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Bill Nighy (1949-) is an English actor. Nighy became widely known for his performance as Billy Mack in 2003’s Love Actually. Other notable roles in cinema include his portrayal of Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean film series as well as Viktor in the Underworld film series. His IMDb page shows over 148 acting credits since 1976. This page will rank Bill Nighy movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Bill Nighy Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Best IMDb Trivia On Bill Nighy
1. William Francis Nighy was born in Caterham, Surrey in 1949.
2. Bill Nighy turned down the chance to play the Doctor in Doctor Who (2005).
3. Love Actually trivia: Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) and his manager Joe (Gregor Fisher) are the only characters in this movie whose storyline doesn’t directly connect to any of the others. All of the other main characters are linked via family, friendship, or work.
4. To play Davy Jones in the Pirates movies, Bill Nighy wore a motion capture tracksuit, that meant the animators at Industrial Light & Magic did not have to reshoot the scene in the studio without him, or on the motion capture stage.
5. Didn’t realize Bill Nighy was in The World’s End (2013)? After the fight in the bathroom, when the guys try to place calls, the “your call cannot be connected” messages they hear, are voiced by Bill Nighy. The barely audible voice on the phone in the Trusty Servant, speaking to Reverend Green, is also Nighy, and when the blank of Adrian Keane approaches Sam in the club, his line is voiced by Nighy as well.
Check out Bill Nighy’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Bill Nighy is the # 56 most connected actor of the 2010’s.
On Monday the 16th my wife and me went to the movies on the last day you could see one in New York State. We went to the AMC Raceway 10 and were the only 2 people at Hope Gap starring Mr. Nighy and Annette Bening. Don’t waste your time, he acts like he doesn’t know what he’s doing there and Annette has so many ticks or she’s so effected like everything requires some facial movement.
Jack the Giant Killer featuring Mr. Nighy was the last film I saw in a cinema before my mother passed away.
I first noticed him in Love Actually trying to have the Christmas number 1, I always loved the fact the Brits would bet on what the Christmas # 1 would be and their music trades would list betting odds. Love Actually was my top film of 2003.
Bill is # 211 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list, these are the other actors on the list he has appeared with. He may be the first person I’ve seen who worked with the top 4.
1 CHRISTOPHER LEE Glorious 39 (2009)
2 HARVEY KEITEL FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Lucky Break (2001)
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND Astro Boy (2009)
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND Eye of the Needle (1981)
8 JOHN HURT Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Astro Boy (2009)
16 TERENCE STAMP Valkyrie (2008)
17 STELLAN SKARSGARD Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
17 STELLAN SKARSGARD Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
29 NED BEATTY Rango (2011)
31 ROGER MOORE Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
32 PETER O’TOOLE FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
34 ALFRED MOLINA Rango (2011)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON Death Watch (1980)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON Rango (2011)
39 JIM BROADBENT Arthur Christmas (2011)
39 JIM BROADBENT Hot Fuzz (2007)
39 JIM BROADBENT Sprung! The Magic Roundabout (2005)
55 KLAUS KINSKI The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
58 HELEN MIRREN The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
64 TOM WILKINSON VALKYRIE (2008)
80 JOHN MALKOVICH The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
82 LIAM NEESON Love Actually (2003)
84 IAN BANNEN Eye of the Needle (1981)
87 ROBERT LOGGIA Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
99 JOHN TURTURRO Being Human (1994)
101 BURT KWOUK Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
109 DAVID NIVEN Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
111 RICHARD HARRIS Mack the Knife (1989)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI G-Force (2009)
121 MICHAEL GAMBON DAD’S ARMY (2016)
121 MICHAEL GAMBON Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
121 MICHAEL GAMBON London – The Modern Babylon (2012)
122 IAN MCSHANE JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (2013)
136 JOHNNY DEPP Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
136 JOHNNY DEPP Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
136 JOHNNY DEPP Rango (2011)
138 HERBERT LOM Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
152 JEREMY IRONS THEIR FINEST (2017)
161 NICOLAS CAGE Astro Boy (2009)
161 NICOLAS CAGE G-Force (2009)
