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Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Acting May 24, 1949 (77 years old) Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

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.

Movies 154

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 8.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

as Horace Slughorn

2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Horace Slughorn

2009
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 7.1

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

as Prof. Digory Kirke

2005
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 6.0

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

as Dean Charles Stanforth

2008
Hot Fuzz 7.6

Hot Fuzz

as Inspector Frank Butterman

2007
Cloud Atlas 6.9

Cloud Atlas

as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

2012
Robots 6.5

Robots

as Madame Gasket (voice)

2005
Paddington 2 7.5

Paddington 2

as Samuel Gruber

2017
Bridget Jones's Diary 6.7

Bridget Jones's Diary

as Bridget's Dad

2001
Gangs of New York 7.3

Gangs of New York

as Boss Tweed

2002
Paddington 7.1

Paddington

as Samuel Gruber

2014
The Legend of Tarzan 5.9

The Legend of Tarzan

as Prime Minister

2016
Dolittle 6.6

Dolittle

as Lord Thomas Badgley

2020
Brazil 7.7

Brazil

as Dr. Jaffe

1985
Arthur Christmas 6.8

Arthur Christmas

as Santa (voice)

2011
Moulin Rouge! 7.5

Moulin Rouge!

as Harold Zidler

2001
Paddington in Peru 6.8

Paddington in Peru

as Samuel Gruber

2024
Around the World in 80 Days 6.0

Around the World in 80 Days

as Lord Kelvin

2004
Bridget Jones's Baby 6.4

Bridget Jones's Baby

as Dad

2016
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 6.2

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

as Dad

2004
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 4.6

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

as Jean Pierre Dubois

1987
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 6.3

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

as Colin Jones

2025
Jay Kelly 6.1

Jay Kelly

as Peter Schneider

2025
Brooklyn 7.3

Brooklyn

as Father Flood

2015
Inkheart 6.3

Inkheart

as Fenoglio

2008
Eddie the Eagle 7.2

Eddie the Eagle

as BBC Commentator

2016
A Boy Called Christmas 7.3

A Boy Called Christmas

as King

2021
Big Game 5.5

Big Game

as Herbert

2014
Time Bandits 6.6

Time Bandits

as Compere

1981
The Crying Game 6.8

The Crying Game

as Col

1992
The Iron Lady 6.4

The Iron Lady

as Denis Thatcher

2011
The Lady in the Van 6.4

The Lady in the Van

as Underwood

2015
The Avengers 4.4

The Avengers

as Mother

1998
The Borrowers 6.1

The Borrowers

as Pod Clock

1997
Bullets Over Broadway 7.1

Bullets Over Broadway

as Warner Purcell

1994
Valiant 5.7

Valiant

as Sergeant (voice)

2005
King of Thieves 5.6

King of Thieves

as Terry Perkins

2018
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

as Charles Dickens (voice)

2026
Filth 6.8

Filth

as Dr Rossi

2013
Six Minutes to Midnight 6.2

Six Minutes to Midnight

as Charlie

2020
Vanity Fair 5.8

Vanity Fair

as Mr. Osborne

2004
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 6.7

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

as Harold Fry

2023
Smilla's Sense of Snow 6.3

Smilla's Sense of Snow

as Dr. Lagermann

1997
Erik the Viking 5.9

Erik the Viking

as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)

1989
The Sense of an Ending 6.3

The Sense of an Ending

as Tony Webster

2017
Black '47 6.6

Black '47

as Lord Kilmichael

2018
The Dogs of War 5.8

The Dogs of War

as Film Crew

1980
The Magic Roundabout 5.4

The Magic Roundabout

as Brian (voice)

2005
The Young Victoria 7.2

The Young Victoria

as King William IV

2009
Einstein and Eddington 6.8

Einstein and Eddington

as Sir Oliver Lodge

2008
Iris 6.4

Iris

as John Bayley

2001
Topsy-Turvy 6.6

Topsy-Turvy

as W. S. Gilbert

1999
Richard III 6.8

Richard III

as The Duke of Buckingham

1995
Nicholas Nickleby 6.8

Nicholas Nickleby

as Mr. Wackford Squeers

2002
Vera Drake 7.2

Vera Drake

as Judge

2004
Get Santa 6.1

Get Santa

as Santa Claus

2014
The Damned United 7.2

The Damned United

as Sam Longson

2009
Closed Circuit 5.9

Closed Circuit

as Attorney General

2013
Rough Magic 5.8

Rough Magic

as Doc Ansell

1995
The Duke 6.9

The Duke

as Kempton Bunton

2021
Postman Pat: The Movie 5.1

Postman Pat: The Movie

as CEO (voice)

