Jim Broadbent - Milestones

• 2005: Voiced Madame Gasket in the animated feature "Robots"
• 2004: Cast as Lord Kelvin in Disney's live action feature "Around the World in 80 Days" based on the classical novel by Jules Verne
• 2004: Reprised his role as Bridget's dad in "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason"
• 2003: Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album For Children, for his work on " Winnie-The-Pooh"
• 2002: Cast as Boss Tweed in "Gangs of New York", directed by Martin Scorsese
• 2002: Cast as Desmond Morton in the HBO miniseries "The Gathering Storm"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor
• 2001: Portrayed Zidler, the owner of the titular establishment, in "Moulin Rouge!"
• 2001: Played the title character's father in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
• 2001: Played John Bayley, the husband of writer Iris Murdoch, in the biopic "Iris"; received Best Supporting Actor Oscar
• 2000: Co-starred as William Gilbert in Mike Leigh's biopic of Gilbert & Sullivan "Topsy-Turvy"
• 1998: Offered a fine supporting turn as a sleazy nightclub owner in "Little Voice"
• 1996: Had featured role in "The Secret Agent"
• 1995: Reunited with Loncraine for "Richard III"; played the Duke of Buckingham
• 1994: Directed by Richard Loncraine in the BBC TV production "Wide-Eyed and Legless"; released theatrically in the USA as "The Wedding Gift"
• 1994: Was featured in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway"
• 1992: Wrote the screenplay for the comedy short, "A Sense of History" (a.k.a. "Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright"), directed by Mike Leigh; also starred in the film
• 1991: Played first leading role in a feature, "Life Is Sweet", directed by Mike Leigh
• 1991: Acted in the British six-part comedy-drama series, "Gone to Dogs", produced by Central TV
• 1989: Acted in London at the Old Vic in a revival of the Georges Feydeau comedy, "A Flea in Her Ear"
• 1988: Cast as Prince Albert in the BBC comedy "Blackadder's Christmas Carol"
• 1987: First US film, "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace"
• 1986: Played most prominent feature film role up to that time in "The Good Father", billed second to Anthony Hopkins; was also his first feature film for director Mike Newell
• 1985: Had featured role in the BBC adaptation of "Silas Marner"
• 1983: Acted in Leigh's TV production "Birth of a Nation: Tales Out of School"
• 1978: Earliest feature film appearances included small roles in the British films, "The Life Story of Baal" and "The Shout"
• 1977: Had acting breakthrough playing multiple roles in the 12-part sci-fi TV program "Illuminatus"
• At age four, first acted on stage in "A Doll's House" in a theater founded by his father
• Was stage manager at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park
• Earliest collaborations with Mike Leigh included roles in the stage productions of Leigh's plays, "Ecstasy" (1979) and "Goosepimples" (1981)
• With Peter Barlow, formed the comedy duo The National Theatre of Brent in the 1980s
• Raised in Lincolnshire, England