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
- 2024 · My Lady Jane as Duke of Leicester
- 2023 · The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry as Harold Fry
- 2022 · Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Lord Marcham
- 2021 · A Boy Called Christmas as King
- 2020 · Black Narcissus as Father Roberts
- 2020 · Six Minutes to Midnight as Charlie
- 2020 · Staged as Jim
- 2020 · Dolittle as Lord Thomas Badgley
- 2018 · Black '47 as Lord Kilmichael
- 2018 · King of Thieves as Terry Perkins
- 2018 · King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Samuel Gruber
- 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 · Big Game as Herbert
- 2014 · Paddington as Samuel Gruber
- 2014 · Postman Pat: The Movie as CEO (voice)
- 2013 · The Great Train Robbery as DCS Tommy Butler
- 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
- 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 · Exile as
- 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 · 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 · Inkheart as Fenoglio
- 2008 · Einstein and Eddington as Sir Oliver Lodge
- 2008 · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as 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 · The Street as Stan McDermott
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Professor 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
- 2002 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Wackford Squeers
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as William "Boss" Tweed
- 2001 · Iris as John Bayley
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Harold Zidler
- 2001 · Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget's Dad
- 1999 · Topsy-Turvy as W. S. Gilbert
- 1998 · Little Voice as Mr. Boo
- 1998 · The Avengers as Mother
- 1997 · The Borrowers as Pod Clock
- 1997 · The Peter Principle as Peter Duffley
- 1996 · Percy the Park Keeper as
- 1995 · Richard III as The Duke of Buckingham
- 1994 · Bullets Over Broadway as Warner Purcell
- 1992 · Gone to Seed as Monty Plant
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Col
- 1991 · Gone to the Dogs as Jim Morley
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Selwyn Proops
- 1991 · Performance as Carmello
- 1989 · Victoria Wood as Alan Hammond
- 1989 · The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos as
- 1989 · Erik the Viking as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
- 1987 · Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Jean Pierre Dubois
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Charlie Bennett
- 1985 · Brazil as Dr. Jaffe
- 1985 · Victoria Wood As Seen On TV as
- 1984 · The Hit as Barrister
- 1983 · Dramarama as
- 1983 · Blackadder as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
- 1982 · Objects of Affection as Second Attendant
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as George
- 1982 · Bird of Prey as
- 1981 · Time Bandits as Compere
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Mr Lovejoy
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Jay Kelly as
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Samuel Gruber
- 2023 · Call Me Back as George
- 2023 · Wimbledon 2022 Review as Narrator
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self – Contributor
- 2022 · Birds Like Us as Horozovich (voice)
- 2022 · Ten Percent as Richard Nightingale
- 2021 · Charlotte as Grosspapa (voice)
- 2021 · The Duke as Kempton Bunton
- 2021 · Rhythm of Life as Self
- 2021 · (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story as Self
- 2019 · Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- 2018 · New Town Utopia as Lewis Silkin MP
- 2017 · The Sense of an Ending as Tony Webster
- 2016 · Ethel & Ernest as Ernest Briggs (voice)
- 2015 · The Weather Inside as Britischer Botschafter
- 2015 · The Go-Between as Old Leo
- 2014 · Get Santa as Santa Claus
- 2014 · The One and Only Mike Leigh as Himself
- 2013 · The Harry Hill Movie as Cleaner
- 2013 · The Phone Call as Stan (voice)
- 2013 · Chance Meeting as
- 2013 · Le Week-End as Nick Burrows
- 2012 · Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice as Himself
- 2009 · Perrier's Bounty as Jim McCrea
- 2008 · Lost and Found as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 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 · Art School Confidential as Jimmy
- 2006 · Free Jimmy as Stomowskij (voice)
- 2005 · Spider-Plant Man as Batman
- 2004 · Pride as Eddie (voice)
- 2004 · Tooth as The Rabbit (voice)
- 2003 · The Young Visiters as Alfred Salteena
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as The Drunken Major
- 2003 · And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Harry Aitken
- 2003 · Anna Spud as Dad
- 2002 · The King's Beard as The Wizard (voice)
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Desmond Morton
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 1999 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Shy Doctor
- 1997 · Smilla's Sense of Snow as Dr. Lagermann
- 1996 · The Secret Agent as Chief Inspector Heat
- 1995 · Rough Magic as Doc Ansell
- 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Mr. Worrall
- 1994 · Widows' Peak as Con Clancy
- 1993 · Prince Cinders as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
- 1993 · Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric Longden
- 1993 · Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as George
- 1993 · Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright as The Earl of Leete
- 1992 · A Sense of History as 23rd Earl of Leete
- 1992 · Perpetual Motion as Self - Narrator
- 1991 · Enchanted April as Frederick Arbuthnot
- 1991 · Nona as Carmelo
- 1991 · Happy Feet as Grocer
- 1990 · Life Is Sweet as Andy
- 1989 · The Hangover as (voice)
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Prince Albert
- 1988 · Vroom as Donald
- 1987 · Running Out of Luck as
- 1986 · The Insurance Man as Gutling
- 1985 · Silas Marner as Jem Rodney
- 1985 · The Good Father as Roger Miles
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Geoff Figg
- 1983 · Birth of a Nation as Geoff Figg
- 1983 · Walter and June as Orderly
- 1983 · Dead on Time as Priest
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Mr Horsfall
- 1982 · Walter as Joseph - Orderly
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as (Archive Material)
- Future · Magik as Garret
- 1982 · Uliisses as
- 1980 · The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice as Mr. Champing
- 1980 · Breaking Glass as Station Porter
- 1980 · Games Without Frontiers as Stewart
- 1979 · Phoelix as
- Future · The Choral as
- Future · Fools as Cardinal Pole
- 1979 · Long Distance Information as Mackaness
- 1979 · The Passage as German Soldier
- 1978 · The Shout as Fielder in cowpat
- 1971 · The Go-Between as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)