Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Known for
Acting
Born
May 24, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Biography

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

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Filmography

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Fools

Fools

Movie · as Cardinal Pole

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Dennis

Dennis

Movie

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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber

Movie

2026
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint poster

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

Movie · as Charles Dickens (voice)

2025
Jay Kelly poster

Jay Kelly

Movie · as Peter Schneider

2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy poster

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Movie · as Colin Jones

2025
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas poster

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2024
Paddington in Peru poster

Paddington in Peru

Movie · as Samuel Gruber

2024
An A to Z of Paddington poster

An A to Z of Paddington

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
My Lady Jane poster

My Lady Jane

TV · as Duke of Leicester · 2 eps

2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story poster

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Movie · as Self - Contributor

2023
Call Me Back poster

Call Me Back

Movie · as George

2023
2022 Wimbledon Official Film poster

2022 Wimbledon Official Film

Movie · as Narrator

2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry poster

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Movie · as Harold Fry

2022
Charlotte poster

Charlotte

Movie · as Grosspapa (voice)

2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? poster

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

TV · as Lord Marcham · 1 ep

2022
Ten Percent poster

Ten Percent

TV · as Richard Nightingale · 1 ep

2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

TV · as Snaggleroot (voice) · 1 ep

2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story poster

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

Movie · as Self

2021
A Boy Called Christmas poster

A Boy Called Christmas

Movie · as King

2021
The Duke poster

The Duke

Movie · as Kempton Bunton

2020
Six Minutes to Midnight poster

Six Minutes to Midnight

Movie · as Charlie

2020
Dolittle poster

Dolittle

Movie · as Lord Thomas Badgley

2020
Staged poster

Staged

TV · as Jim · 2 eps

2020
Black Narcissus poster

Black Narcissus

TV · as Father Roberts · 3 eps

2020
Trying poster

Trying

TV · as George · 1 ep

2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered poster

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

Movie · as Self

2019
Love, Death & Robots poster

Love, Death & Robots

TV · as Christopher the Poet (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Black '47 poster

Black '47

Movie · as Lord Kilmichael

2018
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Earl of Gloucester

2018
New Town Utopia poster

New Town Utopia

Movie · as Lewis Silkin MP

2018
King of Thieves poster

King of Thieves

Movie · as Terry Perkins

2017
The Sense of an Ending poster

The Sense of an Ending

Movie · as Tony Webster

2017
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2

Movie · as Samuel Gruber

2017
Birds Like Us poster

Birds Like Us

Movie · as Horozovich (voice)

2016
Bridget Jones's Baby poster

Bridget Jones's Baby

Movie · as Dad

2016
Eddie the Eagle poster

Eddie the Eagle

Movie · as BBC Commentator

2016
The Legend of Tarzan poster

The Legend of Tarzan

Movie · as Prime Minister

2016
Ethel & Ernest poster

Ethel & Ernest

Movie · as Ernest Briggs (voice)

2016
War and Peace poster

War and Peace

TV · as Prince Bolkonsky · 6 eps

2015
Brooklyn poster

Brooklyn

Movie · as Father Flood

2015
The Go-Between poster

The Go-Between

Movie · as Old Leo

2015
The Lady in the Van poster

The Lady in the Van

Movie · as Underwood

2015
The Weather Inside poster

The Weather Inside

Movie · as Britischer Botschafter

2015
London Spy poster

London Spy

TV · as Scottie · 5 eps

2014
Paddington poster

Paddington

Movie · as Samuel Gruber

2014
Get Santa poster

Get Santa

Movie · as Santa Claus

2014
Postman Pat: The Movie poster

Postman Pat: The Movie

Movie · as CEO (voice)

2014
Big Game poster

Big Game

Movie · as Herbert

2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh

The One and Only Mike Leigh

Movie · as Self

2013
Filth poster

Filth

Movie · as Dr Rossi

2013
Closed Circuit poster

Closed Circuit

Movie · as Attorney General

2013
Le Week-End poster

Le Week-End

Movie · as Nick Burrows

2013
The Phone Call poster

The Phone Call

Movie · as Stan (voice)

2013
The Harry Hill Movie poster

The Harry Hill Movie

Movie · as Cleaner

2013
Chance Meeting poster

Chance Meeting

Movie

2013
The Great Train Robbery poster

The Great Train Robbery

TV · as DCS Tommy Butler · 2 eps

2013
The Frame poster

The Frame

TV · as Professor Horace Slughorn · 1 ep

2012
Cloud Atlas poster

Cloud Atlas

Movie · as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice poster

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

Movie · as Self

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie · as Horace Slughorn

2011
Arthur Christmas poster

Arthur Christmas

Movie · as Santa (voice)

