Bill Nighy is an English actor of the 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 – 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).
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Best Actor | Living | Nominated | [1] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
2004 | Best Actor in a Supporting Actor | Love Actually | Won | [2] |
2022 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Living | Nominated | [3] |
British Academy Television Awards | ||||
2004 | Best Actor | State of Play | Won | [4] |
2012 | Best Single Drama | Page Eight | Nominated | [5] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | The Girl in the Café | Nominated | [6] |
2006 | Gideon's Daughter | Won | ||
2011 | Page Eight | Nominated | ||
2022 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Living | Nominated | [7] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Nominated | [8] |
2022 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Living | Nominated | [9] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Best Actor | Blue/Orange | Nominated | [10] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Best Actor in a Play | Skylight | Nominated | [11] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Arthur Christmas | Won | [12] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Best Actor | Lawless Heart | Nominated | [13] |
2005 | Best Supporting Actor | The Constant Gardener | Nominated | [14] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Critics' Choice Television Awards | ||||
2012 | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Page Eight | Nominated | [15] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Still Crazy | Won | |
2004 | Love Actually | Won | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Best Supporting Actor | The Bookshop | Nominated | [16] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Best Villain | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Nominated | [17] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Still Crazy | Nominated | [18] |
2004 | Love Actually | Nominated | [19] | |
2005 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | The Lost Prince | Won | [20] |
2006 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Gideon's Daughter | Won | [21] |
2011 | Page Eight | Nominated | [22] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Best Supporting Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Nominated | [23] |
2008 | Valkyrie | Nominated | [24] | |
2013 | About Time | Nominated | [25] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Choice Movie: Sleazebag | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Won | |
2007 | Choice Movie: Villain | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Won | |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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2003 | Washington D.C. Film Critics Award | Best Ensemble | Love Actually | Won | |
2004 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Cast | Nominated | ||
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award | Best Supporting Actor | AKA | Won | ||
I Capture the Castle | |||||
Lawless Heart | |||||
Love Actually | |||||
London Critics Circle Film Awards | Supporting Actor of the Year | Love Actually | Won | ||
2013 | About Time | Nominated | |||
2013 | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | About Time | Won | |
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2005, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
William Francis Nighy is an English actor. Known for his work in several stage, television and film productions, he has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, and also has had nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
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