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Jim Broadbent
Actor, Writer, ProducerBorn May 24, 1949 (76 years)
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.
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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| 2025 | Jay Kelly · as Peter Schneider |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy · as Colin Jones |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru · as Samuel Gruber |
| 2024 | An A to Z of Paddington · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2024 | My Lady Jane (TV Series) · as Duke Of Leicester |
| 2023 | 2022 Wimbledon Official Film · as Narrator |
| 2023 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry · as Harold Fry |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series) · as Snaggleroot (voice) |
| 2022 | Ten Percent (TV Series) · as Richard Nightingale |
| 2022 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV Series) · as Lord Marcham |
| 2021 | Charlotte · as Grosspapa (voice) |
| 2021 | A Boy Called Christmas · as King |
| 2020 | The Duke · as Kempton Bunton |
| 2020 | Black Narcissus (TV Series) · as Father Roberts |
| 2020 | Six Minutes to Midnight · as Charlie |
| 2020 | Staged (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 2020 | Trying (TV Series) · as George |
| 2020 | Dolittle · as Lord Thomas Badgley |
| 2019 | An Accidental Studio · as Cast |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) · as Christopher The Poet (voice) |
| 2018 | King of Thieves · as Terry Perkins |
| 2018 | Black '47 · as Lord Kilmichael |
| 2018 | King Lear · as Earl Of Gloucester |
| 2018 | New Town Utopia · as Lewis Silkin Mp |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 · as Samuel Gruber |
| 2017 | Mary and the Witch's Flower · as Doctor Dee |
| 2017 | Birds Like Us · as Horozovich (voice) |
| 2017 | The Sense of an Ending · as Tony Webster |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest · as Ernest Briggs (voice) |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby · as Dad |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan · as Prime Minister |
| 2016 | War & Peace (2016) (TV Series) · as Prince Bolkonsky |
| 2016 | Brooklyn: Deleted Scenes · as Father Flood |
| 2015 | Eddie the Eagle · as Bbc Commentator |
| 2015 | Joan of Arc · as Interrogator 1 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van · as Underwood |
| 2015 | London Spy (TV Series) · as Scottie |
| 2015 | Teletubbies (2015) (TV Series) · as Announcer |
| 2015 | Brooklyn · as Father Flood |
| 2015 | The Weather Inside · as Britischer Botschafter |
| 2015 | The Go-Between · as Old Leo |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Paddington · as Samuel Gruber |
| 2014 | Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods · as Julius Caesar (voice Uk Dub) |
| 2014 | Big Game · as Herbert |
| 2014 | Postman Pat: The Movie · as Ceo (voice) |
| 2013 | The Harry Hill Movie · as Cleaner |
| 2013 | The Great Train Robbery (TV Series) · as Dcs Tommy Butler |
| 2013 | The Phone Call · as Stan (voice) |
| 2013 | Le Week-End · as Nick Burrows |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit · as Attorney General |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Professor Horace Slughorn |
| 2012 | The Last Art Film · as Various |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas · as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2 |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady · as Denis Thatcher |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas · as Santa (voice) |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · as Horace Slughorn |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Archmaester Ebrose |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart (TV Series) · as Logan Mountstuart |
| 2010 | Another Year · as Tom |
| 2010 | Animals United · as Winston |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty · as Jim Mccrea |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · as Horace Slughorn |
| 2009 | The Damned United · as Sam Longson |
| 2009 | The Young Victoria · as King William Iv |
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again · as Don Speekingleesh - An Interpreter |
| 2008 | Lost and Found · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Inkheart · as Fenoglio |
| 2008 | Einstein and Eddington · as Sir Oliver Lodge |
| 2008 | Tales of the Riverbank · as G.p. (voice) |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · as Dean Charles Stanforth |
| 2007 | When Did You Last See Your Father? · as Arthur Morrison |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz: Hot Funk: The TV Version · as Inspector Frank Butterman |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz · as Inspector Frank Butterman |
| 2006 | Longford · as Lord Longford |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Harold Zidler |
| 2006 | Art School Confidential · as Jimmy |
| 2006 | Free Jimmy · as Stromowskij |
| 2006 | The Street (TV Series) · as Stan Mcdermott |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · as Prof. Digory Kirke |
| 2005 | Valiant · as Sergeant (voice) |
| 2005 | Spider-Plant Man · as Batman |
| 2005 | Robots · as Madame Gasket (voice) |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason · as Dad |
| 2004 | The Magic Roundabout · as Brian (voice) |
| 2004 | Vera Drake · as Judge |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair · as Mr. Osborne |
| 2004 | Pride · as Eddie (voice) |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days · as Lord Kelvin |
| 2004 | Tooth · as The Rabbit (voice) |
| 2004 | Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection · as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters · as Alfred Salteena |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things · as The Drunken Major |