167 MAGGIE SMITH THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
168 ROBERT WAGNER Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
178 RICHARD GRIFFITHS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
178 RICHARD GRIFFITHS The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
187 JULIE CHRISTIE Glorious 39 (2009)
189 JONATHAN PRYCE Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
189 JONATHAN PRYCE Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
191 COLIN FIRTH Love Actually (2003)
196 JUDI DENCH Notes on a Scandal (2006)
196 JUDI DENCH THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
201 JASON FLEMYNG Alive and Kicking (1996)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
217 MICKEY ROURKE Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)
226 RICHARD GERE THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
240 RICHARD E. GRANT THEIR FINEST (2017)
249 TOM CRUISE Valkyrie (2008)
258 DEREK JACOBI Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
258 DEREK JACOBI Underworld: Evolution (2006)
265 ROBBIE COLTRANE Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)
265 ROBBIE COLTRANE Death Watch (1980)
265 ROBBIE COLTRANE Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
267 ROBIN WILLIAMS Being Human (1994)
279 JASON ISAACS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
282 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO Being Human (1994)
289 MEL GIBSON FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
323 STEPHEN ROOT Rango (2011)
332 STEVE COOGAN ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (2011)
332 STEVE COOGAN HOT FUZZ (2007)
337 BILLY BOB THORNTON Love Actually (2003)
353 CATE BLANCHETT Hot Fuzz (2007)
353 CATE BLANCHETT Notes on a Scandal (2006)
354 WILLIAM H. MACY Being Human (1994)
359 DIANE KEATON The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
363 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Pirate Radio (2009)
370 THOMAS KRETSCHMANN Valkyrie (2008)
376 HUGH GRANT Love Actually (2003)
383 JOHN RATZENBERGER The Bitch (1979)
397 KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Love Actually (2003)
397 KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
397 KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
408 GRAHAM STARK Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
425 EMILY MORTIMER THE BOOKSHOP (2018)
437 TOBY JONES DAD’S ARMY (2016)
437 TOBY JONES Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
447 STEPHEN FRY ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER (2006)
447 STEPHEN FRY THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (2005)
451 CLIVE REVILL Mack the Knife (1989)
456 CELIA IMRIE LUCKY BREAK (2001)
456 CELIA IMRIE THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
457 DAVID ALAN GRIER Astro Boy (2009)
462 DANNY HUSTON The Constant Gardener (2005)
462 DANNY HUSTON Wrath of the Titans (2012)
468 EWAN MCGREGOR Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)
468 EWAN MCGREGOR Being Human (1994)
468 EWAN MCGREGOR Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
488 ROB SCHNEIDER NORM OF THE NORTH (2016)
492 DYLAN BAKER True Blue (1996)
506 PENELOPE CRUZ G-Force (2009)
509 DAVID THEWLIS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
514 BRYAN CRANSTON TOTAL RECALL (2012)
528 TIMOTHY SPALL Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
528 TIMOTHY SPALL LUCKY BREAK (2001)
528 TIMOTHY SPALL STILL CRAZY (1998)
530 CHARLIZE THERON Astro Boy (2009)
532 HEATHER GRAHAM NORM OF THE NORTH (2016)
539 RALPH FIENNES Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
539 RALPH FIENNES The Constant Gardener (2005)
539 RALPH FIENNES Wrath of the Titans (2012)
542 PETE POSTLEWAITE The Constant Gardener (2005)
544 MICHAEL BYRNE Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
548 EWEN BREMNER JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (2013)
558 JOANNA LUMLEY CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1983)
558 JOANNA LUMLEY SPRUNG! THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (2005)
562 KEVIN MCNALLY PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END (2007)
562 KEVIN MCNALLY VALKYRIE (2008)
567 JEAN RENO Flushed Away (2006)
576 JOAN CUSACK ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (2011)
586 GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
586 GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
594 STEPHEN REA Still Crazy (1998)
627 DAVID HAYMAN EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1981)
630 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Flushed Away (2006)
641 JEREMY NORTHAM GLORIOUS 39 (2009)
671 BERNARD HILL VALKYRIE (2008)
674 IAN MCKELLEN FLUSHED AWAY (2006)
674 IAN MCKELLEN SPRUNG! THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (2005)
675 RHYS IFANS ENDURING LOVE (2004)
675 RHYS IFANS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
675 RHYS IFANS PIRATE RADIO (2009)
683 SIMON PEGG GUEST HOUSE PARADISO (1999)
683 SIMON PEGG HOT FUZZ (2007)
