<Tr> <Th> Ships attacked </Th> <Td> <P> Edinburgh Trader Black Pearl Empress Endeavor Various unnamed ships </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> Edinburgh Trader Black Pearl Empress Endeavor Various unnamed ships </P> <P> Davy Jones is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, portrayed by Bill Nighy . He appears in the second film Dead Man's Chest and returns in the third film At World's End . He is the captain of the Flying Dutchman (based on the ghost ship of the same name). </P> <P> The computer - generated imagery used to complete Jones was named by Entertainment Weekly as the tenth favorite computer generated film character in film history, behind King Kong in 2007 . The work on Davy Jones by Industrial Light and Magic earned them the 2006 Academy Award for Visual Effects for Dead Man's Chest . </P>

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