Bill Nighy
Birthday:
Birthplace:
Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
At age 15, ran away from home, intending to write a book; got as far as the South of France and, starving, turned to the British consul for help. His father wired him money so he could return home. Came to prominence in England starring in the 1991 BBC2 drama The Men's Room. Won BAFTAs for his work in Love Actually and the British miniseries State of Play (both 2003). Made his Broadway debut opposite Julianne Moore in 2006's The Vertical Hour. Is a huge Rolling Stones fan. Suffers from Dupuytren's contracture, a hereditary condition that has left the two last fingers on both hands permanently bent toward the palms. Provides narration for the popular Animal Planet series Meerkat Manor.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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74% | Minamata |
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— | 2021 |
36% | Buckley's Chance |
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— | 2021 |
63% | Love Sarah |
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— | 2020 |
82% | Sometimes Always Never (Triple Word Score) |
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— | 2020 |
64% | Hope Gap |
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— | 2020 |
86% | Emma. |
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— | 2020 |
31% | The Kindness of Strangers |
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— | 2020 |
68% | Pokémon Detective Pikachu |
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— | 2019 |
50% | StarDog and TurboCat |
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— | 2019 |
58% | The Bookshop |
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— | 2018 |
74% | The Limehouse Golem |
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— | 2017 |
90% | Their Finest |
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$3.6M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Red Nose Day Actually |
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— | 2017 |
31% | Dad's Army |
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$4.7M | 2016 |
7% | Norm of the North |
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$12.4M | 2016 |
65% | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
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$39M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | Turks & Caicos |
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— | 2014 |
92% | Pride |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | National Theatre Live: Skylight |
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— | 2014 |
5% | I, Frankenstein |
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$15.7M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Salting the Battlefield |
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— | 2014 |
69% | About Time |
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$18.5M | 2013 |
89% | London: The Modern Babylon |
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— | 2013 |
52% | Jack the Giant Slayer |
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$65.2M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Great White Shark 3D |
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— | 2013 |
31% | Total Recall |
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$58.9M | 2012 |
78% | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
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$46.4M | 2012 |
26% | Wrath of the Titans |
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$83.7M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene |
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— | 2012 |
92% | Arthur Christmas |
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$46.5M | 2011 |
77% | Chalet Girl |
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$1.7k | 2011 |
93% | Page Eight |
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— | 2011 |
96% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 |
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$381.1M | 2011 |
88% | Rango |
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$123.2M | 2011 |
77% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 |
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$295M | 2010 |
33% | Wild Target |
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$0.2M | 2010 |
44% | Glorious 39 |
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— | 2009 |
59% | Pirate Radio (The Boat That Rocked) |
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$8.1M | 2009 |
50% | Astro Boy (AstroBoy) |
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$19.6M | 2009 |
22% | G-Force |
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$119.5M | 2009 |
29% | Underworld: The Rise of the Lycans |
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$45.9M | 2009 |
62% | Valkyrie |
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$83M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | The Little Fox 2 (Kis vuk) |
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— | 2008 |
44% | Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End |
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$309.5M | 2007 |
91% | Hot Fuzz |
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$23.7M | 2007 |
87% | Notes on a Scandal |
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$17.4M | 2006 |
73% | Flushed Away |
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$64.5M | 2006 |
35% | Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker |
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$0.6M | 2006 |
53% | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
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$423.1M | 2006 |
8% | Doogal |
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$7.4M | 2006 |
17% | Underworld: Evolution |
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$62.4M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Gideon's Daughter |
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— | 2005 |
84% | The Constant Gardener |
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$33.6M | 2005 |
60% | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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$51.1M | 2005 |
60% | The Magic Roundabout (Doogal) |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | The Girl in the Café (The Girl in the Cafe) |
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— | 2005 |
59% | Enduring Love |
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$0.4M | 2004 |
92% | Shaun of the Dead |
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$13.5M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | He Knew He Was Right |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | The Young Visiters |
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— | 2003 |
64% | Love Actually |
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$59.4M | 2003 |
31% | Underworld |
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$51.5M | 2003 |
79% | I Capture the Castle |
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$1M | 2003 |
71% | The Lost Prince |
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— | 2003 |
87% | Lawless Heart |
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— | 2002 |
48% | Lucky Break |
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— | 2002 |
58% | AKA |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Guest House Paradiso |
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— | 2001 |
19% | Blow Dry |
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— | 2001 |
73% | Still Crazy |
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— | 1998 |
57% | Fairy Tale: A True Story |
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— | 1997 |
83% | Alive and Kicking |
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— | 1997 |
54% | Being Human |
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— | 1994 |
100% | Antonia & Jane |
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— | 1991 |
20% | Mack the Knife |
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— | 1989 |
38% | The Phantom of the Opera |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Agatha Christie's 'Thirteen at Dinner' |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil |
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— | 1985 |
71% | The Little Drummer Girl |
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— | 1984 |
29% | Curse of the Pink Panther |
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— | 1983 |
83% | Eye of the Needle |
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— | 1981 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
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No Score Yet |
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty
2021
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94% |
Ordeal by Innocence
2018
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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No Score Yet |
Masterpiece
1971-2014
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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91% |
Doctor Who
2006
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No Score Yet |
Meerkat Manor
2005-2008
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100% |
State of Play
2004
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No Score Yet |
Mystery!
