During the 1980s, he appeared in several television productions, among them Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil with John Shea and Tony Randall. Little Women by Saoirse Ronan DVD $12.00. We discuss what he wore, and Nighy goes into mad detail. ... February 22 2020 7:29 PM EST. [22], Nighy is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C. 1 (current) of 1; 2020 . Minamata (2020) Based on the book by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith, ‘Minamata’ tells the shocking real-life story of mass poisoning in Minamata, Japan in 1971. “People are perfectly gracious. The waitress confessed that she was a bit bored, so Nighy spent weeks making a playlist. Feb 15, 2021 - Explore Prithviraj Basu's board "Bill Nighy" on Pinterest. Other notable roles in cinema include his portrayal of Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, and Viktor in the Underworld film series. His biggest Hollywood role came in Underworld. Though he’s played ageing rockers on a couple of occasions, this is very much not his aesthetic. ‘A modernist? In 2006, Nighy played the principal villain, Davy Jones, in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, although his face was entirely obscured by computer-generated makeup; he voiced the character with a Scots accent. Courtesy Blue Fox Entertainment Bill Nighy, that marvelous, at … February 5, 2020 | 8:17pm Enlarge Image. “Everybody rubs along together because they’ve got very used to getting to know people at some depth quite quickly and over a short period of time, and then going on to do it with another 100 people. Nighy voiced Grandsanta in the 2011 CGI animated film Arthur Christmas. In 2014 he starred with Carey Mulligan in a revival of David Hare's Skylight at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End. The man is a proper music spotter. He is a modernist – “I do subscribe to that ethos” – with the accompanying purist attitude. Nighy was born on 12 December 1949 in Caterham, Surrey. The other cast includes Bill Nighy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, and Ryo Kase. “Ninety-five per cent of everybody in my world are decent, smart, funny people,” he says. De Wilde is one of several female directors whom Nighy has worked with. “And for a while I couldn’t work out what was slightly unsatisfactory about it. He has a slim body build. Bill Nighy is an English actor and model who has a net worth of multi-million dollars in 2020. In fact, none of those descriptions would be right. In 1999 he gained further prominence in the UK with the starring role in "The Photographer", an episode of the award-winning BBC-TV mockumentary comedy series People Like Us, playing Will Rushmore, a middle aged man who has abandoned his career and family in the deluded belief that he can achieve success as a commercial photographer. 10, 2020 . In 2010 he made a small cameo in “I can always get a cab if needed, and I’ve got my Oyster card, you know.” The countryside doesn’t appeal: “I pop in now and again and have a look.” The sea is OK, for a short while. “If I start talking as if I’m an expert … [5] He has two older siblings, Martin and Anna. I love Liverpool, too. ‘I get called lots of L words – louche, languid, laconic’: Bill Nighy wears shirt by Aspesi and jacket by Drakes. Heavy-rimmed specs nestle in his pocket or on his nose. He played Samwise Gamgee in the 1981 BBC Radio dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings (where he was credited as William Nighy), and appeared in the 1980s BBC Radio versions of Yes Minister episodes. It was great.”. During filming, Nighy once caught Blauvelt lying on the ground, checking a shot. He was cast to appear in two David Hare premieres, also at the National. They have bars and they have diners, all of which are great. Nighy received some recognition by American audiences for his acclaimed portrayal of overaged rock star Ray Simms in the 1998 film Still Crazy. He was born William Francis Nighy on December 12, 1949 in Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine (Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who was English-born and managed a garage in Croydon. He bothers to entertain – his stories are delivered well, whether they’re about famous people or someone he met out and about. He’s just done another film, Minamata, with his old Pirates chum Johnny Depp, who he describes as “Completely charming, gracious as ever, everyone gets treated impeccably.” Nighy finds most actors easy to get on with. He can be wildly funny about his own horror when what he considers to be the correct etiquette is not upheld. He elevates any film in which he appears. Nighy himself tends to avoid period drama: partly because of the costumes and partly because they tend to provoke a particular type of acting. An outing to the seaside and then back home for tea.” It’s the city life for him. [13] Nighy had already worked with director David Yates twice, and with the majority of the Harry Potter cast in previous films. As familiar as his outfit is his charm. [19] In 2016, he provided the voice of Socrates in the critically panned animated feature Norm of the North. A man searches for his missing son, who he has not seen in years. He grew up in Caterham, Surrey, to Irish parents, in a house attached to his dad’s garage, with petrol pumps outside the front door. The Girl with a Bracelet (2020) 2020. The first time I interviewed Bill Nighy was in 2004. “Not to be confused with a hypochondriac. There were a few, but they don’t have many where you sit out on the pavement.”, It’s what he loves. His character, Emma’s father, Mr Woodhouse, is constantly worried about draughts and the cold. Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy Dave Benett/Getty Images for Pau. Bill Nighy has an estimated net worth of $8 million as of 2020. He rose to fame in the early 2000s due to his work on theatre, film, and shows. His standards, high in everything, are almost insurmountable when it comes to himself. He has also made a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi. Promising Young Woman (2020) 2020. Hope Gap … “I’d never met anyone like her, she is very unusual. [28], Nighy is noted for his bespoke navy suits. [14] In 2012, he starred in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Wrath of the Titans, and the remake of Total Recall. He played a consultant psychiatrist in Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange (2000), for which he won an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor, and which transferred to the West End at the Duchess Theatre the following year. [26], Known for his support of total gender equality, Nighy noted in an interview during the 2016 DIFF film festival that the highlighting of the gender inequality problem had been a factor in his choice of films. Valetudinarians are obsessively concerned with other people’s. By Mark Feeney Globe Staff,Updated June 11, 2020, 11:23 a.m. Bill Nighy in "Sometimes Always Never." This item: Emma (2020) - DVD by Bill Nighy DVD $9.96. I mean, I hope it’s a form of dysmorphia.”. Nighy won a best supporting actor BAFTA for his role in 2003's Love Actually. Nighy became widely known for his performance as Billy Mack in Love Actually (2003). The couple separated in 2008. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Angus Imrie. He’s got a very interesting team, with Sensi and Barella and all these wonderful players. Nighy also appeared as General Friedrich Olbricht, one of the principal conspirators, in the 2008 film Valkyrie. After two seasons at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, Nighy made his London stage debut at the National Theatre in an epic staging of Ken Campbell and Chris Langham's Illuminatus!, which opened the new Cottesloe Theatre on 4 March 1977. He stars as Slartibartfast in 2005's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 1080p. So there’s that to get over, and then you’ve got to watch yourself act and see yourself not pulling off all those things you thought you might, this time, have pulled off. But Bill Nighy is a very particular man. He is distinctively known for his pale appearance. Of the films listed I’ve seen four. He talks acting, anxiety – and the dreadful challenge of casual dressing, Last modified on Thu 30 Jan 2020 05.43 EST. He has a tendency to fret, to beat himself up about stuff. [18][10] He and Mulligan also starred in the play when it was transferred to Broadway in 2015. Sixteen years ago! Nighy is not designed for leisurewear, nor for leisure-life. [29] He was listed as one of the 50 best-dressed over-50s by The Guardian in March 2013[30] and one of GQ's 50 best-dressed British men in 2015. Anna Wintour and Shelby Bryan have split after 16 years together. Short Profile. At the BAFTA Television Awards in April 2004, he won the Best Actor award for State of Play. “There were charades,” he says. Because I love all of the names and I love the strips and I love the glamour and I love that they’ve got great hair, they’re all better looking than us. Angie Stone, Dr John, Prince, Mary J Blige… He has a separate playlist of Mary J, which he also shows me; and another that just features several versions of one song, Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (original by William DeVaughn, he informs). This book is the first in the series "The Charles Paris mysteries", featuring Charles, a minor British actor and amateur sleuth, and was originally published in 1975. [27] He has also spoken of his role in Pride, a film extolling the mutual support between the National Union of Miners and gay rights' groups in the UK in the 1980s, as one of his most cherished. Bill Nighy was cast in the lead role of Charles Paris in the 2010 BBC radio/audiobook adaptation of the Simon Brett's "Cast, in Order of Disappearance". They’re great to watch, they use the young players. He still works very hard – often making four or five films a year – and he takes pleasure in his job and is happy to talk about it. He also provided the narration for the Animal Planet series Meerkat Manor. All of this means that he’s rarely seen one of his films or TV shows the whole way through (sometimes he sees bits, because he has to record extra dialogue after filming). lil March 17th, 2020 . The emotions are understandable. He avoids romance. In fact, the only major change in Nighy in the years I’ve known him is that he is no longer with his long-term partner, Diana Quick (they separated in 2008, after 28 years together). Why on earth would one set of genitalia recommend you, rather than another?” Anyway, he loved her. See more ideas about bill nighy, bills, wrath of the titans. Bill Nighy costars in these ensemble tours de force as the laidback and astute and witty Douglas Ainslie, unhappily married to the domineering and perennially sour Jean (Penelope Wilton).They’ve moved to India for an affordable retirement along with an array of other Brits. His performances were also acclaimed in the BBC One series State of Play and in the TV films The Girl in the Café, Gideon's Daughter and Page Eight, for which he earned Golden Globe nominations, winning one for Gideon's Daughter. Star Bill Nighy on a Modern Jane Austen and Crying at Gay Weddings. I mean, I’m not immune.”. Nighy has starred in many radio and television dramas, notably the BBC serial The Men's Room (1991). I’ve been watching Inter Milan since Antonio Conte went with them. And it’s because they don’t really have cafés. [11] Christopher Eccleston ultimately filled the role. Bill Nighy Bill Nighy was born on December 12, 1949, and from Caterham, Surrey, England. [a] (2020). Famous for his languid charm, Bill Nighy is anything but relaxed. This California person with a punk ethic.” He went for a meeting with her and instead of opening a laptop and showing him her vision on a screen, De Wilde presented him with a wooden box, tied with a bow. We meet in a hotel bar around the corner from his apartment in Piccadilly and the first thing he does is inquire about me and my life. For his daughter, the British actress and filmmaker, see, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, "Acting Legend Bill Nighy Talks About The Pronunciation Of His Name", "Bill Nighy: Five things I know about style", Roslyn Sulcas, "Mulligan and Bill Nighy Prepare ‘Skylight’ for Broadway", "BBC – Doctor Who (David Tennant and Billie Piper)- News", "Bill Nighy to star in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Ashley Jensen join the cast of "Arthur Christmas, "Pink Floyd album inspires Sir Tom Stoppard radio play", Ben Brantley, "Volatile Chemistry in an Underheated Flat", " 'Skylight' review – Hare revival is a Thatcherite play for today", Ben Brantley, "Review: ‘Skylight,’ With Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, Opens on Broadway", "Emma. “I wore a jacket called the Golfer, made by Grenfell, which is essentially a short Harrington, but in olive green, not blue. ‘I did that again? “I mean, what? Directed by Autumn de Wilde. And he listens to the answer: a nice trait not evident in every successful actor. He chose a couple of jumpers (“fine wool, nothing vulgar or chunky”), and actually took off his suit jacket. Ana Bogdan The Talks. Bill Nighy does his Bill Nighy thing as a tailor looking for one son and irritating another. Pixie (2020) 2020. 1 – 4 of 4 movies. How could such a cool cat be anything but chill? Details. In 1997, Nighy starred as Tom Sergeant, a restaurant entrepreneur, in David Hare's Skylight, which had premiered in 1995 and was moved to the Vaudeville Theatre.[9][10]. Nighy played the lead character, Gideon, a successful events organiser who begins to lose touch with the world around him. Bill Nighy is an award-winning British character actor. I know I can’t just write “It’s Bill Nighy, what more do you want?” but I want you to know that I want to write that, and honestly, that should be enough for you. 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