Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent (born 24 May 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. escription above from the Wikipedia article Jim Broadbent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Colin Jones
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Samuel Gruber
- 2024 · An A to Z of Paddington as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · My Lady Jane as Duke of Leicester
- 2023 · Wimbledon 2022 Review as Narrator
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self – Contributor
- 2021 · Charlotte as Grosspapa (voice)
- 2016 · Ethel & Ernest as Ernest Briggs (voice)
- 2015 · The Go-Between as Old Leo
- 2013 · The Harry Hill Movie as Cleaner
- 2013 · The Phone Call as Stan (voice)
- 2013 · Le Week-End as Nick Burrows
- 2011 · Exile as
- 2008 · Tales of the Riverbank as G.P. (voice)
- 2007 · When Did You Last See Your Father? as Arthur Morrison
- 2007 · Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz as Self
- 2006 · Longford as Lord Longford
- 2006 · Free Jimmy as Stomowskij (voice)
- 2005 · Spider-Plant Man as Batman
- 2004 · Pride as Eddie (voice)
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as The Drunken Major
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Desmond Morton
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 1999 · Topsy-Turvy as W. S. Gilbert
- 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Shy Doctor
- 1998 · Little Voice as Mr. Boo
- 1997 · The Peter Principle as Peter Duffley
- 1996 · Percy the Park Keeper as
- 1996 · The Secret Agent as Chief Inspector Heat
- 1995 · Rough Magic as Doc Ansell
- 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Mr. Worrall
- 1993 · Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as George
- 1992 · Gone to Seed as Monty Plant
- 1992 · A Sense of History as 23rd Earl of Leete
- 1991 · Gone to the Dogs as Jim Morley
- 1991 · Enchanted April as Frederick Arbuthnot
- 1990 · Life Is Sweet as Andy
- 1989 · The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Prince Albert
- 1985 · The Good Father as Roger Miles
- 1983 · Walter and June as Orderly
- 1983 · Dead on Time as Priest
- 1982 · Objects of Affection as Second Attendant
- 1982 · Bird of Prey as
- 1980 · Breaking Glass as Station Porter
- 1979 · The Passage as German Soldier
- 1971 · The Go-Between as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
- Future · Jay Kelly as
- 2023 · Call Me Back as George
- 2023 · The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry as Harold Fry
- 2022 · The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Snaggleroot (voice)
- 2022 · Birds Like Us as Horozovich (voice)
- 2022 · Ten Percent as Richard Nightingale
- 2022 · Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Lord Marcham
- 2021 · A Boy Called Christmas as King
- 2021 · The Duke as Kempton Bunton
- 2021 · Rhythm of Life as Self
- 2021 · (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story as Self
- 2020 · Black Narcissus as Father Roberts
- 2020 · Six Minutes to Midnight as Charlie
- 2020 · Staged as Jim
- 2020 · Dolittle as Lord Thomas Badgley
- 2019 · Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- 2018 · Black '47 as Lord Kilmichael
- 2018 · King of Thieves as Terry Perkins
- 2018 · King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
- 2018 · New Town Utopia as Lewis Silkin MP
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Samuel Gruber
- 2017 · The Sense of an Ending as Tony Webster
- 2016 · Bridget Jones's Baby as Mr. Colin Jones
- 2016 · The Legend of Tarzan as Prime Minister
- 2016 · Eddie the Eagle as BBC Commentator
- 2016 · War and Peace as Prince Bolkonsky
- 2015 · London Spy as Scottie
- 2015 · The Lady in the Van as Underwood
- 2015 · Brooklyn as Father Flood
- 2015 · The Weather Inside as Britischer Botschafter
- 2015 · Big Game as Herbert
- 2014 · Get Santa as Santa Claus
- 2014 · Paddington as Samuel Gruber
- 2014 · The One and Only Mike Leigh as Self
- 2014 · Postman Pat: The Movie as CEO (voice)
- 2013 · The Great Train Robbery as DCS Tommy Butler
- 2013 · Chance Meeting as
- 2013 · Filth as Dr Rossi
- 2013 · Closed Circuit as Attorney General
- 2013 · The Frame as Professor Horace Slughorn
- 2012 · Cloud Atlas as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
- 2012 · Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice as Self
- 2011 · The Iron Lady as Denis Thatcher
- 2011 · Arthur Christmas as Santa (voice)
