28-10-2009 ☼ Help ''G-Force'' become an official nominee for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010. Fans now have the power to determine the nominees for the annual awards show. Visit http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations/vote.jsp?pollId=300003

Vote now and ensure ''G-Force'' makes the cut to be a nominee! The top five nominees in each category will be revealed at the People's Choice Awards annual press conference on November 10, 2009. Only those announced on November 10th have the chance to win a People's Choice Award on January 6th, 2010. BTW: You can add your favourites in other categories, too!

22-09-2009 ☼ Now available is Caroline Goyder's book ''The Star Qualities: How to Sparkle With Confidence in All Aspects of Your Life'' from Sidgwick & Jackson publishers.  Amongst other stars like Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Winslet or Ewan McGregor, The author interviewed Bill Nighy. What he said you can find in the book. What Caroline Goyder says about the interview:

''I chatted to Bill (he was a complete delight) about his secret tips for confidence when you get nervous and he gave some great, reassuring advice about overcoming nerves, tried and tested in his stage work. What he said inspired me...''

You can get the book at the (online or offline) bookseller of your trust.

10-09-2009 ☼ The 34th Toronto International Film Festival is kicking off today. Bill himself will be in Toronto to promote Stephen Poliakoff's world war II thriller ''Glorious 39''. Take your chance on Monday September 14th at the Visa Screening Room (Elgin) at 6 P.M.. Details. For exclusive festival coverage check out Channel Canada.

08-09-2009 ☼ US fans finally can get a hold on one of Bill's older works, the 1999 mockumentary show ''People Like Us''. BBC America finally put out the whole series on region 1 DVDs. Bill's episode ''The Photographer'' along with all the other brilliant and funny fake documentaries by Chris Langham shouldn't be missed and are worth being mentioned in the news.

27-08-2009 ☼ Sky One is producing 12 silent short movies, under the ''12 Days of Christmas'' theme. Bill Nighy (Love Actually). Nighy will star in ‘Statuesque’ written and directed by Neil Gaiman. The story is described as a love triangle in a shopping centre involving two statues and busy Christmas shoppers. Bill will play the part of a statue.

03-07-2009 ☼ Bill Nighy will join the Harry Potter cast. For ''Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows'', as we can now confirm, he was casted as the minister of magic, Rufus Scrimgeour.

Monday, July 6th Bill will be featured on BBC Radio 4's ''Book at Bedtime'' at 10.45 P.M.. He reads from the novel ''To Heaven By Water'' by Justin Cartwright. Catch it live or for the following 7 days on Listen Again.

26-06-2009 ☼ Bad news for fans overseas. The US release of ''The Boat That Rocked'' will be postponed to November for editing reasons.

30-05-2009 ☼ Fodder for your ears. BBC 7 does have the third series of ''Baldi'' on offer, a show about a priestly sleuth. Bill does star in episode 3, ''The Bookcase'' on Wednesday, 02-06-2009. Catch it live 11.15AM, 9.15PM, 2.15 AM or for the following week on BBC7's Listen Again service.

24-05-2009 ☼ US fans finally will get the chance to lay their hands on the complete brilliant BBC comedy show ''People Like Us'' on region 1 DVDs.  Bill starred in the episode ''The Photographer'' in 1999. The 2 DVD box containing both seasons of the show will be released on September 1st, 2009.

19-05-2009 ☼ Everything's coming up roses. Bill visited David Austin’s rose stand at the Chelsea Flower Show yesterday and kindly agreed to the owners' impromptu request to ceremonially cut the English Roses’ 40th birthday cake. The photo was kindly provided by David Austin Roses. And don't miss the chance to enter the competition on their site to read Bill's mind.

29-03-2009 ☼ BBC 7 will broadcast an old gem from the Eighties. ''The Wind And The Lotus: Death Of A Tribesman'' is the first of four parts of a dramatisation of John Masters' novel, which was on air first in 1984. Bill Nighy and Juliet Stevenson are starring. Listen to it live Friday 03-04-09, 11 A.M. or 5 A.M..  Or catch for the next 7 days on BBC7's Listen Again service.

20-03-2009 ☼ UK fans - Get your chance to be next to Bill and the other stars of ''The Boat That Rocked''. The London Paper is giving away 150 tickets for the world premiere next Monday. Find out what to do.

