
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

The Oscars

Inspector Morse

Blackadder

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Game of Thrones

Trying

Downton Abbey

Ten Percent

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Happy Feet

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

Time Bandits

War and Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Bright Young Things

Paddington

The Crying Game

Filth

Paddington 2

Brazil

Big Game

Paddington in Peru

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

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

Vanity Fair

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Enchanted April

The Legend of Tarzan

Free Jimmy

Inkheart

A Boy Called Christmas

Robots

Six Minutes to Midnight

The Young Victoria

Black Narcissus

The Avengers

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

King Lear

Dolittle

Valiant

Bridget Jones's Diary

My Lady Jane

The Damned United

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Gangs of New York

Around the World in 80 Days

Moulin Rouge!

Bridget Jones's Baby

Arthur Christmas

Hot Fuzz

Cloud Atlas

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

Get Santa
Production Credits
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