Jim Broadbent
Acting • Born 1949-05-24
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.
Filmography
200 credits
Brazil
Movie • 1985
Dr. Jaffe
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie • 2008
Dean Charles Stanforth
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Movie • 2005
Prof. Digory Kirke
Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie • 2001
Bridget's Dad
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie • 2009
Horace Slughorn
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 2004
Lord Kelvin
Moulin Rouge!
Movie • 2001
Harold Zidler
Phoelix
Movie • 1979
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Movie • 1993
The Earl of Leete
Inkheart
Movie • 2008
Fenoglio
Gangs of New York
Movie • 2002
Boss Tweed
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Inspector Frank Butterman
Vera Drake
Movie • 2004
Judge
The Crying Game
Movie • 1992
Col
The Damned United
Movie • 2009
Sam Longson
Richard III
Movie • 1995
The Duke of Buckingham
Vanity Fair
Movie • 2004
Mr. Osborne
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Movie • 2003
Harry Aitken
Little Voice
Movie • 1998
Mr. Boo
Iris
Movie • 2001
John Bayley
Widows' Peak
Movie • 1994
Con Clancy
The Borrowers
Movie • 1997
Pod Clock
Lost and Found
Movie • 2008
Narrator (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie • 2011
Horace Slughorn
Enchanted April
Movie • 1991
Frederick Arbuthnot
Robots
Movie • 2005
Madame Gasket (voice)
The Avengers
Movie • 1998
Mother
Art School Confidential
Movie • 2006
Jimmy
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie • 2004
Dad
Perrier's Bounty
Movie • 2009
Jim McCrea
Valiant
Movie • 2005
Sergeant (voice)
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie • 2002
Mr. Wackford Squeers
Longford
Movie • 2006
Lord Longford
The Gathering Storm
Movie • 2002
Desmond Morton
Life Is Sweet
Movie • 1990
Andy
Princess Caraboo
Movie • 1994
Mr. Worrall
Einstein and Eddington
Movie • 2008
Sir Oliver Lodge
A Sense of History
Movie • 1992
23rd Earl of Leete
Bright Young Things
Movie • 2003
The Drunken Major
Another Year
Movie • 2010
Tom
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Movie • 2021
Self
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Movie • 2007
Arthur Morrison
The Magic Roundabout
Movie • 2005
Brian (voice)
Rough Magic
Movie • 1995
Doc Ansell
Topsy-Turvy
Movie • 1999
W. S. Gilbert
The Good Father
Movie • 1985
Roger Miles
The Young Victoria
Movie • 2009
King William IV
Arthur Christmas
Movie • 2011
Santa (voice)
The Hit
Movie • 1984
Barrister
The Iron Lady
Movie • 2011
Denis Thatcher
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Movie • 1993
Deric Longden
The Young Visiters
Movie • 2003
Alfred Salteena
Cloud Atlas
Movie • 2012
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Filth
Movie • 2013
Dr Rossi
Walter
Movie • 1982
Joseph - Orderly
Paddington in Peru
Movie • 2024
Samuel Gruber
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Movie • 2012
Self
Silas Marner
Movie • 1985
Jem Rodney
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie • 1988
Prince Albert
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Movie • 2023
Self - Contributor
Closed Circuit
Movie • 2013
Attorney General
Paddington
Movie • 2014
Samuel Gruber
Le Week-End
Movie • 2013
Nick Burrows
Walter and June
Movie • 1983
Orderly
The Phone Call
Movie • 2013
Stan (voice)
Get Santa
Movie • 2014
Santa Claus
Nona
Movie • 1991
Carmelo
The Harry Hill Movie
Movie • 2013
Cleaner
Postman Pat: The Movie
Movie • 2014
CEO (voice)
Running Out of Luck
Movie • 1987
Birth of a Nation
Movie • 1983
Geoff Figg
Call Me Back
Movie • 2023
George
Bullets Over Broadway
Movie • 1994
Warner Purcell
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Movie • 1997
Dr. Lagermann
Anna Spud
Movie • 2003
Dad
Erik the Viking
Movie • 1989
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie • 1993
George
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Self
The Secret Agent
Movie • 1996
Chief Inspector Heat
The Hangover
Movie • 1989
(voice)
Fools
Movie
Cardinal Pole
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie • 1987
Jean Pierre Dubois
Intensive Care
Movie • 1982
Mr Horsfall
The Insurance Man
Movie • 1986
Gutling
Big Game
Movie • 2014
Herbert
Jay Kelly
Movie • 2025
Peter Schneider
The Sense of an Ending
Movie • 2017
Tony Webster
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Brooklyn
Movie • 2015
Father Flood
The Go-Between
Movie • 2015
Old Leo
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Movie • 1999
The Shy Doctor
The Lady in the Van
Movie • 2015
Underwood
Games Without Frontiers
Movie • 1980
Stewart
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie • 2016
Dad
The Weather Inside
Movie • 2015
Britischer Botschafter
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Colin Jones
Eddie the Eagle
Movie • 2016
BBC Commentator
The Legend of Tarzan
Movie • 2016
Prime Minister
Uliisses
Movie • 1982
Ethel & Ernest
Movie • 2016
Ernest Briggs (voice)
Tales of the Riverbank
Movie • 2008
