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 "The Sunday Times" reported that Nighy was on the shortlist for the role of the Ninth Doctor in the 2005 revival of the BBC television series "Doctor Who". Christopher Eccleston ultimately filled the role. In 2005, he appeared as Slartibartfast in the film adaptation of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". He also appeared in the one-off BBC One comedy-drama "The Girl in the Café". In February 2006, he appeared in scriptwriter Stephen Poliakoff's one-off drama, "Gideon's Daughter". Nighy played the lead character, Gideon, a successful events organiser who begins to lose touch with the world around him. This performance