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Bill Nighy (born December 12, 1949) is a British actor. He started in television and theatre before appearing in cinema roles in 1981. He is married to the actress Diana Quick .

Nighy has starred in many radio and television dramas, notably the BBC serial, The Men's Room ( 1991), and more recently the thriller State of Play ( 2003) and costume drama He Knew He Was Right ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co). He played SamSamwise Gamgee ( T. 2980-?; S. 1380-?), a character from J. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle-earth, is Frodo Baggins' servant who proves to be the most loyal of the Fellowship of the Ring. A gardener by trade, Sam is a simple Hobbit of plain speech, who lov in the 1981 BBC Radio dramatisation of The Lord of the RingsIn 1981 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a dramatisation of J. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in 26 half-hour stereo instalments. There had been a previous 13-part BBC Radio version in 1956, but no recordings are known to have survived. There was also a slightly ex, and also appeared in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends BBC radio versions of Yes, MinisterYes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms about the struggle between James "Jim" Hacker (played by Paul Eddington), the government minister of the (fictional) department of Administrative Affairs (and later as Prime Minister) an episodes.

His films include Eye of the NeedleEye of the Needle is a spy thriller novel written by British author Ken Follett. Published in 1978 by the Penguin Group, this novel was Follett's first successful, bestselling effort as a novelist. The book also became an film with Kate Nelligan and Donal, Curse of the Pink PantherThe Pink Panther refers to: A series of films, most of which feature Peter Sellers as the bumbling French policeman Jacques Clouseau The diamond depicted in the first film (although fans over the years have perceived Inspector Clouseau to be the Pink Pant, The Phantom of the Opera , Mack the KnifeMack the Knife originally Die Moritat von Mackie Messer was composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their Dreigroschenoper or, as it is known in English, Threepenny Opera''. The Threepenny Opera A moritat is a medieval version of the murd, The Little Drummer Girl , Being Human, True Blue, Indian Summer, FairyTale: A True Story , Still Crazy , Guest House Paradiso , Blow Dry , The Lawless Heart , AKA, Lucky Break , I Capture the Castle , Underworld, Love Actually and Shaun of the Dead.

In February 2004 he was awarded the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Love Actually, and followed this up at the BAFTA Television Awards in April with the Best Actor award for State of Play.



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