• One half of "The National Theatre of Brent" with Patrick Barlow where they perform reduced histories.
• Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in 1972.
• He is the son of Roy Broadbent, who was involved in converting a Methodist Church into a theater. It was later renamed the Broadbent Theater after his death in 1971.
• Honorary President of the Lindsey Rural Players
• Voice of Vroomfondel in the BBC radio series version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
• Shortly after winning his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in _Iris (2001)_ , he was interviewed by Joan Rivers, who apparently didn't even know what nationality he was. On live TV, Rivers said, "Here we have Jim Broadbent, all the way from Australia. You're Australian aren't you?" But there were to be no tantrums from the star - the mild-mannered actor replied, "No, I'm British."
• At The Orange British Academy Film Awards on Monday January 28th 2002, he was nominated for the best Performance by an Actor in a leading role Award for his role in the film Iris.
• Jim's mother, who died in 1995, suffered from Alzheimer's Disease.
• Nominated for a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for Winnie-the-Pooh.
• In 2001, appeared in Moulin Rouge! with Nicole Kidman, Bridget Jones's Diary with Renee Zellweger and Iris with Judi Dench. All three of these women were nominated for Best Actress for their roles.

One of England's most versatile actors, Broadbent has many film, theatre and television credits to his name. He will next be seen in Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge" opposite Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. Most recently, he was seen as WS Gilbert in Mike Leigh's "Topsy Turvy" for which he won a Best Actor award at the 1999 Venice Film Festival.

Other notable film credits include Mark Herman's "Little Voice", Peter Hewitt's "The Borrowers", Bille August's "Smilla's Sense of Snow"; Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway", Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game", Mike Newell's "Enchanted April", Mike Leigh's "Life Is Sweet", and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil".

His television credits include appearances in "Murder Most Horrid", "Inspector Morse IV", "Only Fools and Horses", and "Blackadder".

Broadbent was trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His theatre credits are many and include Sam Mendes' "Habeas Corpus" at the Donmar Warehouse, as well as numerous comic productions with the National Theatre of Brent.

Born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1949, Broadbent trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. 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 he co-founded that performed reduced histories. In addition to his theatrical work, Broadbent did steady work on television, acting 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. He went on to work with such directors as Stephen Frears (The Hit, 1984) and Terry Gilliam (Time Bandits [1981], Brazil [1985]), but it was through his collaboration with Leigh that Broadbent first became known to an international film audience. In 1991, he starred in Leigh's Life Is Sweet, a domestic comedy that cast him as a good-natured cook who dreams of running his own business.