Jim Broadbent
Age: 74 | From: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1949-05-24 17:06:42
Aliases: James Broadbent
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Homepage: http://www.ultrapelis.net/
Movie Involvements: 77
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
Biography
One of England's most versatile character actors, Jim Broadbent was born on May 24, 1949, in Lincolnshire, the youngest son of furniture maker Roy Broadbent and sculptress Dee Broadbent. Jim attended a Quaker boarding school in Reading before successfully applying for a place at an art school. His heart was in acting, though, and he would later transfer to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Following his 1972 graduation, he began his professional career on the stage, performing with the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and as part of the National Theatre of Brent, a two-man troupe which he co-founded. In addition to his theatrical work, Broadbent did steady work on television, working for such directors as Mike Newell and Stephen Frears. Broadbent made his film debut in 1978 with a small part in Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout (1978). He went on to work with Frears again in The Hit (1984) and with Terry Gilliam in Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985), but it was through his collaboration with Mike Leigh that Broadbent first became known to an international film audience. In 1990 he starred in Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990), a domestic comedy that cast him as a good-natured cook who dreams of running his own business. Broadbent gained further visibility the following year with substantial roles in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game (1992) and Mike Newell's Enchanted April (1992), and he could subsequently be seen in such diverse fare as Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Widows' Peak (1994), Richard Loncraine's highly acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III (1995) and Little Voice (1998), the last of which cast him as a seedy nightclub owner. Appearing primarily as a character actor in these films, Broadbent took center stage for Leigh's Topsy-Turvy (1999), imbuing the mercurial W.S. Gilbert with emotional complexity and comic poignancy. Jim's breakthrough year was 2001, as he starred in three critically and commercially successful films. Many would consider him the definitive supporting actor of that year. First he starred as Bridget's dad (Colin Jones) in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), which propelled Renée Zellweger to an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Next came the multiple Oscar-nominated film (including Best Picture) Moulin Rouge! (2001), for which he won a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA award for his scene-stealing performance as Harold Zidler. Lastly, came the small biopic Iris (2001/I), for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as devoted husband John Bayley to Judi Dench's Iris Murdoch, the British novelist who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. The film hit home with Jim, since his own mother had passed away from Alzheimer's in 1995.
Most Famous Work
Game of Thrones
(2011) Archmaester Ebrose
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) Mr Lovejoy
Downton Abbey
(2010) Jim Broadbent
Inspector Morse
(1987) Charlie Bennett
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2009) Horace Slughorn
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(2005) Professor Kirke
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011) Horace Slughorn
War and Peace
(2016) Prince BolkonskyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Samuel Gruber | |
| 2023 | George | |
| Self – Contributor | ||
| Harold Fry | ||
| 2022 | Horozovich (voice) | |
| Richard Nightingale | ||
| Grosspapa (voice) | ||
| Lord Marcham | ||
| 2021 | King | |
| Kempton Bunton | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Father Roberts | |
| Charlie | ||
| Jim | ||
| Lord Thomas Badgley | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2018 | Lord Kilmichael | |
| Terry Perkins | ||
| Earl of Gloucester | ||
| Lewis Silkin MP | ||
| 2017 | Samuel Gruber | |
| Tony Webster | ||
| 2016 | Ernest Briggs (voice) | |
| Mr. Colin Jones | ||
| Prime Minister | ||
| BBC Commentator | ||
| Prince Bolkonsky | ||
| 2015 | Scottie | |
| Underwood | ||
| Father Flood | ||
| Britischer Botschafter | ||
| Old Leo | ||
| Herbert | ||
| 2014 | Santa Claus | |
| Julius Caesar (UK version / voice) | ||
| Samuel Gruber | ||
| Himself | ||
| CEO (voice) | ||
| 2013 | Cleaner | |
| DCS Tommy Butler | ||
| Stan (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Nick Burrows | ||
| Dr. Rossi | ||
| Attorney General | ||
| Professor Horace Slughorn | ||
| 2012 | Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2 | |
| Himself | ||
| 2011 | Denis Thatcher | |
| Santa (voice) | ||
| Horace Slughorn | ||
| N/A | ||
| Archmaester Ebrose | ||
| 2010 | Logan Mountstuart | |
| Tom | ||
| Jim Broadbent | ||
| 2009 | Jim McCrea | |
| Horace Slughorn | ||
| Sam Longson | ||
| King William IV | ||
| 2008 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Fenoglio | ||
| Sir Oliver Lodge | ||
| Self | ||
| Charles Stanforth | ||
| G.P. (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Arthur Morrison | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Inspector Frank Butterman | ||
| 2006 | Lord Longford | |
| Jimmy | ||
| Stomowskij (voice) | ||
| Stan McDermott | ||
| 2005 | Professor Kirke | |
| Sergeant (voice) | ||
| Batman | ||
| Madame Gasket (voice) | ||
| Brian (voice) | ||
| 2004 | Bridget's Dad | |
| Judge | ||
| Mr. Osborne | ||
| Eddie (voice) | ||
| Lord Kelvin | ||
| The Rabbit (voice) | ||
| 2003 | Alfred Salteena | |
| The Drunken Major | ||
| Harry Aitken | ||
| 2002 | Mr. Wackford Squeers | |
| William "Boss" Tweed | ||
| The Wizard (voice) | ||
| Desmond Morton | ||
| 2001 | John Bayley | |
| Harold Zidler | ||
| Self | ||
| Bridget's Dad | ||
| 1999 | W. S. Gilbert | |
| The Shy Doctor | ||
| 1998 | Mr. Boo | |
| Mother | ||
| 1997 | Pod Clock | |
| Peter Duffley | ||
| Dr. Lagermann | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Chief Inspector Heat | ||
| 1995 | The Duke of Buckingham | |
| Doc Ansell | ||
| 1994 | Warner Purcell | |
| Mr. Worrall | ||
| Con Clancy | ||
| 1993 | Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice) | |
| Deric Longden | ||
| George | ||
| The Earl of Leete | ||
| 1992 | Monty Plant | |
| 23rd Earl of Leete | ||
| Col | ||
| Self - Narrator | ||
| 1991 | Jim Morley | |
| Selwyn Proops | ||
| Frederick Arbuthnot | ||
| Carmelo | ||
| Carmello | ||
| Grocer | ||
| 1990 | Andy | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| Alan Hammond | ||
| Ernest the Viking (a Rapist) | ||
| (voice) | ||
| 1988 | Prince Albert | |
| Donald | ||
| 1987 | Jean Pierre Dubois | |
| N/A | ||
| Charlie Bennett | ||
| 1986 | Gutling | |
| 1985 | Jem Rodney | |
| Roger Miles | ||
| Dr. Jaffe | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Barrister | |
| 1983 | N/A | |
| Geoff Figg | ||
| Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter | ||
| Orderly | ||
| Priest | ||
| 1982 | Second Attendant | |
| Mr Horsfall | ||
| Joseph - Orderly | ||
| George | ||
| (Archive Material) | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Compere | |
| 1980 | Mr. Champing | |
| Station Porter | ||
| 1979 | Mackaness | |
| N/A | ||
| Mr Lovejoy | ||
| German Soldier | ||
| 1978 | Fielder in cowpat | |
| 1971 | Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited) | |
| 1970 | N/A | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| Duke of Leicester | ||
| Garret | ||
| Dad | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Writer | |
| 1992 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |