1949-05-24 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Colin Jones | 2025-02-12 |
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What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas | Self - Interviewee | 2025-12-23 |
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Jay Kelly | Peter Schneider | 2025-11-14 |
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Paddington in Peru | Samuel Gruber | 2024-11-08 |
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An A to Z of Paddington | Narrator (voice) | 2024-10-31 |
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story | Self - Contributor | 2023-06-16 |
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Harold Fry | 2023-04-27 |
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2022 Wimbledon Official Film | Narrator | 2023-07-02 |
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Call Me Back | George | 2023-09-29 |
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Charlotte | Grosspapa (voice) | 2022-04-22 |
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Rhythm of Life | Self | 2021-07-03 |
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The Duke | Kempton Bunton | 2021-07-23 |
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(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story | Self | 2021-04-09 |
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A Boy Called Christmas | King | 2021-11-24 |
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Six Minutes to Midnight | Charlie | 2020-10-15 |
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Dolittle | Lord Thomas Badgley | 2020-01-02 |
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self | 2019-10-30 |
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King of Thieves | Terry Perkins | 2018-09-04 |
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New Town Utopia | Lewis Silkin MP | 2018-05-04 |
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Black '47 | Lord Kilmichael | 2018-09-05 |
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King Lear | Earl of Gloucester | 2018-05-28 |
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The Sense of an Ending | Tony Webster | 2017-03-10 |
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Paddington 2 | Samuel Gruber | 2017-11-09 |
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Ptice kao mi | Horozovich (voice) | 2017-05-05 |
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Bridget Jones's Baby | Dad | 2016-09-14 |
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Ethel & Ernest | Ernest Briggs (voice) | 2016-10-15 |
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The Legend of Tarzan | Prime Minister | 2016-06-29 |
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Eddie the Eagle | BBC Commentator | 2016-02-25 |
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The Go-Between | Old Leo | 2015-09-20 |
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Das Wetter in geschlossenen Räumen | Britischer Botschafter | 2015-09-29 |
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The Lady in the Van | Underwood | 2015-10-30 |
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Brooklyn | Father Flood | 2015-10-20 |
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Paddington | Samuel Gruber | 2014-11-24 |
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Big Game | Herbert | 2014-09-05 |
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Astérix : Le Domaine des dieux | Julius Caesar (voice UK Dub) | 2014-11-26 |
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Postman Pat: The Movie | CEO (voice) | 2014-05-23 |
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Get Santa | Santa Claus | 2014-12-05 |
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The One and Only Mike Leigh | Self | 2014-11-24 |
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Chance Meeting | 2013-10-08 | |
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The Harry Hill Movie | Cleaner | 2013-12-20 |
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Le Week-End | Nick Burrows | 2013-10-04 |
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Closed Circuit | Attorney General | 2013-08-28 |
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The Phone Call | Stan (voice) | 2013-10-20 |
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Filth | Dr Rossi | 2013-09-23 |
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Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice | Self | 2012-03-11 |
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Cloud Atlas | Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2 | 2012-10-26 |
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Arthur Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
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The Iron Lady | Denis Thatcher | 2011-12-26 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Horace Slughorn | 2011-07-12 |
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Another Year | Tom | 2010-11-05 |
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The Young Victoria | King William IV | 2009-03-04 |
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Perrier's Bounty | Jim McCrea | 2009-09-11 |
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Horace Slughorn | 2009-07-15 |
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The Damned United | Sam Longson | 2009-03-27 |
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Lost and Found | Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-24 |
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self | 2008-10-16 |
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Einstein and Eddington | Sir Oliver Lodge | 2008-11-29 |
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Inkheart | Fenoglio | 2008-12-11 |
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Dean Charles Stanforth | 2008-05-21 |
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | Self | 2008-10-09 |
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Tales of the Riverbank | G.P. (voice) | 2008-02-07 |
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Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self | 2007-06-11 |
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Hot Fuzz | Inspector Frank Butterman | 2007-02-14 |
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And When Did You Last See Your Father? | Arthur Morrison | 2007-10-05 |
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Longford | Lord Longford | 2006-10-26 |
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Art School Confidential | Jimmy | 2006-05-05 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Prof. Digory Kirke | 2005-12-07 |
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Spider-Plant Man | Batman | 2005-03-11 |
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Robots | Madame Gasket (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
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Valiant | Sergeant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
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Tooth | The Rabbit (voice) | 2004-02-13 |
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Vanity Fair | Mr. Osborne | 2004-09-01 |
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Around the World in 80 Days | Lord Kelvin | 2004-06-16 |
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Pride | Eddie (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Dad | 2004-11-10 |
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The Magic Roundabout | Brian (voice) | 2004-10-24 |
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Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection | Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice) | 2004-01-01 |
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Vera Drake | Judge | 2004-10-22 |
