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 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
Game of Thrones
Archmaester Ebrose
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Snaggleroot (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prof. Digory Kirke
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Love, Death & Robots
Christopher the Poet (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Horace Slughorn
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Horace Slughorn
Play for Today
Mr. Horsfall
Play for Today
Mr. Champing
Tales of the Unexpected
Mr Lovejoy
Inspector Morse
Charlie Bennett
Trying
George
Paddington in Peru
Samuel Gruber
Playhouse
Stewart
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Colin Jones
Blackadder
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
Omnibus
Roulin
My Lady Jane
Duke of Leicester
The Oscars
Self
Cloud Atlas
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dean Charles Stanforth
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Wackford Squeers
Performance
Carmello
Erik the Viking
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
The Borrowers
Pod Clock
Paddington
Samuel Gruber
Robots
Madame Gasket (voice)
Hot Fuzz
Inspector Frank Butterman
Gangs of New York
Boss Tweed
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dad
King of Thieves
Terry Perkins
Dolittle
Lord Thomas Badgley
Paddington 2
Samuel Gruber
The Legend of Tarzan
Prime Minister
War and Peace
Prince Bolkonsky
Bright Young Things
The Drunken Major
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget's Dad
Tooth
The Rabbit (voice)
The Iron Lady
Denis Thatcher
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Self
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dad
Inkheart
Fenoglio
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self – Contributor
Jay Kelly
Peter Schneider
Staged
Jim
Valiant
Sergeant (voice)
Topsy-Turvy
W. S. Gilbert
Uliisses
Murder Most Horrid
Selwyn Proops
Moulin Rouge!
Harold Zidler
Intensive Care
Mr Horsfall
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Shy Doctor
The Avengers
Mother
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
Bullets Over Broadway
Warner Purcell
Around the World in 80 Days
Lord Kelvin
Little Voice
Mr. Boo
The Magic Roundabout
Brian (voice)
A Sense of History
23rd Earl of Leete
Walter
Joseph - Orderly
Arthur Christmas
Santa (voice)
The Crying Game
Col
Black '47
Lord Kilmichael
Brazil
Dr. Jaffe
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Jean Pierre Dubois
A Boy Called Christmas
King
The Lady in the Van
Underwood
Comedy Blaps
DCI Ponk
Time Bandits
Compere
The Damned United
Sam Longson
The Hangover
(voice)
Brooklyn
Father Flood
Happy Feet
Grocer
Prince Cinders
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
The Young Visiters
Alfred Salteena
Long Distance Information
Mackaness
The Young Victoria
King William IV
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart
Vera Drake
Judge
Six Minutes to Midnight
Charlie
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Ossipon
The Street
Stan McDermott
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Julius Caesar (voice UK Dub)
London Spy
Scottie
Life Is Sweet
Andy
Dramarama
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lord Marcham
Postman Pat: The Movie
CEO (voice)
New Town Utopia
Lewis Silkin MP
Big Game
Herbert
Perrier's Bounty
Jim McCrea
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Arthur Morrison
The Duke
Kempton Bunton
Pride
Eddie (voice)
King Lear
Earl of Gloucester
Richard III
The Duke of Buckingham
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Self - 'Professor Horace Slughorn'
Art School Confidential
Jimmy
Vanity Fair
Mr. Osborne
Another Year
Tom
Longford
Lord Longford
The Hit
Barrister
Eddie the Eagle
BBC Commentator
The Passage
German Soldier (uncredited)
Running Out of Luck
Get Santa
Santa Claus
Iris
John Bayley
Rhythm of Life
Self
The Harry Hill Movie
Cleaner
Filth
Dr Rossi
Dead on Time
Vicar
Enchanted April
Frederick Arbuthnot
The Great Train Robbery
DCS Tommy Butler
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Dr. Lagermann
Einstein and Eddington
Sir Oliver Lodge
Ethel & Ernest
Ernest Briggs (voice)
The Gathering Storm
Desmond Morton
Victoria Wood
Alan Hammond
Black Narcissus
Father Roberts
Birth of a Nation
Geoff Figg
Happy Families
Dalcroix
The Good Father
Roger Miles
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
Fools
Cardinal Pole
The Insurance Man
Gutling
Lost and Found
Narrator (voice)
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Breaking Glass
Station Porter
Exile
The King's Beard
The Wizard (voice)
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
Silas Marner
Jem Rodney
Ten Percent
Richard Nightingale
Closed Circuit
Attorney General
Walter and June
Orderly
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
Birds Like Us
Horozovich (voice)
Charlotte
Grosspapa (voice)
Nona
Carmelo
Vroom
Donald
Rough Magic
Doc Ansell
Phoelix
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Narrator
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Standford Hartley
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Harry Aitken
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Self
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
Princess Caraboo
Mr. Worrall
The Phone Call
Stan (voice)
Objects of Affection
Second Attendant
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
The Peter Principle
Peter Duffley
The Weather Inside
Britischer Botschafter
Chance Meeting
Theatre Night
Maitre Jacques
The Go-Between
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
The Dogs of War
Film Crew
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Mr. Champing
Tales of the Riverbank
G.P. (voice)
Our Winnie
Second Attendant
Spider-Plant Man
Batman
Anna Spud
Dad
The Go-Between
Old Leo
Gone to Seed
Monty Plant
Le Week-End
Nick Burrows
Percy the Park Keeper
Percy (voice)
Gone to the Dogs
Jim Morley
Bird of Prey
Perpetual Motion
Self - Narrator
The Sense of an Ending
Tony Webster
Tales Out of School
Geoff Figg
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Basil
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Prince Albert
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
Call Me Back
George
The Shout
Fielder in Cowpat
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
The Earl of Leete
Games Without Frontiers
Stewart
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
George
Widows' Peak
Con Clancy
An A to Z of Paddington
Narrator (voice)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric Longden
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Percy
Asylum
The Prison Director
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Percy
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Percy
Picture Friend
Tes Goodwin
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Jim
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Frame
Professor Horace Slughorn