
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

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Ten Percent

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

Paddington 2

Big Game

Filth

Brazil

Paddington in Peru

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

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Enchanted April

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Vanity Fair

Robots

A Boy Called Christmas

The Legend of Tarzan

Inkheart

Six Minutes to Midnight

Free Jimmy

The Young Victoria

The Avengers

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Black Narcissus

Valiant

Dolittle

My Lady Jane

Arthur Christmas

Bridget Jones's Baby

Bridget Jones's Diary

Moulin Rouge!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Gangs of New York

The Damned United

King Lear

Around the World in 80 Days

Cloud Atlas

Hot Fuzz

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

Get Santa
Production Credits
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