Jim Broadbent
Acting
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
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movieWhat is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
Self - Interviewee
movieJay Kelly
2025
Peter Schneider
movieBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
Colin Jones
moviePaddington in Peru
2024
Samuel Gruber
movieAn A to Z of Paddington
2024
Narrator (voice)
tvMy Lady Jane
2024
Duke of Leicester
movieCall Me Back
2023
George
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
Self - Contributor
tvThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
Snaggleroot (voice)
tvTen Percent
2022
Richard Nightingale
movieCharlotte
2022
Grosspapa (voice)
tvWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
Lord Marcham
movieThe Duke
2021
Kempton Bunton
tvBlack Narcissus
2020
Father Roberts
tvStaged
2020
Jim
tvTrying
2020
George
movieDolittle
2020
Lord Thomas Badgley
tvLove, Death & Robots
2019
Christopher the Poet (voice)
movieBlack '47
2018
Lord Kilmichael
movieKing of Thieves
2018
Terry Perkins
movieKing Lear
2018
Earl of Gloucester
movieNew Town Utopia
2018
Lewis Silkin MP
moviePaddington 2
2017
Samuel Gruber
movieBirds Like Us
2017
Horozovich (voice)
movieThe Sense of an Ending
2017
Tony Webster
movieEthel & Ernest
2016
Ernest Briggs (voice)
movieThe Legend of Tarzan
2016
Prime Minister
movieEddie the Eagle
2016
BBC Commentator
tvWar and Peace
2016
Prince Bolkonsky
tvLondon Spy
2015
Scottie
movieThe Lady in the Van
2015
Underwood
movieBrooklyn
2015
Father Flood
movieThe Weather Inside
2015
Britischer Botschafter
movieThe Go-Between
2015
Old Leo
movieGet Santa
2014
Santa Claus
moviePaddington
2014
Samuel Gruber
movieBig Game
2014
Herbert
moviePostman Pat: The Movie
2014
CEO (voice)
tvThe Great Train Robbery
2013
DCS Tommy Butler
movieThe Phone Call
2013
Stan (voice)
movieLe Week-End
2013
Nick Burrows
movieFilth
2013
Dr Rossi
movieClosed Circuit
2013
Attorney General
tvThe Frame
2013
Professor Horace Slughorn
movieCloud Atlas
2012
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
movieThe Iron Lady
2011
Denis Thatcher
Comedy Blaps
2011
DCI Ponk
movieArthur Christmas
2011
Santa (voice)
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Horace Slughorn
tvExile
2011
Sam Ronstadt
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Archmaester Ebrose
tvAny Human Heart
2010
Logan Mountstuart (Older)
moviePerrier's Bounty
2010
Jim McCrea
movieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Horace Slughorn
movieThe Damned United
2009
Sam Longson
movieThe Young Victoria
2009
King William IV
movieLost and Found
2008
Narrator (voice)
movieInkheart
2008
Fenoglio
movieEinstein and Eddington
2008
Sir Oliver Lodge
movieIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
Dean Charles Stanforth
movieTales of the Riverbank
2008
G.P. (voice)
movieAnd When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007
Arthur Morrison
movieHot Fuzz
2007
Inspector Frank Butterman
movieLongford
2006
Lord Longford
tvThe Street
2006
Stan McDermott
movieThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Prof. Digory Kirke
movieValiant
2005
Sergeant (voice)
movieRobots
2005
Madame Gasket (voice)
movieThe Magic Roundabout
2005
Brian (voice)
movieVera Drake
2004
Judge
movieVanity Fair
2004
Mr. Osborne
moviePride
2004
Eddie (voice)
movieAround the World in 80 Days
2004
Lord Kelvin
movieTooth
2004
The Rabbit (voice)
movieBrambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
movieThe Young Visiters
2003
Alfred Salteena
movieBright Young Things
2003
The Drunken Major
movieAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
Harry Aitken
movieNicholas Nickleby
2002
Mr. Wackford Squeers
movieGangs of New York
2002
Boss Tweed
movieThe King's Beard
2002
The Wizard (voice)
movieThe Gathering Storm
2002
Desmond Morton
movieIris
2001
John Bayley
movieMoulin Rouge!
