In the Disney films, portrayed by Bill Nighy, Jones is the tragic, monstrous captain of the ghostly ship, the . Davy Jones' Locker - Pirates of the Caribbean Wiki
: One legend tells of a 16th-century London pub owner named David Jones who drugged sailors and sold them as slaves, while another refers to an incompetent 17th-century pirate.
: This is a nautical euphemism for the bottom of the sea, serving as a watery grave or purgatory for those lost at sea. Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney)