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
Pirates of the Caribbean (attraction) but a similar ride experience. A reimagined version of the ride, , opened at the Shanghai Disneyland Park in 2016. The ride gave rise to the song "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" written by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio. The song became the basis for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, which debuted in 2003. Since 2006, Disney has incorporated characters from the film series into the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris versions of the rides. The Disneyland version was the last attraction that Walt Disney himself participated in designing; it opened on March