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Bill Nighy

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Bill Nighy in Underworld

Bill Nighy (1949 - )

Film Deaths[]

  • Underworld (2003) [Viktor]: Head sliced in two with a sword by Kate Beckinsale. (His body is also shown in the 2006 sequel Underworld: Evolution when Derek Jacobi retrieves a key from Bill's body.)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004) [Philip]: Dies of the zombie virus after being bitten on the throat by Keir Mills; he dies shortly after making peace with Simon Pegg due to the strained relationship between their characters and then Bill comes back to life as a zombie some short time later. Earlier in the film, he was bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat and shovel by Simon and Nick Frost three times as a zombie in dream sequences when Simon explain his 'plans' to Nick in various ways.
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) [Davy Jones]: Playing an undead being, he is destroyed when his disembodied heart is stabbed by Johnny Depp (using Orlando Bloom's hand to do so); Bill then falls overboard into a whirlpool. (Although the post-credits scene of Dead Men Tell No Tales indicates that the character might make a return in the next instalment).
  • Valkyrie (2008) [General Friedrich Olbricht]: Executed by being shot multiple times in the chest with rifles a firing squad. Just before being shot, Bill is advised by Tom Cruise to look his executors in the eye, in order to ensure they would remember him.
  • Glorious 39 (2009) [Sir Alexander Keyes]: Dies (off-screen) of old age and natural causes, at some point between the 1939 storyline and the present-day framing sequence.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) [Minister Rufus Scrimgeour]: Killed (off-screen) with a killing curse by Ralph Fiennes; we learn about his death afterwards when George Harris sends out a message warning everybody at the wedding of Domhnall Gleeson and Clemence Poesy.
  • Total Recall (2012) [Matthias]: Shot once in the chest with a handgun by Bryan Cranston, as Bill and Colin Farrell were attempting to access the kill code, which Bryan then reveals to be a fake.
  • Wrath of the Titans (2012) [Hephaestus]: Sacrifices himself by letting Edgar Ramirez stab him in the chest with an electrified spear in order to allow more time for Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike and Toby Kebbell to escape. (Mythological inaccurate: Hephaestus was immortal and, therefore, couldn't die.)
  • About Time (2013) [Tim's Father]: Dies (off-screen) from terminal cancer. He continues to be seen when his son (Domhnall Gleeson) travels back in time to visit him in the past.
  • Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) [Fallon]: Providing the voice of one of the heads of a two headed giant along with John Kassir, Nighy is ripped apart from the inside after Nicholas Hoult throws a magic bean down Nighy's throat, causing a beanstalk to grow from inside their stomach.
  • I, Frankenstein (2014) [Naberius]: Descends to Hell after having the symbol of the gargoyle order carved on his chest during a battle with Aaron Eckhart. (Note: Bill is in heavy demon make up during his death scene)
  • Their Finest (2016) [Ambrose Hilliard/Uncle Frank]: In the film-within-the-film The Nancy Darling, Uncle Frank dies some time after being shot by a German plane while trying to cut a rope tied around the titular boat's propellor. (Ambrose, the actor Bill plays, survives the film.)
  • StarDog & TurboCat [Sinclair]: Dies after being heavily damaged.
  • Living (2022) [Mr. Williams]: Dies of cancer.
  • The First Omen (2024) [Cardinal Lawrence]: Stabbed in the neck with a scalpel by Nell Tiger Free, as Sonia Braga watches on in horror.
  • The Wild Robot (2024) [Longneck]: Providing the voice of a goose, he is shot with a laser by a robot hecwas attacking, after flying in front of Kit Connor to take the blast intended for him.

Television Deaths[]

  • Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) [Helmut Hoffman]: Shot in the back with machine guns by Nazi soldiers, while Bill was attempting to run away.
  • Testament: The Bible in Animation: Daniel (1996; animation) [Belshazzar]: Killed in the battle (off-screen), His head is later shown on a spike.
  • Castlevania: The Endings (2021) [Saint Germain]: Providing the voice of Saint Germain, he dies when a blade hits him in the chest when a part of the castle explodes.

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