Jim Broadbent
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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
Would I Lie to You?
Love, Death & Robots
Omnibus
Inspector Morse
Blackadder
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Game of Thrones
Victoria Wood
Performance
Trying
Staged
Happy Families
Downton Abbey
Ten Percent
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
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
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 in Peru
Paddington
The Street
Paddington 2
Brazil
The Crying Game
Filth
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
Enchanted April
The Oscars
Inkheart
Robots
A Boy Called Christmas
Free Jimmy
The Legend of Tarzan
Six Minutes to Midnight
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
The Insurance Man
Black Narcissus
The Avengers
Bird of Prey
The Young Victoria
Pride
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Arthur Christmas
Moulin Rouge!
Around the World in 80 Days
Spider-Plant Man
Dolittle
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Valiant
Bridget Jones's Diary
My Lady Jane
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Gangs of New York
King Lear
The Damned United
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Bridget Jones's Baby
Hot Fuzz
The Go-Between
Nona
Cloud Atlas
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Get Santa
The Great Train Robbery
The Young Visiters
Exile
Ethel & Ernest
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