
Jim Broadbent
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.713 |
Birthday | 1949-05-24 |
Place of Birth | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
Also Known As | جیم برودبنت, |

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1983

Walter and June
7/1
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2013

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2014

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6/133
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Bullets Over Broadway
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1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow
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2003

Anna Spud
0/0
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1989

Erik the Viking
5.9/225
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1993

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
0/0
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2007

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
0/0
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1996

The Secret Agent
5.3/37
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1989

The Hangover
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0/0
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0/0
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1987

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
4.6/1275
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1982

Intensive Care
0/0
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1986

The Insurance Man
6.2/5
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2015

Big Game
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The Sense of an Ending
6.4/206
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Brooklyn
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Vroom
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Six Minutes to Midnight
6.2/179
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and...
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Six Minutes to Midnight

2020

Dolittle
6.596/3674
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself...
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Dolittle

1978

The Shout
5.9/111
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learne...
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The Shout

1983

Dead on Time
6.5/8
Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to...
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Dead on Time

1980

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
0/0
In his further adventures Frank finds success and unhappiness.
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The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

1971

The Go-Between
6.8/134
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress...
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The Go-Between

1993

Prince Cinders
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Fairy-tale fantasy is turned on its head this time, as a fairy godmother in training commits the ultimate faux pas and transforms a handsome young man...
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Prince Cinders

2023

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
6.5/126
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his...
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

2008

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
8/1
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2022

Charlotte
6.6/23
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative...
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Charlotte

1991

Happy Feet
0/0
The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ba...
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Happy Feet

1989

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
0/0
A short satirical film devised by and starring Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent and Alison Steadman about the seven sins of stage acting.
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7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1982

Our Winnie
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Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie’s father is burie...
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Our Winnie

1996

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
0/0
During the harvest season, Lord Woodmouse and Primrose go picking blackberries, while Wilfred looks for adventure by trying to find a creature called...
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Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

2024

An A to Z of Paddington
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Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beautiful illustrations and interviews with famous fans.
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