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Zidler:"We're
creatures of the underworld. We can't afford to love.
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Harold
Zidler
Harold
Zidler is the larger than life, all singing,
all dancing owner of the Moulin Rouge. Zidler
enlists Satine to use her charms to persuade
the rich Duke to invest in the Moulin Rouge's
forthcoming show. Zidler lives for the Moulin
Rouge and the show must go on! He would do
anything to turn his beloved Moulin Rouge
into a theatre, even sacrifices Satine's love
for Christian.
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Jim
Broadbent as Harold Zidler
Born
in Lincolnshire on May 24, 1949 and was the
youngest child and only surviving twin to
furniture-maker Roy Broadbent and his sculptress
wife. Jim was exposed to the roar of the crowd
at an early age. His mother ran an amateur
dramatics society in the local church and
at age 4 Jim made his first appearance on
stage in A Doll’s House. Sent to a
Quaker boarding school in Reading,where he
became a bit of a rebel, being expelled for
drinking. Undaunted, the teenage Jim successfully
applied for a place at art school. His heart
lay in acting, however, and he transferred
to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art.
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Jim
graduation in 1972, and went straight to the Open
Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, where he was hired
as stage manager. Taking a while for the acting
jobs to come to Jim, he enrolled in the Ugly Modelling
Agency, but he never got a job there, and he said
“Perhaps I wasn’t ugly enough.” His big break
came in 1977, when he landed a part in the 12-part
sci-fi TV programme Illuminatus.
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is married to costume designer-turned-artist Anastasia
Lewis. They married in 1987, and Jim is stepfather
to Anastasia's two grown-up sons, Tom and Paul. |
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TELEVISION
1997:
The Peter Principle The Last Englishman
1994: Wide-Eyed And Legless
1992: Gone To Seed A Sense Of History
1990: Work!
1988: The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1986: The Insurance Man
1985: Silas Marner: The Weaver Of Raveloe
1983: Only Fools And Horses, (1983-1991)
1982: Birth Of A Nation Bird Of Prey
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FILMS
2002: Gangs Of New York
2001: Iris Moulin Rouge Bridget Jones's
Diary 1999 Comic Relief: Doctor Who And The
Curse of Fatal Death Topsy-Turvy
1998:Little Voice
1997: The Avengers The Borrowers Smilla’s
Sense Of Snow
1996: The Secret Agent
1995: Rough Magic Richard III
1994: Widows’ Peak Princess Caraboo
Bullets Over Broadway
1993: Prince Cinders
1992: The Crying Game Enchanted April
1990: Life Is Sweet
1989: Erik The Viking
1988: Vroom
1987: The Good Father Superman IV:
The Quest For Peace
1985: Brazil
1984: The Hit
1982: Dead On Time Uliisses
1981: Time Bandits
1980: Breaking Glass The Dogs Of War
1979: Four Questions About Art The
Passage
1978: The Shout
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Awards
Jim Broadbent Has Won!
| Date |
Award |
Category |
| 2002 |
Oscar |
Best
Actor in a Supporting Role for: Iris (2001) |
| 2002 |
BAFTA
Film Award |
Performance
by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: Moulin Rouge!
(2001) |
| 2002 |
Golden
Globe |
Best
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in
a Motion Picture for: Iris (2001) |
| 2002 |
Golden
Satellite Award |
Best
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role,
Comedy or Musical for: Moulin Rouge! (2001) |
| 2001 |
ALFS
Award |
British
Actor of the Year for: Topsy-Turvy (1999)
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| 2001 |
LAFCA
Award |
Best
Supporting Actor for: Moulin Rouge! (2001) - Also
for Iris (2001). |
| 2001 |
NBR
Award |
Best
Supporting Actor for: Iris (2001) - Also for Moulin
Rouge! (2001). |
| 1999 |
Venice
Film Festival-Volpi Cup |
Best
Actor for: Topsy-Turvy (1999) |
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