Acting
Jim Broadbent
EN, FR, BS, DE cinema · 154 credits
Born
24 May 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also known as James 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
Filmography
Fools
Fools
as Cardinal Pole
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
as Charles Dickens (voice)
Jay Kelly
as Peter Schneider
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Colin Jones
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
as Self - Interviewee
Paddington in Peru
as Samuel Gruber
An A to Z of Paddington
as Narrator (voice)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
Call Me Back
as George
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
as Harold Fry
Charlotte
as Grosspapa (voice)
The Duke
as Kempton Bunton
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Charlie
Dolittle
as Lord Thomas Badgley
Black '47
as Lord Kilmichael
King Lear
as Earl of Gloucester
New Town Utopia
as Lewis Silkin MP
King of Thieves
as Terry Perkins
The Sense of an Ending
as Tony Webster
Paddington 2
as Samuel Gruber
Birds Like Us
as Horozovich (voice)
Eddie the Eagle
as BBC Commentator
The Legend of Tarzan
as Prime Minister
Ethel & Ernest
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
Brooklyn
as Father Flood
The Go-Between
as Old Leo
The Lady in the Van
as Underwood
The Weather Inside
as Britischer Botschafter
Paddington
as Samuel Gruber
Get Santa
as Santa Claus
Postman Pat: The Movie
as CEO (voice)
Big Game
as Herbert
Filth
as Dr Rossi
Closed Circuit
as Attorney General
Le Week-End
as Nick Burrows
The Phone Call
as Stan (voice)
The Harry Hill Movie
as Cleaner
Cloud Atlas
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Horace Slughorn
Arthur Christmas
as Santa (voice)
The Iron Lady
as Denis Thatcher
Perrier's Bounty
as Jim McCrea
Another Year
as Tom
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Horace Slughorn
The Damned United
as Sam Longson
The Young Victoria
as King William IV
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Dean Charles Stanforth
Inkheart
as Fenoglio
Lost and Found
as Narrator (voice)
Einstein and Eddington
as Sir Oliver Lodge
Tales of the Riverbank
as G.P. (voice)
Hot Fuzz
as Inspector Frank Butterman
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
as Arthur Morrison
Longford
as Lord Longford
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Prof. Digory Kirke
Robots
as Madame Gasket (voice)
Valiant
as Sergeant (voice)
The Magic Roundabout
as Brian (voice)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Lord Kelvin
Vera Drake
as Judge
Vanity Fair
as Mr. Osborne
Pride
as Eddie (voice)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
Tooth
as The Rabbit (voice)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as Harry Aitken
Bright Young Things
as The Drunken Major
The Young Visiters
as Alfred Salteena
Gangs of New York
as Boss Tweed
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
The Gathering Storm
as Desmond Morton
The King's Beard
as The Wizard (voice)
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Bridget's Dad
Moulin Rouge!
as Harold Zidler
Iris
as John Bayley
Topsy-Turvy
as W. S. Gilbert
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Shy Doctor
Little Voice
as Mr. Boo
The Avengers
as Mother
The Borrowers
as Pod Clock
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Dr. Lagermann
The Secret Agent
as Chief Inspector Heat
Richard III
as The Duke of Buckingham
Rough Magic
as Doc Ansell
The Last Englishman
1995
The Last Englishman
as Col. Alfred D. Wintle
Widows' Peak
as Con Clancy
Princess Caraboo
as Mr. Worrall
Bullets Over Broadway
as Warner Purcell
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
as The Earl of Leete, Writer
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric Longden
Prince Cinders
as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
A Sense of History
as 23rd Earl of Leete, Writer
Enchanted April
as Frederick Arbuthnot
Life Is Sweet
as Andy
Nona
1991
Nona
as Carmelo
Happy Feet
as Grocer
Van Gogh
as Roulin
Erik the Viking
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
The Hangover
as (voice)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Standford Hartley, Writer
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Prince Albert
Vroom
as Donald
Running Out of Luck
as Jimmy
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Jean Pierre Dubois
The Insurance Man
as Gutling
Brazil
as Dr. Jaffe
The Good Father
as Roger Miles
Silas Marner
as Jem Rodney
Picture Friend
as Tes Goodwin
The Hit
as Barrister
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
The Man Who Shot Christmas
as Nick/Father Christmas
Walter and June
as Orderly
Birth of a Nation
as Geoff Figg
Dead on Time
as Vicar
Walter
as Joseph - Orderly
Intensive Care
as Mr Horsfall
Uliisses
Actor
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
Our Winnie
as Second Attendant
Time Bandits
as Compere
Breaking Glass
as Station Porter
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
as Mr. Champing
The Dogs of War
as Film Crew
Phoelix
Actor
Long Distance Information
as Mackaness
The Passage
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Shout
as Fielder in Cowpat
The Life Story of Baal
as Woodcutter
The Go-Between
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)