
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 · My Lady Jane as Duke of Leicester
- 2023 · The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry as Harold Fry
- 2022 · The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Snaggleroot (voice)
- 2022 · Ten Percent as Richard Nightingale
- 2022 · Charlotte as Grosspapa (voice)
- 2022 · Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Lord Marcham
- 2021 · A Boy Called Christmas as King
- 2021 · The Duke as Kempton Bunton
- 2020 · Black Narcissus as Father Roberts
- 2020 · Staged as Jim
- 2020 · Trying as George
- 2020 · Dolittle as Lord Thomas Badgley
- 2018 · Black '47 as Lord Kilmichael
- 2018 · King of Thieves as Terry Perkins
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Samuel Gruber
- 2017 · The Sense of an Ending as Tony Webster
- 2016 · Bridget Jones's Baby as Dad
- 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
- 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 · Downton Abbey as Jim Broadbent
- 2009 · Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - 'Professor Horace Slughorn'
- 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 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 · 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)
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Dad
- 2004 · The Magic Roundabout as Brian (voice)
- 2004 · Vanity Fair as Mr. Osborne
- 2004 · Around the World in 80 Days as Lord Kelvin
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as Boss Tweed
- 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 · The Peter Principle as Peter Duffley
- 1997 · Smilla's Sense of Snow as Dr. Lagermann
- 1996 · The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
- 1996 · Percy the Park Keeper as Percy (voice)
- 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 · The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos as
- 1989 · Victoria Wood as Alan Hammond
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Ossipon
- 1987 · Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Jean Pierre Dubois
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Charlie Bennett
- 1985 · Happy Families as Dalcroix
- 1985 · Brazil as Dr. Jaffe
- 1984 · The Hit as Barrister
- 1983 · Dramarama as
- 1983 · Tales Out of School as Geoff Figg
- 1983 · Blackadder as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
- 1983 · Blackadder as Prince Albert
- 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 Mr. Horsfall
- 1970 · Play for Today as Mr. Champing
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · Jay Kelly as Jimbo
- 2024 · An A to Z of Paddington as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self – Contributor
- 2022 · Birds Like Us as Horozovich (voice)
- 2020 · Six Minutes to Midnight as Charlie
- 2018 · King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
- 2016 · Ethel & Ernest as Ernest Briggs (voice)
- 2014 · Get Santa as Santa Claus
- 2014 · Postman Pat: The Movie as CEO (voice)
- 2013 · The Harry Hill Movie as Cleaner
- 2013 · The Phone Call as Stan (voice)
- 2013 · Le Week-End as Nick Burrows
- 2010 · Another Year as Tom
- 2009 · Perrier's Bounty as Jim McCrea
- 2008 · Lost and Found as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Art School Confidential as Jimmy
- 2005 · Spider-Plant Man as Batman
- 2004 · Vera Drake as Judge
- 2004 · Pride as Eddie (voice)
- 2004 · Tooth as The Rabbit (voice)
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as The Drunken Major
- 2003 · And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Harry Aitken
- 2002 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Wackford Squeers
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Desmond Morton
- 2001 · Iris as John Bayley
- 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
- 1996 · The Secret Agent as Chief Inspector Heat
- 1995 · Richard III as The Duke of Buckingham
- 1995 · Rough Magic as Doc Ansell
- 1994 · Princess Caraboo as Mr. Worrall
- 1994 · Widows' Peak as Con Clancy
- 1992 · Perpetual Motion as Self - Narrator
- 1991 · Enchanted April as Frederick Arbuthnot
- 1990 · Life Is Sweet as Andy
- 1989 · Erik the Viking as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Prince Albert
- 1988 · Vroom as Donald
- 1985 · The Good Father as Roger Miles
- 1985 · Victoria Wood As Seen On TV as
- 1983 · Birth of a Nation as Geoff Figg
- 1979 · The Passage as German Soldier
- 1978 · The Shout as Fielder in Cowpat
- 1971 · The Go-Between as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
- Future · Magik as Garret
- 2023 · Call Me Back as George
- 2023 · Wimbledon 2022 Review as Narrator
- 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
- 2015 · The Weather Inside as Britischer Botschafter
- 2015 · The Go-Between as Old Leo
- 2014 · The One and Only Mike Leigh as Self
- 2013 · Chance Meeting as
- 2012 · Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2006 · Longford as Lord Longford
- 2004 · Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
- 2003 · The Young Visiters as Alfred Salteena
- 2003 · Anna Spud as Dad
- 2002 · The King's Beard as The Wizard (voice)
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 1996 · Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night as Basil
- 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
- 1991 · Nona as Carmelo
- 1991 · Happy Feet as Grocer
- 1989 · 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting as Standford Hartley
- 1989 · The Hangover as (voice)
- 1987 · Running Out of Luck as
- 1986 · The Insurance Man as Gutling
- 1985 · Silas Marner as Jem Rodney
- 1983 · Walter and June as Orderly
- 1983 · Dead on Time as Priest
- 1982 · Our Winnie as Second Attendant
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Mr Horsfall
- 1982 · Walter as Joseph - Orderly
- 1982 · Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · Uliisses as
- 1980 · The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice as Mr. Champing
- 1980 · Breaking Glass as Station Porter
- 1979 · Long Distance Information as Mackaness
- Future · The Choral as
- Future · Fools as Cardinal Pole
- 1980 · Games Without Frontiers as Stewart
- 1979 · Phoelix as