Jim Broadbent
Acting
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.
TV Shows(45)
My Lady Jane
Duke of Leicester
2024
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Snaggleroot (voice)
2022
Ten Percent
Richard Nightingale
2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lord Marcham
2022
Black Narcissus
Father Roberts
2020
Staged
Jim
2020
Trying
George
2020
Love, Death & Robots
Christopher the Poet (voice)
2019
War and Peace
Prince Bolkonsky
2016
London Spy
Scottie
2015
The Great Train Robbery
DCS Tommy Butler
2013
The Frame
Professor Horace Slughorn
2013
Comedy Blaps
DCI Ponk
2011
Exile
Sam Ronstadt
2011
Game of Thrones
Archmaester Ebrose
2011
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Older)
2010
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Street
Stan McDermott
2006
The Peter Principle
Peter Duffley
1997
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
1996
Percy the Park Keeper
Percy (voice)
1996
Gone to Seed
Monty Plant
1992
Perpetual Motion
Self - Narrator
1992
Gone to the Dogs
Jim Morley
1991
Murder Most Horrid
Selwyn Proops
1991
Performance
Carmello
1991
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
Victoria Wood
Alan Hammond
1989
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Ossipon
1988
Inspector Morse
Charlie Bennett
1987
Happy Families
Dalcroix
1985
Theatre Night
Maitre Jacques
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Dramarama
1983
Tales Out of School
Geoff Figg
1983
Blackadder
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
1983
Objects of Affection
Second Attendant
1982
Bird of Prey
DI Stanley Richardson
1982
Only Fools and Horses
Roy Slater
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
Mr Lovejoy
1979
Playhouse
Stewart
1974
Play for Today
Mr. Horsfall
1970
Omnibus
Roulin
1967
The Oscars
Self
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(153)
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
2025
Jay Kelly
Peter Schneider
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Colin Jones
2025
Paddington in Peru
Samuel Gruber
2024
An A to Z of Paddington
Narrator (voice)
2024
Call Me Back
George
2023
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Narrator
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry
2023
Charlotte
Grosspapa (voice)
2022
A Boy Called Christmas
King
2021
The Duke
Kempton Bunton
2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Self
2021
Six Minutes to Midnight
Charlie
2020
Dolittle
Lord Thomas Badgley
2020
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
2019
Black '47
Lord Kilmichael
2018
King of Thieves
Terry Perkins
2018
King Lear
Earl of Gloucester
2018
New Town Utopia
Lewis Silkin MP
2018
Paddington 2
Samuel Gruber
2017
Birds Like Us
Horozovich (voice)
2017
The Sense of an Ending
Tony Webster
2017
Ethel & Ernest
Ernest Briggs (voice)
2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dad
2016
The Legend of Tarzan
Prime Minister
2016
Eddie the Eagle
BBC Commentator
2016
The Lady in the Van
Underwood
2015
Brooklyn
Father Flood
2015
The Weather Inside
Britischer Botschafter
2015
The Go-Between
Old Leo
2015
Get Santa
Santa Claus
2014
Paddington
Samuel Gruber
2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
2014
Big Game
Herbert
2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
CEO (voice)
2014
The Harry Hill Movie
Cleaner
2013
The Phone Call
Stan (voice)
2013
Chance Meeting
2013
Le Week-End
Nick Burrows
2013
Filth
Dr Rossi
2013
Closed Circuit
Attorney General
2013
Cloud Atlas
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Self
2012
The Iron Lady
Denis Thatcher
2011
Arthur Christmas
Santa (voice)
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Horace Slughorn
2011
Another Year
Tom
2010
Perrier's Bounty
Jim McCrea
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Horace Slughorn
2009
The Damned United
Sam Longson
2009
The Young Victoria
King William IV
2009
Lost and Found
Narrator (voice)
2008
Inkheart
Fenoglio
2008
Einstein and Eddington
Sir Oliver Lodge
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dean Charles Stanforth
2008
Tales of the Riverbank
G.P. (voice)
2008
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Arthur Morrison
2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
2007
Hot Fuzz
Inspector Frank Butterman
2007
Longford
Lord Longford
2006
Art School Confidential
Jimmy
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prof. Digory Kirke
2005
Valiant
Sergeant (voice)
2005
Robots
Madame Gasket (voice)
2005
The Magic Roundabout
Brian (voice)
2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dad
2004
Vera Drake
Judge
2004
Vanity Fair
Mr. Osborne
2004
Pride
Eddie (voice)
2004
Around the World in 80 Days
Lord Kelvin
2004
Tooth
The Rabbit (voice)
2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
2004
The Young Visiters
Alfred Salteena
2003
Bright Young Things
The Drunken Major
2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Harry Aitken
2003
Anna Spud
Dad
2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Wackford Squeers
2002
Gangs of New York
Boss Tweed
2002
The King's Beard
The Wizard (voice)
2002
The Gathering Storm
Desmond Morton
2002
Iris
John Bayley
2001
Moulin Rouge!
Harold Zidler
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget's Dad
2001
Topsy-Turvy
W. S. Gilbert
1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Shy Doctor
1999
Little Voice
Mr. Boo
1998
The Avengers
Mother
1998
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Percy
1998
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Percy
1997
The Borrowers
Pod Clock
1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Jim
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Dr. Lagermann
1997
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Basil
1996
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Percy
1996
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
1996
Richard III
The Duke of Buckingham
1995
Rough Magic
Doc Ansell
1995
The Last Englishman
Col. Alfred D. Wintle
1995
Bullets Over Broadway
Warner Purcell
1994
Princess Caraboo
Mr. Worrall
1994
Widows' Peak
Con Clancy
1994
Prince Cinders
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric Longden
1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
George
1993
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
The Earl of Leete
1993
A Sense of History
23rd Earl of Leete
1992
The Crying Game
Col
1992
Enchanted April
Frederick Arbuthnot
1991
Nona
Carmelo
1991
Life Is Sweet
Andy
1991
Happy Feet
Grocer
1991
Van Gogh
Roulin
1990
Erik the Viking
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Standford Hartley
1989
The Hangover
(voice)
1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Prince Albert
1988
Vroom
Donald
1988
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Jean Pierre Dubois
1987
Running Out of Luck
1987
The Insurance Man
Gutling
1986
Silas Marner
Jem Rodney
1985
The Good Father
Roger Miles
1985
Happy Families
Dalcroix
1985
Picture Friend
Tes Goodwin
1985
Brazil
Dr. Jaffe
1985
The Man Who Shot Christmas
Nick/Father Christmas
1984
The Hit
Barrister
1984
Birth of a Nation
Geoff Figg
1983
Walter and June
Orderly
1983
Dead on Time
Vicar
1983
Our Winnie
Second Attendant
1982
Intensive Care
Mr Horsfall
1982
Walter
Joseph - Orderly
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
1982
Uliisses
1982
Time Bandits
Compere
1981
The Dogs of War
Film Crew
1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Mr. Champing
1980
Breaking Glass
Station Porter
1980
Games Without Frontiers
Stewart
1980
Long Distance Information
Mackaness
1979
Phoelix
1979
The Passage
German Soldier (uncredited)
1979
The Life Story of Baal
Woodcutter
1978
The Shout
Fielder in Cowpat
1978
The Go-Between
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
1971
Fools
Cardinal Pole
Asylum
The Prison Director
Dennis