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Apr 13, 2022 · Bill Nighy, the unsung national treasure who’s been dropping one-liners onstage and on-screen for more than four decades, takes us on a trip down memory lane to discuss his latest work,...
- Alive and Kicking (1996) – 83%
- Lawless Heart (2001) – 87%
- Page Eight (2011) – 93%
- Antonia and Jane (1991) – 100%
Even in smaller roles, Nighy is always a standout member of any cast he is involved with. The intimate story of Alive and Kicking benefits from his supporting role in the story of a dancer (played by Jason Flemyng) coping with the loss of his lover who died from AIDS. Even with a heart-wrenching premise, Alive and Kickingmanaged to bring both laugh...
A big part of what makes Nighy's talents so versatile is how effortlessly he can switch between comedy and drama. He gets to stretch both of those acting muscles in the British movie Lawless Heart. The movie tells three intersecting stories about love all set around a funeral. Nighy plays a family man who is drawn into an extramarital relationship....
Page Eight follows Bill Nighy's Johnny Worricker, a long-serving MI5 officer who must leave his job behind in order to find out the secrets that threaten the organization he works for. The BBC film explores the moral issues that pertain to intelligence agencies in the 21st Centuries. The BBC film features an all-star cast, in addition to Bill Nighy...
An underrated and overlooked movie from the early 90s, Antonia and Janeis a moving and often humorous look into the friendship between two people with opposite personalities. The film explores their relationship and the intricacies of their own personalities. The film features a strong cause including Bill Nighy as Howard, Imelda Staunton as Jane, ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Bill Nighy: ‘Not watching my performances is the only way to do it’. The star of new movie ‘The Beautiful Game’ talks about arriving late to fame and the necessity of avoiding himself on screen....
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- 'Living' (2022) The film to finally earn Nighy his first Oscar nomination is a prophetic one. A remake of Akira Kurosawa's painful masterpiece Ikiru, which in turn was inspired by Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Living alters the setting to 1950s London.
- 'Worricker Trilogy' (2011 - 2014) David Hare's Worricker Trilogy is essentially the culmination of Nighy as an actor. Spanning three films, 2011's Page Eight as well as 2014's Turks and Caicos and Salting the Battlefield, Nighy plays Johnny Worricker, a worldly and dashing MI5 agent.
- 'Love Actually' (2003) Perhaps the biggest movie Nighy has ever been a part of, Love Actually was, and remains a true phenomenon and an annual Christmas tradition for viewers.
- 'About Time' (2013) In many ways, About Time opened Nighy up to a broader audience. A box office success, grossing over $88 million, the movie is right in line with many of Richard Curtis' other classic rom-coms, but with a fanciful twist.
Dec 27, 2022 · The British actor talks about his moving performance in Kazuo Ishiguro's adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru" and how he almost missed the role. He also reflects on his career, from theater to "Love, Actually" to "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Dec 24, 2022 · NPR's Scott Simon talks with the actor Bill Nighy about the movie "Living." He plays a joyless bureaucrat who receives a terminal diagnosis and reconsiders his life.
Mar 2, 2023 · Bill Nighy discusses 'Living,' his character's radical restraint and having a single costume.