683 SIMON PEGG SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
683 SIMON PEGG THE WORLD’S END (2013)
686 SAM ROCKWELL G-Force (2009)
686 SAM ROCKWELL The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
690 IAN MCNEICE THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (2005)
690 IAN MCNEICE VALKYRIE (2008)
705 BRENDAN GLEESON Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
707 COLIN FARRELL Total Recall (2012)
713 RUPERT EVERETT WILD TARGET (2010)
733 DANIEL CRAIG Enduring Love (2004)
737 PAUL FREEMAN HOT FUZZ (2007)
739 HUGH BONNEVILLE BLOW DRY (2001)
739 HUGH BONNEVILLE GLORIOUS 39 (2009)
751 STUART WILSON HOT FUZZ (2007)
754 CHIWETEL EJIOFOR LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
762 FRED TATASCIORE JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (2013)
765 COLM MEANEY NORM OF THE NORTH (2016)
771 LAURA LINNEY ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (2011)
771 LAURA LINNEY LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
777 HELENA BONHAM CARTER Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
789 EMILY BLUNT WILD TARGET (2010)
791 EMMA THOMPSON Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
791 EMMA THOMPSON Love Actually (2003)
791 EMMA THOMPSON Pirate Radio (2009)
794 JOAN COLLINS The Bitch (1979)
818 BILLY CONNOLLY STILL CRAZY (1998)
819 JENNY AGUTTER GLORIOUS 39 (2009)
823 DENISE RICHARDS LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
839 DAVID SUCHET FLUSHED AWAY (2006)
839 DAVID SUCHET THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL (1984)
850 KATE WINSLET Flushed Away (2006)
861 RADE SERBEDZIJA Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
864 ANNA MASSEY THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL (1984)
865 TIMOTHY DALTON Hot Fuzz (2007)
870 DEE BRADLEY BAKER ASTRO BOY (2009)
870 DEE BRADLEY BAKER G-FORCE (2009)
875 PATRICIA CLARKSON THE BOOKSHOP (2018)
878 ROMY SCHNEIDER Death Watch (1980)
890 SAM KYDD EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1981)
894 KENNETH CRANHAM HOT FUZZ (2007)
894 KENNETH CRANHAM VALKYRIE (2008)
920 VINCENT CASSEL GUEST HOUSE PARADISO (1999)
927 ANNETTE BENING HOPE GAP (2020)
931 WILLIAM HOOTKINS Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
933 JAMES MCAVOY ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (2011)
976 RAY WINSTONE RANGO (2011)
976 RAY WINSTONE SPRUNG! THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (2005)
978 EDDIE MARSAN JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (2013)
978 EDDIE MARSAN THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM (2016)
978 EDDIE MARSAN THE WORLD’S END (2013)
978 EDDIE MARSAN THEIR FINEST (2017)
981 EILEEN ATKINS WILD TARGET (2010)
997 NATHAN LANE ASTRO BOY (2009)
HM (804) KATE NELLIGAN EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1981)
HM (895) RONALD PICKUP THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
HM (924) BILL PATERSON DAD’S ARMY (2016)
HM (950) CORIN REDGRAVE ENDURING LOVE (2004)
HM (950) CORIN REDGRAVE GLORIOUS 39 (2009)
HM (976) BROOKE SHIELDS Chalet Girl (2011)
Bill has appeared with 24 Oscar winners.
CATE BLANCHETT Hot Fuzz (2007)
CATE BLANCHETT Notes on a Scandal (2006)
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES DAD’S ARMY (2016)
CHARLIZE THERON Astro Boy (2009)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Lucky Break (2001)
COLIN FIRTH Love Actually (2003)
DAVID NIVEN Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
DIANE KEATON The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
EMMA THOMPSON Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
EMMA THOMPSON Love Actually (2003)
EMMA THOMPSON Pirate Radio (2009)
GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
HELEN MIRREN The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
JEREMY IRONS THEIR FINEST (2017)
JIM BROADBENT Arthur Christmas (2011)
JIM BROADBENT Hot Fuzz (2007)
JIM BROADBENT Sprung! The Magic Roundabout (2005)
JUDI DENCH Notes on a Scandal (2006)
JUDI DENCH The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
JUDI DENCH THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
JULIE CHRISTIE Glorious 39 (2009)
KATE WINSLET Flushed Away (2006)
LUPITA NYONG’O THE CONSTANT GARDENER (2005)
MAGGIE SMITH The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
MAGGIE SMITH THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
NICOLAS CAGE Astro Boy (2009)
NICOLAS CAGE G-Force (2009)
OLIVIA COLMAN HOT FUZZ (2007)
PENELOPE CRUZ G-Force (2009)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Pirate Radio (2009)
RACHEL WEISZ The Constant Gardener (2005)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Being Human (1994)
SAM ROCKWELL G-Force (2009)
SAM ROCKWELL The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Hey Dan
1. Thanks for the trivia lists.
2. So Nighy has two memories in your head…..the last movie before the Corona Virus put the movie theater business in the toilet and the last movie you saw with your mom. Both are pretty sad events.
3. Thanks for the mini-review of Hope Gap. I will see that one when it reaches home entertainment…which could be in a couple of days…lol.
4. I watched Still Crazy and Love Actually at roughly the same time….that double movie put Bill Nighy on my radar….and he has been on it ever since.
5. Number 211? That is much lower than I would have guessed. Lots of Pirates and Harry connections on the first list. So three movies with Jim Broadbent and 0 with Caine. I would have thought Caine and Nighy would have crossed paths.
6. Only 24 Oscar winning co-stars?…..a little on the low end.
As always…..great feedback.
Jack the Giant Killer was the last movie I saw in a cinema before my mother died, she didn’t see it. She hadn’t been to a film in I think 16 years when she passed. I hadn’t gone to a movie with my mother since I was 15 or so.
Actually I believe Shooting Fish and My Best Friend’s Wedding are the last my mother saw, both in Dublin. The last she saw in America was Babe in 1995 and that was about 10 years since her last movie in the states.
From my perception Bill Nighy is in that bracket of actors whom one might recall often hearing about without being able to place him until seeing a list of his films. Accordingly on looking down Bruce’s charts today I recalled that I had
(1) SEEN Bill as Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
(2) HEARD HIS VOICE as that of one of the heads of the two headed giant in 2013’s Jack the Giant Slayer; and also heard Bill in his voice role of Rattlesnake Jake in Johnny Depp’s Rango.
Overall Bill’s output has been prolific across many movies and other multi mediums: 55 television productions; 27 theatrical plays; 22 radio productions; and 6 video games. IMDB credits him with 15 acting awards and 29 noms; and his net worth is currently assessed as $8 million. In the pipeline for him are
COMPLETED: The Button Maker [a short drama film which he Narrates] and Heidi Queen of the Mountain [a family film]
POST PRODUCTION STAGE: Buckley’s Chance [another family film].
PRE PRODUCTION STAGE: Dragonkeeper [Animation]
In the cast lists published so far for those 4 movies Bill is the top-billed star. I like all the miniature stills above.
Hey Bob. Thanks for checking out our Bill Nighy page. Nighy has become one of my favorites over the last 20 or so years. I think About Time is a movie you would enjoy. Watch it with your son. WoC and I watched it a few months….see really liked it….and seemed even better on the second viewing. Nighy is excellent as the father in that one. He made his mark in Love Actually, but it was Still Crazy that I first noticed him. He plays an old rocker in both of them. Thanks for additional information on his awards, net worth, television roles and his upcoming movies. He currently has two movies in theaters right now….though Dan gave Hope Gap a big thumbs down. Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE
THanks for the feedback and the ‘must see’ advice.
Steve should be pleased that youv’e taken a shine to an Englishman!
aaaah Bill Nighy, good actor, good subject.
I’ve seen 25 of the 59 films on the chart. Favorites include the Underworld series, Pirates of the Caribbean 2-3, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, Harry Potter, Jack the Giant Slayer, Total Recall, Rango, Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas, Wrath of the Titans and Valkyrie.
I think he would have been a good Doctor Who. I liked him as Octopus-faced Davy Jones in Pirates, wasn’t there a Monkee named Davy Jones?
Looking at the chart his least successful film was his highest rated.
Pirates 2 was the most successful of the Jack Sparrow series, a massive hit.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve. Thanks for checking out our Bill Nighy page. I think I first noticed him was in still crazy, which probably got him his famous role in love actually. He played a crazy rocker in both movies. Not sure I even knew he was playing Davy Jones when I saw Pirates the first time, that is one of the best special-effects I’ve ever seen and deserved it’s Oscar win. I would say we have both seen a lot of his movies. I always like when he shows up, because it’s a good character actor he always bring something good to any movie no matter how bad it might be. I have seen all of your favorites. I like all of them as well. Never seen any Doctor Sho movies or shows,so I will nod my head in agreement about him making a good Dr. W. Good stuff as always.
Bill Nighy is one of my favorite character/supporting actors working today. Every time he pops up in a movie, that movie gets better. Overall I have seen 41 of the 59 movies listed above. That rounds up to 70% of his movies. Favorites would include Love Actually, About Time, Pirates 2, Shaun of the Dead and Pirate Radio.