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Jim Broadbent/Horace Slughorn
Full Name: Jim Broadbent
Birthday: May 24, 1949
City of Birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Height: 6' 1½"
Biography: One of England's most versatile character actors, Jim Broadbent was born on May 24, 1949, in Lincolnshire, the youngest son of furniture maker Roy Broadbent and sculptress Dee Broadbent. Jim attended a Quaker boarding school in Reading before successfully applying for a place at an art school. His heart was in acting, though, and he would later transfer to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Following his 1972 graduation, he began his professional career on the stage, performing with the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and as part of the National Theatre of Brent, a two-man troupe which he co-founded. In addition to his theatrical work, Broadbent did steady work on television, working for such directors as Mike Newell and Stephen Frears. Broadbent made his film debut in 1978 with a small part in Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout (1978). He went on to work with Frears again in The Hit (1984) and with Terry Gilliam in Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985), but it was through his collaboration with Mike Leigh that Broadbent first became known to an international film audience. In 1990 he starred in Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990), a domestic comedy that cast him as a good-natured cook who dreams of running his own business. Broadbent gained further visibility the following year with substantial roles in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game (1992) and Mike Newell's Enchanted April (1992), and he could subsequently be seen in such diverse fare as Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Widows' Peak (1994), Richard Loncraine's highly acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III (1995) and Little Voice (1998), the last of which cast him as a seedy nightclub owner. Appearing primarily as a character actor in these films, Broadbent took center stage for Leigh's Topsy-Turvy (1999), imbuing the mercurial W.S. Gilbert with emotional complexity and comic poignancy. Jim's breakthrough year was 2001, as he starred in three critically and commercially successful films. Many would consider him the definitive supporting actor of that year. First he starred as Bridget's dad (Colin Jones) in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), which propelled Renée Zellweger to an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Next came the multiple Oscar-nominated film (including Best Picture) Moulin Rouge! (2001), for which he won a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA award for his scene-stealing performance as Harold Zidler. Lastly, came the small biopic Iris (2001/I), for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as devoted husband John Bayley to Judi Dench's Iris Murdoch, the British novelist who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. The film hit home with Jim, since his own mother had passed away from Alzheimer's in 1995.
Spouse:: Anastasia Lewis (1987 - present)
Interesting Facts:
-Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in 1972.
-Honorary President of the Lindsey Rural Players
-He allegedly declined the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to drama in 2002.
-He won an Oscar for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001).
Quotes:
-"I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to them. I'd always, given the option, go and see a French drama. Obviously, we probably get the better ones. But they're just sophisticated on many levels, and grown up, and quite profound - and we don't make films like that."
-"I always think you should be totally frivolous as much as you can, and then take the work seriously when it has to be taken seriously. As long as you can keep that balance going, it's good fun. If it's only frivolous it's not fun - it would drive me potty. On Iris, I'd never worked with Judi Dench before, but it was wonderful to realize that we worked in exactly the same way. Foolish for most of the time, then focusing on the work, clicking into it very quickly and naturally. There were a lot of laughs. Otherwise it could have been torture. Two months of being grueled."
-"Who am I? He's called Horace Slughorn. He's a retired teacher of magic who's drawn back out of retirement because he's got some secrets they need in the battle against the Deatheaters and he's quite star struck as a teacher and he's drawn back into the fold because he likes to notch up celebrity students, and he's drawn back by Harry." - on being cast as Slughorn
Filmography:
-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2008)
-Dirty Tricks (2008)
-The Other Side (2008)
-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
-The Young Victoria (2008)
-Inkheart (2008)
-And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
-Hot Fuzz (2007)
-Longford (2006) (TV)
-"The Street" (3 episodes, 2006)
-Free Jimmy (2006)
-Art School Confidential (2006)
-The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
-Valiant (2005)
-Spider-Plant Man (2005) (TV)
-Robots (2005)
-The Magic Roundabout (2005)
-Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
-Vera Drake (2004)
-Vanity Fair (2004)
-Pride (2004) (TV)
-Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
-Tooth (2004)
-The Young Visiters (2003) (TV)
-And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) (TV)
-Bright Young Things (2003)
-Anna Spud (2003)
-Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
-Gangs of New York (2002)
-The King's Beard (2002)
-The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV)
-Iris (2001/I)
-Moulin Rouge! (2001)
-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
-Big Day (1999)
-Topsy-Turvy (1999)
-Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
-Little Voice (1998)
-The Avengers (1998)
-The Borrowers (1997)
-Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
-The Secret Agent (1996)
-Rough Magic (1995)
-"The Peter Principle" (1995)
-Richard III (1995)
-The Last Englishman (1995) (TV)
-Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
-Princess Caraboo (1994)
-Widows' Peak (1994)
-Prince Cinders (1993)
-Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) (TV)
-"The Comic Strip Presents..." (1 episode, 1993)
-A Sense of History (1992) (TV)
-The Crying Game (1992)
-"Inspector Morse" (1 episode, 1992)
-Enchanted April (1992)
-"Gone to Seed" (1992)
-"Murder Most Horrid" (1 episode, 1991)
-Nona (1991) (TV)
-Work! (1991) (TV) .... Steven Parrish
-"Only Fools and Horses" (3 episodes, 1983-1991)
-"Gone to the Dogs" (1991) (mini) TV Series
-Life Is Sweet (1990)
-"Victoria Wood" (1 episode, 1989)
-"The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand De Bargos" (1989) TV Series
-Erik the Viking (1989)
-Revolution!! (1989) (TV)
-"Dramarama" (1 episode, 1988)
-"Theater Night" (1 episode, 1988)
-"Tales of the Unexpected" (1 episode, 1988)
-Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV)
-Vroom (1988)
-Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
-Running Out of Luck (1987)
-The Insurance Man (1986) (TV)
-Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985) (TV)
-The Good Father (1985)
-"Happy Families" (3 episodes, 1985)
-Brazil (1985)
-"Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV" (3 episodes, 1985)
-The Hit (1984)
-Messiah (1984) (TV)
-The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984)
-"The Black Adder" (1983) TV
-Dead on Time (1983)
-Walter and June (1983) (TV)
-"Objects of Affection" (1 episode, 1982)
-"Play for Today" (3 episodes, 1979-1982)
-Walter (1982) (TV)
-Uliisses (1982)
-Bird of Prey (1982) (TV)
-Birth of a Nation (1982) (TV)
-Time Bandits (1981)
-The Dogs of War (1981)
-Breaking Glass (1980)
-"BBC2 Playhouse" (1 episode, 1980)
-Phoelix (1980)
-The Passage (1979) (uncredited)
-The Shout (1978)
-The Life Story of Baal (1978)
Sources:
Internet Movie Database
Dar kHorizons
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