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William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with The Illuminatus! in 1977. There he gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinter's Betrayal in 1991, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 1993, and Anton Chekov's The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Blue/Orange in 2001. He made his Broadway debut in Hare's The Vertical Hour in 2006, and returned in the 2015 revival of Hare's Skylight earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Early film roles include in the comedies Still Crazy (1998), and Blow Dry (1999) before his breakout role in Love Actually (2003) which earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He soon gained recognition portraying Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006-2007), and Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003-2009). Other films include Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), About Time (2013), Emma (2020), and Living (2022), the last of these earning him his first career Academy Award nomination. Nighy has gained acclaim for his roles in television earning a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He's also known for his roles in HBO's The Girl in the Café (2006) and PBS's Page Eight (2012).
The Green Lantern Corps, are a cosmic police force armed with Will-powered rings, it's ran by the Guardians of the Universe on the planet Oa. Years ago on earth, in Coast City, a pilot named Martin Jordan died in a place crash, his son Hal Jordan overcame the trauma and became an amazing pilot working at Ferris Aircraft for his girlfriend Carol and her father Carl Ferris, who co-founded the company with Conrad Bloch, but was dismissed due to alcoholism. In the present, during a night flight, Hal gets abducted by a green light that takes him to a crashed spaceship where an alien called Abin Sur gives Hal his ring before dying. After the ring takes Hal to Oa, he learns the ropes from Tomar-Re and Kilowog, they tell him about Sinestro, a lantern who claimed fear surpassed willpower. Somewhere in Space Sinestro forges a ring powered by fear, creating the Yellow Lanterns. Back in Coast City, Hal uses his ring to aid people, but becomes absent from work and is replaced by a pilot named Jason. Sinestro recruits Arkillo to the Yellow Lanterns. Jason is revealed as Conrad's son and crashes a plane killing Carl, but Hal saves Carol. Sinestro attacks Oa incapacitating many Green Lanterns with the power of fear. Hal gets there and with the help of Kilowog, they confront Sinestro and Arkillo. Sinestro underestimates Hal’s willpower and looses the fight, but escapes with Arkillo. After Oa rebuilds, the guardians tell Hal that he has one of the most powerful wills they have ever seen.
