Bill Nighy: movies and TV shows
Bill Nighy has 196 credits in the archive: 141 films and 55 TV series, from 1970 to 2026. Highest rated: The Wild Robot (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1970 – 2026 · busiest year: 2003 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Shelter | Manafort | Film | 7.8 | 76 |
| 2026 | Ride or Die | The Director | TV | 5.4 | 76 |
| 2026 | Bulk | The Voice | Film | 5.0 | 76 |
| 2026 | 500 Miles | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2026 | & Sons | Andrew | Film | — | 76 |
| 2025 | Harlan Coben's Lazarus | Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L' | TV | 6.2 | 75 |
| 2025 | This Is the Beginning | Film | 1.0 | 75 | |
| 2024 | The Wild Robot | Longneck (voice) | Film | 8.3 | 74 |
| 2024 | The First Omen | Cardinal Lawrence | Film | 6.8 | 74 |
| 2024 | That Christmas | Lighthouse Bill (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2024 | 10 Lives | Professor Craven (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 74 |
| 2024 | Joy | Patrick Steptoe | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 2024 | The Beautiful Game | Mal | Film | 6.3 | 74 |
| 2024 | Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue | Conrad (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 2024 | Kent: Garden of England | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 74 |
| 2023 | Role Play | Bob | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2023 | Bloody Fury | Bloody's Consciousness (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2023 | Spectre of the Bear | Bennett (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2023 | Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 73 |
| 2023 | Darkling | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Thomas Jerome Newton | TV | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2022 | Living | Williams | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2022 | The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special | Self | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2021 | Natural History Museum: World of Wonder | Self - Narrator | TV | — | 71 |
| 2021 | Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2021 | World's Most Scenic River Journeys | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2021 | Buckley's Chance | Spencer | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2021 | Lotus: A New Dawn | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2021 | Iberia's Woodlands: Life on the Edge | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 71 |
| 2021 | Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 71 |
| 2020 | Emma. | Mr. Woodhouse | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2020 | Minamata | Robert "Bob" Hayes | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2020 | Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular | Self | Film | 8.3 | 70 |
| 2019 | Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Howard Clifford | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2019 | World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 69 |
| 2019 | StarDog and TurboCat | Sinclair (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2019 | Sometimes Always Never | Alan | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2019 | Sometimes Always Never | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 2019 | Hope Gap | Edward | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 2019 | The Kindness of Strangers | Timofey | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2018 | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyll | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2017 | Castlevania | Saint Germain (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 67 |
| 2017 | The Bookshop | Mr. Brundish | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Billy Mack | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2017 | Their Finest | Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2016 | The Limehouse Golem | John Kildare | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2016 | Norm of the North | Socrates (voice) | Film | 4.6 | 66 |
| 2016 | Dad's Army | Sergeant Wilson | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2015 | Pride: The True Story | Himself | Film | — | 65 |
| 2015 | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas' | Film | 7.1 | 65 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 64 |
| 2014 | Pride | Cliff | Film | 7.7 | 64 |
| 2014 | I, Frankenstein | Naberius | Film | 5.4 | 64 |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos | Johnny Worricker | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield | Johnny Worricker | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Tom Sergeant | Film | 8.9 | 64 |
| 2013 | About Time | Dad | Film | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | General Fallon | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2013 | The World's End | The Network (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2013 | Great White Shark | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2013 | The Hungry Corpse | The Hungry Corpse | Film | — | 63 |
| 2013 | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene | Graham Greene (voice) | Film | 1.0 | 63 |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Hephaestus | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Matthias | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Douglas Ainslie | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2012 | London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2011 | Rango | Rattlesnake Jake (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Grandsanta (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 2011 | Chalet Girl | Richard Madsen | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2011 | Page Eight | Johnny Worricker | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2011 | Page Eight | Film | 6.6 | 61 | |
| 2011 | Astonish Me | The Professor | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2011 | Real Creatures of Dirt | Self / Rattlesnake Jake | Film | 3.5 | 61 |
| 2011 | The Man with the Stolen Heart | Narrator | Film | — | 61 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rufus Scrimgeour | Film | 7.7 | 60 |
| 2010 | Wild Target | Victor Maynard | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Viktor | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Quentin | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2009 | G-Force | Leonard Saber | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales | Mr Jellaby | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self | TV | 3.7 | 59 |
| 2009 | Glorious 39 | Alexander Keyes | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2009 | The Big Art Project | Narrator | TV | — | 59 |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Friedrich Olbricht | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2008 | Slapper | Arnold Percy | Film | 3.5 | 58 |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Davy Jones | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Met Chief Inspector | Film | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2007 | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones | Film | 7.4 | 56 |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | Whitey (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Viktor | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Richard Hart | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Alan Blunt | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 2006 | We Love Cigarettes | Narrator | Film | — | 56 |
