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Name: Jim Broadbent
Nicknames: None
Birthdate: May 24th, 1949
Birthplace: Lincoln,
Lincolnshire, England
Height: 6' 1½"
Parents: Roy and Dee Broadbent
Siblings: None known of
Pets: None
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Marital status: Married to
Anastasia Lewis
IMDB Listing: Here
Movies: Around the World in 80
Days, Bridget Jones's Diary
Narnia Movie Appearances: LWW
Narnia Character: The Professor,
Digory Kirke
Biography: James
Broadbent is an Academy Award-winning English theatre, film and
television actor. He graduated in 1972 and went on to work for the
Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as
acting in Ken Campbell's epic Illuminatus (1976). In 2001, he starred
in three of the year's most successful films: Bridget Jones' Diary,
Moulin Rouge!, for which he won a BAFTA and Iris, for which he won an
Oscar for his portrayal of John Bayley. He is regarded as one of
cinema's most reliable character actors and has a reputation of being
very easy to work with. He also played the title role in Channel 4
drama, Longford in October 2006.
Fun
Facts:
• Won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actor in 2001 for his role in Iris.
• He was portrayed in
the
Simpsons episode Co-Dependent's Day playing a coal miner in a
fictitious film called 'The Momentum of Things'.
Narnia
Fun Facts:
• During the final scene in the
movie where the Professor tosses a cricket ball to Peter, Jim
accidently mis-fired and beaned Skandar Keynes in the head.
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