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 |