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Bill Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor, who portrayed Rufus Scrimgeour in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.[2]

Career[]

In July 2009, Bill Nighy announced that he got the role of Rufus Scrimgeour. Nighy had already worked with director David Yates twice, and with the majority of the Harry Potter cast in previous films. He once joked he was the only British actor who hasn't been in the Harry Potter film series. Upon being given the role of Scrimgeour, Nighy commented: "I am no longer the only English actor not to be in Harry Potter and I am very pleased."[3]

Bill Nighy was previously nominated the best bi-roll actor in Love Actually as Billy Mack. Nighy is also well known for his work as the vampire king Viktor in the Underworld series as well as Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.[3] He also appeared in the 2010 Doctor Who episode "Vincent and the Doctor".

Personal life[]

Nighy was born in Caterham, Surrey[4] to Catherine Josephine Nighy (née Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse of Irish descent born in Glasgow,[5] and Alfred Martin Nighy, an English man who managed a car garage after working in the family chimney sweeping business.[6]

Nighy is also a patron of the Milton Rooms, a new arts centre in Malton, North Yorkshire, along with Imelda Staunton, Jools Holland and Kathy Burke.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Selective filmography[]

Year Work Award Category Result
1998 Still Crazy Evening Standard
British Film
Peter Sellers Award for Comedy Won
Satellite Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated
2001 Blue/Orange Olivier Best Actor Nominated
Lawless Heart BIFA Best Actor in a British Independent Film Nominated
2002 AKA LAFCA Best Supporting Actor Won
2003 Love Actually BAFTA Film Best Supporting Actor Won
Evening Standard
British Film
Peter Sellers Award for Comedy Won
Satellite Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated
I Capture the Castle LAFCA Best Supporting Actor Won
State of Play BAFTA TV Best Actor Won
The Lost Prince Satellite Best Supporting Actor - TV Won
Underworld N/A
2005 The Constant Gardener BIFA Best Supporting Actor/Actress Nominated
The Girl in the Café Golden Globe Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie Nominated
2006 Gideon's Daughter Golden Globe Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie Won
Satellite Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Won
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest MTV Movie Best Villain Nominated
Saturn Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Teen Choice Choice Movie: Sleazebag Won
Underworld: Evolution N/A
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Teen Choice Choice Movie: Villain Won
2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans N/A
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 N/A
2011 Arthur Christmas Annie Voice Acting in a Feature Production Won
Page Eight Golden Globe Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Satellite Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2015 Skylight Tony Best Actor in a Play Nominated
2017 The Bookshop Goya Best Supporting Actor Nominated

Behind the scenes[]

Notes and references[]

  1. Internet Movie Database bio
  2. "Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" from the Leaky Cauldron
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Bill Nighy to star in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", BBC (6 July 2009). Retrieved on 6 July 2009. 
  4. Barratt, Nick (11 November 2006). Family Detective.
  5. Shaitly, Shahesta (4 July 2010). "Bill Nighy: Five things I know about style", The Observer. Retrieved on 7 October 2010. 
  6. Bill Nighy: the thinking woman's bagel
  7. The Milton Rooms homepage. Themiltonrooms.com. Retrieved on 11 March 2012.
  8. "In England at Christmas It's Me and the Queen", City Times (12 December 2016), accessed 25 March 2017.
  9. "Bill Nighy has Never Been Prouder of his Career Choices than 'Pride'", Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia online, interview (27 February 2019), accessed 3 March 2019.

External links[]

The cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
J. K. Rowling (original author & producer) · David Yates (director) · David Heyman (producer) · David Barron (producer) · Steve Kloves (screenplay) · Alexandre Desplat (music)
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