1980-2007
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Quotes from Bill Nighy's Characters
Adam: | Remember, I have no soul. |
Naberius: | You have soul. |
Tim's Father: | No, I never said we could fix things. I specifically never said that. Life's a mixed bag, no matter who you are. Look at Jesus: he was the son of a God, for God's sake and look how that turned out. |
Tim's Father: | I'd only give one piece of advice to anyone marrying. We're all quite similar in the end. We all get old and tell the same tales too many times. But try and marry someone kind. And this is a kind man with a good heart. |
Naberius: | You cannot save the human race, nothing can stop their demise |
Naberius: | You cannot save the human race, nothing can stop their demise. |
Naberius: | A crass, contrived effort movie that's not even good to watch in a dentist chair! |
Terra: | Where does life begin, and where does it end? Tonight's experiment represents the culmination of three years' research- |
Wessex/Prince Naberius: | Dr. Wade, time is fleeting. I would ask that you not waste mine. |
Wessex/Prince Naberius: | It's here! |
Terra: | He, not it. |
Wessex/Prince Naberius: | Just because something has yet to be found does not mean it does not exist. |
Douglas Ainslie: | I invested our, well, my retirement money in our daughter's Internet company. She assured me that as soon as the startup actually, um, started up and the conversion from virtual to actual became sufficiently viable, then she'd be able to pay it all back. |
Evelyn Greenslade: | I'm not sure I understand what most of those words mean. |
Douglas Ainslie: | Well, it turns out neither did she. |
Jean Ainslie: | Are you insane? Avoid all food not from a reputable vendor. It'll be washed in impure water. |
Douglas Ainslie: | It's just a sandwich. |
Jean Ainslie: | Oh, marvelous. Then I'll have ham, cheese, and streptococcus. Or perhaps bacteria, lettuce, and tomato. |
Douglas Ainslie: | Would you like some of this? I believe it's called aloo ka paratha. |
Muriel Donnelly: | No, if I can't pronounce it, I don't want to eat it. |
Phillip: | You could bring the flowers you forgot on Mother's Day. |
Shaun: | I was gonna. |
Phillip: | And not a cheap posy from a garage forecourt. |
Shaun: | I wasn't gonna |
Shaun: | I wasn't gonna. |
General Fallon: | I am now your king, now follow as I lead |
General Fallon: | I am now your king, now follow as I lead. |
Quentin: | Believe me, they'll find a way. Governments loathe people being free. |
General Fallon: | Here comes the thunder. |
Dan: | I once faked a broken heart, but I ran out of energy. |
King Brahmwell: | Fee fi fo fum. Ask not whence the thunder comes. For between Heaven and Earth is a perilous place. Home to a fearsome giant race. |
General Fallon: | Fee fi fo fum. Ask not whence the thunder comes. For between Heaven and Earth is a perilous place. Home to a fearsome giant race. |
James Mortmain: | No man on earth should be so violently in love. It puts him at such a disadvantage. |
Douglas Ainslie: | We get up in the morning and we do our best, and nothing else matter |
Douglas Ainslie: | We get up in the morning and we do our best, and nothing else matters. |
Kuato: | you blew my cover |
Kuato: | You blew my cover! |
Shaun: | I'm so sorry... |
Phillip: | Sorry for what? |
Shaun: | Er...nothing. |
Lawrence: | I juh-I just wondered if you might like to come. To Reykjavik. |
Gina: | Reykjavik? |
Lawrence: | Yeah, I'm-I'm moderately senior and we're allowed to bring wi-ives...and um, such like. |
Lawrence: | Isn't it wonderful the way there are absolutely no cabs in London at all nowadays? Perfect for dithering. |
Lawrence: | Perhaps it's a place about which everyone knows only one fact. |
Lawrence: | This is no place for coconutophobes. |
Lawrence: | [Calling Gina] Oh, hello. Ah- It-It-It-It's me, Lawrence. We, uh- [Gina speaking, unheard] Well, of-of course you remember. It-It was only... six hours ago. Yes, quite. You'd have had to have some sort of aneurysm or something to forget. |
