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 â 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).