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