Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent with his Oscar Award for Iris
Born	May 24, 1949 Lincolnshire

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Born in Lincolnshire, the son of Roy Broadbent, a furniture maker who turned a former church into a theatre named after him, and a sculptress (his twin sister died at birth), 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. He graduated in 1972 and went on to work for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as acting in Ken Campbell's epic Illuminatus (1976). He also worked with the comedy group, the National Theatre of Brent with Patrick Barlow. Broadbent is also the honorary president of the Lindsey Rural Players whose home theatre is the Broadbent Theatre (link below). Lincoln (pronounced Lin-kun) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, a bridging point over the River Witham that flows to Boston. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Leighton Park School is an independent coeducational Quaker secondary school for both boarding and day pupils in Reading, Berkshire, England. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... Reading is a town and unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire. ... Main LAMDA building on Talgarth Road The MacOwan Theatre The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded 1861, is a leading British drama school in west London. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. ... Kenneth Victor Campbell (born December 10, 1941 in Ilford, Essex) is a British writer, actor, director and comedian, known for his unconventional work in theatre. ... 23 The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. ... Patrick Barlow (born 18 March 1947) is an English actor, comedian and playwright. ...

Jim Broadbent made his film debut in 1978 with a tiny role in Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout, and made his television debut the following year. He went on to work with Stephen Frears (for television, and in The Hit (1984)) and Terry Gilliam (in Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before establishing himself in Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet (1990). He proved his ability as a character actor in films including The Crying Game (1992), Enchanted April (1992), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The Borrowers (1997) and Little Voice (1998) before taking a leading role in another Mike Leigh film, Topsy-Turvy (1999). He played "The Shy Doctor" in the 1999 Comic Relief parody Doctor Who sketch, Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death. Jerzy Skolimowski (b. ... Stephen Frears in Sweden, 1989 promoting his movie Dangerous Liaisons. ... Terry Gilliam at Karlovy Vary 2006. ... Time Bandits (first released on July 13, 1981) is a fantasy film, produced and directed by Terry Gilliam (who created animations for Monty Pythons Flying Circus). ... Mike Leigh (born February 20, 1943) is an award winning British film and theatre director. ... The Crying Game is a 1968 novel by John Braine. ... Enchanted April is a film based on the 1922 novel The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. ... The Borrowers is a novel by Mary Norton about tiny people who borrow things from normal humans and keep their existence unknown. ... Little Voice is a 1998 British film directed by Mark Herman, and adapted from Jim Cartwrights play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. ... Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 film which tells the background story of the creation of The Mikado, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death was a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom, and broadcast on BBC One on 12 March 1999. ...

In 2001, Broadbent starred in three of the year's most successful films: Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), Moulin Rouge! (2001), for which he won a BAFTA and Iris (2001), for which he won an Oscar for his portrayal of John Bayley. He is regarded as one of cinema's most reliable character actors and has a reputation of being very easy to work with. Bridget Joness Diary is a novel by Helen Fielding. ... Moulin Rouge! (or simply Moulin Rouge) is a 2001 Academy Award winning musical film directed by Baz Luhrmann. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Iris is a movie that tells the story of British novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with John Bayley. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... John Bayley (CBE 1999) was born in 1925 in Lahore, Pakistan (then known as Lahore, British India. ...

Broadbent is best known to television audiences as DCI Roy "The Slag" Slater, an associate character in the enormously popular sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The character appeared in three episodes over an eight-year period. He had originally been offered the lead role of Del Trotter in the series, but he turned it down due to other commitments. Other comic roles include the lead role in the sitcom The Peter Principle and occasional guest appearances in Not The Nine O'Clock News. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Only Fools and Horses was a long-running British television sit-com, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were broadcast between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. ... Derek Edward Trotter, or Del Boy, as he is more commonly known, is the lead character in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. ... The Peter Principle is a BBC television show about a branch of the fictional County and Provincal Bank. ... Not the Nine OClock News (DVD) Not the Nine OClock News was a comedy television programme shown on the BBC, broadcast from 1979 to 1982. ...

Broadbent played the title role in Channel 4 drama, Longford in October 2006.

Trivia

He was portrayed in the Simpsons episode Co-Dependent's Day playing a coal miner in a fictitious film called 'The Momentum of Things'. The Simpsons. ... Co-Dependents Day is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season. ...

He is married to painter and former theatre designer, Anastasia Lewis.

Selected filmography

• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• Sweeney Todd (2007)Attached
• Art School Confidential (2006)
• Longford (2006)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
• Valiant (2005) (voice)
• Robots (2005) (voice)
• The Magic Roundabout (2005) (voice)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
• Vera Drake (2004)
• Vanity Fair (2004)
• Pride (2004) (TV) (voice)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
• Bright Young Things (2003)
• Gangs of New York (2002)
• The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV)
• Iris (2001)
• Moulin Rouge! (2001)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
• Topsy-Turvy (1999)
• Little Voice (1998)
• The Avengers (1998)
• The Borrowers (1997)
• Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
• Richard III (1995)
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
• Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (1993)
• The Crying Game (1992)
• Enchanted April (1992)
• Life Is Sweet (1990)
• Erik the Viking (1989)
• Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV)
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
• Brazil (1985)
• Birth Of A Nation (1982)
• Time Bandits (1981)
• The Dogs of War (1981)
• Breaking Glass (1980)

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External links

• Jim Broadbent at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography on the Broadbent Theatre website