Jim Broadbent
- 74 years old
- English
- Actor
Press clippings
Karen Gillan is Mary Tudor in Fools from Outnumbered's Guy Jenkin
Karen Gillan is to star as Mary Tudor in Fools, a historic comedy film from Outnumbered co-creator Guy Jenkin, co-starring Patsy Ferran as her court jester, Jane Foole.
British Comedy Guide, 9th February 2024This week's Big TV: Ten Percent
Nevermind the deja vu - Ten Percent, the UK remake of Call My Agent, is formidable.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 29th April 2022Ten Percent, Amazon Prime review
A hit and miss British makeover of the French comedy Call My Agent.
Helen Hawkins, The Arts Desk, 28th April 2022Ten Percent review
Gentle Call My Agent remake rambles along benignly - but has a seductive quality.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 25th April 2022Ten Percent, review
The British Call My Agent has star power - but where's the bite?
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 25th April 2022The Duke review
The latest entry in the 'truth is stranger than fiction' genre is The Duke - the final feature from versatile director, the late Roger Michell. This is the story of the improbably named Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), an irascible campaigner for pensioners' rights, women's suffrage and, in his spare time, a would-be playwright. Quite why his script The Adventures Of Susan Christ never found an audience is anybody's guess.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 10th March 2022The Duke review
Jim Broadbent excels in true tale of art-stealing pensioner, writers Mark Kermode.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 27th February 2022The Duke: Why my family stole a masterpiece portrait
"If we grabbed it and ran... which is the best way to go? We go that way," he says, pointing to my right, "and we can get to the second floor, then go to the men's toilet and there's a ladder. Hopefully there's a ladder in the back, the ladder from 1961." The man giving me advice on how to steal a painting from the National Gallery knows what he is talking about. It was his family that stole the famous portrait of Goya's Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
David Sillito, BBC, 25th February 2022Jim Broadbent on art heists, the BBC and his friend Roger Michell
"You wouldn't be able to sell it as a fiction - if you said 'I've written this story', no-one would believe it. It's gloriously unbelievable, the whole thing," marvels 72-year-old Oscar winner Broadbent.
The Scotsman, 25th February 2022Movie review: The Duke
Comfortingly old-fashioned and cosy comedy fare.
Damon Smith, Breaking News Ireland, 25th February 2022