Bill Nighy (born 12 December 1949 in Caterham, Surrey) is a British actor who began his career on stage at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, before rising to prominence at the Royal National Theatre in London. He became internationally known for playing washed-up pop star Billy Mack in Love Actually (2003), a role that earned him a BAFTA, and for voicing the tentacled Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. His most acclaimed film performance to date is as the ailing civil servant Mr. Williams in Living (2022), which brought him his first Oscar nomination at the age of 73.
Nighy launched season 3 of his podcast 'ill-advised', described as a refuge for the awkward and the shy.
500 Miles, the road movie in which Nighy plays an eccentric grandfather, premiered on 26 June 2026 in the United Kingdom.
500 Miles had its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival on 27 February 2026.
Nighy was added to the cast of the films & Sons and A Town in Nova Scotia, alongside his already announced role in Shelter (2026).
Nighy voiced Longneck in the animated film The Wild Robot, which grossed $ 334.5 million worldwide.
