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  Bill Nighy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bill Nighy (IPA: /naɪ/; born December 12, 1949) is a BAFTA-award winning English actor.
Nighy has starred in many radio and television dramas, notably the BBC serial, The Men's Room (1991), and more recently the thriller State of Play (2003) and costume drama He Knew He Was Right (2004).
Nighy was born in Caterham in Surrey, and attended the John Fisher School in Purley.
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 BBC - Drama Faces - Bill Nighy
Bill stars as Colonel Osborne in the Andrew Davies adaptation of Anthony Trollope's He Knew He Was Right.
Bill reached number 26 in the charts with Christmas Is All Around, taken from the film Love Actually.
Bill was born in 1949 in Caterham, Surrey.
www.bbc.co.uk /drama/faces/bill_nighy.shtml   (485 words)

  
 ....................Bill NiGhY....................   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In a London mental hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an exiled African dictator.
Bill Nighy is outstanding as the power-mad senior shrink, moving from apparent affability to ferocious megalomaniac menace, and there is strong support from Andrew Lincoln as his alarmed junior and Chiwetel Ejiofor as the confused, engaging but increasingly peripheral patient.
Bill Nighy's hip and sympathetic, Laingian-inspired consultant is eager to save Christopher from being institutionalised and to prevent any fl man's symptoms of alienation and loneliness from being diagnosed as psychoses.
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 Moviehole.net - Interview : Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is one of Britain’s most beloved character actors, who ranges in diversity from the ferociously hilarious [Love Actually], to the subtle dramatic [The Girl in the Caf ], through to the dramatically irreverent [Underworld].
Bill: Hot Fuzz I have just done … I literally, like every other actor in England really, pop in and out … because everybody dug “Shaun of the Dead” so bad, the boys are back, and they have got this script and it is called “Hot Fuzz”.
Bill: I was very, very pleased with Constant Gardener because it is such a big story, and it is such a brilliant idea to give that script to that director … Fernando and Cesar — Cinematography, did such a brilliant job, and that is the big scandal.
www.moviehole.net /interviews/20060629_interview_bill_nighy.html   (2886 words)

  
 Bill Nighy talks: It was an incredible undertaking
It was, perhaps, the moment that Bill had a genuine sense of the scale of the films he was about to appear in.
Bill is a huge fan of the first Pirates film and when he was offered the role of Davy Jones he was delighted to accept.
Nighy, and the rest of the cast, will be returning to work on finishing Pirates Three later in the summer and he's delighted to do so.
madeinatlantis.com /pirates/bill_nighy_talks.htm   (3261 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Bill Nighy's Bafta-winning career
Nighy was born in Caterham in 1949 and left school at 15 without any qualifications.
In the last few years, Nighy has appeared in a rapid succession of British films and TV shows, including his award-winning role as a sinister, but charming news editor in State of Play, for which he won his latest award.
And Nighy is about to add to his film credentials with playing alien planet designer Slartibartfast in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as well as providing the voice of hippie rabbit Dylan in The Magic Roundabout Movie.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3638705.stm   (543 words)

  
 HELLO! Profiles
Bill Nighy is a quintessential scene-stealer who, off-screen, is as known for his razor-sharp sense of humour as his self-deprecating attitude.
Born in 1949, Bill, the son of a psychiatric nurse and a mechanic, grew up near Croydon in a flat above the garage where his father was works manager.
As he entered his teens, however, Bill — who suffers from Dupuytren's Contracture, which keeps the little and ring finger of each hand permanently bent back against the palm — aimed for a different career.
www.hellomagazine.com /profiles/billnighy   (666 words)

  
 Exclusive: Pirates' Bill "Davy Jones" Nighy - ComingSoon.net (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bill Nighy may be one of England's most underrated actors, but most people will recognize him from the dour demeanor of his characters and his distinctively dry delivery.
Nighy: Well, Davy Jones is very damaged and very hurt, and like a lot of people who've been profoundly hurt, his only remaining pleasure is to see other people suffer, and he's extremely good at it.
Nighy: Well, it was lovely, and it's been very good for me. It seems that people have a big affection for that kind of character, those rock survivors, which are kind of a new genre of character, they're kind of pioneers.
comingsoon.net.cob-web.org:8888 /news/movienews.php?id=14949   (1972 words)

