Jim Broadbent

Born: 1949-05-24 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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

2025

Jay Kelly as Peter Schneider
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Colin Jones

2024

Paddington in Peru as Samuel Gruber
My Lady Jane as Duke of Leicester
An A to Z of Paddington as Narrator (voice)

2023

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry as Harold Fry
Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
2022 Wimbledon Official Film as Narrator
Call Me Back as George

2022

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Snaggleroot (voice)
Charlotte as Grosspapa (voice)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Lord Marcham
Birds Like Us as Horozovich (voice)
Ten Percent as Richard Nightingale

2021

A Boy Called Christmas as King
The Duke as Kempton Bunton
Rhythm of Life as Self
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story as Self

2020

Dolittle as Lord Thomas Badgley
Trying as George
Staged as Jim
Six Minutes to Midnight as Charlie
Black Narcissus as Father Roberts

2019

Love, Death & Robots as Christopher the Poet (voice)
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self

2018

Black '47 as Lord Kilmichael
King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
King of Thieves as Terry Perkins
New Town Utopia as Lewis Silkin MP

2017

Paddington 2 as Samuel Gruber
The Sense of an Ending as Tony Webster

2016

The Legend of Tarzan as Prime Minister
War and Peace as Prince Bolkonsky
Bridget Jones's Baby as Dad
Ethel & Ernest as Ernest Briggs (voice)
Eddie the Eagle as BBC Commentator

2015

Big Game as Herbert
The Lady in the Van as Underwood
Brooklyn as Father Flood
The Weather Inside as Britischer Botschafter
The Go-Between as Old Leo
London Spy as Scottie

2014

Get Santa as Santa Claus
Paddington as Samuel Gruber
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods as Julius Caesar (voice UK Dub)
Postman Pat: The Movie as CEO (voice)
The One and Only Mike Leigh as Self

2013

Filth as Dr Rossi
Chance Meeting
The Frame as Professor Horace Slughorn
Le Week-End as Nick Burrows
The Phone Call as Stan (voice)
The Harry Hill Movie as Cleaner
The Great Train Robbery as DCS Tommy Butler
Closed Circuit as Attorney General

2012

Cloud Atlas as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice as Self

2011

Game of Thrones as Archmaester Ebrose
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Horace Slughorn
Arthur Christmas as Santa (voice)
The Iron Lady as Denis Thatcher
Comedy Blaps as DCI Ponk
Exile as Sam Ronstadt

2010

Another Year as Tom
Any Human Heart as Logan Mountstuart

2006

Longford as Lord Longford
The Street as Stan McDermott
Art School Confidential as Jimmy

2005

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Prof. Digory Kirke
Robots as Madame Gasket (voice)
Valiant as Sergeant (voice)
Spider-Plant Man as Batman

2004

Vera Drake as Judge
Pride as Eddie (voice)
Vanity Fair as Mr. Osborne
The Magic Roundabout as Brian (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Dad
Around the World in 80 Days as Lord Kelvin
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
Tooth as The Rabbit (voice)

2003

Anna Spud as Dad
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Harry Aitken
Bright Young Things as The Drunken Major
The Young Visiters as Alfred Salteena

2002

Nicholas Nickleby as Mr. Wackford Squeers
Gangs of New York as Boss Tweed
The Gathering Storm as Desmond Morton
The King's Beard as The Wizard (voice)

2001

Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget's Dad
Iris as John Bayley
Moulin Rouge! as Harold Zidler
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self

1999

Topsy-Turvy as W. S. Gilbert
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death as The Shy Doctor

1998

The Avengers as Mother
Little Voice as Mr. Boo
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm as Percy

1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow as Dr. Lagermann
The Borrowers as Pod Clock
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path as Jim
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party as Percy
The Peter Principle as Peter Duffley

1996

The Secret Agent as Chief Inspector Heat
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night as Basil
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night as Percy
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
Percy the Park Keeper as Percy (voice)

1995

Richard III as The Duke of Buckingham
Rough Magic as Doc Ansell
The Last Englishman as Col. Alfred D. Wintle

1994

Widows' Peak as Con Clancy
Princess Caraboo as Mr. Worrall
Bullets Over Broadway as Warner Purcell

1993

Prince Cinders as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright as The Earl of Leete
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as George
Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric Longden

1992

The Crying Game as Col
A Sense of History as 23rd Earl of Leete
Gone to Seed as Monty Plant
Perpetual Motion as Self - Narrator

1991

Enchanted April as Frederick Arbuthnot
Performance as Carmello
Nona as Carmelo
Murder Most Horrid as Selwyn Proops
Happy Feet as Grocer
Gone to the Dogs as Jim Morley

1990

Life Is Sweet as Andy

1989

The Hangover as (voice)
Erik the Viking as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
Victoria Wood as Alan Hammond
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting as Standford Hartley
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos

1988

Vroom as Donald
Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Prince Albert
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Ossipon

1987

Inspector Morse as Charlie Bennett
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Jean Pierre Dubois
Running Out of Luck

1986

The Insurance Man as Gutling

1985

Brazil as Dr. Jaffe
Silas Marner as Jem Rodney
The Good Father as Roger Miles
Picture Friend as Tes Goodwin
Happy Families as Dalcroix
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Theatre Night as Maitre Jacques

1984

The Hit as Barrister

1983

Blackadder as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
Dramarama
Birth of a Nation as Geoff Figg
Walter and June as Orderly
Dead on Time as Vicar
Tales Out of School as Geoff Figg

1982

Walter as Joseph - Orderly
Intensive Care as Mr Horsfall
Our Winnie as Second Attendant
Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)
Objects of Affection as Second Attendant
Bird of Prey as DI Stanley Richardson
Uliisses

1981

Only Fools and Horses as Roy Slater
Time Bandits as Compere

1980

Breaking Glass as Station Porter
The Dogs of War as Film Crew
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice as Mr. Champing
Games Without Frontiers as Stewart

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Mr Lovejoy
The Passage as German Soldier (uncredited)
Long Distance Information as Mackaness
Phoelix

1978

The Shout as Fielder in Cowpat

1974

Playhouse as Stewart

1971

The Go-Between as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

1970

Play for Today as Mr. Horsfall

1967

Omnibus as Roulin

1953

The Oscars as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee