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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).
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Alfred Pennyworth
for Alfred Pennyworth in James Gunn's BATMAN!
Suggested by enzotakerian
If James Gunn made a Batman movie, he'll be able to use his talent in adding dark humour, trying to make the audience laugh after a traumatic scene. Bruce Wayne suffers the loss of his parents who were murdered by muggers on the streets of Gotham and the criminals were never caught. He grows up reclusive in his mansion along with his butler, Alfred. His attempt to move on in life has made him a tech-wiz and he is skilled in martial arts. Nowadays he runs his late father's money-making corporation. Bruce now vows to have good people of Gotham City protected and not go through the same suffering as he did. When he finds an old cavern under his house with bats nesting down there (luckily they don't have rabies), it inspires him to don a bat-themed costume and fight crime as "Batman." Meanwhile, a struggling sociopathic comedian who used to work at a chemical processing company is chased by criminals to that factory where he falls into a vat of corrosive chemicals. His survives and is given reconstruction surgery, which make him look like a green-haired mime. His whole life felt like a joke, which is why he has chronic laughter. Now he goes by "the Joker." Batman must stop the Joker from poisoning Gotham with his new serum. Also, Bruce becomes extremely overwhelmed having to raise an orphaned pre-teen boy, after the Joker attacks at a circus resulting in the death of the boys acrobat parents. It will have elements from "The Animated Series," "The Long Halloween," "The Killing Joke," and "LEGO Batman movie. At one point Dick Grayson will say, "Everyone calls me Dick." And Bruce says, "I'm so sorry" or "Why does everyone think you're a dick?" And for sure, this movie should include ACE THE BAT HOUND!
