Line #15 Creator/JimBroadbent


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3	->''"I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character."''
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5	James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 in Holton [[HehHehYouSaidX cum]] Beckering, England) is a British character actor.
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7	A familiar face on British stage and screen for many years, he gained international fame with his performances in ''Iris'' and ''Film/MoulinRouge'', which respectively earned him an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward and a BAFTA. He is also known for playing Bridget Jones' father in ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones' Diary]]'' and its sequels, and Horace Slughorn in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series.
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9	In an interesting case of WhatCouldHaveBeen, early in his career Broadbent turned down the part of Del Boy in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', which proved to be a StarMakingRole for Creator/DavidJason. Broadbent did subsequently have a few memorable cameos in the series as DirtyCop Roy Slater.
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12	!Notable for:
13	'''Film:'''
14	* ''Literature/TheGoBetween'' (1971) - Spectator at Cricket Match
15	* ''Film/TheShout'' (1978) - Fielder in cowpat
16	* ''Film/TimeBandits'' (1981) - Host of ''Your Money or Your Life''
17	* ''{{Film/Brazil}}'' (1985) - Dr Jaffe
18	* ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' (1987) - Jean Pierre Dubois
19	* ''Film/ErikTheViking'' (1988) - Ernest the Viking
20	* ''Film/TheCryingGame'' (1992) - Col
21	* ''Film/BulletsOverBroadway'' (1994) - Warner Purcell
22	* ''Film/RichardIII'' (1995) - the Duke of Buckingham
23	* ''Film/{{The Borrowers\|1997}}'' (1997) - Pod Clock
24	* ''Film/{{The Avengers\|1998}}'' (1998) - Mother
25	* ''Film/LittleVoice'' (1998) - Mr. Boo
26	* ''Film/TopsyTurvy'' (1999) - [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan William Schwenk Gilbert]]
27	* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (2001) - Harold Zidler
28	* ''Film/BridgetJonesDiary'' (2001) - Colin Jones
29	* ''Iris'' (2001) - John Bayley
30	* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' (2002) - Boss Tweed
31	* ''Film/BridgetJonesTheEdgeOfReason'' - (2004) - Colin Jones
32	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' (2005) - Madame Gasket
33	* ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' (2005) - Digory Kirk
34	* ''Film/HotFuzz'' (2007) - Inspector Frank Butterman
35	* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (2008) - Dean Charles Stanforth
36	* ''Film/HarryPotter'' - Horace Slughorn
37	** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' (2009)
38	** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' (2011)
39	* ''Film/TheDamnedUnited'' (2009) - Sam Longson
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41	* ''Film/TheIronLady'' (2011) - Denis Thatcher
42	* ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'' (2011) - Malcolm Claus
43	* ''Film/CloudAtlas'' (2012) - Timothy Cavendish
44	* ''Film/ThePhoneCall'' (2013) - Stan
45	* ''Film/{{Paddington\|2014}}'' (2014) - Mr Gruber
46	* ''{{Film/Brooklyn}}'' (2015) - Father Flood
47	* ''Bridget Jones' Baby'' (2016) - Colin Jones
48	* ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'' (2016) - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, the British Prime Minister
49	* ''Film/KingOfThieves'' (2018) - Terry Perkins
50	* ''WesternAnimation/Charlotte2021'' - Charlotte's grandfather
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52	'''Television'''
53	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' - Eleventh Doctor
54	* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' - Roy Slater (3 episodes)
55	* ''{{Series/Blackadder}}'' - Don Speekinglish, Prince Albert
56	* ''The Peter Principle'' - Peter Duffley
57	* ''The Great Train Robbery'' (2013) - DCI Frank Butler
58	* ''Series/{{War and Peace\|2016}}'' (2016) - Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky
59	* ''Series/LondonSpy'' (2016) - Scottie
60	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2017) - Archmaester Ebrose
61	* ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' (2020) - Father Roberts

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