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Contents 1 Alcoholism 2 Married? 3 Pronunciation 4 Davy Jones Pic 5 Acting career 6 Filmography 7 The Science Guy? 8 Picture 9 Fair use rationale for Image:Davy Jones.jpg

[edit] Alcoholism

What is the matter with mentioning Nighy's alcoholism and subsequent cure? It is inspirational and also widely discussed by Nighy himself.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.201.169.149 (talk) 06:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Married?

Just a minor point, but it's not clear if Bill Nighy is actually married to Diana Quick or not. Both Wikipedia and IMDB are inconsistent on this point, with the Bill Nighy article denying marriage and the Diana Quick article saying the opposite. -Chinju 03:39, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I found this on his official website (billnighy.net) as an answer to this question: " Yes. Well, not on the paper, but since over 20 years actress Diana Quick is the woman on his side." -Fredvdp 30 May 2007 11:51 GMT+1

[edit] Pronunciation

How do you pronounce Bill Nighy's last name? If someone could add this to the article, that'd be greeeeeat. - Brian Kendig 06:49, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Nye(as in the first part of 'night') - ee. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 15:02, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Davy Jones Pic

Davy Jones was entirely CG in the movie, so no matter how reminiscent his appearence is to Nighy, its not really worth having a picture. Thoughts? Cheers, Dubbya9 05:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I've changed the picture's description to reflect the fact that he was the voice actor. But seeing as there are very few pictures, it's worth keeping in my opinion. -- Lima Golf ^{Talk | Contributions} 11:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Wrong. Davy Jones was not "entirely CG". You can check it here. Even actor's facial movements were used. --88.154.40.78 19:06, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Bill did the acting with motion capture, but the character is a 100 percent CG model. -Fredvdp 30 May 2007

[edit] Acting career

I've deleted this sentence from the paragraph that mentions his BBC Radio roles:

In addition, he also had a minor role in Softly, Softly.

It's not significant, other than as his first role recorded on IMDB, and if people are interested in his early appearances they can click the link to his page on that website. –Fayenatic london 23:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Filmography

Isn't filmography supposed to be listed reverse chronologically? It is on most bibliography pages. -- Lima Golf ^{Talk | Contributions} 11:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Science Guy?

Is he? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.171.211.111 (talk) 06:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

No, that's Bill Nye. -Fredvdp

[edit] Picture

I've moved a picture up to the top of the article, butr a better one is needed. Could someone get a up to date one of him not in character, eg, at a awads ceremony or a premier?(Black Dalek 09:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)).

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Davy Jones.jpg

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BetacommandBot 10:44, 30 August 2007 (UTC)