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Gender: Male
Birthplace: Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Birthday: 12-12-1949
Birth Name: William Francis Nighy
Bill NighyMore Photos Bill Nighy was born on December 1949 in Caterham. His father managed a garage and the family lived in a flat over the garage. Bill's mother worked as a psychiatric nurse. At school Bill gained two ‘o' levels in English Language and English Literature and enjoyed reading, particularly Earnest Hemingway. The writings of Hemingway inspired Bill to run away to Paris to write a novel....

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e-Talk Daily
May 24, 2007
Thursday 24 May 2007 on CTV

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Bill appeared in The Vertical Hour as Oliver Lucas on Broadway in 2006/2007, earning a Theatre World Award. (edit)
At the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, Bill won as Choice Movie Villain for his role as Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. (edit)
He is an ambassador for charity organisation DebRA. (edit)
He turned down a role in the British Tv series Coronation Street. (edit)
At the age of 17, he left his home and ran away to Paris, where he thought he could write his novel. While he was there, he never wrote a word. (edit)

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(on "Love Actually")
Bill Nighy: They have Love Actually parties now in America. Every Christmas the ladies in particular will open some wine and settle down to watch it all over again. Nothing could give me more pleasure than that. (edit)
Bill Nighy: I speculate to be sociable, but it's a very big deal for me that any work I do should be well received. As for how people generally perceive me, I don't know. (edit)
(on being sent back to England while he was living in Paris, at the request of his father)
Bill Nighy: The British consul shipped me home for 25 quid and I had to pay my father back, he was a wee bit cross. (edit)
Bill Nighy: I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain. (edit)
Bill Nighy: I sometimes think, give me a decent lounge suit please and let me sit in a chair and say philosophical things and look great. But you know there is not much call for that. (edit)

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May 24, 2007
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10.0
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"One of the all-time greats"
Can show emotion and an entire array of humman expressions through tone alone.
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Bill Nighy is a personal favorite of mine.
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