Bill Nighy Filmography

Valkyrie

Actors: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Terence Stamp

Synopsis: At the absolute height of World War II, German generals hatch a daring plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and effectively render the German war machine impotent. Directed by Bryan Singer (Superman Returns), Valkyrie stars Tom Cruise and was penned by writing partners Chris McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander Read More

Astro Boy

Actors: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy

Synopsis: Colin Brady's adaptation of the classic anime story Astro Boy concerns the efforts of a small robot (voiced by Freddie Highmore) attempting to figure out where it belongs in the world. In order to protect him from his enemies he is equipped with jets and lasers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

The Boat That Rocked

Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh

Synopsis: A group of pirate-radio DJs duck the British government in this 1960s period comedy from romantic comedy guru Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary). Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rhys Ifans play competitive disc jockeys who work under Bill Nighy on a busted-down boat on the English Read More

Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans

Actors: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra

Synopsis: The Underworld series gets the prequel treatment with this third outing that fleshes out the story of the ancient war between the vampiric Death Dealers and their werewolf counterparts, the Lycans. F/X technician Patrick Tatopoulos (Godzilla, Independence Day) steps out of the effects lab and into Read More

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Actors: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport

Synopsis: Director Gore Verbinski and the crew set sail once again for this, the third chapter in the swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is hopelessly trapped in Davy Jones' locker after a harrowing encounter with the dreaded Kracken, and now Will Turner (Orlando Bloom Read More

Hot Fuzz

Actors: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton

Synopsis: A top London cop who is so good at his job that he makes his fellow officers look like slackers by comparison is "promoted" to serve in the sleepy village of Sandford in this contemporary action comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead. Police constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) always gets Read More

Notes on a Scandal

Actors: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Phil Davis

Synopsis: Lust, jealousy, and revenge come cloaked in the guise of friendship in this psychological drama. Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) is a history teacher at a high school in London; while elderly Barbara is very bright, she's also severe and domineering, with a strong personality that tends to put people Read More

Flushed Away

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: A previously pampered society mouse must fight his way back to the comforts of Kensington after he is sent spiraling into an underground world filled with scavenger rats and villainous toads in a fun-filled family adventure produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features and featuring the Read More

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

Actors: Sarah Bolger, Alex Pettyfer, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: An outwardly ordinary teenager finds himself suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances upon discovering that his entire youth was part of an elaborate plan to create the perfect super spy in director Geoffrey Sax's action-packed adaptation of author Anthony Horowitz's best-selling series of Read More

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) returns to the screen for another round of supernatural adventures on the high seas in this spirited sequel to the 2003 Disney hit, which re-teams original director Gore Verbinski with original screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. As Will (Orlando Bloom) Read More

Underworld: Evolution

Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: Tribes of vampires and werewolves battle for supremacy among the undead in this follow-up to the horror hit Underworld. Tracing the bloody history of the ongoing war between the Death Dealers, a gang of upper-crust vampires, and the Lycans, a pack of scruffy werewolves, Underworld: Evolution finds Read More

The Constant Gardener

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite

Synopsis: A man discovers a deadly secret when he tries to find out who killed the woman he loves in this suspense drama based on a novel by John Le Carré. Justin Quale (Ralph Fiennes) is a low-level British diplomat who has been given a new assignment in Kenya. Justin's wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), is an Read More

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Actors: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Warwick Davis

Synopsis: Douglas Adams' oft-adapted tale of an normal guy making his way through the universe (it's already been presented as a novel, a radio serial, a television series, and a comic book) finally makes its way to the big screen in this endearingly goofy sci-fi comedy. Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is a Read More

Doogal

Actors: Tom Baker, Jon Stewart, Robbie Williams, Daniel Tay, Bill Nighy, Jimmy Fallon, William H. Macy, Jim Broadbent, Whoopi Goldberg, Joanna Lumley

Synopsis: A plucky little girl and her dog join their magical pals to save the world in the computer-animated comedy-adventure for the whole family. The Enchanted Village is a happy place ruled by the good-natured wizard Zebedee where young Florence and her dog, Doogal, come to play with their friends Read More

The Girl in the Café

Actors: Bill Nighy, Kelly MacDonald, Corin Redgrave, Anton Lesser, Meneka Das, Penny Downie

Synopsis: Produced for HBO, the Capraesque romantic comedy The Girl in the Café stars Bill Nighy as Lawrence, a mild and unprepossessing British civil servant assigned to his country's delegation at the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Although he'd resigned himself to a life of lonely bachelorhood Read More

