AdvertisementBill Nighy's career surged after starring in the 2003 film "Love Actually." Acclaimed actor Bill Nighy says that his moderately successful career blew up — in a good way — after he starred in the 2003 Christmas film "Love Actually." Nighy starred in the Richard Curtis film as Billy Mack, a legendary rock and roll artist trying to get a No. "Love Actually" was a smash hit, and though Nighy was over 30 years into his acting career, the film revitalized it. And while the success of "Love Actually" changed his working prospects, Nighy says that it hasn't drastically disrupted his day-to-day life.

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