Gina: | Was the pea soup disgusting? |
Lawrence: | Inedible. I think there were at least two types of pea in there- one, the kind you don't usually put in food. |
Lawrence: | Yes, well, I don't really scrub up. No matter how hard I try. The more I scrub, the more you see the horror beneath. |
Lawrence: | Well, it was lovely, um, sitting directly opposite you. |
Gina: | And you. |
Lawrence: | I enjoyed the early diagonal bit as well, obviously. |
Matthias: | That is not the only reason you are here. |
Douglas Quaid: | I want to remember. |
Matthias: | Why? |
Douglas Quaid: | So I can be myself, be who I was. |
Matthias: | It it each man's quest to find out who he truly is but the answer to that lies in the present, not in the past. As it is for all of us. |
Douglas Quaid: | But the past tells us who we've become. |
Matthias: | The past is a construct of the mind. It blinds us. It fools us into believing it. But the heart wants to live in the present. Look there. You'll find your answer. |
Billy Mack: | Let's get drunk and watch porn! |
Billy Mack: | Let's get pissed and watch porn. |
Rose: | This hideous old bat in a wheelchair, she just tried to kill me, she had a knife this big! I swear! |
Tony: | It was horrible! |
Rose: | It's true! |
Victor Maynard: | Mother! |
Viktor: | Time to die. |
Davy Jones: | Ah. Love. A dreadful bond. And yet, so easily severed. Tell me, William Turner. Do you fear death? |
Jack Sparrow: | Do you? Heady tonic, holding life and death in the palm of one's hand. |
Davy Jones: | You're a cruel man, Jack Sparrow. |
Jack Sparrow: | Cruel is a matter of perspective. |
Davy Jones: | Is it? |
Davy Jones: | Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished? I can offer you an escape. |
Davy Jones: | You will not forestall my judgement! |
Rufus Scrimgeour: | These are dark times, there is no denying. Our world has perhaps faced no greater threat than it does today. |
Davy Jones: | Damn you Jack Sparrow! |
Phillip: | I ran it under a cold tap! |
Spike: | [To Whitey] Keep your legs straight when you hit the water! |
Spike: | [to Whitey] Keep your legs straight when you hit the water! |
Whitey: | I kept me legs straight, Spike. [Spike groans in pain] |
Viktor: | Luke, I am your father. |
Davy Jones: | There are no survivors. |
Davy Jones: | You owe me your soul. |
Gen. Friedrich Olbricht: | We've been discovered |
Gen. Friedrich Olbricht: | We've been discovered. |
Davy Jones: | I am the sea. |
Davy Jones: | Tell me, William Turner: do you fear death? |
Jack Sparrow: | Do you? |
Davy Jones: | Tell me, Jack! Do you fear death? |
Jack Sparrow: | You have no idea! |
Davy Jones: | Do you fear... death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished? |
Nicholas Angel: | With all do respect sir. You can't just make people disappear |
Nicholas Angel: | With all do respect sir. You can't just make people disappear. |
Met Chief Inspector: | Yes I can I'm the Chief inspector |
Met Chief Inspector: | Yes I can I'm the Chief inspector. |
Phillip: | [Ed is driving Philip's Jaguar very fast, dodging other cars as he tries to escape the zombies] [pompously] You *do* realise this is a 20 mph zone? |
Ed: | [grinning] Oh yeah! |
Davy Jones: | One soul is not equal to another. |
Rufus Scrimgeour: | The sword may present itself to any worthy Gryffindor, Miss Granger, that does not make it that wizard's property. |
Grandsanta: | "I'll never forget the look on your dads face. Couldnt look me in the eye. 'Dad' he says. 'Steve thinks it's best if you don't fly anymore. Were scrapping the old slay'." |
Grandsanta: | I'll never forget the look on your dads face. Couldnt look me in the eye. 'Dad' he says. 'Steve thinks it's best if you don't fly anymore. Were scrapping the old slay'. |
Grandsanta: | "This is just like the last time!" |
Grandsanta: | This is just like the last time! |
Arthur: | "What last time?" |
Arthur: | What last time? |
