who plays davy jones in pirates of the caribbean
Bill Nighy
title: Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) text: Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) Davy Jones is a fictional character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, portrayed by Bill Nighy. He appears in the second film "" and returns in the third film "". He is the captain of the "Flying Dutchman" (based on the ghost ship of the same name). The computer-generated imagery used to complete Jones was named by "Entertainment Weekly" as the tenth favorite computer generated film character in film history, behind King Kong in 2007. The work on Davy Jones by Industrial Light and Magic earned them the 2006 Academy Award for title: Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) text: Visual Effects for "Dead Man's Chest". The character is based on the superstition of Davy Jones' Locker. Before officially casting Bill Nighy, producers also met with Jim Broadbent, Iain Glen and Richard E. Grant for the role. Like the entire crew of the "Flying Dutchman"'s (except "Bootstrap Bill"), Davy Jones's physical appearance is completely computer-generated. Nighy's performance was recorded using motion capture during actual filming on the set, with Nighy wearing several markers in both a grey suit and his face, rather than in a studio during post-production. Nighy also wore make-up around his eyes, since the original plan was title: Bill Nighy text: Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema role in 1981, and made his name in television with "The Men's Room" in 1991, in which he played the womaniser Professor Mark Carleton. Nighy became widely known for his performance as Billy Mack in "Love Actually". Other notable roles in cinema include his portrayal of Davy Jones in "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, as well as Viktor in the "Underworld" film series. He is also known for his roles in the films "Lawless Heart", title: Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) text: to use his real eyes, if necessary to get the proper lighting, in the digital character; he also wore make-up on his lips and around his mouth, to assist in the motion capture of his character's Scottish accent. Briefly during the third film, Jones appears as a human for a single scene, played by Nighy in costume. Several reviewers have in fact mistakenly identified Nighy as wearing prosthetic makeup or a latex mask due to the computer-generated character's photorealism. Davy Jones' physique was designed by the films' producers to be a mixture of various aquatic flora and fauna features. Jones' title: Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) text: the "At World's End" set, which has more greenish tentacles. He was made as a Lego minifigure in November 2011, with 4184 Black Pearl. A children's and adult Halloween costumes were released for Halloween 2007. Davy Jones was released as a PEZ dispenser, along with Jack Sparrow and Will Turner. Hot Toys also announced plans to make a 1:6 version of Davy Jones which became available Q2 2008, and is widely regarded as more detailed than those produced by NECA. Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) Davy Jones is a fictional character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series,