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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 24, 1949
Place of Birth:
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | Jimbo |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Colin Jones |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru | Samuel Gruber |
| 2024 | An A to Z of Paddington | Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | Blackadder: A Cunning Story | Self – Contributor |
| 2023 | Call Me Back | George |
| 2023 | Wimbledon 2022 Review | Narrator |
| 2023 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Harold Fry |
| 2022 | Birds Like Us | Horozovich (voice) |
| 2022 | Charlotte | Grosspapa (voice) |
| 2021 | (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story | Self |
| 2021 | Rhythm of Life | Self |
| 2021 | A Boy Called Christmas | King |
| 2021 | The Duke | Kempton Bunton |
| 2020 | Six Minutes to Midnight | Charlie |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Lord Thomas Badgley |
| 2019 | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Self |
| 2018 | Black '47 | Lord Kilmichael |
| 2018 | King Lear | Earl of Gloucester |
| 2018 | New Town Utopia | Lewis Silkin MP |
| 2018 | King of Thieves | Terry Perkins |
| 2017 | The Sense of an Ending | Tony Webster |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 | Samuel Gruber |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | Dad |
| 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | BBC Commentator |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | Prime Minister |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest | Ernest Briggs (voice) |
| 2015 | Big Game | Herbert |
| 2015 | Brooklyn | Father Flood |
| 2015 | The Go-Between | Old Leo |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Underwood |
| 2015 | The Weather Inside | Britischer Botschafter |
| 2014 | Paddington | Samuel Gruber |
| 2014 | Get Santa | Santa Claus |
| 2014 | Postman Pat: The Movie | CEO (voice) |
| 2014 | The One and Only Mike Leigh | Self |
| 2013 | Filth | Dr Rossi |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit | Attorney General |
| 2013 | Le Week-End | Nick Burrows |
| 2013 | The Phone Call | Stan (voice) |
| 2013 | The Harry Hill Movie | Cleaner |
| 2013 | Chance Meeting | |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2 |
| 2012 | Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice | Self |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Horace Slughorn |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Santa (voice) |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Denis Thatcher |
| 2010 | Another Year | Tom |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Horace Slughorn |
| 2009 | The Damned United | Sam Longson |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Jim McCrea |
| 2009 | The Young Victoria | King William IV |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Dean Charles Stanforth |
| 2008 | Inkheart | Fenoglio |
| 2008 | Lost and Found | Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Einstein and Eddington | Sir Oliver Lodge |
| 2008 | Tales of the Riverbank | G.P. (voice) |
| 2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self |
| 2008 | Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | Self |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Inspector Frank Butterman |
| 2007 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | Arthur Morrison |
| 2007 | Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz | Self |
| 2006 | Art School Confidential | Jimmy |
| 2006 | Longford | Lord Longford |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Prof. Digory Kirke |
| 2005 | Spider-Plant Man | Batman |
| 2005 | Robots | Madame Gasket (voice) |
| 2005 | Valiant | Sergeant (voice) |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Lord Kelvin |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Judge |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Mr. Osborne |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Dad |
| 2004 | The Magic Roundabout | Brian (voice) |
| 2004 | Pride | Eddie (voice) |
| 2004 | Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection | Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice) |
| 2004 | Tooth | The Rabbit (voice) |
| 2003 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Harry Aitken |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | The Drunken Major |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters | Alfred Salteena |
| 2003 | Anna Spud | Dad |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Boss Tweed |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Wackford Squeers |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Desmond Morton |
| 2002 | The King's Beard | The Wizard (voice) |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget's Dad |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Harold Zidler |
| 2001 | Iris | John Bayley |
| 2001 | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | W. S. Gilbert |
