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William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced ;〔(Bill Nighy – Nighy Accepts Surname Mispronunciation ). contactmusic.com. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2010.〕 born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema role in 1981, and made his name in television with ''The Men's Room'' in 1991, in which he played the womaniser Prof. Mark Carleton, whose extramarital affairs kept him "vital".〔(''The Men's Room'' ), ''The Internet Movie Database'', accessed 23 November 2009.〕 Nighy became known for his performance in ''Love Actually''. Other notable roles in cinema include his portrayal of Davy Jones in ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', as well as Viktor in the ''Underworld'' film series. He is also known for his roles in the films ''Lawless Heart'', ''I Capture the Castle'', ''Shaun of the Dead'', ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Notes on a Scandal'', ''Hot Fuzz'', ''Valkyrie'', ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'', ''Rango'' and ''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel''. His performances were also acclaimed in the ''State of Play'' series and in the TV films ''The Girl in the Café'', ''Gideon's Daughter'' and ''Page Eight'', for which he earned Golden Globe nominations, winning one for ''Gideon's Daughter''. == Early life and education == Nighy was born on 12 December 1949 in Caterham, Surrey. His mother, Catherine Josephine Nighy (née Whittaker), was a psychiatric nurse who was born in Glasgow, and his English-born father, Alfred Martin Nighy, managed a car garage after working in the family chimney sweeping business.〔(Bill Nighy: the thinking woman's bagel ) ''The Independent'', 19 February 2006; (Family Detective ) ''The Daily Telegraph''.〕 Also of part Irish descent, Nighy was brought up as a Roman Catholic, serving as an altar boy. He has two elder siblings, Martin and Anna. Nighy attended the John Fisher School, a Roman Catholic grammar school in Purley, where he was a member of the school theatre group. He left the school with two O-levels and then took a job with ''The Croydon Advertiser'' as a messenger boy. He went on to train at the Guildford School of Acting.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Nighy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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