Cast
Jim Broadbent
Acting
Cast
Jim Broadbent
Known for
Acting
Born
1949-05-24
From
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also known as James 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.
★7.1
MOVIE2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Prof. Digory Kirke
★8.1
MOVIE2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Horace Slughorn
★7.7
MOVIE2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Horace Slughorn
★6.0
MOVIE2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Dean Charles Stanforth
★6.5
MOVIE2005
Robots
as Madame Gasket (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Paddington
as Samuel Gruber
★5.9
MOVIE2016
The Legend of Tarzan
as Prime Minister
★6.6
MOVIE2020
Dolittle
as Lord Thomas Badgley
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Cloud Atlas
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Paddington 2
as Samuel Gruber
★6.8
MOVIE2024
Paddington in Peru
as Samuel Gruber
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Gangs of New York
as Boss Tweed
★7.6
MOVIE2007
Hot Fuzz
as Inspector Frank Butterman
★6.7
MOVIE2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Bridget's Dad
★7.5
MOVIE2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Colin Jones
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Inkheart
as Fenoglio
★7.5
MOVIE2001
Moulin Rouge!
as Harold Zidler
★6.4
MOVIE2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Dad
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Around the World in 80 Days
as Lord Kelvin
★6.8
MOVIE2011
Arthur Christmas
as Santa (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE1985
Brazil
as Dr. Jaffe
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Brooklyn
as Father Flood
★6.2
MOVIE2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Dad
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Big Game
as Herbert
★6.2
MOVIE2025
Jay Kelly
as Peter Schneider
★6.8
MOVIE2013
Filth
as Dr Rossi
★6.4
MOVIE2011
The Iron Lady
as Denis Thatcher
★7.2
MOVIE2016
Eddie the Eagle
as BBC Commentator
★6.8
MOVIE1992
The Crying Game
as Col
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Valiant
as Sergeant (voice)
★1.0
MOVIE1990
Van Gogh
as Roulin
★4.6
MOVIE1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Jean Pierre Dubois
★5.6
MOVIE2018
King of Thieves
as Terry Perkins
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Widows' Peak
as Con Clancy
★6.6
MOVIE1981
Time Bandits
as Compere
★6.4
MOVIE2001
Iris
as John Bayley
★7.3
MOVIE2021
A Boy Called Christmas
as King
★4.1
MOVIE2017
Birds Like Us
as Horozovich (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
as CEO (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2018
Black '47
as Lord Kilmichael
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Einstein and Eddington
as Sir Oliver Lodge
★7.2
MOVIE2009
The Young Victoria
as King William IV
★4.4
MOVIE1998
The Avengers
as Mother
★6.1
MOVIE1997
The Borrowers
as Pod Clock
★6.9
MOVIE2021
The Duke
as Kempton Bunton
★5.9
MOVIE2013
Closed Circuit
as Attorney General
★5.4
MOVIE2005
The Magic Roundabout
as Brian (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1989
Erik the Viking
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
★6.1
MOVIE2018
King Lear
as Earl of Gloucester
★6.2
MOVIE2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Charlie
★7.1
MOVIE1994
Bullets Over Broadway
as Warner Purcell
★6.1
MOVIE2006
Art School Confidential
as Jimmy
★6.9
MOVIE2002
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
★6.4
MOVIE2015
The Lady in the Van
as Underwood
★6.3
MOVIE1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Dr. Lagermann
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Bright Young Things
as The Drunken Major
★4.8
MOVIE2013
The Harry Hill Movie
as Cleaner
★5.8
MOVIE1980
The Dogs of War
as Film Crew
★6.7
MOVIE2002
The Gathering Storm
as Desmond Morton
★4.3
MOVIE2015
The Weather Inside
as Britischer Botschafter
★7.2
MOVIE2009
The Damned United
as Sam Longson
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Life Is Sweet
as Andy
★6.8
MOVIE1971
The Go-Between
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Vanity Fair
as Mr. Osborne
★5.6
MOVIE1995
Rough Magic
as Doc Ansell
★6.6
MOVIE2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
as Harold Fry
MOVIE2003
Anna Spud
as Dad
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Vera Drake
as Judge
★5.5
MOVIE1994
Princess Caraboo
as Mr. Worrall
★7.8
MOVIE2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2003
