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