Enduring Love

Actors: Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Daniel Craig, Bill Nighy, Susan Lynch

Synopsis: Enduring Love is director Roger Michell and screenwriter Joe Penhall's adaptation of Ian McEwan's acclaimed novel. Joe (Daniel Craig, who starred in Michell's previous film, The Mother), a college professor, is out on a romantic picnic with his long-time girlfriend, Claire (Samantha Morton), a Read More

Shaun of the Dead

Actors: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Lucy Davis

Synopsis: It's often said that the true character of a man is only revealed in times of dire crisis, and for likable, lovelorn loser Shaun (Simon Pegg), that moment of reckoning came when the dead rose from their slumber to feast on the flesh of the living. A hapless electronics store employee who spends Read More

He Knew He Was Right

Actors: Bill Nighy, Laura Fraser, Oliver Dimsdale, Christina Cole, Stephen Campbell Moore

Synopsis: When Louis and Emily Trevalyan exchanged wedding vows on a day that seemed to mark the beginning of a blissful union, little could they foresee the trials that would face them in their first year of marriage. As Anthony Trollepe slowly peels away the layers of Victorian propriety, a variety of Read More

Gideon's Daughter

Synopsis: U.K. writer/director Stephen Poliakoff -- the cinematic artist responsible for the critically acclaimed favorites The Lost Prince (2003) and Friends and Crocodiles -- guides an all-star British cast including two-time Academy Award-nominee Miranda Richardson (Damage, Tom & Viv), Bill Nighy (Love Actually Read More

Love Actually

Actors: Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson, Andrew Lincoln

Synopsis: All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis' first directorial effort. Billed as "the ultimate romantic comedy," Love Actually involves more than a dozen main characters, each weaving his or her way into another's heart over the course of Read More

Underworld

Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: A young man who has pledged his life to helping others finds himself in a pitched battle between two gangs of supernatural villains in this blend of horror story and action thriller. Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman) is a medical student who is heading home after a long day of school and work when Read More

I Capture The Castle

Actors: Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Dodie Smith (101 Dalmations), director Tim Fywell's comic romance follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain (Romola Garai) and her quirky family as they attempt to make the best of their meager existence in a crumbling English castle. While her father (Bill Nighy) has been Read More

State of Play

Actors: David Morrissey, John Simm, Bill Nighy, Kelly MacDonald, James McAvoy

Synopsis: The government's dangerous penchant for favoring corporate interests is put to the ultimate test after an ambitious politician's research assistant perishes under mysterious circumstances, and a crime that at first appeared unconnected with the death is exposed to reveal an intricate web of lies Read More

The Young Visiters

Actors: Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, Lyndsey Marshal, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Palmer

Synopsis: This made-for-TV British comedy begins at the turn of the century, as bumbling ironmonger Alfred Salteena (Jim Broadbent) meets a pretty girl named Ethel Monticue (Lyndsey Marshal) on a train and invites her to his London flat. Hoping to impress the girl, Alfred brags about all the "important" Read More

The Lost Prince

Actors: Miranda Richardson, Tom Hollander, Daniel Williams, Matthew Thomas, Gina McKee, Brock Everitt-Elwick, Rollo Weeks

Synopsis: This historical drama from director Stephen Poliakoff was produced for and originally aired on the BBC. Miranda Richardson and Tom Hollander star as Queen Mary and King George V. After discovering that their son Prince John (Daniel Williams and Matthew Thomas) suffers from epilepsy and learning Read More

Lawless Heart

Actors: Douglas Henshall, Tom Hollander, Bill Nighy, Clémentine Célarié, Josephine Butler

Synopsis: This second feature from Boyfriends' directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger explores intertwined relationships in a sleepy seaside resort in the U.K., broken up into three segments. The film centers around the funeral of Stuart (David Coffey), the gay partner of Nick (Tom Hollander), who owns a Read More

Lucky Break

Actors: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Lennie James

Synopsis: The first feature by director Peter Cattaneo since his award-winning British smash hit The Full Monty, Lucky Break is another comedy in the same mold, this time taking place in prison. Small-time crooks Jimmy (James Nesbitt) and Rudy (Lennie James), after years of no success, decide to pull a bank Read More

AKA

Actors: Matthew Leitch, George Asprey, Lindsey Coulson, Diana Quick, Peter Youngblood Hills

Synopsis: Set in 1978 England, AKA opens with 18-year-old Dean (Matthew Leitch) being kicked out of his working-class home by his abusive father. Shy but socially ambitious, Dean subsequently finds work with high society marm Lady Gryffon (Diana Quick), who introduces him to the privileged set. However Read More

