Jim Broadbent

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Jim Broadbent won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of John Bayley, opposite Judi Dench, in Richard Eyre’s Iris. Among his many other films are Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits and Brazil, Mike Newell’s The Good Father and Enchanted April, Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game, Woody Allen’s Bullets over Broadway, Richard Loncraine’s Richard III and The Gathering Storm (for HBO, which brought him another Golden Globe Award nomination as well as an Emmy Award nomination), Mark Herman’s Little Voice, Baz Luhrmann’s Academy Award-winning Moulin Rouge! (for which he won a BAFTA Award); Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things, Sharon Maguire’s Bridget Jones’s Diary and Beeban Kidron’s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair; Andrew Adamson’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Iain Softley’s upcoming Inkheart; and Anand Tucker’s soon-to-be-released And When Did You Last See Your Father?, in which he stars opposite Colin Firth. He has collaborated several times with Mike Leigh, starring for the filmmaker in Life is Sweet, the Academy Award-winning Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake, and the short feature A Sense of History (which Mr. Broadbent also wrote). The two have also teamed on stagings of Goosepimples, Ecstasy, and Clay.

Mr. Broadbent began his career as an assistant stage manager at the Regent Park Open Air Theatre. In addition to the previously mentioned stage work as an actor, he has starred in Sam Mendes’ Donmar Warehouse production of Habeas Corpus. Richard Eyre directed him in the Royal Court production of Kafka’s Dick and in the National Theatre production of The Government Inspector. He was a longtime member of the National Theatre of Brent, appearing in productions of The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Complete Guide to Sex, and The Messiah.  More recently, he starred in the Royal National Theatre stagings of The Pillowman and Theatre of Blood. He has also made several appearances on television over the years, ranging from Tales of the Unexpected to Blackadder to The Street to the acclaimed recent telefilm Longford (directed by Tom Hooper).

Filmography: Art School Confidential, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones´s Diary, Bright Young Things, Gangs of New York, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, InkHeart, Robots (2005), Superman IV - The Quest for Peace, The Borrowers, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Time Bandits, Valiant,

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Emily Blunt Interview, The Young Victorian
Emily Blunt shot to international prominence in 2004 with her lead role in the multi award-winning British movie, My Summer of Love. In 2005, she star...

Sarah Ferguson Interview, The Young Victorian
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MoviesOnline caught up with Eliza Bennett to talk about her new film, “Inkheart,” a fantasy adventure directed by Iain Softley based on th... Iain Softley Interview, InkHeart
Director/ Producer Iain Softley has earned praise for his work on a wide range of feature films. In 1994, he gained widespread acclaim for his feature... Paul Bettany Interview, InkHeart
Paul Bettany has earned praise for his work in several high-profile films, including two for director Ron Howard: "The Da Vinci Code," with Tom Hanks,... Brendan Fraser Interview, InkHeart
MoviesOnline sat down recently to talk with Brendan Fraser about his new movie, “Inkheart,” directed by Iain Softley. Based on the best-se... Indiana Jones Crystal Skull Special Edition DVD Pics
Now I never really got the chance to catch this film in theaters. I'm actually not that big of a fan of the franchise. But I think if you are a fan th... Four New Harry Potter 6 Photos
From WB we have 4 more new photos to add to our collection for Harry Potter 6. David Yates, who directed this year’s summer blockbuster “H... New Harry Potter 6 Photos
From WB we have a whole slew of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince photos. David Yates, who directed this year’s summer blockbuster “H... Indiana Jones 4 Pulls In Huge Numbers
Today some numbers are beginning to appear about the weekend box office results. The four day weekend results are around $126,040,000. This number ran... Harrison Ford & Cast Talk Indiana Jones 4
Indiana Jones 4 is getting ready to explode into box offices and in our continuing coverage below you can watch a video interview where Harrison ... New Indiana Jones Crystal Skull Poster
From BadTaste.it comes a brand new poster for Indiana Jones 4.  The newest Indiana Jones adventure begins in the desert Southwest in 1957 –... New Indiana Jones Crystal Skull Photos
The studio just sent us a slew of brand new stills for Indiana Jones 4. The newest Indiana Jones adventure begins in the desert Southwest in 1957 &nda... New Indiana Jones 4 Synopsis
The studio has sent over a new and revised synopsis for the upcoming Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The newest Indiana Jones ad... Indiana Jones Crystal Skull New Trailer
From BeyondHollywood comes a brand new Indiana Jones 4 trailer which apparently debuted during Nickelodeon. On May 22, Indiana Jones is back in a new ... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince First Photo
From WB we have the first photo for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. David Yates, who directed this year’s summer blockbuster “Harr... Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Trailer
Now you can finally checkout the trailer for Indiana Jones 4 below. On May 22, Indiana Jones is back in a new globe-trotting adventure, "Indiana Jones... Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Teaser Trailer
Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm Ltd. announced today that the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Indiana Jones adventure “Indiana ... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Casting Complete
Casting has been completed on the much-anticipated sixth installment of the Warner Bros. Pictures Harry Potter film franchise, “Harry Potter and... Edgar Wright Interview, Hot Fuzz
MoviesOnline sat down with Edgar Wright at the Los Angeles press day to promote his new film, Hot Fuzz. Hot Fuzz is the action-packed new come... Hot Fuzz: Locked & Loaded
The filmmakers’ modus operandi for Hot Fuzz was to plunder genre conventions – and then upend them. This is established at the beginni... Hot Fuzz: It Takes a Village To Write a Script
The script for Hot Fuzz ultimately called for some 50 speaking – and several non-speaking – roles to be cast. But for the buddy-cop du... Simon Pegg, Nick Frost Interview, Hot Fuzz
MoviesOnline sat down with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost at the Los Angeles press day to promote their new film, Hot Fuzz. Hot Fuzz is the action-... Winners of the 9th Annual BIFA's
Wednesday, 29th November saw stars and leading figures of the British film industry turn up to celebrate the British Independent Film Awards at Ha... Art School Confidential on DVD October 10th
Academy Award® nominees Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World) and Daniel Clowes (Ghost World) take on the world of academia in their second collaboration, t... Art School Confidential Trailer
SONY Classics has sent over the trailer for Art School Confidential. A thinking mans comedy. In "Art School Confidential," director Terry Zwigoff ... Art School Confidential Trailer
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Yahoo movies posted the trailer for Gary Chapman's upcoming animated movie Valiant. Featuring the voice talents of Ewan McGregor ,Jim Broadbent, Tim C... Win Walk on Role in X-Men 3
Those of you who have seen Robots are in luck. You have a chance to win a walk on part in X-Men 3. You can be the half breed mutant thats special powe... Robots Movie Review
From the creators of "Ice Age" (a very underrated movie, so great), comes "Robots", a new CGI adventure set in the world of machines, and like with al... Watch 6 Minutes of Robots Movie
Ok so our buddies at AOL sent this to me a couple days ago but I have been swamped. They have the first 6 minutes of Robots and you can watch it and e... Robots - Gallery added
Today we uploaded the pictures for our "Robots" gallery. Twentieth Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios and Academy Award winning director Chris Wedge have n... Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Best Movie of 2004
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