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  • Jim Broadbent joins Indy 4 - 21 June 2007
    British actor Jim Broadbent is to join the cast of the eagerly-awaited fourth Indiana Jones movie, it has emerged.-Broadbent, who has appeared in a wide range of films such as Hot Fuzz, Moulin Rouge, Vanity Fair and Robots, is to star alongside Ray Winstone, Harrison F


  • Walken to replace Broadbent in Hairspray - 17 August 2006
    Legendary dancer and cult actor Christopher Walken is to replace Jim Broadbent in Hairspray, according to reports.-Industry paper Variety reported that the academy award winning Jim Broadbent, known for his roles in Iris, Bridget Jones' Diary and Moulin Rouge, has been

Jim Broadbent - what members say


  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Bridget Jones's Diary review by from TELFORD
    Rated - 2 stars 16 March 2004
    ...hile, Bridget's mum Pam has a little surprise of her own for her husband Colin (Jim Broadbent). And, as often happens at times like this . . . wackiness ensues. What aud...  
  • Gathering Storm
  • Gathering Storm review by from West Yorkshire
    Rated - 5 stars Another triumph 20 March 2004
    ...er. Backed up by a superb cast of British luminaries including Derek Jacobi, Jim Broadbent and Vanessa Redgrave as Winston’s long suffering wife Clemmie, this is another ...  
  • Street, The - Series 1 - Complete
  • Street, The - Series 1 - Complete review by from N Ireland
    Rated - 4 stars Enjoyable 12 August 2006
    ...orry if I'm being fussy here but I found the acting rather poor in this series. Jim Broadbent is of course very good. However, Sue Johnston plays a particularly poor part, i...  