- 2011 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Horace Slughorn
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Archmaester Ebrose
- 2010 · Any Human Heart as Logan Mountstuart
- 2010 · Another Year as Tom
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Jim Broadbent
- 2009 · Perrier's Bounty as Jim McCrea
- 2009 · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Horace Slughorn
- 2009 · The Damned United as Sam Longson
- 2009 · The Young Victoria as King William IV
- 2008 · Lost and Found as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Inkheart as Fenoglio
- 2008 · Einstein and Eddington as Sir Oliver Lodge
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Dean Charles Stanforth
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Hot Fuzz as Inspector Frank Butterman
- 2006 · Art School Confidential as Jimmy
- 2006 · The Street as Stan McDermott
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Prof. Digory Kirke
- 2005 · Valiant as Sergeant (voice)
- 2005 · Robots as Madame Gasket (voice)
- 2005 · The Magic Roundabout as Brian (voice)
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Bridget's Dad
- 2004 · Vera Drake as Judge
- 2004 · Vanity Fair as Mr. Osborne
- 2004 · Around the World in 80 Days as Lord Kelvin
- 2004 · Tooth as The Rabbit (voice)
- 2004 · Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
- 2003 · The Young Visiters as Alfred Salteena
- 2003 · And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Harry Aitken
- 2003 · Anna Spud as Dad
- 2002 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Wackford Squeers
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as Boss Tweed
- 2002 · The King's Beard as The Wizard (voice)
- 2001 · Iris as John Bayley
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Harold Zidler
- 2001 · Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget's Dad
- 1998 · The Avengers as Mother
- 1997 · The Borrowers as Pod Clock
- 1997 · Smilla's Sense of Snow as Dr. Lagermann
- 1996 · Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night as Basil
- 1995 · Richard III as The Duke of Buckingham
- 1994 · Bullets Over Broadway as Warner Purcell
- 1994 · Widows' Peak as Con Clancy
- 1993 · Prince Cinders as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
- 1993 · Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric Longden
- 1993 · Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright as The Earl of Leete
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Col
- 1992 · Perpetual Motion as Self - Narrator
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Selwyn Proops
- 1991 · Nona as Carmelo
- 1991 · Performance as Carmello
- 1991 · Happy Feet as Grocer
- 1989 · Victoria Wood as Alan Hammond
- 1989 · Erik the Viking as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
- 1989 · 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting as Standford Hartley
- 1989 · The Hangover as (voice)
- 1988 · Vroom as Donald
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Ossipon
- 1987 · Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Jean Pierre Dubois
- 1987 · Running Out of Luck as
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Charlie Bennett
- 1986 · The Insurance Man as Gutling
- 1985 · Silas Marner as Jem Rodney
- 1985 · Brazil as Dr. Jaffe
- 1985 · Victoria Wood As Seen On TV as
- 1984 · The Hit as Barrister
- 1983 · Dramarama as
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Geoff Figg
- 1983 · Birth of a Nation as Geoff Figg
- 1983 · Blackadder as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
- 1983 · Blackadder as Prince Albert
- 1982 · Our Winnie as Second Attendant
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Mr Horsfall
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as George
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 · Long Distance Information as Mackaness
- Future · Magik as Garret
- 1982 · Walter as Joseph - Orderly
- 1982 · Uliisses as
- 1981 · Time Bandits as Compere
- 1980 · The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice as Mr. Champing
- 1980 · Games Without Frontiers as Stewart
- 1979 · Phoelix as
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Mr Lovejoy
- 1978 · The Shout as Fielder in Cowpat
- 1970 · Play for Today as Mr. Horsfall
- 1970 · Play for Today as Mr. Champing
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Choral as
- Future · Fools as Cardinal Pole