Acting · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK · Born May 24, 1949
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.
MovieWhat is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
MovieJay Kelly
2025
as Peter Schneider
MovieBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Colin Jones
MoviePaddington in Peru
2024
as Samuel Gruber
MovieAn A to Z of Paddington
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TVMy Lady Jane
2024
as Duke of Leicester
MovieCall Me Back
2023
as George
Movie2022 Wimbledon Official Film
2023
as Narrator
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Contributor
MovieThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
as Harold Fry
TVThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Snaggleroot (voice)
TVTen Percent
2022
as Richard Nightingale
MovieCharlotte
2022
as Grosspapa (voice)
TVWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
as Lord Marcham
MovieA Boy Called Christmas
2021
as King
MovieThe Duke
2021
as Kempton Bunton
Movie(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021
as Self
TVBlack Narcissus
2020
as Father Roberts
MovieSix Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Charlie
TVStaged
2020
as Jim
TVTrying
2020
as George
MovieDolittle
2020
as Lord Thomas Badgley
MovieChildren In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
as Self
TVLove, Death & Robots
2019
as Christopher the Poet (voice)
MovieBlack '47
2018
as Lord Kilmichael
MovieKing of Thieves
2018
as Terry Perkins
MovieKing Lear
2018
as Earl of Gloucester
MovieNew Town Utopia
2018
as Lewis Silkin MP
MoviePaddington 2
2017
as Samuel Gruber
MovieBirds Like Us
2017
as Horozovich (voice)
MovieThe Sense of an Ending
2017
as Tony Webster
MovieEthel & Ernest
2016
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
MovieBridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Dad
MovieThe Legend of Tarzan
2016
as Prime Minister
MovieEddie the Eagle
2016
as BBC Commentator
TVWar and Peace
2016
as Prince Bolkonsky
TVLondon Spy
2015
as Scottie
MovieThe Lady in the Van
2015
as Underwood
MovieBrooklyn
2015
as Father Flood
MovieThe Weather Inside
2015
as Britischer Botschafter
MovieThe Go-Between
2015
as Old Leo
MovieGet Santa
2014
as Santa Claus
MoviePaddington
2014
as Samuel Gruber
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
as Self
MovieBig Game
2014
as Herbert
MoviePostman Pat: The Movie
2014
as CEO (voice)
MovieThe Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Cleaner
TVThe Great Train Robbery
2013
as DCS Tommy Butler
MovieThe Phone Call
2013
as Stan (voice)
MovieChance Meeting
2013
MovieLe Week-End
2013
as Nick Burrows
MovieFilth
2013
as Dr Rossi
MovieClosed Circuit
2013
as Attorney General
TVThe Frame
2013
as Professor Horace Slughorn
MovieCloud Atlas
2012
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
MovieNina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
as Self
MovieThe Iron Lady
2011
as Denis Thatcher
Comedy Blaps
2011
as DCI Ponk
MovieArthur Christmas
2011
as Santa (voice)
MovieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Horace Slughorn
TVExile
2011
as Sam Ronstadt
TVGame of Thrones
2011
as Archmaester Ebrose
TVAny Human Heart
2010
as Logan Mountstuart (Older)
MovieAnother Year
2010
as Tom
MoviePerrier's Bounty
2010
as Jim McCrea
MovieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Horace Slughorn
MovieThe Damned United
2009
as Sam Longson
MovieThe Young Victoria
2009
as King William IV
MovieLost and Found
2008
as Narrator (voice)
MovieInkheart
2008
as Fenoglio
MovieEinstein and Eddington
2008
as Sir Oliver Lodge
MovieBlackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
MovieBlackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
MovieIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Dean Charles Stanforth
MovieTales of the Riverbank
2008
as G.P. (voice)
MovieAnd When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007
as Arthur Morrison
MovieConclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
as Self
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieHot Fuzz
2007
as Inspector Frank Butterman
MovieLongford
2006
as Lord Longford
MovieArt School Confidential
2006
as Jimmy
TVThe Street
2006
as Stan McDermott
MovieThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Prof. Digory Kirke
MovieValiant
2005
as Sergeant (voice)
MovieRobots
2005
as Madame Gasket (voice)
MovieThe Magic Roundabout
2005
as Brian (voice)
MovieBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Dad
MovieVera Drake
2004
as Judge
MovieVanity Fair
2004
as Mr. Osborne
MoviePride
2004
as Eddie (voice)
MovieAround the World in 80 Days
2004
as Lord Kelvin
MovieTooth
2004
as The Rabbit (voice)
MovieBrambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
MovieThe Young Visiters
2003
as Alfred Salteena
MovieBright Young Things
2003
as The Drunken Major
MovieAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
as Harry Aitken
MovieAnna Spud
2003
as Dad
MovieNicholas Nickleby
2002
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
MovieGangs of New York
2002
as Boss Tweed
MovieThe King's Beard
2002
as The Wizard (voice)
MovieThe Gathering Storm
2002
as Desmond Morton
MovieIris
2001
as John Bayley
MovieMoulin Rouge!
2001
as Harold Zidler
MovieThe Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
as Self
MovieBridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Bridget's Dad
MovieTopsy-Turvy
1999
as W. S. Gilbert
MovieDoctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Shy Doctor
MovieLittle Voice
1998
as Mr. Boo
MovieThe Avengers
1998
as Mother
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
1998
as Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
1997
as Percy
MovieThe Borrowers
1997
as Pod Clock
The Peter Principle
1997
as Peter Duffley
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
1997
as Jim
MovieSmilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Dr. Lagermann
MovieBrambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Basil
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
1996
as Percy
TVThe Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
TVPercy the Park Keeper
1996
as Percy (voice)
MovieThe Secret Agent
1996
as Chief Inspector Heat
MovieRichard III
1995
as The Duke of Buckingham
MovieRough Magic
1995
as Doc Ansell
The Last Englishman
1995
as Col. Alfred D. Wintle
MovieBullets Over Broadway
1994
as Warner Purcell
MoviePrincess Caraboo
1994
as Mr. Worrall
MovieWidows' Peak
1994
as Con Clancy
MoviePrince Cinders
1993
as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
MovieWide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Deric Longden
MovieDetectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
as George
MovieTwo Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993
as The Earl of Leete
TVGone to Seed
1992
as Monty Plant
MovieA Sense of History
1992
as 23rd Earl of Leete
MovieThe Crying Game
1992
as Col
TVPerpetual Motion
1992
as Self - Narrator
TVGone to the Dogs
1991
as Jim Morley
MovieEnchanted April
1991
as Frederick Arbuthnot
TVMurder Most Horrid
1991
as Selwyn Proops
Nona
1991
as Carmelo
TVPerformance
1991
as Carmello
MovieLife Is Sweet
1991
as Andy
MovieHappy Feet
1991
as Grocer
MovieVan Gogh
1990
as Roulin
TVThe Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
TVVictoria Wood
1989
as Alan Hammond
4 Play
1989
as Steven Parrish
TVScreen One
1989
as Deric Longden
MovieErik the Viking
1989
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
Movie7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
as Standford Hartley
MovieThe Hangover
1989
as (voice)
MovieBlackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Prince Albert
MovieVroom
1988
as Donald
TVThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Ossipon
MovieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Jean Pierre Dubois
MovieRunning Out of Luck
1987
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Charlie Bennett
MovieThe Insurance Man
1986
as Gutling
MovieSilas Marner
1985
as Jem Rodney
MovieThe Good Father
1985
as Roger Miles
MovieHappy Families
1985
as Dalcroix
TVHappy Families
1985
as Dalcroix
TVTheatre Night
1985
as Maitre Jacques
MoviePicture Friend
1985
as Tes Goodwin
MovieBrazil
1985
as Dr. Jaffe
TVVictoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
as Nick/Father Christmas
MovieThe Hit
1984
as Barrister
TVDramarama
1983
as Uncle Keith
MovieBirth of a Nation
1983
as Geoff Figg
TVTales Out of School
1983
as Geoff Figg
TVBlackadder
1983
as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
MovieWalter and June
1983
as Orderly
MovieDead on Time
1983
as Vicar
MovieOur Winnie
1982
as Second Attendant
TVObjects of Affection
1982
as Second Attendant
MovieIntensive Care
1982
as Mr Horsfall
MovieWalter
1982
as Joseph - Orderly
MovieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MovieUliisses
1982
TVBird of Prey
1982
as DI Stanley Richardson
TVOnly Fools and Horses
1981
as Roy Slater
MovieTime Bandits
1981
as Compere
MovieThe Dogs of War
1980
as Film Crew
MovieThe Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980
as Mr. Champing
MovieBreaking Glass
1980
as Station Porter
MovieGames Without Frontiers
1980
as Stewart
MovieLong Distance Information
1979
as Mackaness
MoviePhoelix
1979
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mr Lovejoy
MovieThe Passage
1979
as German Soldier (uncredited)
MovieThe Life Story of Baal
1978
as Woodcutter
MovieThe Shout
1978
as Fielder in Cowpat
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Stewart
MovieThe Go-Between
1971
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Mr. Horsfall
TVOmnibus
1967
as Roulin
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Fools
as Cardinal Pole
Dennis
