ACTOR

Bill Nighy

1949 - Today

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William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Nighy has received more than 13,037,139 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Bill Nighy is the 446th most popular actor (up from 471st in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 625th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Actor.

Bill Nighy is most famous for his role as Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bill Nighy ranks 446 out of 13,578Before him are John Goodman, Paul Hogan, Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Pat Morita, and Renée Zellweger. After him are Robert Wagner, Halle Berry, Hugh Laurie, Gloria Swanson, William Hurt, and Charlize Theron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bill Nighy ranks 47Before him are Lionel Richie, Fanny Ardant, Martin Amis, José Ramos-Horta, Ottmar Hitzfeld, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. After him are Amin Maalouf, Don Johnson, Nando Parrado, Ruud Krol, Ashraf Ghani, and Billy Joel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Nighy ranks 560 out of 8,785Before him are David II of Scotland (1324), Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892), David J. Thouless (1934), Benjamin Graham (1894), Philip Miller (1691), and Thomas Wolsey (1473). After him are Hugh Laurie (1959), James Parkinson (1755), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), and Beatrix Potter (1866).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bill Nighy ranks 72Before him are Albert Finney (1936), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Donald Pleasence (1919), David McCallum (1933), Jane Seymour (1951), and Christian Bale (1974). After him are Hugh Laurie (1959), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Joan Collins (1933), Robert Carlyle (1961), and Tilda Swinton (1960).

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