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Jim Broadbent Biography (1949-)

Born May 24, 1949 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; son of Roy (a furnituremaker) and Dee (a sculptress) Broadbent; married Anastasia Lewis (an artist),1987. Addresses: Agent: ICM, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, screenwriter

Birth Details

May 24, 1949

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Illuminatus, 1976
• Voice of speaker, Le fond de l'air est rouge (also known as TheBase of the Air Is Red and Grin without a Cat), 1977
• Fielder in cowpat, The Shout, Rank, 1978
• Woodcutter, The Life Story of Baal, 1978
• (Uncredited) German soldier, The Passage, Hemdale, 1979
• Phoelix, 1979
• Commentator, Four Questions about Art, 1979
• Kenny Lange, Compere, Time Bandits, Handmade Films, 1980
• Film crew member, The Dogs of War, United Artists, 1980
• Station porter, Breaking Glass, Paramount, 1980
• Uliisses, FiFiGe, 1982
• Dead on Time, 1982
• Barrister, The Hit, Zenith Productions/Recorded Pictures Company,1984
• Gutling, The Insurance Man, 1985
• Dr. Jaffe, Brazil, Universal, 1985
• Roger Miles, The Good Father, Skouras, 1987
• Jean-Pierre Dubois, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Warner Bros., 1987
• Donald, Vroom, 1988
• Ernest the Viking (a rapist), Erik the Viking (also known as Erick viking), Orion, 1989
• Andy, Life Is Sweet, October Films, 1990
• Frederick Arbuthnot, Enchanted April, Miramax, 1991
• Col, The Crying Game (also known as The Soldier's Wife), Miramax, 1992
• Voice of ugly brother, Prince Cinders, 1993
• Warner Purcell, Bullets over Broadway, Miramax, 1994
• Con Clancy, Kilshannon dentist, Widows' Peak, Fine Line, 1994
• Mr. Worrall, Princess Caraboo, TriStar, 1994
• Duke of Buckingham, Richard III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
• Doc Ansell, Rough Magic (also known as Miss Shumway jette un sort), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1995
• Chief Inspector Heat, The Secret Agent (also known as Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1996
• Dr. Lagermann, Smilla's Sense of Snow (also known as Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Fraeulein Smillas Gespuer fuer Schnee, FroekenSmillas kaensla foer snoe, and Froken Smillas fornemmelse for sne), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1997
• Pod Clock, The Borrowers, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1997
• Mr. Boo, Little Voice (also known as The Rise and Fall of Little Voice), Miramax, 1998
• Mother, The Avengers, Warner Bros., 1998
• Sir William Schwenck "Willie" Gilbert, Topsy-Turvy, October Films,1999
• The (Shy) 11th doctor, Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of FatalDeath (also known as Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death), 1999
• Colin Jones, Bridget's dad, Bridget Jones's Diary (also known as Le journal de Bridget Jones), Miramax, 2001
• Harold Zidler, Moulin Rouge!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• John Bayley, Iris, Miramax, 2001
• Voice of the Wizard, The King's Beard (animated), 2002
• William "Boss" Tweed, Gangs of New York, Miramax, 2002
• Wackford Squeers, Nicholas Nickleby, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
• Drunk major, Bright Young Things, Icon, 2003
• Lord Kelvin, Around the World in 80 Days, Summit Entertainment, 2003
• Voice of Rabbit, Tooth, 2004
• Vanity Fair, Focus Features, 2004
• Affiliated with Topsy Turvy.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Monty, Gone to Seed, 1992
• Peter Duffley, The Peter Principle (also known as The Boss), BBC, 1997
• Also appeared as voice of Percy, Percy the Park Keeper (animated).
• Miniseries
• D.S. Stanley Richard, fraud squad officer, Bird of Prey, BBC, 1982
• (Conrad segment) The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (documentary), London Weekend Television and Channel 4, 1988
• Movies
• Steven Parrish, Work!, 1990
• Deric Longden, Wide-Eyed and Legless (also known as The WeddingGift), BBC, 1994
• Gone to the Dogs, ITV, 1995
• Charlie Bennett, Absolute Conviction, PBS, 1995
• Desmond Morton, The Gathering Storm, HBO, 2002
• Desmond Morton, The Lonely War, 2002
• Harry Aitken, And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, HBO, 2003
• Alfred Salteena, The Young Visitors, BBC, 2003
• Specials
• Orderly, Walter and June, Channel 4, 1982
• Geoff Figg, teacher, Birth of a Nation: Tales out of School (alsoknown as Birth of a Nation), Central Television, 1983
• Jem Rooney, Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (also known as Silas Marner), Arts and Entertainment, 1985, broadcast on MasterpieceTheatre, PBS, 1987
• Maitre Jacques, The Miser, PBS, 1988
• The twenty-third Earl of Leete, A Sense of History (short film; also known as Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright), Channel 4, 1992
• Himself/"Zidler," The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of "MoulinRouge," HBO, 2001
• Himself, Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002
• Himself, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2002
• Himself, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002
• Iris Murdoch: Strange Love, Biography Channel, 2002
• Episodic
• "Long Distance Information," Play for Today, 1979
• Mr. Horsfall, "Intensive Care," Play for Today, 1982
• Second attendant, "Our Winnie," Alan Bennett Season, 1982
• Don Speckingleesh, an interpreter, "The Queen of Spain's Beard," The Black Adder, BBC, 1983
• DCI Roy "The Slag" Slater, "May the Force Be with You," Only Fools andHeroes, 1983
• Dalcroix, "Edith," Happy Families, BBC, 1985
• Dalcroix, "Cassie," Happy Families, BBC, 1985
• Dalcroix, "Madeleine," Happy Families, BBC, 1985
• Jim Postlewaite, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, BBC2, 1985
• Butch, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, BBC2, 1985
• Vaughn, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, BBC2, 1985
• Lovejoy, "The Facts of Life," Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected(also known as Tales of the Unexpected), Anglia Television, 1988
• Prince Albert, "A Blackadder's Christmas Carol," The Black Adder,1988
• Alan Hammond, "Staying In," Victoria Wood, BBC2, 1989
• DCI Roy "The Slag" Slater, "To Hull and Back," Only Fools and Heroes, 1991
• Selwyn Proops, "Determined Woman," Murder Most Horrid, BBC-2, 1991
• DCI Roy "The Slag" Slater, "The Class of '62," Only Fools and Heroes, 1991
• Gone to Seed, 1992
• Charlie Bennett, "Absolute Conviction," Inspector Morse, 1992
• George, "Detectives on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," The Comic Strip Presents, BBC-2, 1993
• Colonel Alfred D. Wintle, "The Last Englishman," Heroes and Villains, BBC, 1995
• The doctor, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death," Doctor Who,BBC, 1999
• Also appeared in Not the Nine O'Clock News, BBC-2.
• Stage Appearances
• A Doll's House, c. 1954
• Ecstasy, 1979
• Goosepimples, 1981
• A Flea in Her Ear, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1989
• Appeared in productions with the National Theatre of Brent and the RoyalShakespeare Company, including The Government Inspector, Habeas Corpus, Kafka's Dick, Every Good Boy Deserves a Favour, Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest, Our Friends in the North, Bedbefore Yesterday, The Recruiting Officer, and A Winter's Tale.
• Radio Appearances
• Appeared as voice of Vroomfondel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, BBC.
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Appeared on The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
• WRITINGS
• Television Specials
• A Sense of History (short film; also known as Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright), Channel 4, 1992

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, February 22, 2002, p. 62