Bill Nighy Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Bill Nighy been in? This complete Bill Nighy filmography lists 91 credited roles (79 films, 12 TV series), in chronological order from 1979 to 2026, with links to our full guides where available.

Bill Nighy movies in order

• Death Watch (1980) as Katherine's Co-worker (uncredited)
• Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Officer
• Eye of the Needle (1981) as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
• Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) as ENT Doctor
• The Little Drummer Girl (1984) as Al
• Thirteen at Dinner (1985) as Ronald Marsh
• The Phantom of the Opera (1989) as Martin Barton
• Being Human (1994) as Julian
• FairyTale: A True Story (1997) as Edward Gardner
• Still Crazy (1998) as Ray Simms
• Guest House Paradiso (1999) as Mr. Johnson
• Longitude (2000) as Lord Sandwich
• Blow Dry (2001) as Ray Robertson
• Lucky Break (2001) as Roger
• I Capture the Castle (2003) as James Mortmain
• Love Actually (2003) as Billy Mack
• Underworld (2003) as Viktor
• Shaun of the Dead (2004) as Phillip
• Enduring Love (2004) as Robin
• The Magic Roundabout (2005) as Dylan (voice)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) as Slartibartfast
• The Girl in the Café (2005) as Lawrence
• The Constant Gardener (2005) as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
• Gideon's Daughter (2005) as Gideon Warner
• Underworld: Evolution (2006) as Viktor
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as Davy Jones
• Stormbreaker (2006) as Alan Blunt
• Flushed Away (2006) as Whitey (voice)
• Notes on a Scandal (2006) as Richard Hart
• Hot Fuzz (2007) as Met Chief Inspector
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) as Davy Jones
• Valkyrie (2008) as Friedrich Olbricht
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) as Viktor
• The Boat That Rocked (2009) as Quentin
• G-Force (2009) as Leonard Saber
• Astro Boy (2009) as Dr. Elefun / Robotsky (voice)
• Glorious 39 (2009) as Alexander Keyes
• Wild Target (2010) as Victor Maynard
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) as Rufus Scrimgeour
• Chalet Girl (2011) as Richard Madsen
• Rango (2011) as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
• Page Eight (2011) as Johnny Worricker
• Arthur Christmas (2011) as Grandsanta (voice)
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) as Douglas Ainslie
• Wrath of the Titans (2012) as Hephaestus
• Total Recall (2012) as Matthias
• London: The Modern Babylon (2012) as Spoken Quotations (voice)
• Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) as General Fallon
• The World's End (2013) as The Network (voice)
• About Time (2013) as Dad
• I, Frankenstein (2014) as Naberius
• Turks & Caicos (2014) as Johnny Worricker
• Salting the Battlefield (2014) as Johnny Worricker
• Pride (2014) as Cliff
• The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) as Douglas Ainslie
• A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015) as Self - 'Flushed Away' and 'Arthur Christmas'
• Norm of the North (2016) as Socrates (voice)
• Dad's Army (2016) as Sergeant Wilson
• The Limehouse Golem (2016) as John Kildare
• Their Finest (2017) as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
• Red Nose Day Actually (2017) as Billy Mack
• The Bookshop (2017) as Mr. Brundish
• Sometimes Always Never (2019) as Alan
• Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) as Howard Clifford
• Hope Gap (2019) as Edward
• StarDog and TurboCat (2019) as Sinclair (voice)
• The Kindness of Strangers (2019) as Timofey
• Emma. (2020) as Mr. Woodhouse
• Minamata (2020) as Robert "Bob" Hayes
• Living (2022) as Williams
• Role Play (2023) as Bob
• The Beautiful Game (2024) as Mal
• The First Omen (2024) as Cardinal Lawrence
• 10 Lives (2024) as Professor Craven (voice)
• Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024) as Conrad (voice)
• The Wild Robot (2024) as Longneck (voice)
• Joy (2024) as Patrick Steptoe
• That Christmas (2024) as Lighthouse Bill (voice)
• Shelter (2026) as Manafort

Bill Nighy TV shows

• Minder (1979) as Oates
• Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) as Goschen
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) as Jeffrey Grainger
• Black Books (2000) as Man at bar
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002) as Lockwood
• State of Play (2003) as Cameron Foster
• Doctor Who (2005) as Dr Black
• Castlevania (2017) as Saint Germain (voice)
• Ordeal by Innocence (2018) as Leo Argyll
• The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022) as Thomas Jerome Newton
• LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• Harlan Coben's Lazarus (2025) as Doctor Lazarus 'Dr L'

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