2014
King Lear 6.0

King Lear

as Earl of Gloucester

2018
Art School Confidential 6.1

Art School Confidential

as Jimmy

2006
The Shout 6.0

The Shout

as Fielder in Cowpat

1978
And When Did You Last See Your Father? 6.5

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

as Arthur Morrison

2007
Another Year 7.0

Another Year

as Tom

2010
The Passage 6.0

The Passage

as German Soldier (uncredited)

1979
Life Is Sweet 7.0

Life Is Sweet

as Andy

1991
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

as Self - Interviewee

2025
Ethel & Ernest 7.5

Ethel & Ernest

as Ernest Briggs (voice)

2016
The Go-Between 6.8

The Go-Between

as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

1971
Little Voice 6.5

Little Voice

as Mr. Boo

1998
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death 7.5

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

as The Shy Doctor

1999
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga 7.8

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

as Self

2008
The Hit 6.5

The Hit

as Barrister

1984
Princess Caraboo 5.6

Princess Caraboo

as Mr. Worrall

1994
An A to Z of Paddington

An A to Z of Paddington

as Narrator (voice)

2024
The Gathering Storm 6.7

The Gathering Storm

as Desmond Morton

2002
Widows' Peak 6.4

Widows' Peak

as Con Clancy

1994
Charlotte 6.5

Charlotte

as Grosspapa (voice)

2022
Blackadder's Christmas Carol 7.4

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as Prince Albert

1988
Enchanted April 6.7

Enchanted April

as Frederick Arbuthnot

1991
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself 6.7

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

as Harry Aitken

2003
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story 6.0

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

as Self

2021
Tales of the Riverbank 4.6

Tales of the Riverbank

as G.P. (voice)

2008
The King's Beard 6.3

The King's Beard

as The Wizard (voice)

2002
The Harry Hill Movie 4.7

The Harry Hill Movie

as Cleaner

2013
Breaking Glass 6.9

Breaking Glass

as Station Porter

1980
Bright Young Things 6.3

Bright Young Things

as The Drunken Major

2003
The Secret Agent 5.6

The Secret Agent

as Chief Inspector Heat

1996
Birds Like Us 4.1

Birds Like Us

as Horozovich (voice)

2017
Birth of a Nation 7.8

Birth of a Nation

as Geoff Figg

1983
Mike Leigh: Making Plays 8.0

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

as Self (archive footage)

1982
Perrier's Bounty 5.8

Perrier's Bounty

as Jim McCrea

2010
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice 7.5

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

as Self

2012
Pride 6.1

Pride

as Eddie (voice)

2004
Le Week-End 6.2

Le Week-End

as Nick Burrows

2013
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments 4.5

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

as Self

2008
Vroom 6.5

Vroom

as Donald

1988
Blackadder: A Cunning Story 7.7

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

as Self - Contributor

2023
Lost and Found 7.8

Lost and Found

as Narrator (voice)

2008
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' 6.6

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

as Self

2001
The Life Story of Baal 10.0

The Life Story of Baal

as Woodcutter

1978
Wide-Eyed and Legless 6.5

Wide-Eyed and Legless

as Deric Longden

1993
The Go-Between 6.8

The Go-Between

as Old Leo

2015
The Young Visiters 5.3

The Young Visiters

as Alfred Salteena

2003
The Weather Inside 4.3

The Weather Inside

as Britischer Botschafter

2015
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

as Self

2007
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection 10.0

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)

2004
Walter 5.9

Walter

as Joseph - Orderly

1982
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice 8.0

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

as Mr. Champing

1980
Dennis

Dennis

A Sense of History 7.3

A Sense of History

as 23rd Earl of Leete

1992
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered 9.0

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

as Self

2019
Tooth 4.1

Tooth

as The Rabbit (voice)

2004
The Phone Call 7.3

The Phone Call

as Stan (voice)

2013
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

as Self

2008
The Good Father 5.6

The Good Father

as Roger Miles

1985
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

as Standford Hartley

1989
Fools

Fools

as Cardinal Pole

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

as Basil

1996
2022 Wimbledon Official Film

2022 Wimbledon Official Film

as Narrator

2023
Our Winnie

Our Winnie

as Second Attendant

1982
Anna Spud

Anna Spud

as Dad

2003
Dead on Time 6.6

Dead on Time

as Vicar

1983
Running Out of Luck 5.6

Running Out of Luck

as Jimmy

1987
Intensive Care 9.0

Intensive Care

as Mr Horsfall

1982
The Insurance Man 5.9

The Insurance Man

as Gutling

1986
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright 5.3

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

as The Earl of Leete

1993
Silas Marner 5.9

Silas Marner

as Jem Rodney

1985
Games Without Frontiers

Games Without Frontiers

as Stewart

1980
Prince Cinders 9.0

Prince Cinders

as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)

1993
Walter and June 6.7

Walter and June

as Orderly

1983
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

as George

1993
Longford 6.5

Longford

as Lord Longford

2006
The Man Who Shot Christmas 10.0

The Man Who Shot Christmas

as Nick/Father Christmas

1984
Nona 8.0

Nona

as Carmelo

1991
Phoelix 8.0

Phoelix

1979
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber

Uliisses 4.3

Uliisses

1982
The Last Englishman

The Last Englishman

as Col. Alfred D. Wintle

1995
Long Distance Information 10.0

Long Distance Information

as Mackaness

1979
Van Gogh 1.0

Van Gogh

as Roulin

1990
The One and Only Mike Leigh 9.0

The One and Only Mike Leigh

as Self

2014
Picture Friend

Picture Friend

as Tes Goodwin

1985
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

as Percy

1998
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

as Jim

1997
New Town Utopia 9.0

New Town Utopia

as Lewis Silkin MP

2018
Call Me Back

Call Me Back

as George

2023
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

as Percy

1997
Happy Feet

Happy Feet

as Grocer

1991
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

as Percy

1996
Chance Meeting

Chance Meeting

2013
The Hangover

The Hangover

as (voice)

1989

TV Shows 50

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 7.2

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

as Snaggleroot (voice)

2022
Game of Thrones 8.5

Game of Thrones

as Archmaester Ebrose

2011
The Graham Norton Show 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2007
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Play for Today 6.6

Play for Today

as Mr. Horsfall

1970
Play for Today 6.6

Play for Today

as Mr. Champing

1970
Love, Death & Robots 8.2

Love, Death & Robots

as Christopher the Poet (voice)

2019
Omnibus 7.2

Omnibus

as Roulin

1967
Tales of the Unexpected 6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

as Mr Lovejoy

1979
Inspector Morse 7.9

Inspector Morse

as Charlie Bennett

1987
Playhouse 7.0

Playhouse

as Stewart

1974
Blackadder 8.0

Blackadder

as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter

1983
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
Trying 7.6

Trying

as George

2020
Only Fools and Horses 8.1

Only Fools and Horses

as Roy Slater

1981
Performance 6.3

Performance

as Carmello

1991
War and Peace 7.5

War and Peace

as Prince Bolkonsky

2016
Dramarama 7.2

Dramarama

as Uncle Keith

1983
Screen One 7.2

Screen One

as Deric Longden

1989
Comedy Blaps

Comedy Blaps

as DCI Ponk

2011
Murder Most Horrid 6.9

Murder Most Horrid

as Selwyn Proops

1991
The Street 7.6

The Street

as Stan McDermott

2006
My Lady Jane 7.5

My Lady Jane

as Duke of Leicester

2024
Staged 7.9

Staged

as Jim

2020
Any Human Heart 6.4

Any Human Heart

as Logan Mountstuart (Older)

2010
Comic Relief 6.0

Comic Relief

1988
The Frame 10.0

The Frame

as Professor Horace Slughorn

2013
London Spy 7.0

London Spy

as Scottie

2015
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV 7.9

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

1985
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers 8.0

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Ossipon

1988
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 6.6

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

as Lord Marcham

2022
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos 6.5

The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos

1989
Percy the Park Keeper 5.0

Percy the Park Keeper

as Percy (voice)

1996
Gone to the Dogs 6.3

Gone to the Dogs

as Jim Morley

1991
The Great Train Robbery 6.7

The Great Train Robbery

as DCS Tommy Butler

2013
Theatre Night

Theatre Night

as Maitre Jacques

1985
Ten Percent 5.6

Ten Percent

as Richard Nightingale

2022
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge 7.0

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge

as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)

1996
Victoria Wood 8.0

Victoria Wood

as Alan Hammond

1989
Summer Season

Summer Season

as Ted Goodwin

1985
Black Narcissus 6.6

Black Narcissus

as Father Roberts

2020
Happy Families 7.2

Happy Families

as Dalcroix

1985
The Peter Principle 8.0

The Peter Principle

as Peter Duffley

1997
Bird of Prey 7.2

Bird of Prey

as DI Stanley Richardson

1982
Exile 7.2

Exile

as Sam Ronstadt

2011
Gone to Seed 3.3

Gone to Seed

as Monty Plant

1992
4 Play 7.0

4 Play

as Steven Parrish

1989
Tales Out of School 10.0

Tales Out of School

as Geoff Figg

1983
Objects of Affection 8.0

Objects of Affection

as Second Attendant

1982
Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Motion

as Self - Narrator

1992

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