Jim Broadbent - first early role - The Shout 1978
How many actors have said their first onscreen role was crap? Broadbent can say it and mean it! His credit even refers to it: Fielder in cowpat LOL
He received an Academy Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the film Iris (2001). Broadbent won BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Moulin Rouge! (2001). His early film roles include in Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990). Notable film roles include Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Erik the Viking (1989), Richard III (1995), The Borrowers (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), Around the World in 80 Days (2004), The Lady in the Van (2015), King of Thieves (2018) and A Boy Called Christmas (2021).
He gained attention for playing Digory Kirke in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Dean Charles Stanforth in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter (2009–2011) and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series (2014–2017).
Broadbent's television roles include playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1983–1991), Desmond Morton in the HBO film The Gathering Storm (2002), and Lord Longford in the Channel 4 film Longford (2006). He also gained attention for his role as Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones in 2017.
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