
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

Game of Thrones

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Hot Fuzz

Cloud Atlas

Gangs of New York

The Legend of Tarzan

Bridget Jones's Diary

Robots

Moulin Rouge!
Photos
Filmography
Fools
Movie · as Cardinal Pole
Dennis
Movie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber
Movie

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Movie · as Charles Dickens (voice)

Jay Kelly
Movie · as Peter Schneider

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie · as Colin Jones

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Movie · as Self - Interviewee

Paddington in Peru
Movie · as Samuel Gruber

An A to Z of Paddington
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

My Lady Jane
TV · as Duke of Leicester · 2 eps

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Movie · as Self - Contributor

Call Me Back
Movie · as George

2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Movie · as Narrator

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Movie · as Harold Fry

Charlotte
Movie · as Grosspapa (voice)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
TV · as Lord Marcham · 1 ep

Ten Percent
TV · as Richard Nightingale · 1 ep

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV · as Snaggleroot (voice) · 1 ep

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Movie · as Self

A Boy Called Christmas
Movie · as King

The Duke
Movie · as Kempton Bunton

Six Minutes to Midnight
Movie · as Charlie

Dolittle
Movie · as Lord Thomas Badgley

Staged
TV · as Jim · 2 eps

Black Narcissus
TV · as Father Roberts · 3 eps

Trying
TV · as George · 1 ep

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Movie · as Self

Love, Death & Robots
TV · as Christopher the Poet (voice) · 1 ep

Black '47
Movie · as Lord Kilmichael

King Lear
Movie · as Earl of Gloucester

New Town Utopia
Movie · as Lewis Silkin MP

King of Thieves
Movie · as Terry Perkins

The Sense of an Ending
Movie · as Tony Webster

Paddington 2
Movie · as Samuel Gruber

Birds Like Us
Movie · as Horozovich (voice)

Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie · as Dad

Eddie the Eagle
Movie · as BBC Commentator

The Legend of Tarzan
Movie · as Prime Minister

Ethel & Ernest
Movie · as Ernest Briggs (voice)

War and Peace
TV · as Prince Bolkonsky · 6 eps

Brooklyn
Movie · as Father Flood

The Go-Between
Movie · as Old Leo

The Lady in the Van
Movie · as Underwood

The Weather Inside
Movie · as Britischer Botschafter

London Spy
TV · as Scottie · 5 eps

Paddington
Movie · as Samuel Gruber

Get Santa
Movie · as Santa Claus

Postman Pat: The Movie
Movie · as CEO (voice)

Big Game
Movie · as Herbert
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie · as Self

Filth
Movie · as Dr Rossi

Closed Circuit
Movie · as Attorney General

Le Week-End
Movie · as Nick Burrows

The Phone Call
Movie · as Stan (voice)

The Harry Hill Movie
Movie · as Cleaner

Chance Meeting
Movie

The Great Train Robbery
TV · as DCS Tommy Butler · 2 eps

The Frame
TV · as Professor Horace Slughorn · 1 ep

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

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Movie · as Self

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Horace Slughorn

Arthur Christmas
Movie · as Santa (voice)

The Iron Lady
Movie · as Denis Thatcher

Exile
TV · as Sam Ronstadt · 3 eps

Game of Thrones
TV · as Archmaester Ebrose · 4 eps
Comedy Blaps
TV · as DCI Ponk · 3 eps

Perrier's Bounty
Movie · as Jim McCrea

Another Year
Movie · as Tom

Any Human Heart
TV · as Logan Mountstuart (Older) · 4 eps

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie · as Horace Slughorn

The Damned United
Movie · as Sam Longson

The Young Victoria
Movie · as King William IV

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie · as Dean Charles Stanforth

Inkheart
Movie · as Fenoglio

Lost and Found
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Einstein and Eddington
Movie · as Sir Oliver Lodge

Tales of the Riverbank
Movie · as G.P. (voice)

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie · as Self

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie · as Self

Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Movie · as Self

Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Inspector Frank Butterman

And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Movie · as Arthur Morrison

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Self

The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Art School Confidential
Movie · as Jimmy

Longford
Movie · as Lord Longford

The Street
TV · as Stan McDermott · 6 eps

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Movie · as Prof. Digory Kirke

Robots
Movie · as Madame Gasket (voice)

Valiant
Movie · as Sergeant (voice)

The Magic Roundabout
Movie · as Brian (voice)

Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Lord Kelvin

Vera Drake
Movie · as Judge

Vanity Fair
Movie · as Mr. Osborne

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie · as Dad

Pride
Movie · as Eddie (voice)

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Movie · as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)

Tooth
Movie · as The Rabbit (voice)

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Movie · as Harry Aitken

Bright Young Things
Movie · as The Drunken Major

The Young Visiters
Movie · as Alfred Salteena

Anna Spud
Movie · as Dad

Gangs of New York
Movie · as Boss Tweed

Nicholas Nickleby
Movie · as Mr. Wackford Squeers

The Gathering Storm
Movie · as Desmond Morton

The King's Beard
Movie · as The Wizard (voice)

Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie · as Bridget's Dad

Moulin Rouge!
Movie · as Harold Zidler

Iris
Movie · as John Bayley

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Movie · as Self

Topsy-Turvy
Movie · as W. S. Gilbert

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Movie · as The Shy Doctor

Little Voice
Movie · as Mr. Boo

The Avengers
Movie · as Mother

Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Movie · as Percy

The Borrowers
Movie · as Pod Clock

Smilla's Sense of Snow
Movie · as Dr. Lagermann

Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Movie · as Jim

Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Movie · as Percy
The Peter Principle
TV · as Peter Duffley · 12 eps

The Secret Agent
Movie · as Chief Inspector Heat

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Movie · as Basil

Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Movie · as Percy

Percy the Park Keeper
TV · as Percy (voice) · 17 eps

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
TV · as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) · 8 eps

Richard III
Movie · as The Duke of Buckingham

Rough Magic
Movie · as Doc Ansell
The Last Englishman
Movie · as Col. Alfred D. Wintle

Widows' Peak
Movie · as Con Clancy

Princess Caraboo
Movie · as Mr. Worrall

Bullets Over Broadway
Movie · as Warner Purcell

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Movie · as The Earl of Leete

Wide-Eyed and Legless
Movie · as Deric Longden

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie · as George

Prince Cinders
Movie · as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)

The Crying Game
Movie · as Col

A Sense of History
Movie · as 23rd Earl of Leete

Perpetual Motion
TV · as Self - Narrator · 6 eps

Gone to Seed
TV · as Monty Plant · 6 eps

Enchanted April
Movie · as Frederick Arbuthnot

Life Is Sweet
Movie · as Andy
Nona
Movie · as Carmelo

Happy Feet
Movie · as Grocer

Gone to the Dogs
TV · as Jim Morley · 6 eps

Performance
TV · as Carmello · 1 ep

Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Selwyn Proops · 1 ep

Van Gogh
Movie · as Roulin

Erik the Viking
Movie · as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)

The Hangover
Movie · as (voice)

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Movie · as Standford Hartley

The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
TV · 27 eps

Victoria Wood
TV · as Alan Hammond · 1 ep

Screen One
TV · as Deric Longden · 1 ep
4 Play
TV · as Steven Parrish · 1 ep

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie · as Prince Albert

Vroom
Movie · as Donald

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV · as Ossipon · 1 ep

Comic Relief
TV · 4 eps

Running Out of Luck
Movie · as Jimmy

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie · as Jean Pierre Dubois

Inspector Morse
TV · as Charlie Bennett · 1 ep

The Insurance Man
Movie · as Gutling

Brazil
Movie · as Dr. Jaffe

The Good Father
Movie · as Roger Miles

Silas Marner
Movie · as Jem Rodney

Picture Friend
Movie · as Tes Goodwin

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV · 4 eps

Happy Families
TV · as Dalcroix · 2 eps

Theatre Night
TV · as Maitre Jacques · 1 ep
Summer Season
TV · as Ted Goodwin · 1 ep

The Hit
Movie · as Barrister
The Man Who Shot Christmas
Movie · as Nick/Father Christmas

Walter and June
Movie · as Orderly

Birth of a Nation
Movie · as Geoff Figg

Dead on Time
Movie · as Vicar

Dramarama
TV · as Uncle Keith · 1 ep

Blackadder
TV · as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter · 1 ep

Tales Out of School
TV · as Geoff Figg · 1 ep

Walter
Movie · as Joseph - Orderly

Intensive Care
Movie · as Mr Horsfall

Uliisses
Movie

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Our Winnie
Movie · as Second Attendant

Objects of Affection
TV · as Second Attendant · 1 ep

Bird of Prey
TV · as DI Stanley Richardson · 1 ep

Time Bandits
Movie · as Compere

Only Fools and Horses
TV · as Roy Slater · 2 eps

Games Without Frontiers
Movie · as Stewart

Breaking Glass
Movie · as Station Porter

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Movie · as Mr. Champing

The Dogs of War
Movie · as Film Crew

Phoelix
Movie

Long Distance Information
Movie · as Mackaness

The Passage
Movie · as German Soldier (uncredited)

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Mr Lovejoy · 1 ep

The Shout
Movie · as Fielder in Cowpat

The Life Story of Baal
Movie · as Woodcutter

Playhouse
TV · as Stewart · 1 ep

The Go-Between
Movie · as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

Play for Today
TV · as Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Champing · 1 ep

Omnibus
TV · as Roulin · 1 ep

The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep




