Jim Broadbent
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.
197 acting credits
Acting · 197
Game of Thrones
2011
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
Play for Today
1970
Love, Death & Robots
2019
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Inspector Morse
1987
Playhouse
1974
Omnibus
1967
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
The Oscars
1953
Blackadder
1983
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Only Fools and Horses
1981
Performance
1991
Murder Most Horrid
1991
War and Peace
2016
Robots
2005
Trying
2020
Hot Fuzz
2007
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
Dolittle
2020
Paddington in Peru
2024
Staged
2020
Gangs of New York
2002
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
Cloud Atlas
2012
Paddington
2014
My Lady Jane
2024
The Street
2006
Comedy Blaps
2011
The Frame
2013
Paddington 2
2017
Moulin Rouge!
2001
Dramarama
1983
Brazil
1985
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
Arthur Christmas
2011
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
London Spy
2015
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
Jay Kelly
2025
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Brooklyn
2015
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Any Human Heart
2010
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
Inkheart
2008
The Iron Lady
2011
Theatre Night
1985
Valiant
2005
Time Bandits
1981
Filth
2013
Big Game
2014
Eddie the Eagle
2016
The Great Train Robbery
2013
Black Narcissus
2020
Ten Percent
2022
The Borrowers
1997
Happy Families
1985
Victoria Wood
1989
King of Thieves
2018
The Avengers
1998
Enchanted April
1991
The Young Victoria
2009
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
Exile
2011
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Closed Circuit
2013
King Lear
2018
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
The Lady in the Van
2015
The Crying Game
1992
Black '47
2018
Percy the Park Keeper
1996
Tales Out of School
1983
Objects of Affection
1982
Iris
2001
Art School Confidential
2006
Bird of Prey
1982
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Vera Drake
2004
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
The Gathering Storm
2002
The Dogs of War
1980
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
The Peter Principle
1997
The Magic Roundabout
2005
Richard III
1995
Vanity Fair
2004
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
Another Year
2010
Einstein and Eddington
2008
The Duke
2021
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
The Go-Between
1971
Charlotte
2022
Gone to the Dogs
1991
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Bright Young Things
2003
Get Santa
2014
The Shout
1978
The Hit
1984
The Damned United
2009
Erik the Viking
1989
Little Voice
1998
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014
Life Is Sweet
1991
Perpetual Motion
1992
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
The Sense of an Ending
2017
Fools
—
The Passage
1979
The Secret Agent
1996
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
Princess Caraboo
1994
Rough Magic
1995
Pride
2004
Perrier's Bounty
2009
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
Gone to Seed
1992
Longford
2006
Ethel & Ernest
2016
Birds Like Us
2017
Tooth
2004
Breaking Glass
1980
Lost and Found
2008
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007
Le Week-End
2013
The Young Visiters
2003
The Good Father
1985
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
Widows' Peak
1994
Dead on Time
1983
The Harry Hill Movie
2013
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
The Go-Between
2015
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Prince Cinders
1993
Walter
1982
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
The Weather Inside
2015
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
Tales of the Riverbank
2008
Running Out of Luck
1987
A Sense of History
1992
Our Winnie
1982
Birth of a Nation
1983
Uliisses
1982
Dennis
—
Phoelix
1979
The Phone Call
2013
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Games Without Frontiers
1980
Nona
1991
Vroom
1988
Intensive Care
1982
Happy Families
1985
An A to Z of Paddington
2024
Walter and June
1983
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021
The Insurance Man
1986
The King's Beard
2002
New Town Utopia
2018
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
Silas Marner
1985
Happy Feet
1991
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
2023
Call Me Back
2023
Van Gogh
1990
The Hangover
1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
1997
Picture Friend
1985
The Last Englishman
1995
Anna Spud
2003
The Life Story of Baal
1978
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
1996
Chance Meeting
2013
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
1998
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980
Long Distance Information
1979
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
1997