| 1999 | Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death | The Shy Doctor |
| 1998 | Little Voice | Mr. Boo |
| 1998 | The Avengers | Mother |
| 1997 | The Borrowers | Pod Clock |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Dr. Lagermann |
| 1996 | The Secret Agent | Chief Inspector Heat |
| 1996 | Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night | Basil |
| 1995 | Richard III | The Duke of Buckingham |
| 1995 | Rough Magic | Doc Ansell |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak | Con Clancy |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Mr. Worrall |
| 1994 | Bullets Over Broadway | Warner Purcell |
| 1993 | Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright | The Earl of Leete |
| 1993 | Wide-Eyed and Legless | Deric Longden |
| 1993 | Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown | George |
| 1993 | Prince Cinders | Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice) |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Col |
| 1992 | A Sense of History | 23rd Earl of Leete |
| 1991 | Enchanted April | Frederick Arbuthnot |
| 1991 | Nona | Carmelo |
| 1991 | Happy Feet | Grocer |
| 1990 | Life Is Sweet | Andy |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Ernest the Viking (a Rapist) |
| 1989 | The Hangover | (voice) |
| 1989 | 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting | Standford Hartley |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Prince Albert |
| 1988 | Vroom | Donald |
| 1987 | Running Out of Luck | |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Jean Pierre Dubois |
| 1986 | The Insurance Man | Gutling |
| 1985 | Brazil | Dr. Jaffe |
| 1985 | The Good Father | Roger Miles |
| 1985 | Silas Marner | Jem Rodney |
| 1984 | The Hit | Barrister |
| 1983 | Walter and June | Orderly |
| 1983 | Birth of a Nation | Geoff Figg |
| 1983 | Dead on Time | Vicar |
| 1982 | Walter | Joseph - Orderly |
| 1982 | Intensive Care | Mr Horsfall |
| 1982 | Uliisses | |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Our Winnie | Second Attendant |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Compere |
| 1980 | Games Without Frontiers | Stewart |
| 1980 | Breaking Glass | Station Porter |
| 1980 | The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice | Mr. Champing |
| 1979 | Phoelix | |
| 1979 | Long Distance Information | Mackaness |
| 1979 | The Passage | German Soldier |
| 1978 | The Shout | Fielder in Cowpat |
| 1971 | The Go-Between | Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited) |
| Fools | Cardinal Pole | |
| Magik | Garret |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | My Lady Jane | Duke of Leicester |
| 2022 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Lord Marcham |
| 2022 | Ten Percent | Richard Nightingale |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Snaggleroot (voice) |
| 2020 | Staged | Jim |
| 2020 | Black Narcissus | Father Roberts |
| 2020 | Trying | George |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Christopher the Poet (voice) |
| 2016 | War and Peace | Prince Bolkonsky |
| 2015 | London Spy | Scottie |
| 2013 | The Great Train Robbery | DCS Tommy Butler |
| 2013 | The Frame | Professor Horace Slughorn |
| 2011 | Exile | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Archmaester Ebrose |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart | Logan Mountstuart |
| 2009 | Creating the World of Harry Potter | Self - 'Professor Horace Slughorn' |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2006 | The Street | Stan McDermott |
| 1997 | The Peter Principle | Peter Duffley |
| 1996 | Percy the Park Keeper | Percy (voice) |
| 1996 | The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge | Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) |
| 1992 | Perpetual Motion | Self - Narrator |
| 1992 | Gone to Seed | Monty Plant |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Selwyn Proops |
| 1991 | Gone to the Dogs | Jim Morley |
| 1991 | Performance | Carmello |
| 1989 | The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos | |
| 1989 | Victoria Wood | Alan Hammond |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Ossipon |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Charlie Bennett |
| 1985 | Victoria Wood As Seen On TV | |
| 1985 | Happy Families | Dalcroix |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Maitre Jacques |
| 1983 | Dramarama | |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter |
| 1983 | Tales Out of School | Geoff Figg |
| 1982 | Bird of Prey | |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection | Second Attendant |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | George |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Mr Lovejoy |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Mr. Horsfall |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Mr. Champing |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Roulin |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |