Bootstrap Bill Turner is introduced in the first film of the franchise, "The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), not as a primary character but through his son, Will Turner, the blacksmith's apprentice who becomes entangled in the adventure with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). However, it is in "Dead Man's Chest" (2006) that Bootstrap Bill comes to the forefront, played by Stellan Skarsgård. He is portrayed as a crew member on the Flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship commanded by Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), doomed to sail the seas for eternity.
Bootstrap Bill Turner is introduced in the first film of the franchise, "The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), not as a primary character but through his son, Will Turner, the blacksmith's apprentice who becomes entangled in the adventure with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). However, it is in "Dead Man's Chest" (2006) that Bootstrap Bill comes to the forefront, played by Stellan Skarsgård. He is portrayed as a crew member on the Flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship commanded by Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), doomed to sail the seas for eternity.