Relating to grumpy however lovable males, Invoice Nighy has it nailed. He performs Simon Pegg’s grumpy zombie step-dad in Shaun of the Useless with lovable allure, and washed-up grumpy rockstar Billy Mack in Love Truly, for which he received a Bafta for greatest supporting actor. In 2006, he received a Golden Globe for TV film Gideon’s Daughter the place he performs an, um, grumpy publicist on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In 2022, he was nominated for an Oscar for Residing through which he performs an, erm, grumpy Nineteen Fifties bureaucrat. He performs a grumpy vampire elder within the Underworld sequence and, much less grumpy as a result of he’s close to immortal, Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean. He’s pretty grumpy additionally within the new Netflix soccer movie The Lovely Recreation.
After all, there’s extra to him. On stage, he’s carried out Shakespeare, Chekhov and Pinter. On TV, he’s been in Bergerac, Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Physician Who. He helps Crystal Palace, was in a band referred to as the Love Ponies, and was as soon as listed as one of many best-dressed over-50s within the Guardian. Oh and apparently he’s an enormous fan of Pokémon.
He now stars in supernatural horror movie The First Omen as a senior member of the Catholic church, with grumpiness ranges nonetheless unknown. So, what would you prefer to ask him? It’s a fast turnaround so please get your solutions in by 10am GMT on Thursday 14 March and we’ll print his solutions on 29 March.