| 2006 | Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Dr Black | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 2005 | Meerkat Manor | Narrator | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Slartibartfast | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2005 | The Magic Roundabout | Dylan (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 2005 | The Girl in the Café | Lawrence | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 2005 | Gideon's Daughter | Gideon Warner | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2005 | Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2005 | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Phillip | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Colonel Osborne | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | Robin | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2004 | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Phil Parish | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 2004 | Bottom Mindless Violence | Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 2004 | Burst | Maxwell's Fan 22 | Film | — | 54 |
| 2004 | Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 54 |
| 2003 | State of Play | Cameron Foster | TV | 7.4 | 53 |
| 2003 | Underworld | Viktor | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Billy Mack | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 2003 | Canterbury Tales | James | TV | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters | Earl of Clincham | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Stamfordham | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2003 | I Capture the Castle | James Mortmain | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2003 | Grumpy Old Men | Self | TV | 7.4 | 53 |
| 2003 | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2003 | Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates | Film | 4.0 | 53 | |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Lockwood | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 2002 | Timeshift | self (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | Lawless Heart | Dan | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 2002 | AKA | Uncle Louis Gryffoyn | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self | TV | 3.4 | 51 |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Ray Robertson | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Roger | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2000 | Black Books | Man at bar | TV | 8.1 | 50 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Lord Sandwich | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1999 | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Johnson | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1999 | People Like Us | Will Rushmore | TV | 8.2 | 49 |
| 1999 | The Bass Player | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1998 | Still Crazy | Ray Simms | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Edward Gardner | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Belshazzar (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1996 | Alive and Kicking | Tristan | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1996 | True Blue | Jeremy Saville | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Giles Culpepper QC | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | David Cleeve | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1994 | Being Human | Julian | Film | 5.2 | 44 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Alan Sinclair | TV | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1993 | The Maitlands | Roger Maitland | Film | — | 43 |
| 1993 | Don't Leave Me This Way | John Tracey | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1993 | Eye of the Storm | Tom Frewen | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1993 | Unnatural Causes | Oliver Latham | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1992 | A Masculine Ending | John Tracey | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1991 | Performance | Roger Maitland | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Performance | Hugh Marriner | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Absolute Hell | Hugh Marriner | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1990 | TECX | TV | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1990 | Chillers | Tom Dickenson | TV | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1990 | Antonia and Jane | Howard Nash | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1990 | Making News | Sam Courtney | TV | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1989 | Mack the Knife | Tiger Brown | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1989 | The Phantom of the Opera | Martin Barton | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self | TV | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1988 | South of the Border | Tony Freason | TV | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1985 | Thirteen at Dinner | Ronald Marsh | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Cecil Meares | TV | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1985 | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Helmut Hoffmann | Film | 4.9 | 35 |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | Al | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Goschen | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1983 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Jeffrey Grainger | TV | 7.9 | 33 |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | ENT Doctor | Film | 4.6 | 33 |
| 1983 | Storyboard | Sam | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1982 | Easter 2016 | Connor Mullan | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1982 | Under the Skin | Dave | Film | — | 32 |
| 1981 | Eye of the Needle | Squadron Leader Blenkinsop | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Officer | Film | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1980 | Fox | Colin Street | Film | 1.0 | 30 |
| 1980 | Death Watch | Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1980 | Fox | Colin Street | TV | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1980 | Standing in for Henry | Bruno | Film | — | 30 |
| 1980 | Dreams of Leaving | William | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1979 | Minder | Oates | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1979 | Agony | Vincent Fish | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1979 | Deasey (Desperate) | Deasy | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1978 | Soldiers Talking, Cleanly | Bill | Film | — | 28 |
| 1977 | Premiere | Deasey | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1976 | Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Bruno | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Dave | TV | 6.6 | 20 |
| Caine | Film | — | — | ||
| A Town in Nova Scotia | Leon | Film | — | — | |
| Welcome to Paradise | Hooker Duck Host (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| Ibelin | Mats Steen | Film | — | — | |
| Heart of Darkness | (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| California Avenue | Jerry | TV | — | — | |
| California Avenue | TV | — | — | ||
| The Turning Door | (voice) | Film | — | — |