  
 Billy Nighy - HBO Films: The Girl In The Café
Bill Nighy: Well, I read the script and it took me about three seconds to heartily agree to be involved.
Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald in The Girl in the Café.
Bill Nighy: I was aware of it from the moment your grandmother says you better finish what's on your plate because there are millions of children starving all over the world.
www.hbo.com /films/girlinthecafe/interviews/bill_nighy.html   (858 words)

  
 Bill Nighy info - a Bill Nighy fansite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bill Nighy will only make a cameo appearance in Hot Fuzz (as a cop), the new project of the makers of cult rom-com-zom Shaun of the Dead in which Bill played a zombie.
Bill Nighy will be one of the actors reading “dreams” for Cure autism now’s event Acts of Love 2006.
Bill Nighy is expected to perform at the John Betjeman Gala, together with a long list of other stars of film and the theatre.
www.billnighy.info   (2463 words)

  
 EXCLUSIVE: Bill Nighy Talks Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest!
Bill Nighy had a stand-out performance in Love Actually as Billy Mack; we even got to hear his tremendous vocal chords.
Bill Nighy: Davey Jones is a man who took a wrong turn a long time ago and has been punished in an extraordinary and profound manner, having been transformed into this sea creature - which is half man, half crab, and half something else that's so mysterious to name.
Bill Nighy: No, there's still a lot to be done on the third one; we did shoot some of 3 and all of 2, obviously.
www.movieweb.com /news/04/13004.php   (3478 words)

  
 Interview: Bill Nighy for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Bill Nighy is one of Britain's most beloved character actors, who ranges in diversity from the ferociously hilarious [Love Actually], to the subtle dramatic [The Girl in the Café], through to the dramatically irreverent [Underworld].
Nighy: There is a touch of pirate in me after all apparently.
Nighy: I was very, very pleased with Constant Gardener because it is such a big story, and it is such a brilliant idea to give that script to that director...
www.darkhorizons.com /news06/pirates3.php   (2586 words)

  
 UGO Pirates of the Caribbean Hub - Bill Nighy Interview - PIRATES.UGO.COM
Bill Nighy may have started his career acting in British television, but he's come to be one of the more recognizable names in Hollywood.
To add to the splash he's already made in Hollywood, Bill Nighy took on the part of Davy Jones, the arch-villain of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a role he'll reprise in next year's Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
BILL NIGHY: Well, the image as presented, the creature itself, is the work of brilliant men, and then there's me. Obviously, I speak the role and the creature's movement and general demeanor is informed by what I did on the set.
pirates.ugo.com /features/bill_nighy/default.asp   (987 words)

  
 Bill Nighy : interview
The role is the latest in a series that has taken in everything from vampires and zombies to newspaper editors and failed rock stars.
Not that Nighy regards himself as the King of Cool.
Since the 2003 television series State of Play, Nighy has been a constant presence on movie and TV screens, appearing in films as varied as the adaptation of Ian McEwan's Booker winner Enduring Love and Shaun of the Dead.
www.musicomh.com /interviews/bill-nighy.htm   (1096 words)

  
 Bill Nighy - Moviefone
BAFTA-winning, veteran actor Bill Nighy gained international recognition in 2003 thanks to his role as a fading former rock star in the hit...
Nighy took the lead character of Gideon, a successful events organiser who...
Bill Nighy - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Bill Nighy Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Bill Nighy @ Filmbug
In his more than two decades in entertainment, Bill Nighy has established himself as one of Britain's most versatile actors with a superlative list of starring roles in film, television and the theatre.
Nighy's extensive television credits include countless projects for the BBC: The Young Visitors; Auf Wiedersehen Pet; Absolute Hell; The Men's Room; Antonia and Jane; and Dreams of Leaving.
Nighy's additional television projects include State of Play; Ready When You Are, Mr.
www.filmbug.com /db/299453   (365 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bill Nighy's treasure-trove of memorable characters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
As Ralph Fiennes tries to uncover why his politically active wife was murdered in Africa, Nighy turns up as a shadowy bureaucrat trying to protect a pharmaceutical company that may have had a hand in her death.
Kate Beckinsale is a bloodsucker with a heart of gold, trying to break free from Nighy as the brutal king of the vampires in this action-horror thriller about an eons-long battle between two breeds of supernatural creatures: the vamps and the werewolves.
Love Actually's dirty old man: Nighy is the epitome of an aging rock star for whom manners and taste are at the bottom of the list.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2006-07-04-pirates-nighy_x.htm   (362 words)

