Jim Broadbent biography and movies
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.

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Rate: 7.3 Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

Year: 2009

Genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Family, Adventure

Director: David Yates

Artists: Timothy Spall, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Dave Legeno


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Rate: 9.7 Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Year: 2008

Genres: Adventure, Action

Director: Steven Spielberg

Artists: Jim Broadbent, Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt


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Rate: 9.7 Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Year: 2008

Genres: Adventure, Action

Director: Steven Spielberg

Artists: Jim Broadbent, Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt


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Rate: 9.7 Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Year: 2008

Genres: Adventure, Action

Director: Steven Spielberg

Artists: Jim Broadbent, Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt


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Rate: 7.3 Einstein And Eddington

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama, History

Director: Philip Martin

Artists: Jacob Theato, Andy Serkis, Jim Broadbent, Rebecca Hall, David Tennant, Richard McCabe, Patrick Kennedy, Ben Uttley, Gyuri Sarossy, John Bowe, Anton Lesser, Lucy Briers, Donald Sumpter, Lucy Cohu, Callum Williams


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Rate: 6.6 Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Year: 2008

Genres: Thriller, Adventure, Action

Director: Steven Spielberg

Artists: Jim Broadbent, Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt


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Rate: 9.7 Tales Of The Riverbank

Year: 2008

Genres: Animation, Family

Director: John Henderson

Artists: Jim Broadbent, Stephen Fry, Peter Serafinowicz, Miranda Hart, Morwenna Banks


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Rate: The Street S03E01

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama

Director: David Blair

Artists: Toby Kebbell, Neil Dudgeon, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham


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Rate: The Street S03E02

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama

Director: Terry McDonough

Artists: Toby Kebbell, Neil Dudgeon, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham


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Rate: The Street S03E03

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama

Director: Terry McDonough

Artists: Toby Kebbell, Neil Dudgeon, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham


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Rate: The Street S03E04

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama

Director: David Blair

Artists: Toby Kebbell, Neil Dudgeon, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham


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Rate: The Street S03E05

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama

Director: David Blair

Artists: Toby Kebbell, Neil Dudgeon, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham


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Rate: The Street S03E06

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama

Director: David Blair

Artists: Toby Kebbell, Neil Dudgeon, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham


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Rate: 6.3 Art School Confidential

Year: 2006

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Director: Terry Zwigoff

Artists: Adam Scott, Anjelica Huston, Nick Swardson, Joel Moore, Ethan Suplee, Isaac Laskin, Monika Ramnath, Eno, Jeremy Guskin, Scoot McNairy, Jack Ong, Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar


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Rate: 6 Free Jimmy

Year: 2006

Genres: Comedy, Animation

Director: Christopher Nielsen

Artists: Emilia Fox, Steve Pemberton, Russell Barr, David Tennant, Douglas Henshall, James Cosmo, Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg, Phil Daniels, Jay Simpson, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Kris Marshall, Lisa Maxwell


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Rate: 6.4 Robots

Year: 2005

Genres: Romance, Family, Comedy, Adventure

Director: Carlos Saldanha, Chris Wedge

Artists: Paula Abdul, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Jim Broadbent, Halle Berry


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Rate: 5.6 Valiant

Year: 2005

Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Director: Gary Chapman

Artists: Tim Curry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, Olivia Williams


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Rate: 5.6 Around the World in 80 Days

Year: 2004

Genres: Romance, Family, Comedy, Adventure

Director: Frank Coraci

Artists: Steve Coogan, Wolfram Teufel, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, Jackie Chan


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Rate: 5.6 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Year: 2004

Genres: Romance, Comedy

Director: Beeban Kidron

Artists: Alba Fleming Furlan, Daniel Cleaver, Hugh Grant, Tom Brooke, Luis Soto, Rosalind Halstead, Richard Finch, Neil Pearson, Shirley Dixon, Donald Douglas, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie, Dominic McHale


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Rate: 6.8 Bridget Jones's Diary

Year: 2001

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy

Director: Sharon Maguire

Artists: Felicity Montagu, Shirley Henderson, Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Tom


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Rate: 9.7 The Borrowers

Year: 1997

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Peter Hewitt

Artists: Flora Newbigin, Celia Imrie, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, John Goodman


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Rate: 8 The Black Adder - The Queen of Spain's Beard

Year: 1983

Genres: History, Comedy

Director: Martin Shardlow

Artists: Tony Robinson, Miriam Margolyes, Tim McInnerny, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Broadbent


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