Jim Broadbent born 24 May 1949 is an English actor He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris 2001 as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford 2006 Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge 2001 He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972 Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits 1981 and Brazil 1985 before a breakthrough role in Mike Leighs independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet 1990 His notable film roles since include The Borrowers 1997 Bridget Joness Diary 2001 The Gathering Storm 2002 Hot Fuzz 2007 Another Year 2010 The Iron Lady 2011 Arthur Christmas 2011 Cloud Atlas 2012 and Brooklyn 2015 He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series escription above from the Wikipedia article Jim Broadbent licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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