JIM BROADBENT is one of Britain's most versatile character actors, with a long list of credits ranging from screwball comedy to weighty drama. More recent credits include "Smilla's Sense of Snow," Sir Ian McKellan's acclaimed motion picture version of "Richard III" and Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway." His other recent film credits include "Rough Magic," "Princess Caraboo," "Widow's Peak," Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game," "Enchanted April" and Mike Leigh's "Life Is Sweet." He was most recently seen in "The Borrowers" and his upcoming projects include "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice." Broadbent's theatrical resume includes performances in Sam Mendes' production of "Habeas Corpus" and Richard Eyre's production of "Kafka's Dick" (both by Alan Bennett); "The Government Inspector," also directed by Richard Eyre; and "Goosepimples" and "Ecstasy" for director Mike Leigh. His television credits include Richard Loncraine's "Wide-Eyed and Legless" ("The Wedding Gift" in the United States), the award-winning "A Sense of History" (which he wrote and starred in for director Mike Leigh), "Walter" (opposite Ian McKellan and directed by Stephen Frears) and Mike Newell's "Birth of a Nation: Tales Out of School."