G.P. (voice)
Paddington 2
Movie • 2017
Samuel Gruber
Pride
Movie • 2004
Eddie (voice)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Movie • 2004
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Black '47
Movie • 2018
Lord Kilmichael
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie • 2014
Self
Tooth
Movie • 2004
The Rabbit (voice)
Time Bandits
Movie • 1981
Compere
Birds Like Us
Movie • 2017
Horozovich (voice)
Long Distance Information
Movie • 1979
Mackaness
Breaking Glass
Movie • 1980
Station Porter
Vroom
Movie • 1988
Donald
King Lear
Movie • 2018
Earl of Gloucester
New Town Utopia
Movie • 2018
Lewis Silkin MP
King of Thieves
Movie • 2018
Terry Perkins
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Movie • 2001
Self
Chance Meeting
Movie • 2013
The King's Beard
Movie • 2002
The Wizard (voice)
The Passage
Movie • 1979
German Soldier (uncredited)
A Boy Called Christmas
Movie • 2021
King
The Duke
Movie • 2021
Kempton Bunton
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Movie • 2019
Self
Six Minutes to Midnight
Movie • 2020
Charlie
Dolittle
Movie • 2020
Lord Thomas Badgley
The Shout
Movie • 1978
Fielder in Cowpat
Dead on Time
Movie • 1983
Vicar
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Movie • 1980
Mr. Champing
The Go-Between
Movie • 1971
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Prince Cinders
Movie • 1993
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Movie • 2023
Harold Fry
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie • 2008
Self
Charlotte
Movie • 2022
Grosspapa (voice)
Happy Feet
Movie • 1991
Grocer
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Movie • 1989
Standford Hartley
Our Winnie
Movie • 1982
Second Attendant
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Movie • 1996
Basil
An A to Z of Paddington
Movie • 2024
Narrator (voice)
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie • 2008
Self
The Dogs of War
Movie • 1980
Film Crew
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Movie • 2014
Julius Caesar (voice UK Dub)
Picture Friend
Movie • 1985
Tes Goodwin
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Movie • 1996
Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Movie • 1997
Jim
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Movie • 1997
Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Movie • 1998
Percy
Asylum
Movie
The Prison Director
The Last Englishman
Movie • 1995
Col. Alfred D. Wintle
The Life Story of Baal
Movie • 1978
Woodcutter
The Man Who Shot Christmas
Movie • 1984
Nick/Father Christmas
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Movie • 2025
Self - Interviewee
Happy Families
Movie • 1985
Dalcroix
Dennis
Movie
Van Gogh
Movie • 1990
Roulin
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Selwyn Proops
Dramarama
TV • 1983
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Mr Lovejoy
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Charlie Bennett
Blackadder
TV • 1983
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
The Peter Principle
TV • 1997
Peter Duffley
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Mr. Horsfall
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Percy the Park Keeper
TV • 1996
Percy (voice)
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
TV • 1989
Exile
TV • 2011
Sam Ronstadt
Any Human Heart
TV • 2010
Logan Mountstuart (Older)
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Alan Hammond
The Street
TV • 2006
Stan McDermott
Perpetual Motion
TV • 1992
Self - Narrator
The Great Train Robbery
TV • 2013
DCS Tommy Butler
London Spy
TV • 2015
Scottie
War and Peace
TV • 2016
Prince Bolkonsky
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV • 1985
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Archmaester Ebrose
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
TV • 2022
Lord Marcham
Ten Percent
TV • 2022
Richard Nightingale
Gone to Seed
TV • 1992
Monty Plant
Gone to the Dogs
TV • 1991
Jim Morley
The Frame
TV • 2013
Professor Horace Slughorn
Staged
TV • 2020
Jim
Performance
TV • 1991
Carmello
Objects of Affection
TV • 1982
Second Attendant
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Mr. Champing
My Lady Jane
TV • 2024
Duke of Leicester
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV • 1988
Ossipon
Black Narcissus
TV • 2020
Father Roberts
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV • 2022
Snaggleroot (voice)
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
TV • 1996
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
Happy Families
TV • 1985
Dalcroix
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Trying
TV • 2020
George
Love, Death & Robots
TV • 2019
Christopher the Poet (voice)
Theatre Night
TV • 1985
Maitre Jacques
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Roulin
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Stewart
Comedy Blaps
TV • 2011
DCI Ponk
Tales Out of School
TV • 1983
Geoff Figg
Bird of Prey
TV • 1982
DI Stanley Richardson
Only Fools and Horses
TV • 1981
Roy Slater