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Bill Nighy at an event for The Wild Robot (2024)

Awards

Bill Nighy

21 wins & 50 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Living

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson in About Time (2013)
    2014 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • About Time
  • Tom Cruise in Valkyrie (2008)
    2009 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Valkyrie
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2007 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Annie Awards

  • Arthur Christmas (2011)
    2012 Winner Annie
    • Voice Acting in a Feature Production
    • Arthur Christmas
    For playing "Grandsanta"

BAFTA Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Leading Actor
    • Living
  • Page Eight (2011)
    2012 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Single Drama
    • Page Eight
    Shared with: David Hare · David Heyman · David Barron
  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)
    2004 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Love Actually
  • Kelly Macdonald, David Morrissey, Bill Nighy, and John Simm in State of Play (2003)
    2004 Winner BAFTA TV Award
    • Best Actor
    • State of Play

British Independent Film Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Lead Performance
    • Living
  • Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener (2005)
    2005 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actor/Actress
    • The Constant Gardener
  • Lawless Heart (2001)
    2002 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Lawless Heart

Critics Choice Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

  • Kelly Macdonald, David Morrissey, Bill Nighy, and John Simm in State of Play (2003)
    2004 Winner Broadcasting Press Guild Award
    • Best Actor
    • State of Play

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

  • Emily Mortimer in The Bookshop (2017)
    2018 Winner CEC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor Secundario)
    • The Bookshop

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

  • Bill Nighy and Sam Riley in Sometimes Always Never (2018)
    2019 Winner Maverick Spirit Award
    • Sometimes Always Never

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living
    4th place

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)
    2004 Winner Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
    • Love Actually
  • Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, and Bill Nighy in Still Crazy (1998)
    1999 Winner Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
    • Still Crazy

Golden Globes, USA

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Living
  • Page Eight (2011)
    2012 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Page Eight
  • Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in Gideon's Daughter (2005)
    2007 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Gideon's Daughter
  • Kelly Macdonald and Bill Nighy in The Girl in the Café (2005)
    2006 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • The Girl in the Café

Satellite Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
    • Living
  • Page Eight (2011)
    2011 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Page Eight
  • Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in Gideon's Daughter (2005)
    2006 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Gideon's Daughter
  • Daniel Williams in The Lost Prince (2003)
    2005 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • The Lost Prince
  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)
    2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
    • Love Actually

Goya Awards

  • Emily Mortimer in The Bookshop (2017)
    2018 Nominee Goya
    • Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto)
    • The Bookshop

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Living
  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Winner ALFS Award
    • British/Irish Actor of the Year
    • Living
  • Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal (2006)
    2007 Nominee ALFS Award
    • British Supporting Actor of the Year
    • Notes on a Scandal
  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)
    2004 Winner ALFS Award
    • British Supporting Actor of the Year
    • Love Actually

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Lead Performance
    • Living
    Tied with Cate Blanchett for Tár (2022)
  • AKA (2002)
    2003 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • AKA
    • I Capture the Castle
    • Lawless Heart
    • Love Actually

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2007 Nominee MTV Movie Award
    • Best Villain
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 3rd Place NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Winner International Star Award
    • Actor
    • Living

Royal Television Society, UK

  • Kelly Macdonald, David Morrissey, Bill Nighy, and John Simm in State of Play (2003)
    2004 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Best Actor - Male
    • State of Play

Actor Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Living
  • Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Dev Patel in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
    2013 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    Shared with: Judi Dench · Celia Imrie · Dev Patel · Ronald Pickup · Maggie Smith · Tom Wilkinson · Penelope Wilton

Teen Choice Awards

  • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
    2007 Winner Teen Choice Award
    • Choice Movie: Villain
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    2006 Winner Teen Choice Award
    • Movies - Choice Sleazebag
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Emily Mortimer in The Bookshop (2017)
    2018 Nominee Sant Jordi
    • Best Actor in a Foreign Film (Millor actor en pel·lícula estrangera)
    • The Bookshop
    • The Limehouse Golem
    • Their Finest

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)
    2004 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Ensemble Acting
    • Love Actually
    Shared with: Hugh Grant · Colin Firth · Sienna Guillory · Liam Neeson · Lulu Popplewell · Emma Thompson · Kris Marshall · Heike Makatsch · Martin Freeman · Joanna Page · Chiwetel Ejiofor · Andrew Lincoln · Keira Knightley · Nina Sosanya · Martine McCutcheon · Laura Linney · Thomas Brodie-Sangster · Alan Rickman · Rodrigo Santoro · Rowan Atkinson · Claudia Schiffer · Gregor Fisher · Rory MacGregor · Carla Vasconcelos · Shannon Elizabeth · Denise Richards · Elisha Cuthbert · Lúcia Moniz

Shanghai International TV Festival

  • Kelly Macdonald and Bill Nighy in The Girl in the Café (2005)
    2006 Nominee Magnolia Award
    • Best Actor
    • The Girl in the Café

Gaudí Awards

  • Emily Mortimer in The Bookshop (2017)
    2018 Nominee Gaudí Award
    • Best Supporting Actor (Millor Actor Secundari)
    • The Bookshop

Feroz Awards, ES

  • Emily Mortimer in The Bookshop (2017)
    2018 Nominee Feroz Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • The Bookshop

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

Critics Choice Television Awards

  • Page Eight (2011)
    2012 Nominee Critics' Choice TV Award
    • Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
    • Page Eight

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 2nd Place DFCC
    • Best Actor
    • Living
    2nd place

Dorian Film Awards

  • Bill Nighy at an event for The Wild Robot (2024)
    2023 Nominee Timeless Award

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson in About Time (2013)
    2013 Winner UFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • About Time

Online Film & Television Association

  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)
    2004 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Adapted Song
    • Love Actually
    For the song "Christmas is All Around Us".
    Shared with: Reg Presley
  • Daniel Williams in The Lost Prince (2003)
    2004 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
    • The Lost Prince

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Page Eight (2011)
    2012 Nominee ACCA TV
    • Best Actor (TV Movie or Mini-Series)
    • Page Eight

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
    2017 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Their Finest

Gold Derby Awards

  • Kelly Macdonald and Bill Nighy in The Girl in the Café (2005)
    2006 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • TV Movie/Mini Lead Actor
    • The Girl in the Café

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living
  • Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson in About Time (2013)
    2014 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • About Time
  • Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Dev Patel in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
    2013 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Grownup Love Story
    • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    Shared with: Judi Dench

National Film Awards, UK

  • Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, and Olivia Cooke in The Limehouse Golem (2016)
    2018 Nominee National Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • The Limehouse Golem

Overcome Film Festival

  • Kevin McNally, Bill Nighy, Joris Adu, Steve Goody, Jordan Inconstant, and Benjamin Grisel in Bloody Fury (2023)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Supporting Voice Actor
    • Bloody Fury

Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2022 2nd Place PFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    2023 Nominee SFBAFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Living

International Film Gala

  • Bill Nighy in This is the Beginning (2025)
    2025 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Actor
    • This is the Beginning

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