Nighy He began his studies at the Catholic school The John Fisher School, where he was a member of the theater group. During his studies he was failed in Language and Literature, even though he was an avid reader of novels, especially of novels. Ernest Hemingway; He later wanted to become a journalist but his qualifications were insufficient and he then began working as a messenger for Field magazine.
Later he went to Paris with the intention of writing a great novel; but he never wrote more than the title and, when the money ran out, the English consul had to repatriate him. A girlfriend he had at the time suggested that he pursue acting so he began studying at the Guilford School of Dance and Drama. Since then he has worked continuously in theater, film, radio and television.
He made his professional debut at the Watermill Theater in Newbury. In Liverpool he created a traveling theater company together with Julie Walters Y Pete Postlethwaite, that acted in venues of varieties. His first London performance was at the Hampstead Theater in the play “Comings and Goings“filed in late 1978.
Bill He has acted in more than 50 feature films throughout his career, which began in front of the cameras in 1979. Among his first works in this medium, figure “The Little Lord”(1980), an adaptation of the famous book by Frances Hodgson Burnett which featured the participation of Rick schroeder Y Alec Guinness.
In the decade of the ’80 it intervened in titles like “The eye of the needle”(1981), with Donald sutherland in front of the cast; “Curse of the pink panther”(1983) by Blake edwards, or “The Drum Girl”(1984), a film in which he starred Diane keaton. In the following decade he worked mainly in television and theater, his film titles in this period being quite irrelevant.
Already in the new millennium, and from the success of the romantic comedy “Love Actually“(2003), the trajectory of Nighy on the big screen he experienced his period of greatest popular resonance, with characters such as that of Viktor in “Underworld”(2003),”Underworld: Evolution“(2006) and”Underworld: Rise of the Lycans“(2009) and that of Davy jones in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest“(2006) and”Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End “ (2007).
His latest feature films include titles such as “Valkyrie“(2008),”Covert Radio“(2009),”G-Force: License to Spy“(2009),”Astro Boy (Astroboy)“(2010),”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1“(2010),”Arthur Christmas: Operation Gift“(2011) and”The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel“(2012).
In 1993, during the performance of a play, Bill met his fellow cast member, the actress Diana Quick to whom he immediately proposed; she rejected him but since then they have been a couple and have a daughter together, named Mary Nighy, who has already started an acting career.
Among the many recognitions received for his career, Nighy has won a Golden Globe in the category of Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie, for “Gideon’s Daughter“(2007) and two BAFTA Awards, for Best Supporting Actor, for”Love Actually”(2003) and Best Television Actor, for his performance in the series”State of Play“(2003).