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.
Born: 24 May 1949
Played In
Movie
Dec 2025
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
Movie
Nov 2025
Jay Kelly
Peter Schneider
Movie
Feb 2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Colin Jones
Movie
Nov 2024
Paddington in Peru
Samuel Gruber
Movie
Oct 2024
An A to Z of Paddington
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Jun 2024
My Lady Jane
Duke of Leicester
Movie
Sep 2023
Call Me Back
George
Movie
Jul 2023
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Narrator
Movie
Jun 2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
Movie
Apr 2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry
TV Show
Sep 2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Snaggleroot (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2022
Ten Percent
Richard Nightingale
Movie
Apr 2022
Charlotte
Grosspapa (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lord Marcham
Movie
Nov 2021
A Boy Called Christmas
King
Movie
Jul 2021
The Duke
Kempton Bunton
Movie
Apr 2021
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Self
TV Show
Nov 2020
Black Narcissus
Father Roberts
Movie
Oct 2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Charlie
TV Show
Jun 2020
Staged
Jim
TV Show
May 2020
Trying
George
Movie
Jan 2020
Dolittle
Lord Thomas Badgley
Movie
Oct 2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
TV Show
Mar 2019
Love, Death & Robots
Christopher the Poet (voice)
Movie
Sep 2018
Black '47
Lord Kilmichael
Movie
Sep 2018
King of Thieves
Terry Perkins
Movie
May 2018
King Lear
Earl of Gloucester
Movie
May 2018
New Town Utopia
Lewis Silkin MP
Movie
Nov 2017
Paddington 2
Samuel Gruber
Movie
May 2017
Birds Like Us
Horozovich (voice)
Movie
Mar 2017
The Sense of an Ending
Tony Webster
Movie
Oct 2016
Ethel & Ernest
Ernest Briggs (voice)
Movie
Sep 2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dad
Movie
Jun 2016
The Legend of Tarzan
Prime Minister
Movie
Feb 2016
Eddie the Eagle
BBC Commentator
TV Show
Jan 2016
War and Peace
Prince Bolkonsky
TV Show
Nov 2015
London Spy
Scottie
Movie
Oct 2015
The Lady in the Van
Underwood
Movie
Oct 2015
Brooklyn
Father Flood
Movie
Sep 2015
The Weather Inside
Britischer Botschafter
Movie
Sep 2015
The Go-Between
Old Leo
Movie
Dec 2014
Get Santa
Santa Claus
Movie
Nov 2014
Paddington
Samuel Gruber
Movie
Nov 2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
Movie
Sep 2014
Big Game
Herbert
Movie
May 2014
Postman Pat: The Movie
CEO (voice)
Movie
Dec 2013
The Harry Hill Movie
Cleaner
TV Show
Dec 2013
The Great Train Robbery
DCS Tommy Butler
Movie
Oct 2013
The Phone Call
Stan (voice)
Movie
Oct 2013
Chance Meeting
Movie
Oct 2013
Le Week-End
Nick Burrows
Movie
Sep 2013
Filth
Dr Rossi
Movie
Aug 2013
Closed Circuit
Attorney General
TV Show
Apr 2013
The Frame
Professor Horace Slughorn
Movie
Oct 2012
Cloud Atlas
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Movie
Mar 2012
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Self
Movie
Dec 2011
The Iron Lady
Denis Thatcher
TV Show
Nov 2011
Comedy Blaps
DCI Ponk
Movie
Nov 2011
Arthur Christmas
Santa (voice)
Movie
Jul 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Horace Slughorn
TV Show
May 2011
Exile
Sam Ronstadt
TV Show
Apr 2011
Game of Thrones
Archmaester Ebrose
TV Show
Nov 2010
Any Human Heart
Logan Mountstuart (Older)
Movie
Nov 2010
Another Year
Tom
Movie
Sep 2009
Perrier's Bounty
Jim McCrea
Movie
Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Horace Slughorn
Movie
Mar 2009
The Damned United
Sam Longson
Movie
Mar 2009
The Young Victoria
King William IV
Movie
Dec 2008
Lost and Found
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Dec 2008
Inkheart
Fenoglio
Movie
Nov 2008
Einstein and Eddington
Sir Oliver Lodge
Movie
Oct 2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
Movie
Oct 2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
Movie
May 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dean Charles Stanforth
Movie
Feb 2008
Tales of the Riverbank
G.P. (voice)
Movie
Oct 2007
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Arthur Morrison
Movie
Jun 2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Self
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Movie
Feb 2007
Hot Fuzz
Inspector Frank Butterman
Movie
Oct 2006
Longford
Lord Longford
Movie
May 2006
Art School Confidential
Jimmy
TV Show
Apr 2006
The Street
Stan McDermott
Movie
Dec 2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prof. Digory Kirke
Movie
Mar 2005
Valiant
Sergeant (voice)
Movie
Mar 2005
Robots
Madame Gasket (voice)
Movie
Feb 2005
The Magic Roundabout
Brian (voice)
Movie
Nov 2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Dad
Movie
Oct 2004
Vera Drake
Judge
Movie
Sep 2004
Vanity Fair
Mr. Osborne
Movie
Jun 2004
Pride
Eddie (voice)
Movie
Jun 2004
Around the World in 80 Days
Lord Kelvin
Movie
Feb 2004
Tooth
The Rabbit (voice)
Movie
Jan 2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
Movie
Dec 2003
The Young Visiters
Alfred Salteena
Movie
Oct 2003
Bright Young Things
The Drunken Major
Movie
Sep 2003
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Harry Aitken
Movie
Jan 2003
Anna Spud
Dad
Movie
Dec 2002
Nicholas Nickleby
Mr. Wackford Squeers
Movie
Dec 2002
Gangs of New York
Boss Tweed
Movie
Oct 2002
The King's Beard
The Wizard (voice)
Movie
Apr 2002
The Gathering Storm
Desmond Morton
Movie
Dec 2001
Iris
John Bayley
Movie
May 2001
Moulin Rouge!