Grandsanta: | "The last time I took Eve out on a spin. I didn't know it was the Cuban missile crisis. I nearly started world war 3!" |
Grandsanta: | The last time I took Eve out on a spin. I didn't know it was the Cuban missile crisis. I nearly started world war 3! |
Grandsanta: | "I always knew she would be needed one last time." |
Grandsanta: | I always knew she would be needed one last time. |
Grandsanta: | "I stuck that their for your father when he was a boy." |
Grandsanta: | I stuck that their for your father when he was a boy. |
Arthur: | "Dad sat here!" |
Arthur: | Dad sat here! |
Grandsanta: | "Oh look a beautiful young reindeer. Well then who am I?" |
Grandsanta: | Oh look a beautiful young reindeer. Well then who am I? |
Grandsanta: | "Get off you bag of fleas!" |
Grandsanta: | Get off you bag of fleas! |
Grandsanta: | "Go ahead festive Freddy. Sling your rock. Go on. I want my bed." |
Grandsanta: | Go ahead festive Freddy. Sling your rock. Go on. I want my bed. |
Arthur: | "It doesn't matter how she got the bike. Gwen would have never seen that." |
Arthur: | It doesn't matter how she got the bike. Gwen would have never seen that. |
Grandsanta: | "A cheat!" |
Grandsanta: | A cheat! |
Santa: | "Here's to me. To an even better job next year!" |
Santa: | Here's to me. To an even better job next year! |
Arthur: | "Your already perfect dad." |
Arthur: | Your already perfect dad. |
Grandsanta: | "Ha! That turkey did more than him." |
Grandsanta: | Ha! That turkey did more than him. |
Grandsanta: | "Take the elf!" |
Grandsanta: | Take the elf! |
Arthur: | "Grandsanta!" |
Arthur: | Grandsanta! |
Grandsanta: | "For the love of Lu-Lu." |
Grandsanta: | For the love of Lu-Lu. |
Grandsanta: | "That turkey did more than him." |
Grandsanta: | That turkey did more than him. |
Grandsanta: | "In Santa we believe!" |
Grandsanta: | In Santa we believe! |
Santa: | "How about you be the candle Steve. All those bright ideas." |
Santa: | How about you be the candle Steve. All those bright ideas. |
Steve: | "Fine I'm the candle. Arthur you can be the turkey. You of course dad are Santa." (Eye twitches) "And Grandsanta you can be this charming relic." |
Steve: | Fine I'm the candle. Arthur you can be the turkey. You of course dad are Santa. [eye twitches] And Grandsanta you can be this charming relic. |
Grandsanta: | "Relic? Relic! I did a whole Christmas in one of these! And I bet you I can do it again." |
Grandsanta: | Relic? Relic! I did a whole Christmas in one of these! And I bet you I can do it again. |
Steve: | "In a pile of sticks." |
Steve: | In a pile of sticks. |
Grandsanta: | "Let me at him! Let me at him!" |
Grandsanta: | Let me at him! Let me at him! |
Santa: | "Well I'm actually Santa so I think I should be Santa." |
Santa: | Well I'm actually Santa so I think I should be Santa. |
Steve: | "Yes well your the non-executive figure-head." |
Steve: | Yes well your the non-executive figure-head. |
Grandsanta: | "He's a fattie with a beard who fits the suit." |
Grandsanta: | He's a fattie with a beard who fits the suit. |
Grandsanta: | "I'm Santa! Give me that!" |
Grandsanta: | I'm Santa! Give me that! |
Steve: | "I'm Santa! This is ridiculous. You just took the piece out of my hand." |
Steve: | I'm Santa! This is ridiculous. You just took the piece out of my hand. |
Grandsanta: | "You. Up there. With this?" |
Grandsanta: | You. Up there. With this? |
Grandsanta: | "I always liked Toronto. No one lives here. It's nice and quite." |
Grandsanta: | I always liked Toronto. No one lives here. It's nice and quite. |
Grandsanta: | "They won't kill me! I'm Santa." |
Grandsanta: | They won't kill me! I'm Santa. |
Grandsanta: | "I'm too young to die! Do something Arthur! Arthur!" |
Grandsanta: | I'm too young to die! Do something Arthur! Arthur! |
Bryony: | "I can wrap anything with three slaps of sticky tap! Three! |
Bryony: | I can wrap anything with three slaps of sticky tap! Three! |
Grandsanta: | "Good. Wrap yourself a parachute!" (Throws Bryony off the sled) |