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The Young Visiters | Alfred Salteena | 2003-12-26 |
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Bright Young Things | The Drunken Major | 2003-10-03 |
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Harry Aitken | 2003-09-07 |
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Anna Spud | Dad | 2003-01-01 |
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The King's Beard | The Wizard (voice) | 2002-10-02 |
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Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Wackford Squeers | 2002-12-27 |
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Gangs of New York | Boss Tweed | 2002-12-14 |
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The Gathering Storm | Desmond Morton | 2002-04-22 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Harold Zidler | 2001-05-18 |
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Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget's Dad | 2001-04-13 |
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Iris | John Bayley | 2001-12-14 |
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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Topsy-Turvy | W. S. Gilbert | 1999-12-15 |
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | The Shy Doctor | 1999-03-26 |
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Little Voice | Mr. Boo | 1998-11-05 |
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Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm | Percy | 1998-01-01 |
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The Avengers | Mother | 1998-08-13 |
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Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path | Jim | 1997-03-12 |
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Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party | Percy | 1997-12-24 |
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The Borrowers | Pod Clock | 1997-12-05 |
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Smilla's Sense of Snow | Dr. Lagermann | 1997-02-28 |
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Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night | Percy | 1996-12-25 |
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The Secret Agent | Chief Inspector Heat | 1996-11-08 |
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Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night | Basil | 1996-12-25 |
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The Last Englishman | Col. Alfred D. Wintle | 1995-02-09 |
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Rough Magic | Doc Ansell | 1995-09-07 |
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Richard III | The Duke of Buckingham | 1995-12-29 |
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Widows' Peak | Con Clancy | 1994-04-15 |
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Bullets Over Broadway | Warner Purcell | 1994-10-14 |
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Princess Caraboo | Mr. Worrall | 1994-09-16 |
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Prince Cinders | Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice) | 1993-12-27 |
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Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown | George | 1993-04-22 |
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Wide-Eyed and Legless | Deric Longden | 1993-09-05 |
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Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright | The Earl of Leete | 1993-04-05 |
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The Crying Game | Col | 1992-09-02 |
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A Sense of History | 23rd Earl of Leete | 1992-09-12 |
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Enchanted April | Frederick Arbuthnot | 1991-11-27 |
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Happy Feet | Grocer | 1991-01-01 |
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Nona | Carmelo | 1991-10-19 |
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Life Is Sweet | Andy | 1990-11-15 |
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7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting | Standford Hartley | 1989-01-17 |
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Erik the Viking | Ernest the Viking (a Rapist) | 1989-09-01 |
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The Hangover | (voice) | 1989-01-01 |
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Vroom | Donald | 1988-11-11 |
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Prince Albert | 1988-12-23 |
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Running Out of Luck | 1987-02-02 | |
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Jean Pierre Dubois | 1987-07-24 |
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The Insurance Man | Gutling | 1986-02-22 |
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Silas Marner | Jem Rodney | 1985-12-30 |
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Picture Friend | Tes Goodwin | 1985-07-02 |
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Happy Families | Dalcroix | 1985-10-17 |
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Brazil | Dr. Jaffe | 1985-02-20 |
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The Good Father | Roger Miles | 1985-11-01 |
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The Man Who Shot Christmas | Nick/Father Christmas | 1984-12-01 |
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The Hit | Barrister | 1984-09-07 |
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Walter and June | Orderly | 1983-04-30 |
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Dead on Time | Vicar | 1983-01-01 |
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Birth of a Nation | Geoff Figg | 1983-06-19 |
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Uliisses | 1982-06-18 | |
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Intensive Care | Mr Horsfall | 1982-11-09 |
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Walter | Joseph - Orderly | 1982-11-02 |
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Our Winnie | Second Attendant | 1982-11-12 |
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self (archive footage) | 1982-09-04 |
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Time Bandits | Compere | 1981-07-13 |
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Games Without Frontiers | Stewart | 1980-05-09 |
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The Dogs of War | Film Crew | 1980-12-17 |
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The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice | Mr. Champing | 1980-11-11 |
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Breaking Glass | Station Porter | 1980-10-01 |
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Long Distance Information | Mackaness | 1979-10-11 |
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The Passage | German Soldier (uncredited) | 1979-03-09 |
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Phoelix | 1979-08-01 | |
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The Life Story of Baal | Woodcutter | 1978-11-21 |
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The Shout | Fielder in Cowpat | 1978-06-16 |
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The Go-Between | Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited) | 1971-06-16 |
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Fools | Cardinal Pole | |
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Asylum | The Prison Director | |
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Superman Redeemed | Jean Pierre Dubois |