2001
Harold Zidler
movieBridget Jones's Diary
2001
Bridget's Dad
movieTopsy-Turvy
1999
W. S. Gilbert
movieDoctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
The Shy Doctor
movieLittle Voice
1998
Mr. Boo
movieThe Avengers
1998
Mother
movieThe Borrowers
1997
Pod Clock
The Peter Principle
1997
Peter Duffley
movieSmilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Dr. Lagermann
tvThe Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
tvPercy the Park Keeper
1996
Percy (voice)
movieThe Secret Agent
1996
Chief Inspector Heat
movieRichard III
1995
The Duke of Buckingham
movieRough Magic
1995
Doc Ansell
The Last Englishman
1995
Col. Alfred D. Wintle
movieBullets Over Broadway
1994
Warner Purcell
moviePrincess Caraboo
1994
Mr. Worrall
movieWidows' Peak
1994
Con Clancy
moviePrince Cinders
1993
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
movieWide-Eyed and Legless
1993
Deric Longden
movieTwo Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993
The Earl of Leete
tvGone to Seed
1992
Monty Plant
movieA Sense of History
1992
23rd Earl of Leete
tvPerpetual Motion
1992
Self - Narrator
tvGone to the Dogs
1991
Jim Morley
movieEnchanted April
1991
Frederick Arbuthnot
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991
Selwyn Proops
Nona
1991
Carmelo
tvPerformance
1991
Carmello
movieHappy Feet
1991
Grocer
movieVan Gogh
1990
Roulin
tvVictoria Wood
1989
Alan Hammond
4 Play
1989
Steven Parrish
tvScreen One
1989
Deric Longden
movieErik the Viking
1989
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
movie7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
Standford Hartley
movieThe Hangover
1989
(voice)
movieBlackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Prince Albert
movieVroom
1988
Donald
movieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Jean Pierre Dubois
tvInspector Morse
1987
Charlie Bennett
movieThe Insurance Man
1986
Gutling
movieSilas Marner
1985
Jem Rodney
movieThe Good Father
1985
Roger Miles
movieHappy Families
1985
Dalcroix
tvHappy Families
1985
Dalcroix
tvTheatre Night
1985
Maitre Jacques
moviePicture Friend
1985
Tes Goodwin
movieBrazil
1985
Dr. Jaffe
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
Nick/Father Christmas
movieThe Hit
1984
Barrister
tvDramarama
1983
Uncle Keith
movieBirth of a Nation
1983
Geoff Figg
tvTales Out of School
1983
Geoff Figg
tvBlackadder
1983
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
movieWalter and June
1983
Orderly
movieOur Winnie
1982
Second Attendant
tvObjects of Affection
1982
Second Attendant
movieIntensive Care
1982
Mr Horsfall
movieWalter
1982
Joseph - Orderly
movieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Self (archive footage)
tvBird of Prey
1982
DI Stanley Richardson
tvOnly Fools and Horses
1981
Roy Slater
movieTime Bandits
1981
Compere
movieThe Dogs of War
1980
Film Crew
movieThe Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980
Mr. Champing
movieBreaking Glass
1980
Station Porter
movieLong Distance Information
1979
Mackaness
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Mr Lovejoy
movieThe Passage
1979
German Soldier (uncredited)
movieThe Life Story of Baal
1978
Woodcutter
movieThe Shout
1978
Fielder in Cowpat
tvPlayhouse
1974
Stewart
movieThe Go-Between
1971
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
tvPlay for Today
1970
Mr. Horsfall / Mr. Champing
tvOmnibus
1967
Roulin
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Fools
Cardinal Pole