Jim Broadbent
Biography
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.
Movies (142)
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
Jay Kelly
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
Paddington in Peru
2024
An A to Z of Paddington
2024
Call Me Back
2023
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
Charlotte
2022
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
The Duke
2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
Dolittle
2020
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
Black '47
2018
King of Thieves
2018
King Lear
2018
New Town Utopia
2018
Paddington 2
2017
Birds Like Us
2017
The Sense of an Ending
2017
Ethel & Ernest
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
Eddie the Eagle
2016
The Lady in the Van
2015
Brooklyn
2015
The Weather Inside
2015
The Go-Between
2015
Get Santa
2014
Paddington
2014
Big Game
2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014
The Harry Hill Movie
2013
The Phone Call
2013
Chance Meeting
2013
Le Week-End
2013
Filth
2013
Closed Circuit
2013
Cloud Atlas
2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
The Iron Lady
2011
Arthur Christmas
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Another Year
2010
Perrier's Bounty
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
The Damned United
2009
The Young Victoria
2009
Lost and Found
2008
Inkheart
2008
Einstein and Eddington
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
Tales of the Riverbank
2008
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
Hot Fuzz
2007
Longford
2006
Art School Confidential
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Valiant
2005
Robots
2005
The Magic Roundabout
2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
Vera Drake
2004
Vanity Fair
2004
Pride
2004
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Tooth
2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
The Young Visiters
2003
Bright Young Things
2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
Anna Spud
2003
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
Gangs of New York
2002
The King's Beard
2002
The Gathering Storm
2002
Iris
2001
Moulin Rouge!
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
Little Voice
1998
The Avengers
1998
The Borrowers
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
The Secret Agent
1996
Richard III
1995
Rough Magic
1995
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
Princess Caraboo
1994
Widows' Peak
1994
Prince Cinders
1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993
A Sense of History
1992
The Crying Game
1992
Enchanted April
1991
Life Is Sweet
1991
Happy Feet
1991
Van Gogh
1990
Erik the Viking
1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
The Hangover
1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Vroom
1988
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Running Out of Luck
1987
The Insurance Man
1986
Silas Marner
1985
The Good Father
1985
Happy Families
1985
Picture Friend
1985
Brazil
1985
The Hit
1984
Birth of a Nation
1983
Walter and June
1983
Dead on Time
1983
Our Winnie
1982
Intensive Care
1982
Walter
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Uliisses
1982
Time Bandits
1981
The Dogs of War
1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980
Breaking Glass
1980
Games Without Frontiers
1980
Long Distance Information
1979
Phoelix
1979
The Passage
1979
The Life Story of Baal
1978
The Shout
1978
The Go-Between
1971
Asylum
TV Shows (44)
My Lady Jane
2024
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
Ten Percent
2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
Black Narcissus
2020
Staged
2020
Trying
2020
Love, Death & Robots
2019
War and Peace
2016
London Spy
2015
The Great Train Robbery
2013
The Frame
2013
Exile
2011
Game of Thrones
2011
Any Human Heart
2010
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Street
2006
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
Percy the Park Keeper
1996
Gone to Seed
1992
Perpetual Motion
1992
Gone to the Dogs
1991
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Performance
1991
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
Victoria Wood
1989
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Inspector Morse
1987
Happy Families
1985
Theatre Night
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Dramarama
1983
Tales Out of School
1983
Blackadder
1983
Objects of Affection
1982
Bird of Prey
1982
Only Fools and Horses
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Playhouse
1974
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Omnibus
1967
The Oscars
1953
Golden Globe Awards
1944