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Jim Broadbent

Acting 76 years old Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK ★ 2.0
Born: May 24, 1949

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (200)

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas Self - Interviewee 2025
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly Peter Schneider 2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Colin Jones 2025
Paddington in Peru
Paddington in Peru Samuel Gruber 2024
An A to Z of Paddington
An A to Z of Paddington Narrator (voice) 2024
My Lady Jane
My Lady Jane Duke of Leicester 2024
Call Me Back
Call Me Back George 2023
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
2022 Wimbledon Official Film Narrator 2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Blackadder: A Cunning Story Self - Contributor 2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Harold Fry 2023
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Snaggleroot (voice) 2022
Ten Percent
Ten Percent Richard Nightingale 2022
Charlotte
Charlotte Grosspapa (voice) 2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Lord Marcham 2022
A Boy Called Christmas
A Boy Called Christmas King 2021
The Duke
The Duke Kempton Bunton 2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story Self 2021
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus Father Roberts 2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Six Minutes to Midnight Charlie 2020
Staged
Staged Jim 2020
Trying
Trying George 2020
Dolittle
Dolittle Lord Thomas Badgley 2020
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered Self 2019
Love, Death & Robots
Love, Death & Robots Christopher the Poet (voice) 2019
Black '47
Black '47 Lord Kilmichael 2018
King of Thieves
King of Thieves Terry Perkins 2018
King Lear
King Lear Earl of Gloucester 2018
New Town Utopia
New Town Utopia Lewis Silkin MP 2018
Paddington 2
Paddington 2 Samuel Gruber 2017
Birds Like Us
Birds Like Us Horozovich (voice) 2017
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending Tony Webster 2017
Ethel & Ernest
Ethel & Ernest Ernest Briggs (voice) 2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget Jones's Baby Dad 2016
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan Prime Minister 2016
Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle BBC Commentator 2016
War and Peace
War and Peace Prince Bolkonsky 2016
London Spy
London Spy Scottie 2015
The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van Underwood 2015
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Father Flood 2015
The Weather Inside
The Weather Inside Britischer Botschafter 2015
The Go-Between
The Go-Between Old Leo 2015
Get Santa
Get Santa Santa Claus 2014
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods Julius Caesar (voice UK Dub) 2014
Paddington
Paddington Samuel Gruber 2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
The One and Only Mike Leigh Self 2014
Big Game
Big Game Herbert 2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
Postman Pat: The Movie CEO (voice) 2014
The Harry Hill Movie
The Harry Hill Movie Cleaner 2013
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery DCS Tommy Butler 2013
The Phone Call
The Phone Call Stan (voice) 2013
Chance Meeting
Chance Meeting 2013
Le Week-End
Le Week-End Nick Burrows 2013
Filth
Filth Dr Rossi 2013
Closed Circuit
Closed Circuit Attorney General 2013
The Frame
The Frame Professor Horace Slughorn 2013
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2 2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice Self 2012
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady Denis Thatcher 2011
Comedy Blaps
Comedy Blaps DCI Ponk 2011
Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas Santa (voice) 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Horace Slughorn 2011
Exile
Exile Sam Ronstadt 2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones Archmaester Ebrose 2011
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart Logan Mountstuart 2010
Another Year
Another Year Tom 2010
Perrier's Bounty
Perrier's Bounty Jim McCrea 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Horace Slughorn 2009
The Damned United
The Damned United Sam Longson 2009
The Young Victoria
The Young Victoria King William IV 2009
Lost and Found
Lost and Found Narrator (voice) 2008
Inkheart
Inkheart Fenoglio 2008
Einstein and Eddington
Einstein and Eddington Sir Oliver Lodge 2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments Self 2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga Self 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Dean Charles Stanforth 2008
Tales of the Riverbank
Tales of the Riverbank G.P. (voice) 2008
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
And When Did You Last See Your Father? Arthur Morrison 2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz Self 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz Inspector Frank Butterman 2007
Longford
Longford Lord Longford 2006
Art School Confidential
Art School Confidential Jimmy 2006
The Street
The Street Stan McDermott 2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Prof. Digory Kirke 2005
Valiant
Valiant Sergeant (voice) 2005
Robots
Robots Madame Gasket (voice) 2005
The Magic Roundabout
The Magic Roundabout Brian (voice) 2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Dad 2004
Vera Drake
Vera Drake Judge 2004
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair Mr. Osborne 2004
Pride
Pride Eddie (voice) 2004
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days Lord Kelvin 2004
Tooth
Tooth The Rabbit (voice) 2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice) 2004
The Young Visiters
The Young Visiters Alfred Salteena 2003
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things The Drunken Major 2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Harry Aitken 2003
Anna Spud
Anna Spud Dad 2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby Mr. Wackford Squeers 2002
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York Boss Tweed 2002
The King's Beard
The King's Beard The Wizard (voice) 2002
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm Desmond Morton 2002
Iris
Iris John Bayley 2001
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge! Harold Zidler 2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' Self 2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary Bridget's Dad 2001
Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy W. S. Gilbert 1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death The Shy Doctor 1999
Little Voice
Little Voice Mr. Boo 1998
The Avengers
The Avengers Mother 1998
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm Percy 1998
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party Percy 1997
The Borrowers
The Borrowers Pod Clock 1997
The Peter Principle
The Peter Principle Peter Duffley 1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path Jim 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow Dr. Lagermann 1997
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night Basil 1996
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night Percy 1996
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) 1996
Percy the Park Keeper
Percy the Park Keeper Percy (voice) 1996
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent Chief Inspector Heat 1996
Richard III
Richard III The Duke of Buckingham 1995
Rough Magic
Rough Magic Doc Ansell 1995
The Last Englishman
The Last Englishman Col. Alfred D. Wintle 1995
Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway Warner Purcell 1994
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo Mr. Worrall 1994
Widows' Peak
Widows' Peak Con Clancy 1994
Prince Cinders
Prince Cinders Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice) 1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Wide-Eyed and Legless Deric Longden 1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown George 1993
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright The Earl of Leete 1993
Gone to Seed
Gone to Seed Monty Plant 1992
A Sense of History
A Sense of History 23rd Earl of Leete 1992
The Crying Game
The Crying Game Col 1992
Perpetual Motion
Perpetual Motion Self - Narrator 1992
Gone to the Dogs
Gone to the Dogs Jim Morley 1991
Enchanted April
Enchanted April Frederick Arbuthnot 1991
Murder Most Horrid
Murder Most Horrid Selwyn Proops 1991
Nona
Nona Carmelo 1991
Performance
Performance Carmello 1991
Happy Feet
Happy Feet Grocer 1991
Life Is Sweet
Life Is Sweet Andy 1990
Van Gogh
Van Gogh Roulin 1990
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos 1989
Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood Alan Hammond 1989
Erik the Viking
Erik the Viking Ernest the Viking (a Rapist) 1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting Standford Hartley 1989
The Hangover
The Hangover (voice) 1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol Prince Albert 1988
Vroom
Vroom Donald 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers Ossipon 1988
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Jean Pierre Dubois 1987
Running Out of Luck
Running Out of Luck 1987
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse Charlie Bennett 1987
The Insurance Man
The Insurance Man Gutling 1986
Silas Marner
Silas Marner Jem Rodney 1985
The Good Father
The Good Father Roger Miles 1985
Happy Families
Happy Families Dalcroix 1985
Happy Families
Happy Families Dalcroix 1985
Theatre Night
Theatre Night Maitre Jacques 1985
Picture Friend
Picture Friend Tes Goodwin 1985
Brazil
Brazil Dr. Jaffe 1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV 1985
The Man Who Shot Christmas
The Man Who Shot Christmas Nick/Father Christmas 1984
The Hit
The Hit Barrister 1984
Dramarama
Dramarama 1983
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation Geoff Figg 1983
Tales Out of School
Tales Out of School Geoff Figg 1983
Blackadder
Blackadder Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter 1983
Walter and June
Walter and June Orderly 1983
Dead on Time
Dead on Time Vicar 1983
Our Winnie
Our Winnie Second Attendant 1982
Objects of Affection
Objects of Affection Second Attendant 1982
Intensive Care
Intensive Care Mr Horsfall 1982
Walter
Walter Joseph - Orderly 1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Mike Leigh: Making Plays Self (archive footage) 1982
Uliisses
Uliisses 1982
Bird of Prey
Bird of Prey DI Stanley Richardson 1982
Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses Roy Slater 1981
Time Bandits
Time Bandits Compere 1981
The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War Film Crew 1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice Mr. Champing 1980
Breaking Glass
Breaking Glass Station Porter 1980
Games Without Frontiers
Games Without Frontiers Stewart 1980
Long Distance Information
Long Distance Information Mackaness 1979
Phoelix
Phoelix 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected Mr Lovejoy 1979
The Passage
The Passage German Soldier (uncredited) 1979
The Life Story of Baal
The Life Story of Baal Woodcutter 1978
The Shout
The Shout Fielder in Cowpat 1978
Playhouse
Playhouse Stewart 1974
The Go-Between
The Go-Between Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited) 1971
Play for Today
Play for Today Mr. Horsfall 1970
Play for Today
Play for Today Mr. Champing 1970
Omnibus
Omnibus Roulin 1967
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Fools
Fools Cardinal Pole
Asylum
Asylum The Prison Director
Dennis
Dennis

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