Jim Broadbent
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 201
Jim Broadbent (born May 24, 1949) 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). He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, Broadbent first came to prominence in the 1980s, chiefly appearing in television comedy including playing Roy Slater in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He appeared in the Terry Gilliam films Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's independent comedy drama Life Is Sweet (1990). His notable film roles since include The Borrowers (1997), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Gathering Storm (2002), Hot Fuzz (2007), Another Year (2010), The Iron Lady (2011), Arthur Christmas (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Brooklyn (2015). He played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series, Archmaester Ebrose in the seventh season of the television series Game of Thrones and Samuel Gruber in the Paddington film series.
Known for
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Archmaester Ebrose
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Horace Slughorn
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009Movie
Horace Slughorn
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005Movie
Prof. Digory Kirke
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008Movie
Dean Charles Stanforth
Hot Fuzz
2007Movie
Inspector Frank Butterman
Filmography
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025Movie
Self - Interviewee
Jay Kelly
2025Movie
Peter Schneider
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025Movie
Colin Jones
Paddington in Peru
2024Movie
Samuel Gruber
An A to Z of Paddington
2024Movie
Narrator (voice)
My Lady Jane
2024TV
Duke of Leicester
Call Me Back
2023Movie
George
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
2023Movie
Narrator
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023Movie
Self - Contributor
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023Movie
Harold Fry
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022TV
Snaggleroot (voice)
Ten Percent
2022TV
Richard Nightingale
Charlotte
2022Movie
Grosspapa (voice)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022TV
Lord Marcham
A Boy Called Christmas
2021Movie
King
The Duke
2021Movie
Kempton Bunton
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021Movie
Self
Black Narcissus
2020TV
Father Roberts
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020Movie
Charlie
Staged
2020TV
Jim
Trying
2020TV
George
Dolittle
2020Movie
Lord Thomas Badgley
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019Movie
Self
Love, Death & Robots
2019TV
Christopher the Poet (voice)
Black '47
2018Movie
Lord Kilmichael
King of Thieves
2018Movie
Terry Perkins
King Lear
2018Movie
Earl of Gloucester
New Town Utopia
2018Movie
Lewis Silkin MP
Paddington 2
2017Movie
Samuel Gruber
Birds Like Us
2017Movie
Horozovich (voice)
The Sense of an Ending
2017Movie
Tony Webster
Ethel & Ernest
2016Movie
Ernest Briggs (voice)
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016Movie
Dad
The Legend of Tarzan
2016Movie
Prime Minister
Eddie the Eagle
2016Movie
BBC Commentator
War and Peace
2016TV
Prince Bolkonsky
London Spy
2015TV
Scottie
The Lady in the Van
2015Movie
Underwood
Brooklyn
2015Movie
Father Flood
The Weather Inside
2015Movie
Britischer Botschafter
The Go-Between
2015Movie
Old Leo
Get Santa
2014Movie
Santa Claus
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014Movie
Self
Paddington
2014Movie
Samuel Gruber
Big Game
2014Movie
Herbert
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014Movie
CEO (voice)
The Harry Hill Movie
2013Movie
Cleaner
The Great Train Robbery
2013TV
DCS Tommy Butler
The Phone Call
2013Movie
Stan (voice)
Chance Meeting
2013Movie
Le Week-End
2013Movie
Nick Burrows
Filth
2013Movie
Dr Rossi
Closed Circuit
2013Movie
Attorney General
The Frame
2013TV
Professor Horace Slughorn
Cloud Atlas
2012Movie
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012Movie
Self
The Iron Lady
2011Movie
Denis Thatcher
Comedy Blaps
2011TV
DCI Ponk
Arthur Christmas
2011Movie
Santa (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Horace Slughorn
Exile
2011TV
Sam Ronstadt
Game of Thrones
2011TV
Archmaester Ebrose
Any Human Heart
2010TV
Logan Mountstuart (Older)
Another Year
2010Movie
Tom
Perrier's Bounty
2010Movie
Jim McCrea
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009Movie
Horace Slughorn
The Damned United
2009Movie
Sam Longson
The Young Victoria
2009Movie
King William IV
Lost and Found
2008Movie
Narrator (voice)
Inkheart
2008Movie
Fenoglio
Einstein and Eddington
2008Movie
Sir Oliver Lodge
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008Movie
Self
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
2008Movie
Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008Movie
Self
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008Movie
Dean Charles Stanforth
Tales of the Riverbank
2008Movie
G.P. (voice)
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007Movie
Arthur Morrison
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Hot Fuzz
2007Movie
Inspector Frank Butterman
Longford
2006Movie
Lord Longford
Art School Confidential
2006Movie
Jimmy
The Street
2006TV
Stan McDermott
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005Movie
Prof. Digory Kirke
Valiant
2005Movie
Sergeant (voice)
Robots
2005Movie
Madame Gasket (voice)
The Magic Roundabout
2005Movie
Brian (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004Movie
Dad
Vera Drake
2004Movie
Judge
Vanity Fair
2004Movie
Mr. Osborne
Pride
2004Movie
Eddie (voice)
Around the World in 80 Days
2004Movie
Lord Kelvin
Tooth
2004Movie
The Rabbit (voice)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004Movie
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
The Young Visiters
2003Movie
Alfred Salteena
Bright Young Things
2003Movie
The Drunken Major
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003Movie
Harry Aitken
Anna Spud
2003Movie
Dad
Nicholas Nickleby
2002Movie
Mr. Wackford Squeers
Gangs of New York
2002Movie
Boss Tweed
The King's Beard
2002Movie
The Wizard (voice)
The Gathering Storm
2002Movie
Desmond Morton
Iris
2001Movie
John Bayley
Moulin Rouge!