Grandsanta: | Good. Wrap yourself a parachute! [throws Bryony off the sled] |
Arthur: | "Grandsanta!" |
Arthur: | Grandsanta! |
Grandsanta: | "My camera!" |
Grandsanta: | My camera! |
Grandsanta: | "Whoopee doo." |
Grandsanta: | Whoopee doo. |
Grandsanta: | "You naughty children. Here have a Bon-Bon." (Hands Steve a rotting apple). |
Grandsanta: | You naughty children. Here have a Bon-Bon. [hands Steve a rotting apple] |
Grandsanta: | "He's a postman in a spaceship.'' |
Grandsanta: | He's a postman in a spaceship. |
Grandsanta: | "I can't eat that. It gets in me teeth." |
Grandsanta: | I can't eat that. It gets in me teeth. |
Grandsanta: | "So what if the little nipper sees him. A wack on the head with a sock full of sand and a dab of whiskey on the lips and they dont remember a thing.'' |
Grandsanta: | So what if the little nipper sees him. A wack on the head with a sock full of sand and a dab of whiskey on the lips and they dont remember a thing. |
Bryony: | "How do you thinks he's..." |
Bryony: | How do you thinks he's... |
Grandsanta: | "Fine. Fine." |
Grandsanta: | Fine. Fine. |
Arthur: | "AHHHH!!!" |
Arthur: | AHHHH! |
Bryony: | "So why didn't they scrap the old slay?" |
Bryony: | So why didn't they scrap the old slay? |
Grandsanta: | "I threatened the elfs. Told them I'd feed them to the polar bears." |
Grandsanta: | I threatened the elfs. Told them I'd feed them to the polar bears. |
Bryony: | "Oh." |
Bryony: | Oh. |
Grandsanta: | "Elf. You wouldn't mind telling his parents about this." |
Grandsanta: | Elf. You wouldn't mind telling his parents about this. |
Bryony: | "Premission to breath sir." |
Bryony: | Permission to breath sir. |
Grandsanta: | "Fine. One breathe." |
Grandsanta: | Fine. One breathe. |
Davy Jones: | Jack Sparrow, do you afraid of death? |
Jack Sparrow: | You have no idea. |
Quentin: | Spectacular Mistake. |
Quentin: | Spectacular mistake. |
Bryony: | "What do you want me to wrap?" |
Bryony: | What do you want me to wrap? |
Grandsanta: | "Wrap your head!" |
Grandsanta: | Wrap your head! |
Bryony: | "Yes sir." |
Bryony: | Yes sir. |
Grandsanta: | "They once said it was impossible to teach women to read." |
Grandsanta: | They once said it was impossible to teach women to read. |
Billy Mack: | Christmas is a time for people with someone they love in their lives. |
Grandsanta: | Arthur, there is a way. |
Arthur: | It's impossible. |
Grandsanta: | They used to say it was impossible to teach women to read. |
Grandsanta: | At least have the decency to finish us off! |
Grandsanta: | At least have the decency to finish us off with a rock. |
Grandsanta: | Everyone got a sausage nailed to a piece of bark. |
Grandsanta: | Every child that year got a sausage nailed to a piece of bark! |
Grandsanta: | Dasher, Dancer, Prancer....erm, Bambi, John, the one with the white ear, you, you..not you, you big bag of fleas |
Grandsanta: | Dasher, Dancer, Prancer....erm, Bambi, John, the one with the white ear, you, you..not you, you big bag of fleas. |
Grandsanta: | Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Bambi, Dave, you with the white ear, you and you. |
Grandsanta: | What happened to going down the chimney? |
Spike: | Danger is my middle name! |
Whitey: | I thought it was Leslie. |
Whitey: | Nasty. |
Whitey: | You wouldn't want the boss to catch you 'round here. |
Rita: | Let me go, you pink-eyed freak! |
Whitey: | I'm upset now. |
Whitey: | To find a rat, you got to think like a rat. |
Marcus: | You know very well the consequences if you murder me... or William |
Marcus: | You know well the consequences if your murder me. Or William. |
Viktor: | If you so much as speak his name again, you will have chosen that future for him |
Viktor: | If you so much as speak his name again you will have chosen that future for him. |
Rango: | Only takes one bullet. |
Rattlesnake Jake: | You ain't got the nerve. |
Rango: | Try me. |
Beans: | Go to Hell! |
Rattlesnake Jake: | Where'd you think I came from?! |