| 2003 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself · as Harry Aitken |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby · as Mr. Wackford Squeers |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York · as Boss Tweed |
| 2002 | The King's Beard · as The Wizard (voice) |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm · as Desmond Morton |
| 2001 | Iris · as John Bayley |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! · as Harold Zidler |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary · as Bridget's Dad |
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary: Behind the Scenes - Resolutions of a Tragic Spinster · as Bridget's Dad |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy · as W. S. Gilbert |
| 1999 | Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death · as The Shy Doctor |
| 1998 | Little Voice · as Mr. Boo |
| 1998 | The Avengers · as Mother |
| 1997 | The Borrowers · as Pod Clock |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow · as Dr. Lagermann |
| 1996 | Brambly Hedge (TV Series) · as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice) |
| 1996 | Percy the Park Keeper (TV Series) · as Percy (voice) |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Secret Agent · as Chief Inspector Heat |
| 1995 | The Peter Principle (TV Series) · as Peter Duffley |
| 1995 | Rough Magic · as Doc Ansell |
| 1995 | Richard III · as The Duke Of Buckingham |
| 1995 | Comic Relief · as Audience Member |
| 1995 | The Last Englishman · as Col. Alfred D. Wintle |
| 1994 | Bullets Over Broadway · as Warner Purcell |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo · as Mr. Worrall |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak · as Con Clancy |
| 1993 | Prince Cinders · as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice) |
| 1993 | Wide-Eyed and Legless · as Deric Longden |
| 1993 | Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright · as The Earl Of Leete |
| 1992 | Gone To Seed (TV Series) · as Monty Plant |
| 1992 | The Crying Game · as Col |
| 1992 | A Sense of History · as 23rd Earl Of Leete |
| 1991 | Gone to the Dogs (TV Series) · as Jim Morley |
| 1991 | Enchanted April · as Frederick Arbuthnot |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid (TV Series) · as Selwyn Proops |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Carmello |
| 1990 | Life Is Sweet · as Andy |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Victoria Wood (TV Series) · as Alan Hammond |
| 1989 | The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand De Bargos (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking · as Ernest The Viking (a Rapist) |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol · as Prince Albert |
| 1988 | Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV Series) · as Ossipon |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · as Jean Pierre Dubois |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Charlie Bennett |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Deric Longden |
| 1985 | The Insurance Man · as Gutling |
| 1985 | Silas Marner · as Jem Rodney |
| 1985 | The Good Father · as Roger Miles |
| 1985 | Happy Families (TV Series) · as Dalcroix |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Maitre Jacques |
| 1985 | Brazil · as Dr. Jaffe |
| 1985 | Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (TV Series) |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Gutling |
| 1984 | The Man Who Shot Christmas · as Nick |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Dramarama (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Birth of a Nation · as Geoff Figg |
| 1983 | Tales Out of School (TV Series) · as Geoff Figg |
| 1983 | Walter & June · as Orderly |
| 1983 | Dead on Time · as Vicar |
| 1982 | Blackadder (TV Series) · as Don Speekingleesh, An Interpreter |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection (TV Series) · as Second Attendant |
| 1982 | Walter · as Joseph - Orderly |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... (TV Series) · as George |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Bird of Prey (TV Series) · as Di Stanley Richardson |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) · as Roy Slater |
| 1981 | Time Bandits · as Compere |
| 1980 | The Dogs of War · as Film Crew |
| 1980 | Breaking Glass · as Station Porter |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) · as Union Negotiator |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Mr Lovejoy |
| 1979 | The Passage · as German Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1978 | |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Actor In Play |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Stewart |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Robert Mcbride |
| 1971 | The Go-Between · as Spectator At Cricket Match (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Mr. Horsfall |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Roulin |
| 2025 | 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Special Guest (opening Segment) |
| 2023 | Royal Carols: Together at Christmas · as Self |
| 2023 | Blackadder: A Cunning Story · as Self – Contributor |
| 2021 | (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Brooklyn: Featurette · as Self |
| 2012 | Her Master's Voice · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz: Outtakes · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Grumpy Guide To (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 2005 | Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 · as Self |
| 2004 | At the Movies (2004) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1998 | Comedy Lab (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Funny Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Comic Relief · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters · as Executive Producer |