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I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me because they'd never seen anything I've done.

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Bill Nighy
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: December 12
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William Francis Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy
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