14-03-2009 ☼ BBC 7 will repeat the ''Animal Farm'' read by Bill Nighy. George Orwell's classic parable will be on from Monday to Friday at 1 P.M.. Or catch for the next 7 days on BBC7's Listen Again service.

11-03-2009 ☼ ''Valkyrie'' will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray 19-05-2009. The UK DVD release will be 08-06-2009.

03-03-2009 ☼ Two behind-the-scenes featurettes for ''The Boat That Rocked'' have hit the internet. Watch the first (with a little more Bill) on Rotten Tomatoes. The second one (with a little less Bill) is exclusive to UK's entertainment portal LoveFilm.

11-02-2009 ☼ Bill will participate in Gore Verbinski's (''Pirates Of The Caribbean'') new project ''Rango''. He, along with Johnny Depp and others, will be voicing a character in this animated adventure due to hit the big screens in 2011. We'll keep you updated.

22-01-2009 ☼ BBC Radio 1 offers a fine and funny interview with Bill and his ''Valkyrie'' co-star Eddie Izzard. Don't miss on BBC Radio One Movies.

09-01-2009 ☼ There's a new date for the theatrical release of ''The Boat That Rocked''. In the UK it will now be April 1st, 2009.

- You can catch Bill Nighy on BBC Radio 4 reading Francis Wyndham's ''The Facts Of Life'' on The Afternoon Reading. Listen to it live on Tuesday, January 13th or for the following week on Listen Again.

01-01-2009 ☼ Happy New Year, dear visiters. 2009 first brings news about Disney's ''G-Force'', produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates Of The Caribbean) which will come to theatres July 24th. In this film Bill Nighy (this time without tentacles) plays an evil industrial with an Australian accent setting his eye on world domination. A team of highly trained guinea pigs, yes, guinea pigs, are bound to stop him. Watch the trailer on Trailer Addict and take a look also at Disney's official G-Force website.

16-12-2008 ☼ The official Bill Nighy Experience was informed today that on Facebook a person has opened an account presented as Bill Nighy's account / the account of The official Bill Nighy Experience. On Bill's behalf we would like to point out that  neither the person in question is Bill Nighy nor stands in any connection with him or his official website.

09-12-2008 ☼ The Times today published a letter composed by nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who's leading a group of signing actors, singers, writers and campaigners, Bill Nighy amongst them. The concern is one of the most important in our times:

Climate Change and the World's Poorest

05-12-2008 ☼ Your favourite amateur sleuth is coming back to the radio waves. BBC Radio 4 will bring a new Charles Paris Mystery with Bill in the title role. Don't miss ''Dead Side Of The Mic'' starting from 10-12-2008. Listen to it live from Wednesday, 11.30 AM, with 4 episodes on Wednesdays or for the following 7 days on Listen Again.

29-11-2008 ☼ BBC 7 will repeat the radio play ''The Entertainer''. The drama (featuring some Bill singing!) was originally broadcasted by BBC World Service June 5th, 2004. Catch it live tomorrow, Sunday 10AM or 8PM, or for the next 7 days on BBC7's Listen Again service.

15-11-2008 ☼ United Artists have published a new featurette on ''Valkyrie'' with short scenes from the film and comments from the actors and staff about film and director. Watch it here:

Through Bryan Singer's Eyes

14-11-2008 ☼ Here are the brand new dates for the US premieres of ''Valkyrie'': The New York premier will take place December 15th, followed by the red carpet being rolled out in Los Angeles December 18th.

01-11-2008 ☼ Don't miss the final theatrical trailer of ''Valkyrie''. It  can be watched at Yahoo! Movies or the official website.

31-10-2008 ☼ Happy Halloween, dear guests of the Experience. Finally we can present you the brand new posters for Bill's upcoming comedy ''The Boat That rocked''. Here they are on the new subpage. Visit Empire Online for the complete set of posters.

24-10-2008 ☼ New blood for all you vampirists. The first trailer for ''Underworld: Rise Of the Lycans'' has hit the internet. Watch it on apple.com.

- Radio BBC 7 brings you a rerun of series 7 of the fabulous audio play ''No Commitments''. Catch it Tuesday, 28-10-2008 at 5.30 PM, 29-10 at 6.00 AM or via the Listen Again feature.

