Jim Broadbent
Acting
Born: May 24, 1949 (age 77) · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
Hot Fuzz
2007
Cloud Atlas
2012
Gangs of New York
2002
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
Robots
2005
Moulin Rouge!
2001
Photos (5)
Movies (136)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Horace Slughorn
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Horace Slughorn
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prof. Digory Kirke
Robots
Madame Gasket (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dean Charles Stanforth
The Legend of Tarzan
Prime Minister
Cloud Atlas
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Hot Fuzz
Inspector Frank Butterman
Paddington in Peru
Samuel Gruber
Paddington 2
Samuel Gruber
Paddington
Samuel Gruber
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget's Dad
Jay Kelly
Peter Schneider
Gangs of New York
Boss Tweed
Brazil
Dr. Jaffe
Dolittle
Lord Thomas Badgley
Around the World in 80 Days
Lord Kelvin
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Colin Jones
Moulin Rouge!
Harold Zidler
Arthur Christmas
Santa (voice)
Inkheart
Fenoglio
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dad
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Jean Pierre Dubois
The Avengers
Mother
Valiant
Sergeant (voice)
Eddie the Eagle
BBC Commentator
Time Bandits
Compere
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dad
Big Game
Herbert
Filth
Dr Rossi
King of Thieves
Terry Perkins
The Iron Lady
Denis Thatcher
Brooklyn
Father Flood
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Prince Albert
A Boy Called Christmas
King
The Borrowers
Pod Clock
Black '47
Lord Kilmichael
King Lear
Earl of Gloucester
The Crying Game
Col
The Sense of an Ending
Tony Webster
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry
The Duke
Kempton Bunton
Vanity Fair
Mr. Osborne
Closed Circuit
Attorney General
The Lady in the Van
Underwood
The Young Victoria
King William IV
The Dogs of War
Film Crew
Art School Confidential
Jimmy
Vera Drake
Judge
Another Year
Tom
The Hit
Barrister
Bullets Over Broadway
Warner Purcell
Iris
John Bayley
The Magic Roundabout
Brian (voice)
Topsy-Turvy
W. S. Gilbert
Erik the Viking
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
Six Minutes to Midnight
Charlie
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Dr. Lagermann
The Damned United
Sam Longson
Widows' Peak
Con Clancy
Richard III
The Duke of Buckingham
Postman Pat: The Movie
CEO (voice)
Princess Caraboo
Mr. Worrall
Get Santa
Santa Claus
The Go-Between
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Rough Magic
Doc Ansell
Life Is Sweet
Andy
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Wackford Squeers
Einstein and Eddington
Sir Oliver Lodge
Tooth
The Rabbit (voice)
Little Voice
Mr. Boo
Perrier's Bounty
Jim McCrea
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
The Gathering Storm
Desmond Morton
Enchanted April
Frederick Arbuthnot
Vroom
Donald
Birds Like Us
Horozovich (voice)
The Shout
Fielder in Cowpat
Breaking Glass
Station Porter
Le Week-End
Nick Burrows
The Harry Hill Movie
Cleaner
Bright Young Things
The Drunken Major
The King's Beard
The Wizard (voice)
Pride
Eddie (voice)
The Passage
German Soldier (uncredited)
Silas Marner
Jem Rodney
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Arthur Morrison
The Insurance Man
Gutling
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Harry Aitken
Ethel & Ernest
Ernest Briggs (voice)
Charlotte
Grosspapa (voice)
Tales of the Riverbank
G.P. (voice)
Our Winnie
Second Attendant
Longford
Lord Longford
The Young Visiters
Alfred Salteena
The Go-Between
Old Leo
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Shy Doctor
Anna Spud
Dad
Van Gogh
Roulin
The Phone Call
Stan (voice)
Prince Cinders
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Dead on Time
Vicar
The Weather Inside
Britischer Botschafter
The Life Story of Baal
Woodcutter
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
George
Running Out of Luck
Jimmy
Lost and Found
Narrator (voice)
The Good Father
Roger Miles
An A to Z of Paddington
Narrator (voice)
Call Me Back
George
Picture Friend
Tes Goodwin
A Sense of History
23rd Earl of Leete
Intensive Care
Mr Horsfall
Birth of a Nation
Geoff Figg
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
The Earl of Leete
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric Longden
Games Without Frontiers
Stewart
New Town Utopia
Lewis Silkin MP
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Mr. Champing
Walter
Joseph - Orderly
The Hangover
(voice)
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Narrator
Happy Feet
Grocer
Walter and June
Orderly
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Standford Hartley
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
Uliisses
1982
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Basil
Long Distance Information
Mackaness
Chance Meeting
2013
Phoelix
1979
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Jim
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Percy
spider-plant man
batman
TV Shows (41)
Game of Thrones
Archmaester Ebrose · 4 eps
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Snaggleroot (voice) · 1 eps
Play for Today
Mr. Horsfall · 1 eps
Play for Today
Mr. Champing · 1 eps
Love, Death & Robots
Christopher the Poet (voice) · 1 eps
Omnibus
Roulin · 1 eps
Trying
George · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Mr Lovejoy · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Charlie Bennett · 1 eps
Blackadder
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter · 1 eps
Performance
Carmello · 1 eps
Playhouse
Stewart · 1 eps
Only Fools and Horses
Roy Slater · 2 eps
Screen One
Deric Longden · 1 eps
War and Peace
Prince Bolkonsky · 6 eps
My Lady Jane
Duke of Leicester · 2 eps
Staged
Jim · 2 eps
Dramarama
Uncle Keith · 1 eps
Murder Most Horrid
Selwyn Proops · 1 eps
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lord Marcham · 1 eps
The Street
Stan McDermott · 6 eps
London Spy
Scottie · 5 eps
The Frame
Professor Horace Slughorn · 1 eps
Exile
Sam Ronstadt · 3 eps
Black Narcissus
Father Roberts · 3 eps
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Older) · 4 eps
The Great Train Robbery
DCS Tommy Butler · 2 eps
Victoria Wood
Alan Hammond · 1 eps
Ten Percent
Richard Nightingale · 1 eps
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Ossipon · 1 eps
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
4 eps
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
27 eps
Theatre Night
Maitre Jacques · 1 eps
Happy Families
Dalcroix · 2 eps
Bird of Prey
DI Stanley Richardson · 1 eps
Gone to Seed
Monty Plant · 6 eps
Percy the Park Keeper
Percy (voice) · 17 eps
Gone to the Dogs
Jim Morley · 6 eps
Tales Out of School
Geoff Figg · 1 eps
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) · 8 eps
Objects of Affection
Second Attendant · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (14)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Self
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Self
Perpetual Motion
Self - Narrator · 6 eps
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self