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Denis Thatcher

2011
Exile poster

Exile

TV · as Sam Ronstadt · 3 eps

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Archmaester Ebrose · 4 eps

2011
Comedy Blaps

Comedy Blaps

TV · as DCI Ponk · 3 eps

2010
Perrier's Bounty poster

Perrier's Bounty

Movie · as Jim McCrea

2010
Another Year poster

Another Year

Movie · as Tom

2010
Any Human Heart poster

Any Human Heart

TV · as Logan Mountstuart (Older) · 4 eps

2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Movie · as Horace Slughorn

2009
The Damned United poster

The Damned United

Movie · as Sam Longson

2009
The Young Victoria poster

The Young Victoria

Movie · as King William IV

2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Movie · as Dean Charles Stanforth

2008
Inkheart poster

Inkheart

Movie · as Fenoglio

2008
Lost and Found poster

Lost and Found

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2008
Einstein and Eddington poster

Einstein and Eddington

Movie · as Sir Oliver Lodge

2008
Tales of the Riverbank poster

Tales of the Riverbank

Movie · as G.P. (voice)

2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments poster

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Movie · as Self

2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga poster

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Movie · as Self

2008
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' poster

Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

Movie · as Self

2007
Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz

Movie · as Inspector Frank Butterman

2007
And When Did You Last See Your Father? poster

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Movie · as Arthur Morrison

2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz poster

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

Movie · as Self

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Art School Confidential poster

Art School Confidential

Movie · as Jimmy

2006
Longford poster

Longford

Movie · as Lord Longford

2006
The Street poster

The Street

TV · as Stan McDermott · 6 eps

2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe poster

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Movie · as Prof. Digory Kirke

2005
Robots poster

Robots

Movie · as Madame Gasket (voice)

2005
Valiant poster

Valiant

Movie · as Sergeant (voice)

2005
The Magic Roundabout poster

The Magic Roundabout

Movie · as Brian (voice)

2004
Around the World in 80 Days poster

Around the World in 80 Days

Movie · as Lord Kelvin

2004
Vera Drake poster

Vera Drake

Movie · as Judge

2004
Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair

Movie · as Mr. Osborne

2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason poster

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Movie · as Dad

2004
Pride poster

Pride

Movie · as Eddie (voice)

2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection poster

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

Movie · as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)

2004
Tooth poster

Tooth

Movie · as The Rabbit (voice)

2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself poster

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Movie · as Harry Aitken

2003
Bright Young Things poster

Bright Young Things

Movie · as The Drunken Major

2003
The Young Visiters poster

The Young Visiters

Movie · as Alfred Salteena

2003
Anna Spud poster

Anna Spud

Movie · as Dad

2002
Gangs of New York poster

Gangs of New York

Movie · as Boss Tweed

2002
Nicholas Nickleby poster

Nicholas Nickleby

Movie · as Mr. Wackford Squeers

2002
The Gathering Storm poster

The Gathering Storm

Movie · as Desmond Morton

2002
The King's Beard poster

The King's Beard

Movie · as The Wizard (voice)

2001
Bridget Jones's Diary poster

Bridget Jones's Diary

Movie · as Bridget's Dad

2001
Moulin Rouge! poster

Moulin Rouge!

Movie · as Harold Zidler

2001
Iris poster

Iris

Movie · as John Bayley

2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' poster

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

Movie · as Self

1999
Topsy-Turvy poster

Topsy-Turvy

Movie · as W. S. Gilbert

1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Movie · as The Shy Doctor

1998
Little Voice poster

Little Voice

Movie · as Mr. Boo

1998
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

Movie · as Mother

1998
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm poster

Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

Movie · as Percy

1997
The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers

Movie · as Pod Clock

1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow poster

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Movie · as Dr. Lagermann

1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path poster

Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

Movie · as Jim

1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party poster

Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

Movie · as Percy

1997
The Peter Principle

The Peter Principle

TV · as Peter Duffley · 12 eps

1996
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

Movie · as Chief Inspector Heat

1996
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night poster

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

Movie · as Basil

1996
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night poster

Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

Movie · as Percy

1996
Percy the Park Keeper poster

Percy the Park Keeper

TV · as Percy (voice) · 17 eps

1996
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge poster

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge

TV · as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) · 8 eps

1995
Richard III poster

Richard III

Movie · as The Duke of Buckingham

1995
Rough Magic poster

Rough Magic

Movie · as Doc Ansell

1995
The Last Englishman

The Last Englishman

Movie · as Col. Alfred D. Wintle

1994
Widows' Peak poster

Widows' Peak

Movie · as Con Clancy

1994
Princess Caraboo poster

Princess Caraboo

Movie · as Mr. Worrall

1994
Bullets Over Broadway poster

Bullets Over Broadway

Movie · as Warner Purcell

1993
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright poster

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

Movie · as The Earl of Leete

1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless poster

Wide-Eyed and Legless

Movie · as Deric Longden

1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown poster

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Movie · as George

1993
Prince Cinders poster

Prince Cinders

Movie · as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)

