Jim Broadbent
Known for Acting · 198 credits
- Born
- 1949-05-24 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- James "Jim" Broadbent
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
TV Shows (46)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Archmaester Ebrose
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Play for Today
1970
as Mr. Horsfall / Mr. Champing
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Snaggleroot (voice)
Love, Death & Robots
2019
as Christopher the Poet (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mr Lovejoy
Omnibus
1967
as Roulin
Playhouse
1974
as Stewart
Inspector Morse
1987
as Charlie Bennett
Blackadder
1983
as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Only Fools and Horses
1981
as Roy Slater
Performance
1991
as Carmello
Trying
2020
as George
Staged
2020
as Jim
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Selwyn Proops
War and Peace
2016
as Prince Bolkonsky
My Lady Jane
2024
as Duke of Leicester
Dramarama
1983
as Uncle Keith
The Frame
2013
as Professor Horace Slughorn
The Street
2006
as Stan McDermott
Screen One
1989
as Deric Longden
London Spy
2015
as Scottie
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
as Lord Marcham
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Ossipon
Comedy Blaps
2011
as DCI Ponk
Any Human Heart
2010
as Logan Mountstuart (Older)
Black Narcissus
2020
as Father Roberts
Theatre Night
1985
as Maitre Jacques
Happy Families
1985
as Dalcroix
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
Ten Percent
2022
as Richard Nightingale
The Great Train Robbery
2013
as DCS Tommy Butler
Victoria Wood
1989
as Alan Hammond
Tales Out of School
1983
as Geoff Figg
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Percy the Park Keeper
1996
as Percy (voice)
Exile
2011
as Sam Ronstadt
The Peter Principle
1997
as Peter Duffley
Gone to the Dogs
1991
as Jim Morley
Gone to Seed
1992
as Monty Plant
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
Objects of Affection
1982
as Second Attendant
Bird of Prey
1982
as DI Stanley Richardson
Perpetual Motion
1992
as Self - Narrator
Movies (152)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Horace Slughorn
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Horace Slughorn
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Prof. Digory Kirke
Robots
2005
as Madame Gasket (voice)
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Inspector Frank Butterman
Dolittle
2020
as Lord Thomas Badgley
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
as Prime Minister
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Dean Charles Stanforth
Cloud Atlas
2012
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Paddington
2014
as Samuel Gruber
Paddington in Peru
2024
as Samuel Gruber
Moulin Rouge!
2001
as Harold Zidler
Gangs of New York
2002
as Boss Tweed
Paddington 2
2017
as Samuel Gruber
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Bridget's Dad
Brazil
1985
as Dr. Jaffe
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Colin Jones
The Borrowers
1997
as Pod Clock
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Santa (voice)
Inkheart
2008
as Fenoglio
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
as Lord Kelvin
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Jean Pierre Dubois
Valiant
2005
as Sergeant (voice)
Filth
2013
as Dr Rossi
The Iron Lady
2011
as Denis Thatcher
Brooklyn
2015
as Father Flood
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Dad
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as W. S. Gilbert
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Dad
Jay Kelly
2025
as Peter Schneider
Eddie the Eagle
2016
as BBC Commentator
Big Game
2014
as Herbert
The Crying Game
1992
as Col
Time Bandits
1981
as Compere
Enchanted April
1991
as Frederick Arbuthnot
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
Art School Confidential
2006
as Jimmy
Black '47
2018
as Lord Kilmichael
Iris
2001
as John Bayley
King of Thieves
2018
as Terry Perkins
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
as King
The Avengers
1998
as Mother
Vanity Fair
2004
as Mr. Osborne
Einstein and Eddington
2008
as Sir Oliver Lodge
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as Warner Purcell
The Shout
1978
as Fielder in Cowpat
King Lear
2018
as Earl of Gloucester
Closed Circuit
2013
as Attorney General
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Underwood
Vera Drake
2004
as Judge
The Duke
2021
as Kempton Bunton
The Young Victoria
2009
as King William IV
The Dogs of War
1980
as Film Crew
Pride
2004
as Eddie (voice)
The Magic Roundabout
2005
as Brian (voice)
Get Santa
2014
as Santa Claus
The Hit
1984
as Barrister
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
as Harold Fry
Another Year
2010
as Tom
The Sense of an Ending
2017
as Tony Webster
Bright Young Things
2003
as The Drunken Major
Erik the Viking
1989
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
The Damned United
2009
as Sam Longson
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Charlie
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Dr. Lagermann
Richard III
1995
as The Duke of Buckingham
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Desmond Morton
Charlotte
2022
as Grosspapa (voice)
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014
as CEO (voice)
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Mr. Worrall
The Go-Between
1971
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Tooth
2004
as The Rabbit (voice)
The Passage
1979
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Rough Magic
1995
as Doc Ansell
Le Week-End
2013
as Nick Burrows
Little Voice
1998
as Mr. Boo
Lost and Found
2008
as Narrator (voice)
The Secret Agent
1996
as Chief Inspector Heat
Widows' Peak
1994
as Con Clancy
Perrier's Bounty
2009
as Jim McCrea
Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
as George
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
Life Is Sweet
1991
as Andy
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Contributor
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
as Harry Aitken
The Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Cleaner
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007
as Arthur Morrison
Longford
2006
as Lord Longford
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
as Self
Breaking Glass
1980
as Station Porter
The Good Father
1985
as Roger Miles
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Basil
The Young Visiters
2003
as Alfred Salteena
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Shy Doctor
Birds Like Us
2017
as Horozovich (voice)
Fools
as Cardinal Pole
Vroom
1988
as Donald
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
as Self
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Prince Albert
Dennis
Tales of the Riverbank
2008
as G.P. (voice)
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021
as Self
Uliisses
1982
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
as Self
The Weather Inside
2015
as Britischer Botschafter
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
as Self
Birth of a Nation
1983
as Geoff Figg
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
The Go-Between
2015
as Old Leo
Intensive Care
1982
as Mr Horsfall
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Walter
1982
as Joseph - Orderly
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
as Self
Running Out of Luck
1987
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
as Standford Hartley
The Phone Call
2013
as Stan (voice)
Anna Spud
2003
as Dad
Dead on Time
1983
as Vicar
About Jim Broadbent
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… With 198 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Jim Broadbent has appeared in 152 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jim Broadbent Movies
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Horace Slughorn
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — as Horace Slughorn
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) — as Prof. Digory Kirke
- Robots (2005) — as Madame Gasket (voice)
- Hot Fuzz (2007) — as Inspector Frank Butterman
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