
Profile
Famous as :
ActorBirth Name :
William Francis NighyBirth Date :
December 12, 1949Birth Place :
Caterham, Surrey, England, UKClaim to fame :
As Billy Mack in movie "Love Actually" (2003)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2009
Got nomination for Saturn Awardcategory Best Supporting Actor for Valkyrie (2008)
2007
Got nomination for Saturn Awardcategory Best Supporting Actor for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
BAFTA Awards
2004
Won BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Love Actually (2003)
2004
Won BAFTA TV Awardcategory Best Actor for State of Play (2003)
British Independent Film Awards
2005
Got nomination for British Independent Film Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress/Actor for The Constant Gardener (2005)
2002
Got nomination for British Independent Film Awardcategory Best Actor for The Lawless Heart (2001)
Broadcast Television Journalists Association
2012
Got nomination for Critics' Choice Television Awardcategory Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for Page Eigh (2011) (TV)
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
2004
Won Broadcasting Press Guild Awardcategory Best Actor for State of Play (2003)
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2004
Won Peter Sellers Award for Comedyfor Love Actually (2003)
1999
Won Peter Sellers Award for Comedyfor Still Crazy (1998)
Golden Globes, USA
2012
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Page Eight (2011) (TV Movie)
2007
Won Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Gideon's Daughter (2005) (TV)
2006
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for The Girl in the Café (2005) (TV)
Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards
2001
Got nomination for Laurence Olivier Theatre Awardcategory Best Actor for Blue/Orange
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2007
Got nomination for ALFS Awardcategory British Supporting Actor of the Year for Notes on a Scandal (2006)
2004
Won ALFS Awardcategory British Supporting Actor of the Year for Love Actually (2003)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2004
Won LAFCA Awardcategory Best Supporting Actor for AKA (2002)
Royal Television Society, UK
2004
Got nomination for RTS Television Awardcategory Best Actor - Male for State of Play (2003)
Satellite Awards
2011
Got nomination for Satellite Awardcategory Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Page Eight (2011) (TV Movie)
2006
Won Satellite Awardcategory Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Gideon's Daughter (2005) (TV)
2005
Won Golden Satellite Awardcategory Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Lost Prince (2003) (TV)
2004
Got nomination for Golden Satellite Awardcategory Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical for Love Actually (2003)
1999
Got nomination for Golden Satellite Awardcategory Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Still Crazy (1998)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2013
Got nomination for Actor Awardcategory Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
shared with Maggie Smith; Tom Wilkinson; Judi Dench
Teen Choice Awards
2007
Won Teen Choice Awardcategory Choice Movie: Villain for Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End (2007)
2006
Won Teen Choice Awardcategory Choice Movie Sleazebag for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)














