
Jim Broadbent
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Biography
Jim Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.
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Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Golden Globe Awards

Would I Lie to You?

Love, Death & Robots

Omnibus

Inspector Morse

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Game of Thrones

Victoria Wood

Performance

Trying

Staged

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

My Lady Jane

Happy Families

Downton Abbey

Ten Percent

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Happy Feet

Blackadder

Eddie the Eagle

Time Bandits

War and Peace

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Intensive Care

Silas Marner

Bright Young Things

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Paddington

Paddington in Peru

Brazil

Filth

The Crying Game

Paddington 2

The Street

Big Game

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Vanity Fair

The Oscars

Enchanted April

Six Minutes to Midnight

A Boy Called Christmas

Inkheart

Robots

The Legend of Tarzan

Free Jimmy

The Avengers

Pride

The Insurance Man

Bird of Prey

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

The Young Victoria

Black Narcissus

Valiant

Moulin Rouge!

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Spider-Plant Man

Arthur Christmas

Dolittle

Gangs of New York

The Damned United

Bridget Jones's Baby

Around the World in 80 Days

Bridget Jones's Diary

The One and Only Mike Leigh

King Lear

The Go-Between

Cloud Atlas

Hot Fuzz

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Nona

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

Wide-Eyed and Legless

The Great Train Robbery

Exile

Ethel & Ernest

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

The Young Visiters

Get Santa
Production Credits
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