Jim Broadbent
Known for Acting · 199 credits
- Born
- 1949-05-24 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- James 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 (47)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Archmaester Ebrose
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Roulin
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Snaggleroot (voice)
Play for Today
1970
as Mr. Horsfall / Mr. Champing
Playhouse
1974
as Stewart
Love, Death & Robots
2019
as Christopher the Poet (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mr Lovejoy
Inspector Morse
1987
as Charlie Bennett
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Only Fools and Horses
1981
as Roy Slater
Trying
2020
as George
Blackadder
1983
as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
Dramarama
1983
as Uncle Keith
Screen One
1989
as Deric Longden
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Selwyn Proops
War and Peace
2016
as Prince Bolkonsky
Staged
2020
as Jim
Performance
1991
as Carmello
The Frame
2013
as Professor Horace Slughorn
My Lady Jane
2024
as Duke of Leicester
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
as Lord Marcham
Comedy Blaps
2011
as DCI Ponk
The Street
2006
as Stan McDermott
London Spy
2015
as Scottie
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Ossipon
The Great Train Robbery
2013
as DCS Tommy Butler
Theatre Night
1985
as Maitre Jacques
Black Narcissus
2020
as Father Roberts
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
Any Human Heart
2010
as Logan Mountstuart (Older)
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Victoria Wood
1989
as Alan Hammond
The Peter Principle
1997
as Peter Duffley
Bird of Prey
1982
as DI Stanley Richardson
Percy the Park Keeper
1996
as Percy (voice)
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
Happy Families
1985
as Dalcroix
Gone to the Dogs
1991
as Jim Morley
Ten Percent
2022
as Richard Nightingale
Exile
2011
as Sam Ronstadt
Objects of Affection
1982
as Second Attendant
Gone to Seed
1992
as Monty Plant
4 Play
1989
as Steven Parrish
Tales Out of School
1983
as Geoff Figg
Perpetual Motion
1992
as Self - Narrator
Movies (152)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Prof. Digory Kirke
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Horace Slughorn
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Horace Slughorn
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Dean Charles Stanforth
Robots
2005
as Madame Gasket (voice)
Paddington
2014
as Samuel Gruber
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
as Prime Minister
Dolittle
2020
as Lord Thomas Badgley
Cloud Atlas
2012
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Paddington 2
2017
as Samuel Gruber
Paddington in Peru
2024
as Samuel Gruber
Gangs of New York
2002
as Boss Tweed
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Inspector Frank Butterman
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Bridget's Dad
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
as Self
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Colin Jones
Inkheart
2008
as Fenoglio
Moulin Rouge!
2001
as Harold Zidler
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Dad
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
as Lord Kelvin
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Santa (voice)
Brazil
1985
as Dr. Jaffe
Brooklyn
2015
as Father Flood
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Dad
Big Game
2014
as Herbert
Jay Kelly
2025
as Peter Schneider
Filth
2013
as Dr Rossi
The Iron Lady
2011
as Denis Thatcher
Eddie the Eagle
2016
as BBC Commentator
The Crying Game
1992
as Col
Valiant
2005
as Sergeant (voice)
Van Gogh
1990
as Roulin
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Jean Pierre Dubois
King of Thieves
2018
as Terry Perkins
Widows' Peak
1994
as Con Clancy
Time Bandits
1981
as Compere
Iris
2001
as John Bayley
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
as King
Birds Like Us
2017
as Horozovich (voice)
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014
as CEO (voice)
Black '47
2018
as Lord Kilmichael
Einstein and Eddington
2008
as Sir Oliver Lodge
The Young Victoria
2009
as King William IV
The Avengers
1998
as Mother
The Borrowers
1997
as Pod Clock
The Duke
2021
as Kempton Bunton
Closed Circuit
2013
as Attorney General
The Magic Roundabout
2005
as Brian (voice)
Erik the Viking
1989
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
King Lear
2018
as Earl of Gloucester
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Charlie
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as Warner Purcell
Art School Confidential
2006
as Jimmy
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Underwood
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Dr. Lagermann
Bright Young Things
2003
as The Drunken Major
The Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Cleaner
The Dogs of War
1980
as Film Crew
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Desmond Morton
The Weather Inside
2015
as Britischer Botschafter
The Damned United
2009
as Sam Longson
Life Is Sweet
1991
as Andy
The Go-Between
1971
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Vanity Fair
2004
as Mr. Osborne
Rough Magic
1995
as Doc Ansell
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
as Harold Fry
Anna Spud
2003
as Dad
Vera Drake
2004
as Judge
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Mr. Worrall
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
The Young Visiters
2003
as Alfred Salteena
The Hit
1984
as Barrister
Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
Another Year
2010
as Tom
Happy Families
1985
as Dalcroix
Richard III
1995
as The Duke of Buckingham
Nona
1991
as Carmelo
Dennis
Tooth
2004
as The Rabbit (voice)
Our Winnie
1982
as Second Attendant
The Sense of an Ending
2017
as Tony Webster
Get Santa
2014
as Santa Claus
Enchanted April
1991
as Frederick Arbuthnot
Prince Cinders
1993
as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Vroom
1988
as Donald
Games Without Frontiers
1980
as Stewart
Perrier's Bounty
2010
as Jim McCrea
The Go-Between
2015
as Old Leo
The Secret Agent
1996
as Chief Inspector Heat
Le Week-End
2013
as Nick Burrows
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
as Harry Aitken
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as W. S. Gilbert
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Contributor
The Passage
1979
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Shout
1978
as Fielder in Cowpat
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021
as Self
Little Voice
1998
as Mr. Boo
The Life Story of Baal
1978
as Woodcutter
Tales of the Riverbank
2008
as G.P. (voice)
The King's Beard
2002
as The Wizard (voice)
The Last Englishman
1995
as Col. Alfred D. Wintle
The Insurance Man
1986
as Gutling
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Shy Doctor
The Phone Call
2013
as Stan (voice)
Running Out of Luck
1987
An A to Z of Paddington
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Prince Albert
Pride
2004
as Eddie (voice)
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007
as Arthur Morrison
Call Me Back
2023
as George
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
as Standford Hartley
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
as Nick/Father Christmas
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Deric Longden
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
as Self
Walter and June
1983
as Orderly
Birth of a Nation
1983
as Geoff Figg
Silas Marner
1985
as Jem Rodney
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 199 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Jim Broadbent has appeared in 152 films and 47 TV shows.
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- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) — as Prof. Digory Kirke
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Horace Slughorn
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — as Horace Slughorn
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) — as Dean Charles Stanforth
- Robots (2005) — as Madame Gasket (voice)
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