Jim Broadbent - filmography


  • The Young Victoria on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Emily Blunt,  Rupert Friend,  Paul Bettany
    Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    From Academy Award winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese comes the story of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle in to her romantic courtship and legendary marriage to Prince Albert, Emily Blunt gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria.
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  • Lost And Found on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jim Broadbent
    Director: Philip Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door. He didn't know where it came from or who it belonged to. The penguin looked sad and the boy thought it must be lost. So he decided to help it find its way home, even if that meant rowing all the way to the South Pole. Based on the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 465 members
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  • Hot Fuzz on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Simon Pegg,  Nick Frost,  Bill Bailey
    Director: Edgar Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost follow up SHAUN OF THE DEAD with another collaboration in HOT FUZZ. This time around Pegg and Frost are mismatched cops who are reluctantly forced to work together, with hilarious results.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 88,607 members
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  • Longford (2006)
    Starring: Jim Broadbent,  Lindsay Duncan,  Kika Markham
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Mere mention of convicted child murderer Myra Hindley's name is enough to send shivers down the spines of most people in her native U.K. This HBO drama concerns the strange friendship Hindley struck up with a British Lord, Frank Aungier Pakenham (the seventh Earl of Longford), after she was ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 15 members
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  • Vera Drake on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Imelda Staunton,  Estelle Harris,  Phil Davis
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mike Leigh produces another devastating masterpiece with the heartbreaking VERA DRAKE. Imelda Staunton is the title character, beloved wife of Stan (Phil Davis) and mother of Sid (Daniel Mays) and Ethel (Alex Kelly). Vera spends her days cleaning houses for money and looking in on elderly and sick ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 48,391 members
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  • Iris on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Kate Winslet,  Hugh Bonneville
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,340 members
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  • Topsy-Turvy on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jim Broadbent,  Allan Corduner,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Mike Leigh's high-minded telling of the story of legendary musical team Gilbert & Sullivan is one of the director's most thorough, highly ambitious efforts. Concentrating mainly on the tumultuous period just before the conception and production of the pair's THE MIKADO (first staged in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,811 member
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  • Little Voice on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Brenda Blethyn,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Mark Herman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a dreary English seaside town, one of it's timid inhabitants, known as LV (Little Voice), mourns over her dead father and obsesses over his record collection by singing along to his favorite performers. Her rare talents for emulating the dulcet tones of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley ..read more »
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  • The Secret Agent (1996)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  Patricia Arquette,  Gerard Depardieu
    Director: Christopher Hampton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The life of an undercover Russian agent, posing as a quiet shopkeeper in London in order to infiltrate a ring of anarchists, is thrown into turmoil when his employers order him to plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 35% from 20 members
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  • The Last Englishman (1995)
    Starring: Jim Broadbent,  Tony Haygarth,  Matthew Ashforde
    Director: John Henderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jim Broadbent is Col. Alfred D. Wintle, a maverick with a brilliant mind and intense convictions. Inflexible, outspoken and chauvinistic to the end, he proclaimed to all who would listen that he thanked God every night that he was English. A fascinating tale of pride, strength and the ultimate cost ..read more »
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  • Rough Magic (1995)
    Starring: Bridget Fonda,  Russell Crowe,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Clare Peploe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An introspective magician's assistant (Bridget Fonda) realizes her true powers while adrift on a fanciful journey through rural Mexico, pursued by a gritty P.I. (Russell Crowe) hired by her eccentric millionaire fiance. A curious blend of outlandish magical realism and the standard "gumshoe" ..read more »
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  • Wide-Eyed and Legless (1994)
    Starring: Jim Broadbent,  Thora Hird,  Moya Brady
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty mother; the trouble is, Diana can no longer walk and her malady defies medical diagnosis. To care for Diana, Deric is letting his business slide, but ..read more »
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  • Princess Caraboo (1994)
    Starring: Jim Broadbent,  Phoebe Cates,  Kevin Kline
    Director: Michael Austin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Princess Caraboo is kidnapped from her Pacific island palace of luxury and escapes a pirate's ship, swimming for her life into an English village where nobody knows her name and her language. It takes time, and time again for her to tell her story with her hands and eyes, and slowly, the village ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - The Day Of The Devil on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Keith Allen
    Director: Stephen Whittaker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    When John Peter Barrie escapes from a maximum security mental institution, the police assign all available resources to finding him. Barrie is a dangerous sex offender known as the Devil's Disciple. Morse is assisted by Barrie's psychiatrist, Dr. Esther Martin. Barrie contacts Morse and they begin ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Absolute Conviction on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Sean Bean
    Director: Antonia Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A convicted fraudster, one of three former business partners at an open prison, dies following an assault. Morse has to investigate the death while dealing with a brash subordinate and trying to avoid offending the prison authorities.
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  • Loving Walter (1982)
    Starring: Ian McKellen,  Sarah Miles,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The frustrations of Thatcher-era government social services are the backdrop for this touching story of a mentally challenged man (Ian McKellan from LORD OF THE RINGS) who wanders through the system and is helped by various townpeople.
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  • Percy The Park Keeper - The Secret Path on DVD
    Starring: Jim Broadbent
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In the secret path, its a beautiful spring morning and Percy is very busy. He is about to start work on the old maze which has become overgrown. Percy's friends see him setting off and decide to give him a big surprise. In The Rescue Party, it's a perfect summer's afternoon and Percy is jolly ..read more »
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  • Tales Of The Riverbank on DVD
    Starring: Peter Serafinowicz,  Stephen Fry,  Steve Coogan
    Director: John Henderson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Tales Of The Riverbank follows the adventures of three animal friends - Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat And GP the Guinea Pig. After a violent storm they were washed away down the river. They set out on an epic journey to try to find their old homes, but on the way they discover the whole riverbank is ..read more »
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  • Percy The Park Keeper - The Classic Coll... on DVD
    Starring: Percy,  Jim Broadbent
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Adventures with Percy, the Park Keeper. Featuring the episodes 'The Hedgehog's Balloon', 'The Fox's Hiccups', 'One Warm Fox', 'The Rabbit Who Was Afraid Of The Dark', 'Sledge Ride', 'The Hedgehog's Wings', 'The Owl's Lesson', 'Badger's Bath', 'Owl Takes Charge' and 'A Very Useful Little Friend'.
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  • Tales of the Riverbank to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Stephen Fry,  Peter Serafinowicz,  Miranda Hart
    Director: John Henderson
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 80 minutes
    TALES OF THE RIVERBANK tells the story of three friends - Hammy Hamster (Ardal O'Hanlon), Roderick Rat (Steve Coogan) and GP the Guinea Pig (Jim Broadbent) - who, having been swept down-river in a violent storm, embark on an epic journey in search of their lost homes. Their journey, full of comic ..read more »
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  • Widow's Peak to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Mia Farrow,  Joan Plowright,  Natasha Richardson
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 98 minutes
    Edwina has moved into the neighbourhood known as 'Widows' Peak', so called due to the prevalent maritial status of the residents. The residents are all curious about their new neighbour, Edwina, including Mrs Counihan, the residents leader, whose son is busy wooing Edwina. Miss O'Hare and Edwina ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 7, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 7, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Stephen Whittaker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    When John Peter Barrie escapes from a maximum security mental institution, the police assign all available resources to finding him. Barrie is a dangerous sex offender known as the Devil's Disciple. Morse is assisted by Barrie's psychiatrist, Dr. Esther Martin. Barrie contacts Morse and they begin ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 7, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Herbert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse's police work and love of music come together as he investigates the murder of a journalist who was writing about college benefactor Andrew Baydon, and is witness when opera singer Gwladys Probert is shot while standing next to Baydon at the annual procession.
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 5 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Personal tragedy strikes as Morse's niece, Marilyn Garrett, commits suicide. Morse was very fond of her and had hopes that she would accomplish many of the things he had not done in his life. While Morse is away on personal leave, Lewis is studying for his inspector's exams and is temporarily ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 1 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found by his son-in-law Peter Rhodes, a local antiques dealer ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 2 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis investigate the murder of wealthy industrialist Sir John Balcombe. There is little love lost in the Balcombe family and no great remorse when Sir John is found dead, obviously bludgeoned to death. The dead man's wife and two sons all seem worried about other things. To Morse's ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 3 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Colin Gregg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Morse and Lewis find themselves in Vicenza, Italy looking into the death of May Lawrence who was killed while attending a psychotherapy clinic there. The clinic is run by Russell Clark, a convicted fraudster who is well known to Morse and the British authorities. Morse is particularly enjoying the ..read more »
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  • Inspector Morse - Series 6, Episode 4 - ... to Watch Now (1992)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Samantha Bond
    Director: Antonia Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    A convicted fraudster, one of three former business partners at an open prison, dies following an assault. Morse has to investigate the death while dealing with a brash subordinate and trying to avoid offending the prison authorities.
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Jim Broadbent facts

5 most recent films

Damned United, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Young Victoria - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Damned United - 4.0 stars
Inkheart - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Only Fools And Horses - To Hull And Back - 4.0 stars
Damned United, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 4.0 stars
The Damned United - 4.0 stars
Hot Fuzz - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Secret Agent - 2.0 stars
Rough Magic - 2.0 stars
The Young Visiters or Mr. Salteena's Plan - 2.5 stars
Princess Caraboo - 2.5 stars
Wide-Eyed and Legless - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Adrian Dunbar - 12 times - show films
Sean Bean - 10 times - show films
John Thaw - 10 times - show films
Kevin Whately - 10 times - show films
Samantha Bond - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Terry Gilliam - 5 times - show films
Andrew Adamson - 4 times - show films
Martin Scorsese - 4 times - show films
Baz Luhrmann - 4 times - show films
Richard Loncraine - 3 times - show films


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