ACTOR: Bill Nighy

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Gilly the Goldfish
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August 8th, 2006 at 03:08pm
Well i love Bill he's a legend...
so lets pay homage to him.

Bill Nighy was born on December 12th 1949 in Caterham, Surrey. His father managed a garage in Croydon and his mother worked as a psychiatric nurse. At school he gained 'O'-levels in English Language and English Literature and enjoyed reading, particularly Ernest Hemingway. On leaving school he wanted to become a journalist but didn't have the required qualifications. He eventually went on to work as a messenger boy for the Field magazine. He stayed in Paris for a while because he wanted to write "the great novel", but he only managed to write the title. When he ran out of money, the British consul shipped him home. A girlfriend suggested that he should become an actor, so he trained at Guildford School of Dance and Drama. Since then he has found continuous work as an actor, on stage, screen and radio. His stage work includes National Theatre roles in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 1993, David Hare's Skylight and Blue Orange. Bill's partner is actress Diana Quick (he asked her to marry him but she said: "don't ask me again", he calls her his wife because anything else would be too difficult). They have a daughter, Mary Nighy, who is studying at university and contemplating an acting career. She has already began to appear on TV dramas and radio programmes

Filmography:
Easy Virtue (2007) (pre-production)
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (2007) (filming) .... Davy Jones
Hot Fuzz (2007) (post-production)
Flushed Away (2006) (post-production) (voice) .... Whitey
Notes on a Scandal (2006) (completed) .... Richard Hart

Stormbreaker (2006) .... Alan Blunt
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Davy Jones
... aka Rummty II (Philippines: English title: review title)
Underworld: Evolution (2006) .... Viktor
Gideon's Daughter (2005) (TV) .... Gideon Warner
The Constant Gardener (2005) .... Sir Bernard Pellegrin
... aka Ewige Gärtner, Der (Germany)
The Girl in the Café (2005) (TV) .... Lawrence
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) .... Slartibartfast
The Magic Roundabout (2005) (voice: English version) .... Dylan
... aka Pollux - Le manège enchanté (France)
... aka Sprung! The Magic Roundabout (USA)
... aka The Magic Roundabout (UK)
Enduring Love (2004) .... Robin
"He Knew He Was Right" (2004) (mini) TV Series .... Colonel Osborne
Shaun of the Dead (2004) .... Philip
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003) (TV) .... Narrator
The Young Visiters (2003) (TV) .... Earl of Clincham
"The Canterbury Tales" .... James Dunbar (The Wife of Bath)
- The Wife of Bath (2003) TV Episode .... James Dunbar
Underworld (2003) .... Viktor
... aka Underworld (Germany)
Love Actually (2003) .... Billy Mack
"State of Play" .... Cameron Foster
- Episode #1.1 (2003) TV Episode .... Cameron Foster
The Lost Prince (2003) (TV) .... Stamfordham
I Capture the Castle (2003) .... James Mortmain
Ready When You Are Mr. McGill (2003) (TV) .... Phil Parish
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August 9th, 2006 at 06:23am
he creeps me out, he was in Auf Weidersen pet special and he just looks strange
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