Which Pirates of the Caribbean villain did Bill Nighy play?

Bill Nighy played the Pirates of the Caribbean villain Davy Jones.

Jones is the tentacled captain of the Flying Dutchman and the principal supernatural antagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) and At World’s End (2007). He commands the Kraken and controls the souls of sailors who agree to serve aboard his ship.

Nighy’s performance was recorded through motion capture and voice work rather than conventional prosthetic makeup. The character’s digitally created appearance, developed by Industrial Light & Magic, became one of the franchise’s most recognizable effects achievements and won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

A common mix-up is confusing Jones with Barbossa, played by Geoffrey Rush, or Blackbeard, played by Ian McShane. Jones briefly returns in a post-credits appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), although his main story concludes in the third film.