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