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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).
Bill Nighy
The Ultra-Humanite
for The Ultra-Humanite in Superman: Dawn of Hope (2018)
Suggested by scarletstudios
This phase will start with, of course, a Superman movie, but with various changes from the Man of Steel directed by Zack Snyder in 2013. For starters, this movie will be called Dawn of Hope, and it will be less darker than Snyder’s Man of Steel. In this film, Superman’s suit is based on the suit from Max Fleischer’s Superman suit from the 1940s will also introduce Lex Luthor (Comic-accurate of course) early, Lois Lane is recasted with a comic-accurate appearance (No hate to Amy Adams, she did great as Snyderverse Lois), and Jimmy Olsen doesn’t get killed off but has a significant role alongside Lois (Yes, Jimmy was in BvS and got killed) and he will have a big role. For villains, instead of General Dru-Zod (I’m saving him for later on), it would obviously be Lex Luthor but this time, the other villain, the one who will fight Superman, is actually the very first villain comic book history: The Ultra-Humanite, who in this version is a top scientist working under Lex Luthor, he also develops psychic abilities like telepathy and telekinesis, however, there is a major drawback. His body is slowly withering due to how powerful his brain is, so using a captured albino gorilla, he transfers his brain into it, turning him into his iconic look. There will be a mid-credits scene that teases Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson watching sightings and news reports of Superman’s fight with the Ultra-Humanite. This would also have a release date around late 2018