2001Movie
Harold Zidler
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001Movie
Self
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001Movie
Bridget's Dad
Topsy-Turvy
1999Movie
W. S. Gilbert
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999Movie
The Shy Doctor
Little Voice
1998Movie
Mr. Boo
The Avengers
1998Movie
Mother
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
1998Movie
Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
1997Movie
Percy
The Borrowers
1997Movie
Pod Clock
The Peter Principle
1997TV
Peter Duffley
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
1997Movie
Jim
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997Movie
Dr. Lagermann
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996Movie
Basil
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
1996Movie
Percy
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996TV
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
Percy the Park Keeper
1996TV
Percy (voice)
The Secret Agent
1996Movie
Chief Inspector Heat
Richard III
1995Movie
The Duke of Buckingham
Rough Magic
1995Movie
Doc Ansell
The Last Englishman
1995Movie
Col. Alfred D. Wintle
Bullets Over Broadway
1994Movie
Warner Purcell
Princess Caraboo
1994Movie
Mr. Worrall
Widows' Peak
1994Movie
Con Clancy
Prince Cinders
1993Movie
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993Movie
Deric Longden
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993Movie
George
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993Movie
The Earl of Leete
Gone to Seed
1992TV
Monty Plant
A Sense of History
1992Movie
23rd Earl of Leete
The Crying Game
1992Movie
Col
Perpetual Motion
1992TV
Self - Narrator
Gone to the Dogs
1991TV
Jim Morley
Enchanted April
1991Movie
Frederick Arbuthnot
Murder Most Horrid
1991TV
Selwyn Proops
Nona
1991Movie
Carmelo
Performance
1991TV
Carmello
Life Is Sweet
1991Movie
Andy
Happy Feet
1991Movie
Grocer
Van Gogh
1990Movie
Roulin
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989TV
Victoria Wood
1989TV
Alan Hammond
4 Play
1989TV
Steven Parrish
Screen One
1989TV
Deric Longden
Erik the Viking
1989Movie
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989Movie
Standford Hartley
The Hangover
1989Movie
(voice)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988Movie
Prince Albert
Vroom
1988Movie
Donald
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988TV
Ossipon
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987Movie
Jean Pierre Dubois
Running Out of Luck
1987Movie
Jimmy
Inspector Morse
1987TV
Charlie Bennett
The Insurance Man
1986Movie
Gutling
Silas Marner
1985Movie
Jem Rodney
The Good Father
1985Movie
Roger Miles
Happy Families
1985TV
Dalcroix
Theatre Night
1985TV
Maitre Jacques
Picture Friend
1985Movie
Tes Goodwin
Summer Season
1985TV
Ted Goodwin
Brazil
1985Movie
Dr. Jaffe
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985TV
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984Movie
Nick/Father Christmas
The Hit
1984Movie
Barrister
Dramarama
1983TV
Uncle Keith
Birth of a Nation
1983Movie
Geoff Figg
Tales Out of School
1983TV
Geoff Figg
Blackadder
1983TV
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
Walter and June
1983Movie
Orderly
Dead on Time
1983Movie
Vicar
Our Winnie
1982Movie
Second Attendant
Objects of Affection
1982TV
Second Attendant
Intensive Care
1982Movie
Mr Horsfall
Walter
1982Movie
Joseph - Orderly
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982Movie
Self (archive footage)
Uliisses
1982Movie
Bird of Prey
1982TV
DI Stanley Richardson
Only Fools and Horses
1981TV
Roy Slater
Time Bandits
1981Movie
Compere
The Dogs of War
1980Movie
Film Crew
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980Movie
Mr. Champing
Breaking Glass
1980Movie
Station Porter
Games Without Frontiers
1980Movie
Stewart
Long Distance Information
1979Movie
Mackaness
Phoelix
1979Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Mr Lovejoy
The Passage
1979Movie
German Soldier (uncredited)
The Life Story of Baal
1978Movie
Woodcutter
The Shout
1978Movie
Fielder in Cowpat
Playhouse
1974TV
Stewart
The Go-Between
1971Movie
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Play for Today
1970TV
Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Champing
Omnibus
1967TV
Roulin
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
Dennis
Movie
Fools
Movie
Cardinal Pole
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber
Movie