English film, television and theater actors Jim Broadbent was cast for the role of Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film and as Indiana Jones' academic colleague in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He is currently serving as president of the Lindsey Rural Players.
Broadbent began his career in the theater after attending the. London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His film debut was in 1978 in The Shout, and he has since gone in to film The Borrowers, Little Voice, Bullets Over Broadway and more.
Quotes
- "This is amazing, I couldn't be more surprised, and I really haven't got anything worked out." - on winning a Golden Globe for Iris
- ""As an actor, I'm quite prepared to look silly, I don't mind looking like a complete berk."
Jim Broadbent Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
May 24, 1949: Born
1981 Time Bandits: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1984 The Hit: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1985 Brazil: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1990 Life Is Sweet : IMDb |Rotten Tomatoes
1992 Enchanted April: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1992 The Crying Game: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1994 Bullets Over Broadway: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1998 Little Voice : IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1999 Topsy-Turvy : IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2001 Bridget Jones' Diary : IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2001 Moulin Rouge! : IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2001 Iris: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2002 Gangs of New York : IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2004 Vera Drake : IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason : IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe : IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2006 Longford : IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2007 Hot Fuzz : IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2008: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes