William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced /ˈnaɪ/; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor and comedian. He started working in theatre and television, before his first cinema role in 1981, and is perhaps best known to international film audiences for his roles in Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, Notes on a Scandal, Underworld, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Valkyrie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Fuzz, Stormbreaker and lending his voices to animated fil...
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William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced /ˈnaɪ/; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor and comedian. He started working in theatre and television, before his first cinema role in 1981, and is perhaps best known to international film audiences for his roles in Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, Notes on a Scandal, Underworld, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Valkyrie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Fuzz, Stormbreaker and lending his voices to animated films Flushed Away and The Magic Roundabout. He is also known for being the narrator on Meerkat Manor. He will also play the role of Rufus Scrimgeour, the Minister for Magic in the upcoming film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Nighy was born in Caterham, Surrey. His mother, Catherine Josephine (née Whittaker), was a psychiatric nurse who was raised in Glasgow, and his father, Alfred Martin Nighy, managed a car garage and worked as a mechanic. He has two older siblings, Martin and Anna. Nighy attended The John Fisher School, Purley. He...
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