Bill Nighy is an English actor of stage and screen.
Over his career he has received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a Tony Award.
He has won a British Academy Film Award for his comedic supporting performance in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy Love Actually (2003). He received nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for his role as an elderly man with an illness in Living (2022). For his roles on television, he received a British Academy Television Award for his performance in the BBC One series State of Play (2003). Over his career he has earned three Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film nominations for his performances in the BBC / HBO film The Girl in the Café (2005), the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2006), and the PBS movie Page Eight (2011).
For his theatre roles he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role in the play Blue/Orange (2001). He received a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play starring opposite Carey Mulligan in the Broadway revival of David Hare's Skylight (2015).
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2023 Best Actor Living
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards2004Best Actor in a Supporting RoleLove Actually 2023 Best Actor in a Leading RoleLiving British Academy Television Awards 2004 Best ActorState of Play 2012 Best Single DramaPage Eight
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2005Best Actor – Miniseries or Television FilmThe Girl in the Café 2006Gideon's Daughter 2011Page Eight 2022Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaLiving
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2012Outstanding Cast in a Motion PictureThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2022Outstanding Actor in a Leading RoleLiving
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2001Best ActorBlue/Orange
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015Best Actor in a PlaySkylight
Miscellaneous awards Annie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2011Voice Acting in a Feature ProductionArthur Christmas
British Independent Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 Best ActorLawless Heart 2005 Best Supporting ActorThe Constant Gardener
Critics Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Awards 2012Best Actor in a Movie/MiniseriesPage Eight
Evening Standard British Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999Peter Sellers Award for ComedyStill Crazy 2004Love Actually
Goya Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2017Best Supporting ActorThe Bookshop
MTV Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2007Best VillainPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureStill Crazy 2004Love Actually 2005Best Supporting Actor – TelevisionThe Lost Prince 2006Best Actor – Miniseries or Television FilmGideon's Daughter 2011Page Eight
Saturn Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006Best Supporting ActorPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2008Valkyrie 2013About Time
Teen Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006Choice Movie: SleazebagPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2007Choice Movie: VillainPirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Critics awards Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2003Washington D.C. Film Critics AwardBest EnsembleLove Actually2004Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest CastLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardBest Supporting ActorAKArowspan="4" I Capture the CastleLawless HeartLove ActuallyLondon Critics Circle Film AwardsSupporting Actor of the YearLove Actually2013About Time2013Utah Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorAbout Time
See also List of British actors List of British Academy Award nominees and winners List of actors with Academy Award nominations References
External links
Bill Nighy: A Life in Pictures Interview at BAFTA
Silk Sound Books