  
 Bill Nighy Photos - Bill Nighy News - Bill Nighy Information
Bill Nighy was born on December 1949 in Caterham.
At school Bill gained two ‘o' levels in English Language and English Literature and enjoyed reading, particularly Earnest Hemingway.
The writings of Hemingway inspired Bill to run away to Paris to write a novel....
www.tv.com /bill-nighy/person/37938/summary.html   (195 words)

  
 Fametracker :: Celebrity Vs. Thing
Still Crazy may have been a turning point in Nighy's career; by the time he played a variation on it in Love Actually, he'd managed to fit in an irresponsible father in a quaint British period piece (I Capture The Castle), a flamboyant celebrity hairdresser (Blow Dry), and some kind of vampire overlord (Underworld).
Suddenly, it's as though Bill Nighy is everywhere you want to be.
Much as we were never aware of the utility of a letter opener until one showed up in our path, so did we fail to appreciate Bill Nighy until he either quit making so many British movies, or we started watching more of them.
www.fametracker.com /celebrity_vs_thing/nighy_vs_letter_openers.php   (579 words)

  
 Bill Nighy News
News about Bill Nighy continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
British actors Bill Nighy and Andrew Scott will join previously announced star Julianne Moore in the world premiere production of David Hare's The Vertical Hour, according to published reports.
British actors TIMOTHY WEST and BILL NIGHY are joining forces to save the Berkshire, England, theatre where their stage careers began.
www.topix.net /who/bill-nighy   (697 words)

  
 Bill Nighy Forum @ Filmbug
It is a gorgeous hand made hat, signed on the inside rim with the words Love Bill Nighy X. He has also included a signed photograph, with the words Love Will Tear Us Apart on it.
Even though I've only seen his acting and have not actually met the person, I have the impression that many other people have: that he is a very intelligent person who is down to earth and unlike many other actors, is not excessively vain or conceited.
I recently met Bill Nighy, and he is the coolest, kindest and greatest actor in the world!
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 Playbill News: Bill Nighy to Star Opposite Julianne Moore in Hare's The Vertical Hour
British film star Bill Nighy will star alonside Julianne Moore in the Broadway premiere of The Vertical Hour, a new David Hare play, this fall.
Word of Nighy's involvement began to circulate in June, those officials for Vertical Hour declined to confirm.
Nighy is a British film with many credits.
www.playbill.com /news/article/101767.html   (448 words)

  
 Bill Nighy at artist-blitz
Bill Nighy detailed profile page with bio, info, news, movie, music, DVD, CD, poster, hair, hairstyle, dress, bikini,lyrics,and more
Bill Nighy movie stills from the mainstream movies, also feature original theme wallpaper
Bill Nighy (born December 12, 1949 in Caterham, Surrey) is a British actor.
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 Bill Nighy talks Pirates of the Caribbean sequels and Underworld: Evolution
Empire Online recently got some great information from actor Bill Nighy on his upcoming projects which include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Underworld: Evolution.
More interestingly, though, is Nighy's revelation that although he'll be playing the part of Jones with – presumably – his usual blend of suave insouciance and regal mystery, he'll have a little help from his friends at ILM.
Before that, though, is another villainous role for Nighy, as he reprises his role as the villainous vampire elder Viktor in Underworld: Evolution, the sequel to 2003's stylish (and, some say, substance-free) vampire-werewolf epic, Underworld.
www.movieweb.com /news/80/7580.php   (2651 words)

  
 Bill Nighy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bill Nighy was born on December 12th 1949 in Caterham, Surrey.
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 BBC - Drama - Poliakoff - Gideon's Daughter (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death.
The song Natasha wrote for her father is on the Gideon's Daughter soundtrack, which is available to buy.
Bill Nighy is a PR guru who has to stop and re-evaluate his world when his daughter threatens to leave his life, perhaps as revenge for his serial infidelities.
www.bbc.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /drama/poliakoff/gideonsdaughter   (154 words)

  
 Bill Nighy Talks "Pirates," "Fuzz," and "Flushed Away"
In addition to an important role in the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel, he'll also be appearing in Simon Pegg's "Hot Fuzz" and the animated adventure "Flushed Away." In preparation for the "Pirates" push, Mr.
Nighy sat down with ComingSoon.net and shared a friendly little conversation.
I loved the first Pirates and Bill Nighy is awsome, so I can hardly wait for this.
www.rottentomatoes.com /news/comments/?entryid=334093   (641 words)

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