Jim Broadbent Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Movies List, TV Shows and Awards

Jim Broadbent Biography

Jim Broadbent (James Broadbent) is an English actor. He was born on 24th May 1949 in Lincolnshire as the youngest child and only surviving twin of furniture-maker Roy Broadbent and his sculptress wife.

His mother ran an amateur dramatics society in the local church and, aged four, the budding thespian made his first stage entrance, in A Doll’s House.

Sent to a Quaker boarding school in Reading, Jim earned himself a reputation as a rebel for his tendency to answer back to the teachers. Then, just before sitting his A Levels, he was expelled for drinking. Undaunted, the teenage Jim successfully applied for a place at art school. His heart lay in acting, however, and he transferred to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Upon graduation in 1972, Jim went straight to the Open Air Theater in Regent’s Park, where he was hired as stage manager. It took a few years for the acting work to start coming in and while he was waiting the actor enrolled in the Ugly modelling agency to supplement his income, although he never actually landed a job. “Perhaps I wasn’t ugly enough,” he later quipped.

His big break came in 1977, when he landed a part in the 12-part sci-fi TV programme Illuminatus, which required him to play multiple roles. Around the same time Jim began to collaborate with Mike Leigh in stage productions of the writer-director’s plays Ecstasy and Goosepimples. Leigh later directed a short that Jim had written, a rare accolade from the independent film-maker.

As the work continued to come his way, Jim began to catch the attention of British film directors. His first foray into Hollywood came in 1987, when he starred in Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, alongside Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman. By this time, he was a regular on the BBC, in projects ranging from the Rowan Atkinson comedy Blackadder to dramas such as Silas Marner. Woody Allen even called him up personally to offer him a role in Bullets Over Broadway.

Jim’s profile continued to rise through the Nineties. One of the few actors as comfortable in a supporting role as that of principal player, by the end of the decade he was one of Britain’s best-loved character actors. Roles in Little Voice, Smilla’s Sense Of Snow and The Avengers all consolidated his position as one of the UK’s premier entertainment exports.

But it was in the 21st century that the actor rose to the A list. He bagged parts in Mike Leigh’s Topsy Turvy, and played Renee Zellweger’s father in Bridget Jones’s Diary. Meanwhile, his Moulin Rouge turn – a role he described as “totally over the top, probably the longest suicide note in history” – called for him to sing Madonna’s hit Like A Virgin. Then, of course, came Iris, and the Scorsese epic Gangs Of New York.

Jim Broadbent Age

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Jim Broadbent Wife

Jim Broadbent is married to costume designer-turned-artist Anastasia Lewis, whom he met in 1983. The couple married in 1987, and he is stepfather to her two grown-up sons, Tom and Paul. They split their time between their North London house and a cottage in Lincolnshire – close to the Methodist chapel that Jim’s father Roy helped to turn into a theater – and spend much of their free time on walking holidays.

Jim Broadbent  with Anastasia Lewis

Jim Broadbent Children

Jim Broadbent has two children Tom Lewis and Paul Lewis who are from her wife’s previous marriage.

Jim Broadbent Harry Potter

Jim Broadbent played the role of Professor Slughorn, in the new movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Horace Slughorn first met Harry Potter in 1996, when Harry and Albus Dumbledore tracked him down at the Muggle home he was borrowing at the time, to persuade him to return and teach at Hogwarts.

Jim Broadbent Moulin Rouge

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet (Ewan McGregor), who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club’s most notorious and beautiful star (Nicole Kidman). Jim Broadbent plays Harold Zidler.

Jim Broadbent Awards

Jim Broadbent Oscar

In 2002 he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the 74th Academy Awards for his role in the movie ‘Iris’.

Jim Broadbent Game of Thrones

In August 2017 he was announced as the newest addition to the Season 7 cast of Game of Thrones but his character was kept secretive.In a recent interview, Erin Whitney of Screen crush flat out asked Broadbent who he would be playing. Though the actor demurred at first, he finally admitted: “I’m a maester, an archmaester. I’m an old professor character.” He also confirmed how significant his role is. Don’t expect a one-off appearance, a la McShane: as Broadbent said, “I did five episodes. I did sort of one major scene in each episode.”

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