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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
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Game of Thrones
Victoria Wood
Performance
Trying
Staged
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
My Lady Jane
Happy Families
Downton Abbey
Ten Percent
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Happy Feet
Blackadder
Eddie the Eagle
Time Bandits
War and Peace
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Intensive Care
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Bright Young Things
Silas Marner
Paddington in Peru
Paddington
Paddington 2
Big Game
The Street
Brazil
The Crying Game
Filth
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Oscars
Vanity Fair
Enchanted April
A Boy Called Christmas
Free Jimmy
Robots
Inkheart
The Legend of Tarzan
Six Minutes to Midnight
The Avengers
The Insurance Man
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Pride
Bird of Prey
Black Narcissus
The Young Victoria
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Gangs of New York
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Spider-Plant Man
The Damned United
Bridget Jones's Diary
Arthur Christmas
Moulin Rouge!
King Lear
Around the World in 80 Days
Bridget Jones's Baby
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Valiant
Dolittle
Nona
Hot Fuzz
The Go-Between
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Cloud Atlas
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Get Santa
The Young Visiters
Exile
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Ethel & Ernest
The Great Train Robbery
Production Credits
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
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