Jim Broadbent movies

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 Campbells 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.
Broadbent made his film debut in 1978 with a tiny role in Jerzy Skolimowskis 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 Leighs 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. In 2001, Broadbent starred in three of the years most successful films: Bridget Jones Diary, Moulin Rouge!, for which he won a BAFTA and Iris, for which he won an Oscar for his portrayal of John Bayley.

Jim Broadbent Movies

All movies starring Jim Broadbent.

• And When Did You Last See Your Father?
• Around the World in 80 Days
• Art School Confidential
• Brazil
• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
• Bullets Over Broadway
• Dirty Tricks
• Gangs of New York
• Moulin Rouge!
• Nicholas Nickleby
• Robots
• The Other Side
• Longford
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe