murder Unprompted | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2008 | I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse | Keith | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 2008 | A Charles Paris Mystery: Dead Side of the Mic | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2009 | Educating Rita | Frank | BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play |
| 2010 | Private Lives | Elyot | BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play |
| 2010 | A Charles Paris Mystery: Cast in Order of Disappearance | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2010 | A Charles Paris Mystery: Murder in the Title | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2011 | The Bat Man | Christopher | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 2013 | Darkside | The Witch Finder / Doctor Antrobus | BBC Radio 2 |
| 2016 | A Charles Paris Mystery: A Decent Interval | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2019 | A Charles Paris Mystery: Star Trap | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2020 | A Charles Paris Mystery: A Doubtful Death | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2021 | A Charles Paris Mystery: A Deadly Habit | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2023 | A Charles Paris Mystery: So Much Blood | Charles Paris | BBC Radio 4 |

## Video games

| Year | Title | Voice |
| 2009 | G-Force | Leonard Saber |
| 2013 | Disney Infinity | Davy Jones |
| 2014 | The Elder Scrolls Online | High King Emeric |
| 2014 | Destiny | The Speaker |
| 2015 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited | High King Emeric |
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Davy Jones |
| 2017 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind | High King Emeric |
| 2017 | Destiny 2 | The Speaker |
| 2018 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset | High King Emeric |
| 2019 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr | High King Emeric |
| 2020 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor | High King Emeric |
| 2020 | Kosmokrats | Narrator |
| 2021 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood | High King Emeric |

## Audio drama

| Year | Title | Role | Author | Production company | Notes |
| 2021 | The Sandman: Act II | Odin | Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs | Audible | |

## Music Video

| Year | Song | Artist | Role |
| 2022 | Free | Florence + The Machine | Florence Welch's anxiety |