James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an
English Academy Award-winning, theatre, film and television
actor.
Biography
Personal life
Broadbent was born in
Lincoln, the son of Doreen "Dee" (
née Findlay), a sculptor, and Roy Laverick Broadbent, an artist, sculptor,
interior designer, and furniture maker who turned a former
church into a theatre named after him.
Broadbent's parents were both amateur
actors who co-founded the Holton Players acting troupe at
Holton cum Beckering;
[Broadbent Theatre Member Profile: Roy Broadbent] the two were described by the
BBC as
conscientious objectors who "worked the land" rather than participate in
World War II.
[BBC - Lincolnshire - History - Famous Yellowbelly - Jim Broadbent] He had a twin sister who died at birth. Broadbent was educated at
Leighton Park School, a
Quaker school in
Reading,
[An in-depth look at your favourite celebrity personalities - hellomagazine.com, HELLO!] and briefly attended art college before transferring to the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