1992
The Crying Game poster

The Crying Game

Movie · as Col

1992
A Sense of History poster

A Sense of History

Movie · as 23rd Earl of Leete

1992
Perpetual Motion poster

Perpetual Motion

TV · as Self - Narrator · 6 eps

1992
Gone to Seed poster

Gone to Seed

TV · as Monty Plant · 6 eps

1991
Enchanted April poster

Enchanted April

Movie · as Frederick Arbuthnot

1991
Life Is Sweet poster

Life Is Sweet

Movie · as Andy

1991
Nona

Nona

Movie · as Carmelo

1991
Happy Feet poster

Happy Feet

Movie · as Grocer

1991
Gone to the Dogs poster

Gone to the Dogs

TV · as Jim Morley · 6 eps

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Carmello · 1 ep

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Selwyn Proops · 1 ep

1990
Van Gogh poster

Van Gogh

Movie · as Roulin

1989
Erik the Viking poster

Erik the Viking

Movie · as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)

1989
The Hangover poster

The Hangover

Movie · as (voice)

1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting poster

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

Movie · as Standford Hartley

1989
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos poster

The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos

TV · 27 eps

1989
Victoria Wood poster

Victoria Wood

TV · as Alan Hammond · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Deric Longden · 1 ep

1989
4 Play

4 Play

TV · as Steven Parrish · 1 ep

1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol poster

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Movie · as Prince Albert

1988
Vroom poster

Vroom

Movie · as Donald

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers poster

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV · as Ossipon · 1 ep

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 4 eps

1987
Running Out of Luck poster

Running Out of Luck

Movie · as Jimmy

1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace poster

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Movie · as Jean Pierre Dubois

1987
Inspector Morse poster

Inspector Morse

TV · as Charlie Bennett · 1 ep

1986
The Insurance Man poster

The Insurance Man

Movie · as Gutling

1985
Brazil poster

Brazil

Movie · as Dr. Jaffe

1985
The Good Father poster

The Good Father

Movie · as Roger Miles

1985
Silas Marner poster

Silas Marner

Movie · as Jem Rodney

1985
Picture Friend poster

Picture Friend

Movie · as Tes Goodwin

1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV poster

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

TV · 4 eps

1985
Happy Families poster

Happy Families

TV · as Dalcroix · 2 eps

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Maitre Jacques · 1 ep

1985
Summer Season

Summer Season

TV · as Ted Goodwin · 1 ep

1984
The Hit poster

The Hit

Movie · as Barrister

1984
The Man Who Shot Christmas

The Man Who Shot Christmas

Movie · as Nick/Father Christmas

1983
Walter and June poster

Walter and June

Movie · as Orderly

1983
Birth of a Nation poster

Birth of a Nation

Movie · as Geoff Figg

1983
Dead on Time poster

Dead on Time

Movie · as Vicar

1983
Dramarama poster

Dramarama

TV · as Uncle Keith · 1 ep

1983
Blackadder poster

Blackadder

TV · as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter · 1 ep

1983
Tales Out of School poster

Tales Out of School

TV · as Geoff Figg · 1 ep

1982
Walter poster

Walter

Movie · as Joseph - Orderly

1982
Intensive Care poster

Intensive Care

Movie · as Mr Horsfall

1982
Uliisses poster

Uliisses

Movie

1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays poster

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
Our Winnie poster

Our Winnie

Movie · as Second Attendant

1982
Objects of Affection poster

Objects of Affection

TV · as Second Attendant · 1 ep

1982
Bird of Prey poster

Bird of Prey

TV · as DI Stanley Richardson · 1 ep

1981
Time Bandits poster

Time Bandits

Movie · as Compere

1981
Only Fools and Horses poster

Only Fools and Horses

TV · as Roy Slater · 2 eps

1980
Games Without Frontiers poster

Games Without Frontiers

Movie · as Stewart

1980
Breaking Glass poster

Breaking Glass

Movie · as Station Porter

1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice poster

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

Movie · as Mr. Champing

1980
The Dogs of War poster

The Dogs of War

Movie · as Film Crew

1979
Phoelix poster

Phoelix

Movie

1979
Long Distance Information poster

Long Distance Information

Movie · as Mackaness

1979
The Passage poster

The Passage

Movie · as German Soldier (uncredited)

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Mr Lovejoy · 1 ep

1978
The Shout poster

The Shout

Movie · as Fielder in Cowpat

1978
The Life Story of Baal poster

The Life Story of Baal

Movie · as Woodcutter

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Stewart · 1 ep

1971
The Go-Between poster

The Go-Between

Movie · as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Champing · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Roulin · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep