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Jim Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) is an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Lord Longford in the television film Longford (2006). Broadbent received four BAFTA Film Award nominations and won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.
Jim Broadbent
Alfred Pennyworth
for Alfred Pennyworth in Batman 3 (2013)
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Released May 3, 2013, The events of “The Justice League” has Bruce Wayne, Batman, unsure if he is able to live in a world of gods. Dick Grayson has grown into his own and became Nightwing, but still fights alongside Bruce as an ally. Bruce has taken in a new foster child, Jason Todd, who now acts as Robin. However, a new threat attacks Bruce close to home. A criminal known as Hush attacked Wayne Manor, injuring Alfred Pennyworth. Jason Todd, thinking he can stop Hush on his own, battles Hush as Robin only to be killed by the criminal. Commissioner James Gordon was brutally assaulted by Hush leaving him comatose in the hospital. His daughter, Barbara Gordon, decides to fight with Batman and Nightwing as they go up against the biggest threat to ever hit Gotham City. However, it turns out that everything has been a ploy, and the real threat has been Edward Nygma, the Riddler, who discovered Bruce Wayne is Batman. Riddler had been tired of being looked at as a second-rate criminal and is now taking out his revenge on Batman and tries to take over Gotham’s underworld to prove that he is a true criminal mastermind.