The Young Visiters
as Alfred Salteena
★6.5
MOVIE1984
The Hit
as Barrister
★7.5
MOVIE2016
Ethel & Ernest
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Another Year
as Tom
MOVIE1985
Happy Families
as Dalcroix
★6.8
MOVIE1995
Richard III
as The Duke of Buckingham
★8.0
MOVIE1991
Nona
as Carmelo
MOVIETBA
Dennis
★4.1
MOVIE2004
Tooth
as The Rabbit (voice)
MOVIE1982
Our Winnie
as Second Attendant
★6.4
MOVIE2017
The Sense of an Ending
as Tony Webster
★6.1
MOVIE2014
Get Santa
as Santa Claus
★6.8
MOVIE1991
Enchanted April
as Frederick Arbuthnot
★9.0
MOVIE1993
Prince Cinders
as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1988
Vroom
as Donald
MOVIE1980
Games Without Frontiers
as Stewart
★5.8
MOVIE2010
Perrier's Bounty
as Jim McCrea
★6.8
MOVIE2015
The Go-Between
as Old Leo
★5.6
MOVIE1996
The Secret Agent
as Chief Inspector Heat
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Le Week-End
as Nick Burrows
★6.7
MOVIE2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as Harry Aitken
★6.6
MOVIE1999
Topsy-Turvy
as W. S. Gilbert
★7.7
MOVIE2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
★6.1
MOVIE1979
The Passage
as German Soldier (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1978
The Shout
as Fielder in Cowpat
★6.0
MOVIE2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1998
Little Voice
as Mr. Boo
★10.0
MOVIE1978
The Life Story of Baal
as Woodcutter
★4.6
MOVIE2008
Tales of the Riverbank
as G.P. (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2002
The King's Beard
as The Wizard (voice)
MOVIE1995
The Last Englishman
as Col. Alfred D. Wintle
★5.9
MOVIE1986
The Insurance Man
as Gutling
★7.4
MOVIE1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Shy Doctor
★7.3
MOVIE2013
The Phone Call
as Stan (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE1987
Running Out of Luck
MOVIE2024
An A to Z of Paddington
as Narrator (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Prince Albert
★6.1
MOVIE2004
Pride
as Eddie (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2007
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
as Arthur Morrison
MOVIE2023
Call Me Back
as George
MOVIE1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Standford Hartley
MOVIE2025
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
as Self - Interviewee
★8.0
MOVIE1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE1984
The Man Who Shot Christmas
as Nick/Father Christmas
★6.5
MOVIE1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric Longden
★9.0
MOVIE2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1983
Walter and June
as Orderly
★7.8
MOVIE1983
Birth of a Nation
as Geoff Figg
★5.9
MOVIE1985
Silas Marner
as Jem Rodney
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Longford
as Lord Longford
★5.6
MOVIE1985
The Good Father
as Roger Miles
★6.9
MOVIE1980
Breaking Glass
as Station Porter
★10.0
MOVIE1979
Long Distance Information
as Mackaness
★4.5
MOVIE2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE1982
Walter
as Joseph - Orderly
★6.8
MOVIE2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
as Self
MOVIE1985
Picture Friend
as Tes Goodwin
★9.0
MOVIE1982
Intensive Care
as Mr Horsfall
★6.7
MOVIE1983
Dead on Time
as Vicar
MOVIE1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
as George
★6.4
MOVIE2022
Charlotte
as Grosspapa (voice)
MOVIE2013
Chance Meeting
MOVIE2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
MOVIE1996
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
as Basil
★7.4
MOVIE1992
A Sense of History
as 23rd Earl of Leete
★7.8
MOVIE2008
Lost and Found
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIETBA
Fools
as Cardinal Pole
★5.3
MOVIE1993
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
as The Earl of Leete
★9.0
MOVIE2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
MOVIE1991
Happy Feet
as Grocer
★9.0
MOVIE2018
New Town Utopia
as Lewis Silkin MP
MOVIE2023
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
as Narrator
MOVIE1989
The Hangover
as (voice)
MOVIE1998
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
as Percy
★10.0
MOVIE2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
MOVIE1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
as Jim
★8.0
MOVIE1979
Phoelix
★4.3
MOVIE1982
Uliisses
★8.0
MOVIE1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
as Mr. Champing
MOVIE1996
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
as Percy
MOVIE1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
as Percy