Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) 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
Bill Nighy "I Capture the Castle", "Shaun of the Dead", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "Notes on a Scandal", "Hot Fuzz", "Valkyrie", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1", "Rango" and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". His performances were also acclaimed in the "State of Play" series and in the TV films "The Girl in the Café", "Gideon's Daughter" and "Page Eight", for which he earned Golden Globe nominations, winning one for "Gideon's Daughter". Nighy was born on 12 December 1949 in Caterham, Surrey. His mother, Catherine Josephine Nighy (née Whittaker), was a psychiatric nurse of Irish descent born