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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
Samuel Pickwick
for Samuel Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers
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Mr. Samuel Pickwick, the well-meaning but naive founder of the Pickwick Club, embarks on a series of misadventures across the English countryside accompanied by his loyal friends and servants. What begins as a genteel expedition to observe provincial life devolves into a cascade of comic mishaps, romantic entanglements, and social chaos. Pickwick encounters a colorful cast of characters—from the verbose Mr. Jingle to the devoted Sam Weller—each encounter more absurd than the last. The narrative weaves together multiple plotlines: a mysterious breach-of-promise lawsuit, a budding romance between Pickwick's friend Tupman and the widow Mrs. Bardell, and various schemes and cons that entangle the innocent travelers. Through tavern brawls, cricket matches, elections, and courtroom drama, Dickens crafts a sprawling portrait of English society in all its eccentricity. Ultimately, the novel celebrates friendship, loyalty, and the redemptive power of human kindness, as Pickwick's genuine benevolence transforms those around him despite the chaos he inadvertently creates.
