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 won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Mini-series or TV Film in January 2007. Also in 2006, Nighy made his Broadway debut at the Music Box Theatre alongside Julianne Moore in "The Vertical Hour", directed by Sam Mendes.