Jim Broadbent
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-05-24 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Jim Broadbent
Biography
Jim Broadbent (born 24 May 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.
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Known For
Acting
Magik
as Garret
Fools
as Cardinal Pole
(2025)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Colin Jones
(2025)
Jay Kelly
as Jimbo
(2024)
Paddington in Peru
as Samuel Gruber
(2024)
An A to Z of Paddington
as Narrator (voice)
(2023)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
as Harold Fry
(2023)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self – Contributor
(2023)
Call Me Back
as George
(2023)
Wimbledon 2022 Review
as Narrator
(2022)
Charlotte
as Grosspapa (voice)
(2022)
Birds Like Us
as Horozovich (voice)
(2021)
A Boy Called Christmas
as King
(2021)
The Duke
as Kempton Bunton
(2021)
Rhythm of Life
as Self
(2021)
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
as Self
(2020)
Dolittle
as Lord Thomas Badgley
(2020)
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Charlie
(2019)
(2018)
King of Thieves
as Terry Perkins
(2018)
Black '47
as Lord Kilmichael
(2018)
King Lear
as Earl of Gloucester
(2018)
New Town Utopia
as Lewis Silkin MP
(2017)
Paddington 2
as Samuel Gruber
(2017)
The Sense of an Ending
as Tony Webster
(2016)
The Legend of Tarzan
as Prime Minister
(2016)
Eddie the Eagle
as BBC Commentator
(2016)
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Dad
(2016)
Ethel & Ernest
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
(2015)
Brooklyn
as Father Flood
(2015)
Big Game
as Herbert
(2015)
The Lady in the Van
as Underwood
(2015)
The Go-Between
as Old Leo
(2015)
The Weather Inside
as Britischer Botschafter
(2014)
Paddington
as Samuel Gruber
(2014)
Postman Pat: The Movie
as CEO (voice)
(2014)
Get Santa
as Santa Claus
(2014)
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
(2013)
Closed Circuit
as Attorney General
(2013)
Filth
as Dr Rossi
(2013)
Le Week-End
as Nick Burrows
(2013)
The Harry Hill Movie
as Cleaner
(2013)
The Phone Call
as Stan (voice)
(2013)
(2012)
Cloud Atlas
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
(2012)
(2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Horace Slughorn
(2011)
Arthur Christmas
as Santa (voice)
(2011)
The Iron Lady
as Denis Thatcher
(2010)
Another Year
as Tom
(2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Horace Slughorn
(2009)
The Young Victoria
as King William IV
(2009)
The Damned United
as Sam Longson
(2009)
Perrier's Bounty
as Jim McCrea
(2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Dean Charles Stanforth
(2008)
Inkheart
as Fenoglio
(2008)
Einstein and Eddington
as Sir Oliver Lodge
(2008)
(2008)
Lost and Found
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Tales of the Riverbank
as G.P. (voice)
(2008)
(2007)
Hot Fuzz
as Inspector Frank Butterman
(2007)
When Did You Last See Your Father?
as Arthur Morrison
(2007)
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
(2006)
Art School Confidential
as Jimmy
(2006)
Longford
as Lord Longford
(2005)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Prof. Digory Kirke
(2005)
Robots
as Madame Gasket (voice)
(2005)
Valiant
as Sergeant (voice)
(2005)
Spider-Plant Man
as Batman
(2004)
(2004)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Lord Kelvin
(2004)
Vanity Fair
as Mr. Osborne
(2004)
The Magic Roundabout
as Brian (voice)
(2004)
Vera Drake
as Judge
(2004)
Pride
as Eddie (voice)
(2004)
Tooth
as The Rabbit (voice)
(2004)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
(2003)
Bright Young Things
as The Drunken Major
(2003)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as Harry Aitken
(2003)
The Young Visiters
as Alfred Salteena
(2003)
Anna Spud
as Dad
(2002)
Gangs of New York
as Boss Tweed
(2002)
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
as Desmond Morton
(2002)
The King's Beard
as The Wizard (voice)
(2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Bridget's Dad
(2001)
Moulin Rouge!
as Harold Zidler
(2001)
Iris
as John Bayley
(2001)
(1999)
Topsy-Turvy
as W. S. Gilbert
(1999)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Shy Doctor
(1998)
The Avengers
as Mother
(1998)
Little Voice
as Mr. Boo
(1997)
The Borrowers
as Pod Clock
(1997)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Dr. Lagermann
(1996)
The Secret Agent
as Chief Inspector Heat
(1996)
(1995)
Richard III
as The Duke of Buckingham
(1995)
Rough Magic
as Doc Ansell
(1994)
Bullets Over Broadway
as Warner Purcell
(1994)
Widows' Peak
as Con Clancy
(1994)
Princess Caraboo
as Mr. Worrall
(1993)
(1993)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric Longden
(1993)
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
as The Earl of Leete
(1993)
Prince Cinders
as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
(1992)
The Crying Game
as Col
(1992)
A Sense of History
as 23rd Earl of Leete
(1991)
Enchanted April
as Frederick Arbuthnot
(1991)
Happy Feet
as Grocer
(1991)
Nona
as Carmelo
(1990)
Life Is Sweet
as Andy
(1989)
Erik the Viking
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
(1989)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Standford Hartley
(1989)
The Hangover
as (voice)
(1988)
Vroom
as Donald
(1988)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Prince Albert
(1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Jean Pierre Dubois
(1987)
(1986)
The Insurance Man
as Gutling
(1985)
Brazil
as Dr. Jaffe
(1985)
The Good Father
as Roger Miles
(1985)
Silas Marner
as Jem Rodney
(1984)
The Hit
as Barrister
(1983)
Dead on Time
as Vicar
(1983)
Birth of a Nation
as Geoff Figg
(1983)
Walter and June
as Orderly
(1982)
Walter
as Joseph - Orderly
(1982)
(1982)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
Intensive Care
as Mr Horsfall
(1982)
Our Winnie
as Second Attendant
(1981)
Time Bandits
as Compere
(1980)
Breaking Glass
as Station Porter
(1980)
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
as Mr. Champing
(1980)
Games Without Frontiers
as Stewart
(1979)
The Passage
as German Soldier
(1979)
(1979)
Long Distance Information
as Mackaness
(1978)
The Shout
as Fielder in Cowpat
(1971)
The Go-Between
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Crew
(1993)
(1992)
A Sense of History
Writer
(1989)