James Broadbent was born on 24 May 1949 and is an English actor.
37 Facts About Jim Broadbent
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Jim Broadbent received an Academy Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the film Iris.
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Jim Broadbent's recurring roles include playing Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.
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Jim Broadbent gained attention for his role as Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones in 2017.
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Jim Broadbent's parents were both amateur actors who co-founded the Holton Players acting troupe at Holton.
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Jim Broadbent was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school in Reading, and briefly attended art college before transferring to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Jim Broadbent had worked with Stephen Frears in The Hit and Terry Gilliam in Time Bandits and Brazil.
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Jim Broadbent appeared in 1983,1985 and 1991 as DCI Roy Slater, an associate character in the enormously popular sitcom Only Fools and Horses.
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Jim Broadbent had originally been offered the lead role of Del Boy in the series, but he turned it down due to other commitments.
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Jim Broadbent has played a role in the Inspector Morse series.
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Jim Broadbent portrayed Don Speekingleesh in "The Queen of Spain's Beard" in the first series of The Black Adder in 1983.
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Jim Broadbent played Prince Albert in Blackadder's Christmas Carol, first broadcast in 1988.
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Jim Broadbent joined Rowan Atkinson in his Spider-Man spoof Spider-Plant Man, as a disgruntled Batman, envious of Spider-Plant Man's success.
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Jim Broadbent appeared in broad fantasy comedy The Borrowers with John Goodman and the musical comedy Little Voice with Michael Caine.
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Jim Broadbent played the Shy Doctor in the 1999 Comic Relief parody Doctor Who sketch Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death.
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That same year Jim Broadbent had voice roles in Robots, Valiant and The Magic Roundabout.
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Jim Broadbent played the lead role of the TV film Wide-Eyed and Legless.
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Jim Broadbent was subject to blackouts and became so debilitated that she could barely get out of her wheelchair.
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Jim Broadbent portrayed the title role in the Channel 4 drama Longford in October 2006, earning a BAFTA TV Award, a Golden Globe and a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance as Frank Pakenham, Earl of Longford, which was centred on Longford's ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the parole of Myra Hindley from her life imprisonment for the Moors Murders.
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Jim Broadbent appeared as Inspector Frank Butterman in Hot Fuzz in 2007; and in the original radio production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1978, playing the character Vroomfondel.
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Jim Broadbent was a regular in Stephen Fry's radio comedy show Saturday Night Fry, which aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.
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Jim Broadbent appeared in the fourth film in the Indiana Jones series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull directed by Steven Spielberg; and in The Young Victoria alongside Emily Blunt as King William IV.
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Jim Broadbent starred as the older Logan Mountstuart in the TV adaptation of William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart.
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Jim Broadbent had a lead role in Exile, a BBC One drama, starring John Simm and written by Danny Brocklehurst.
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In 2010, Jim Broadbent reunited with director Mike Leigh, in Another Year with Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville.
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Jim Broadbent nominated her for a BAFTA Award for her performance.
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In 2015, Jim Broadbent starred in the Oscar nominated film Brooklyn alongside Saoirse Ronan, Domhnaal Gleeson and Julie Walters.
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Since 2016, Jim Broadbent narrates Kevin the Carrot Christmas adverts for the UK branch of Aldi.
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Jim Broadbent has appeared in the critically acclaimed British comedy films, Paddington and Paddington 2 alongside Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters and Ben Whishaw.
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In 2020, Jim Broadbent starred in the limited series Black Narcissus based on the classic Powell and Pressburger film.
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Jim Broadbent starred in Roger Michell's comedy drama film The Duke opposite Helen Mirren.
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Jim Broadbent has been married to painter and former theatre designer Anastasia Lewis since 1987.
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Jim Broadbent has no children, but Lewis has two sons from a previous relationship.
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Jim Broadbent received his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Richard Eyre's Iris starring alongside Judi Dench.
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Jim Broadbent has received two Golden Globe Awards for his performances in Iris and Longford.
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Jim Broadbent was offered an OBE in 2002, but he declined it, stating that there were more deserving recipients than actors and that the British Empire was not something he wanted to "celebrate".
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Jim Broadbent was made an Honorary Associate of London Film School.