
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.
Acting (141 movies)

Brazil
1985

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009

Around the World in 80 Days
2004

Moulin Rouge!
2001

Phoelix
1979

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993

Inkheart
2008

Gangs of New York
2002

Hot Fuzz
2007

Vera Drake
2004

Spider-Plant Man
2005

The Crying Game
1992

The Damned United
2009

Richard III
1995

Vanity Fair
2004

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003

Little Voice
1998

Iris
2001

Widows' Peak
1994

The Borrowers
1997

Lost and Found
2008

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011

Enchanted April
1991

Robots
2005

The Avengers
1998

Art School Confidential
2006

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004

Perrier's Bounty
2009

Valiant
2005

Nicholas Nickleby
2002

Longford
2006

The Gathering Storm
2002

Life Is Sweet
1990

Princess Caraboo
1994

Einstein and Eddington
2008

A Sense of History
1992

Bright Young Things
2003

Another Year
2010

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021

When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007

The Magic Roundabout
2004

Rough Magic
1995

Topsy-Turvy
1999

The Good Father
1985

The Young Victoria
2009

Arthur Christmas
2011

The Hit
1984

The Iron Lady
2011

Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993

The Young Visiters
2003

Cloud Atlas
2012

Filth
2013

Walter
1982

Paddington in Peru
2024

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012

Silas Marner
1985

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023

Closed Circuit
2013

Paddington
2014

Le Week-End
2013

Walter and June
1983

The Phone Call
2013

Get Santa
2014

The Harry Hill Movie
2013

Postman Pat: The Movie
2014

Running Out of Luck
1987

Birth of a Nation
1983

Call Me Back
2023

Bullets Over Broadway
1994

Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997

Anna Spud
2003

Erik the Viking
1989

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007

The Secret Agent
1996

The Hangover
1989

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987

Intensive Care
1982

The Insurance Man
1986

Big Game
2015

Jay Kelly
2025

The Sense of an Ending
2017

2022 Wimbledon Official Film
2023

Brooklyn
2015

The Go-Between
2015

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999

Rhythm of Life
2021

The Lady in the Van
2015

Games Without Frontiers
1980

Bridget Jones's Baby
2016

The Weather Inside
2015

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025

Eddie the Eagle
2016

The Legend of Tarzan
2016

Uliisses
1982

Ethel & Ernest
2016
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting | 1989 | Writer |
| A Sense of History | 1992 | Writer |
| Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright | 1993 | Writer |