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