27-09-2008 ☼ The official website for ''Valkyrie'' is up with a new design and many interesting informations about the film and the historical background. Also don't miss the new trailer exclusively on Yahoo.

17-09-2008 ☼ The filming for Bill's new project has started these days. ''Wild Target'' is a story about a hitman in love with his next victim. Starring at Bill's side will be names like Emily Blunt, Rupert Everett, Rupert Grint and Martin Freeman. Eileen Atkins will be the mother of Bill's character. The filming's taking place in London and on the Isle Of Man.

24-08-2008 ☼ Rectification to another source: Online gossip magazines today reported the split-up of Bill Nighy and Diana Quick as news. However the statement of them was misquoted. The correct wording of the official statement is:

'Bill and Diana separated amicably eighteen months ago. They remain great friends.'

14-08-2008 ☼ MGM announced a new, christmassy release date for ''Valkyrie''. The film will now be in theatres from Friday, December 26, 2008.

05-08-2008 ☼ Can't wait for ''Underworld: Rise Of the Lycans''? The official webpage is now up and running, and you can register for updates there to not miss anything about the long awaited prequel.

01-08-2008 ☼ A personal word from your webmaster first: For the last six weeks I wasn't able to work on the page due to private reasons.

So here is a short summary of what happened in Nighyland during that time :

- In July Bill travelled with Oxfam to the G8 summit in Tokyo, Japan. The first paragraph on the charity page will lead you to details on his work there on the Oxfam page.

- Bill's first convention ever was San Diego's Comic-Con, July 24-26th. Given, he didn't fight any aliens to save some other aliens, but he promoted the upcoming release of ''Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans'', together with director Patrick Tatopoulos and stars Rhona Mitra, and Kevin Grevioux. Arrow In The Head is giving a fine summary of the panel.

06-06-2008 ☼ Keep your (online) radios tuned to BBC 7 from next Monday. Bill Nighy will read George Orwell's masterpiece ''Animal Farm'' during the week. Listen to it live Monday to Friday 13.00 PM (UK time) or catch the day's chapter for a whole week to follow on Listen Again from the next day on.

06-05-2008 ☼ Another Saturday Play featuring Bill Nighy  you can hear on BBC Radio 4's series to celebrate the memory of Anthony Minghella. ''Two Planks And A Passion'' (originally aired on Radio 4 March 27th, 1999) will be aired Saturday, 10-05-2008 at 2.30 PM (UK time). Catch it on time or for the following seven days on Listen Again.

26-04-2008 ☼ On Thursday, 01-05-2008 BBC 7 will repeat the audio play ''Killing Maestros'', featuring Bill as a paranoid conductor. Catch it live at 10.15 AM, 9.15 PM, 2.15 AM (UK time) or for the following seven days on Listen Again.

More Bill, along with the great Juliet Stevenson,  you can hear on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Play in Anthony Minghella's Giles Cooper award winning audio play ''Cigarettes And Chocolate'', Saturday, 03-05-2008 at 2.30 PM (UK time), originally aired 06-11-1989.

08-04-2008 ☼ After having already pushed it from June to October 2008, MGM and  United Artists now has pushed back the release date for ''Valkyrie'' to February 16th, 2009.

04-04-2008 ☼ Screen Gems now has marked January 23rd, 2009 as the US release date for ''Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans''.

Are you located in or near Dorset, England?  Here's your chance to appear in one of Bill's films. As the Dorset Daily Echo reports today, there'll be an open casting for extras in Richard Curtis' ''The Boat That Rocked'' on Saturday April 12 and Sunday April 13 in Weymouth where producers will chose a number of extras. The casting session will run from 10am to 5pm at the Hotel Prince Regent, on The Esplanade, Weymouth.

02-02-2008 ☼ Some early radio work from Bill you can catch now at BBC 7. Originally aired in 1979 he stars in Dick Francis' ''Enquiry''. You can catch it online today or for the next seven days on BBC 7's Listen again.

02-01-2008 ☼ Bill Nighy is undead again. As we can now confirm officially Bill will reprise his role as vampire lord Viktor in Danny McBride's ''Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans''. Bill is on his way to New Zealand right now for the shooting of Underworld's third part, which will be the long awaited prequel.

15-12-2007 ☼ United Artists' film ''Valkyrie'' has been postponed to October 3rd, 2008, due to the release of another title by the same company.

14-12-2007 ☼ Bill Nighy and Richard Curtis working together again. As it's now officially confirmed, Bill will be in Richard Curtis' new film ''The Boat That Rocked''. The Working Title production will be a comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's. With the filming starting in March 2008 the release is estimated for 2009.

22-11-2007 ☼ 2009 will see the release of the new Disney / Bruckheimer cooperation ''G-Force''. It will be a live action / CGI film about a group of ultra-intelligent animal commandoes who work for a government agency trying to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world. Bill Nighy this time will be not on the CG but on the live action side, playing a sinister industrial, as confirmed today. Along with Bill stars like Nicholas Cage, Steve Buscemi or Tracy Morgan will be lending their voices or full bodies to the story.

08-11-2007 ☼ Valkyrie's theatrical trailer is out now: Watch it on Movienewz.com. Also interesting and available in Hi Definition on apple.com:

Valkyrie Behind The Scenes featurette (QuickTime required)

22-10-2007 ☼ Bill Nighy will be presenting an award at the 16th annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards  on November 1st in Los Angeles. The ceremony will take place at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. To find out more about the presenters and the honorees visit the site of the BAFTA / LA.

15-10-2007 ☼ Tomorrow in London:
''Coping Strategies'' - a 26-minute film, which premieres at the Riverside Studios, West London on 16th October . Produced with the help of an Awards for All National Lottery Grant, the film tells the story of Shahid, a young man with learning disabilities, who breaks free for a new life of romance, independence and indulgence. ''Coping Strategies'' is a surreal black comedy, produced by Yarrow's Moment by Moment Theatre Company.

The film stars Yarrow service users, staff, and supporters, and features a guest appearance by Bill Nighy. Playing a social worker Bill Nighy said: "Because everyone is on an equal footing in the Moment by Moment Theatre Company, they stop seeing themselves as a person with or without a disability. They simply become just actors working together."

More about learning disability charity Yarrow  and order your tickets and the DVD.

Bill Nighy is supposed to attend the premiere.

14-10-2007 ☼ Bill on radio again. He'll reprise his acting detective Charles Paris in BBC Radio 4's ''Murder Unprompted: A Charles Paris Mystery'' from 19-10-2007 11.30AM – 12.00AM or for the following 7 days on Listen Again. More on BBC Radio 4's page for the audioplay.

04-10-2007 ☼ Movienewz.com is offering an interesting piece about the work and the background for Bill's new project ''Valkyrie'', the film about the Hitler assasination attempt, starring Tom Cruise.

Valkyrie: Behind The Scenes Featurette

13-09-2007 ☼ Random House will publish ''Eric Clapton: The Autobiography'' as an audiobook October 9th. Why is this important for the BILL NIGHY EXPERIENCE? Because Bill will read the book on this 5 CD set. More informations on Random House's website or follow this link: Eric Clapton: The Autobiography read by Bill Nighy

06-09-2007 ☼ A few days ago the Daily Mail published the first official group photo from ''Valkyrie'', along with some very interesting informations of the historical characters. ''Valkyrie'' will tell the story about the failed assasination attempt on Hitler: On A Mission To Kill Hitler, Tom Cruise And His Conspirators

03-09-2007 ☼ Celebrities Push The Envelope with Pitney Bowes On Behalf of the National Literacy Trust: Bill Nighy and a host of other celebrities have been using their creativity to design envelopes and raise money for the National Literacy Trust in the fourth Pitney Bowes ‘Pushing The Envelope’ charity auction.

The campaign sees some of Britain’s favourite actors, writers, illustrators, musicians and sportspeople put pen to envelope in aid of the independent charity dedicated to improving the literacy of the nation.

The envelopes will be auctioned on eBay starting 9^th October at 11am and running for 10 days.  All funds raised will be donated to the National Literacy Trust.  Last year, ‘Pushing The Envelope’ raised over £5,000 for the charity and this year sponsors Pitney Bowes hope to exceed this amount.  With more celebrities committed to the cause and further entries yet to be submitted, more than 50 designs are anticipated to be available in total.

For full list of contributors and their envelopes visit www.pushingtheenvelope.info.