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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. escription above from the Wikipedia article Jim Broadbent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. escription above from the Wikipedia article Jim Broadbent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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
Brazil
Paddington 2
The Crying Game
Filth
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
A Boy Called Christmas
Robots
Six Minutes to Midnight
The Legend of Tarzan
Free Jimmy
Inkheart
The Young Victoria
Black Narcissus
The Avengers
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dolittle
Valiant
Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget Jones's Diary
Arthur Christmas
Around the World in 80 Days
My Lady Jane
Gangs of New York
King Lear
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Moulin Rouge!
The Damned United
Hot Fuzz
Cloud Atlas
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Get Santa
Production Credits
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
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