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 (135)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prof. Digory Kirke
Arthur Christmas
Santa (voice)
Jay Kelly
Peter Schneider
Cloud Atlas
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dean Charles Stanforth
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Horace Slughorn
Paddington in Peru
Samuel Gruber
Robots
Madame Gasket (voice)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Horace Slughorn
The Legend of Tarzan
Prime Minister
The Iron Lady
Denis Thatcher
Brooklyn
Father Flood
The Lady in the Van
Underwood
A Boy Called Christmas
King
Dolittle
Lord Thomas Badgley
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry
Gangs of New York
Boss Tweed
Hot Fuzz
Inspector Frank Butterman
Erik the Viking
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
Paddington
Samuel Gruber
Eddie the Eagle
BBC Commentator
Paddington 2
Samuel Gruber
King Lear
Earl of Gloucester
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dad
King of Thieves
Terry Perkins
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget's Dad
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Colin Jones
The Crying Game
Col
The Damned United
Sam Longson
Richard III
The Duke of Buckingham
Black '47
Lord Kilmichael
The Sense of an Ending
Tony Webster
Iris
John Bayley
Time Bandits
Compere
Filth
Dr Rossi
Moulin Rouge!
Harold Zidler
Around the World in 80 Days
Lord Kelvin
Vanity Fair
Mr. Osborne
Brazil
Dr. Jaffe
The Avengers
Mother
Vera Drake
Judge
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dad
Postman Pat: The Movie
CEO (voice)
The Go-Between
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Inkheart
Fenoglio
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Jean Pierre Dubois
The Young Victoria
King William IV
Art School Confidential
Jimmy
Perrier's Bounty
Jim McCrea
Big Game
Herbert
The Borrowers
Pod Clock
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Wackford Squeers
Bullets Over Broadway
Warner Purcell
Closed Circuit
Attorney General
The Magic Roundabout
Brian (voice)
Another Year
Tom
Einstein and Eddington
Sir Oliver Lodge
The Duke
Kempton Bunton
Charlotte
Grosspapa (voice)
Bright Young Things
The Drunken Major
Valiant
Sergeant (voice)
The Dogs of War
Film Crew
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
Little Voice
Mr. Boo
Life Is Sweet
Andy
Get Santa
Santa Claus
Enchanted April
Frederick Arbuthnot
Breaking Glass
Station Porter
Tales of the Riverbank
G.P. (voice)
The Go-Between
Old Leo
Pride
Eddie (voice)
The Gathering Storm
Desmond Morton
Lost and Found
Narrator (voice)
The Harry Hill Movie
Cleaner
Six Minutes to Midnight
Charlie
The Passage
German Soldier (uncredited)
The Hit
Barrister
Widows' Peak
Con Clancy
Topsy-Turvy
W. S. Gilbert
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Dr. Lagermann
Ethel & Ernest
Ernest Briggs (voice)
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Arthur Morrison
Princess Caraboo
Mr. Worrall
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Harry Aitken
The Shout
Fielder in Cowpat
Le Week-End
Nick Burrows
Rough Magic
Doc Ansell
An A to Z of Paddington
Narrator (voice)
Birds Like Us
Horozovich (voice)
Tooth
The Rabbit (voice)
The Young Visiters
Alfred Salteena
The King's Beard
The Wizard (voice)
Anna Spud
Dad
Silas Marner
Jem Rodney
Intensive Care
Mr Horsfall
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Narrator
The Phone Call
Stan (voice)
The Good Father
Roger Miles
Vroom
Donald
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Prince Albert
The Insurance Man
Gutling
Our Winnie
Second Attendant
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
Prince Cinders
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Uliisses
1982
Van Gogh
Roulin
Birth of a Nation
Geoff Figg
Running Out of Luck
Jimmy
Walter and June
Orderly
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Basil
The Life Story of Baal
Woodcutter
Long Distance Information
Mackaness
Longford
Lord Longford
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Mr. Champing
Walter
Joseph - Orderly
The Weather Inside
Britischer Botschafter
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Standford Hartley
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Shy Doctor
A Sense of History
23rd Earl of Leete
Dead on Time
Vicar
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
George
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric Longden
Chance Meeting
2013
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Percy
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
The Earl of Leete
Picture Friend
Tes Goodwin
Happy Feet
Grocer
Call Me Back
George
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Percy
New Town Utopia
Lewis Silkin MP
Games Without Frontiers
Stewart
The Hangover
(voice)
Phoelix
1979
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Jim
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Percy
TV Shows (42)
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
Tales of the Unexpected
Mr Lovejoy · 1 eps
War and Peace
Prince Bolkonsky · 6 eps
Omnibus
Roulin · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Charlie Bennett · 1 eps
Playhouse
Stewart · 1 eps
Only Fools and Horses
Roy Slater · 2 eps
Performance
Carmello · 1 eps
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lord Marcham · 1 eps
Blackadder
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter · 1 eps
Trying
George · 1 eps
My Lady Jane
Duke of Leicester · 2 eps
Screen One
Deric Longden · 1 eps
Murder Most Horrid
Selwyn Proops · 1 eps
Dramarama
Uncle Keith · 1 eps
Staged
Jim · 2 eps
The Great Train Robbery
DCS Tommy Butler · 2 eps
London Spy
Scottie · 5 eps
Victoria Wood
Alan Hammond · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Maitre Jacques · 1 eps
Comic Relief
4 eps
Black Narcissus
Father Roberts · 3 eps
Exile
Sam Ronstadt · 3 eps
The Street
Stan McDermott · 6 eps
The Frame
Professor Horace Slughorn · 1 eps
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
4 eps
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Ossipon · 1 eps
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Older) · 4 eps
Gone to the Dogs
Jim Morley · 6 eps
Bird of Prey
DI Stanley Richardson · 1 eps
Percy the Park Keeper
Percy (voice) · 17 eps
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
27 eps
Happy Families
Dalcroix · 2 eps
Objects of Affection
Second Attendant · 1 eps
Gone to Seed
Monty Plant · 6 eps
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) · 8 eps
Tales Out of School
Geoff Figg · 1 eps
Ten Percent
Richard Nightingale · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Self
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Self
Perpetual Motion
Self - Narrator · 6 eps
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Self