FrameThrower · Actors · Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent
19 films · 1,126 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1978–2018
Born 24 May 1949 · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Jim Broadbent 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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 19 films · 1,126 frames · top-billed in 6 · 1978–2018
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor2002
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,126 frames from the 19 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 19 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 41% low key — the look of the work Jim takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Another Year
2010 · Tom
Hot Fuzz
2007 · Inspector Frank Butterman
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Desmond Morton
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · W. S. Gilbert
Life Is Sweet
1990 · Andy
Black ’47
2018 · Lord Kilmichael
Paddington 2
2017 · Samuel Gruber
Brooklyn
2015 · Father Flood
Filth
2013 · Dr Rossi
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince
2009 · Horace Slughorn
The Damned United
2009 · Sam Longson
The Young Victoria
2009 · King William IV
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Prof. Digory Kirke
Gangs of New York
2002 · Boss Tweed
Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Harold Zidler
The Crying Game
1992 · Col
Brazil
1985 · Dr. Jaffe
The Shout
1978 · Fielder in Cowpat
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,126 frames from Jim Broadbent's 19 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.