Blow Dry

Actors: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett

Synopsis: When the tiny burgh of Keighley lands the rights to host the annual British hairdressing championships, practically every city in the United Kingdom is represented in the competition -- except Keighley itself. It seems the event is team-oriented, and the only suitable local contestants had a huge Read More

Guest House Paradiso

Actors: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Vincent Cassel, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: Radioactive fish, Italian bombshells, and vomit. These are the key ingredients of this over-the-top gross-out fest about the worst guesthouse in Britain. Former Young Ones star Rik Mayall is Richie Twat (pronounced "Thwaite" as he labors to explain to one and all) who runs the titular hotel with Read More

Still Crazy

Actors: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Juliet Aubrey

Synopsis: Still Crazy is a film that looks back at the "rock band" era of the 1970s. Brian Gibson, who has directed musical biographies on Josephine Baker and Tina Turner, sets his narrative on a rock group, Strange Fruit, who are attempting a comeback twenty years after a bolt of lightening literally ended Read More

Fairy Tale: A True Story

Actors: Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann, Phoebe Nicholls, Peter O'Toole

Synopsis: Two young girls who believe that fairies are real attempt to prove it to the world in this drama based on actual events. In 1917, there is little to be happy about in the Wright household in West Yorkshire, England. Polly (Phoebe Nicholls) and her 12-year-old daughter Elsie (Florence Hoath) are Read More

Alive and Kicking

Actors: Jason Flemyng, Dorothy Tutin, Philip Voss

Synopsis: A dancer whose life and art were integrally connected to his body finds himself going through profound changes when he discovers that he has AIDS. Tonio (Jason Flemyng) recently inherited a plum role in the ballet Indian Summer from his friend Ramon (Anthony Higgins), who recently passed on from Read More

Antonia & Jane

Actors: Saskia Reeves, Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, Alan Corduner, Brenda Bruce

Synopsis: From director Beeban Kidron, Antonia & Jane is a look at an enduring friendship between a pair of decidedly opposite people. Beautiful, sophisticated, and self-assured, Antonia (Saskia Reeves) has it all -- or so it seems to the pudgy wallflower Jane (Imelda Staunton), who secretly resents the Read More

Mack the Knife

Actors: Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julia Migenes, Roger Daltrey, Julie Walters

Synopsis: This film adaptation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's musical play The Threepenny Opera portrays the engagement of a gangster (Raul Julia) to an innocent girl (Rachel Robertson) in Victorian-era London. The girl's family attempts to thwart the marriage by catching the thief in the act. ~ John Read More

The Phantom of the Opera

Actors: Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Alex Hyde-White, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Lawrence

Synopsis: Gaston Leroux's classic tale of love and suspense gets a face-lift in this horror story loosely adapted from Leroux's novel. Christine (Jill Schoelen) is a young classical vocalist who, in the midst of performing a recently discovered piece by an obscure composer, is struck on the head by a Read More

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Actors: John Shea, Bill Nighy, Tony Randall, José Ferrer, Lucy Gutteridge

Synopsis: The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman (Bill Nighy) a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl (John Shea), a top athlete and Read More

Thirteen at Dinner

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, David Suchet

Synopsis: Agatha Christie's famous Belgian fussbudget detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) is called in after a beautiful American actress (Faye Dunaway) claims that her husband, a prominent British lord, was murdered by a woman who looks just like her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Little Drummer Girl

Actors: Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey, Michael Cristofer

Synopsis: Based on John Le Carré's novel by the same name, this story about Charlie (Diane Keaton) a female double agent working between the Palestinians and Israelis, loses some of the excitement and in-depth characterization engendered by the long novel -- mainly because the novel is hard to capture in a Read More

Curse of the Pink Panther

Actors: Ted Wass, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Joanna Lumley, Capucine

Synopsis: Curse of the Pink Panther was released just after Trail of the Pink Panther with a script that has someone looking for the inept Inspector Clousseau and the fabulous stolen Pink Panther diamond at the same time. In Curse, Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass) is a New York retread of the bumbling Inspector Read More

Eye of the Needle

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen, Christopher Cazenove

Synopsis: Having already been seen spying for the Nazis in 1979's The Eagle Has Landed, Donald Sutherland once more infiltrates wartime England on behalf of Der Fuhrer in Eye of the Needle. Willing to kill even the most innocent of bystanders to complete his task, Sutherland manages to remain in Britain Read More