Harold Zidler
Movie
May 2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
Movie
Apr 2001
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget's Dad
Movie
Dec 1999
Topsy-Turvy
W. S. Gilbert
Movie
Mar 1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
The Shy Doctor
Movie
Nov 1998
Little Voice
Mr. Boo
Movie
Aug 1998
The Avengers
Mother
Movie
Jan 1998
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Percy
Movie
Dec 1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
Percy
Movie
Dec 1997
The Borrowers
Pod Clock
TV Show
Jun 1997
The Peter Principle
Peter Duffley
Movie
Mar 1997
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Jim
Movie
Feb 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Dr. Lagermann
Movie
Dec 1996
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Basil
Movie
Dec 1996
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
Percy
TV Show
Dec 1996
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
TV Show
Dec 1996
Percy the Park Keeper
Percy (voice)
Movie
Nov 1996
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
Movie
Dec 1995
Richard III
The Duke of Buckingham
Movie
Sep 1995
Rough Magic
Doc Ansell
Movie
Feb 1995
The Last Englishman
Col. Alfred D. Wintle
Movie
Oct 1994
Bullets Over Broadway
Warner Purcell
Movie
Sep 1994
Princess Caraboo
Mr. Worrall
Movie
Apr 1994
Widows' Peak
Con Clancy
Movie
Dec 1993
Prince Cinders
Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Movie
Sep 1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric Longden
Movie
Apr 1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
George
Movie
Apr 1993
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
The Earl of Leete
TV Show
Nov 1992
Gone to Seed
Monty Plant
Movie
Sep 1992
A Sense of History
23rd Earl of Leete
Movie
Sep 1992
The Crying Game
Col
TV Show
Jan 1992
Perpetual Motion
Self - Narrator
TV Show
Nov 1991
Gone to the Dogs
Jim Morley
Movie
Nov 1991
Enchanted April
Frederick Arbuthnot
TV Show
Nov 1991
Murder Most Horrid
Selwyn Proops
Movie
Oct 1991
Nona
Carmelo
TV Show
Oct 1991
Performance
Carmello
Movie
Mar 1991
Life Is Sweet
Andy
Movie
Jan 1991
Happy Feet
Grocer
Movie
Jul 1990
Van Gogh
Roulin
TV Show
Nov 1989
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
TV Show
Nov 1989
Victoria Wood
Alan Hammond
TV Show
Sep 1989
Screen One
Deric Longden
Movie
Sep 1989
Erik the Viking
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
Movie
Jan 1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Standford Hartley
Movie
Jan 1989
The Hangover
(voice)
Movie
Dec 1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Prince Albert
Movie
Nov 1988
Vroom
Donald
TV Show
Jan 1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Ossipon
Movie
Jul 1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Jean Pierre Dubois
Movie
Feb 1987
Running Out of Luck
TV Show
Jan 1987
Inspector Morse
Charlie Bennett
Movie
Feb 1986
The Insurance Man
Gutling
Movie
Dec 1985
Silas Marner
Jem Rodney
Movie
Nov 1985
The Good Father
Roger Miles
Movie
Oct 1985
Happy Families
Dalcroix
TV Show
Oct 1985
Happy Families
Dalcroix
TV Show
Sep 1985
Theatre Night
Maitre Jacques
Movie
Jul 1985
Picture Friend
Tes Goodwin
Movie
Feb 1985
Brazil
Dr. Jaffe
TV Show
Jan 1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Movie
Dec 1984
The Man Who Shot Christmas
Nick/Father Christmas
Movie
Sep 1984
The Hit
Barrister
TV Show
Sep 1983
Dramarama
Uncle Keith
Movie
Jun 1983
Birth of a Nation
Geoff Figg
TV Show
Jun 1983
Tales Out of School
Geoff Figg
TV Show
Jun 1983
Blackadder
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
Movie
Apr 1983
Walter and June
Orderly
Movie
Jan 1983
Dead on Time
Vicar
Movie
Nov 1982
Our Winnie
Second Attendant
TV Show
Nov 1982
Objects of Affection
Second Attendant
Movie
Nov 1982
Intensive Care
Mr Horsfall
Movie
Nov 1982
Walter
Joseph - Orderly
Movie
Sep 1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Jun 1982
Uliisses
TV Show
Apr 1982
Bird of Prey
DI Stanley Richardson
TV Show
Sep 1981
Only Fools and Horses
Roy Slater
Movie
Jul 1981
Time Bandits
Compere
Movie
Dec 1980
The Dogs of War
Film Crew
Movie
Nov 1980
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Mr. Champing
Movie
Oct 1980
Breaking Glass
Station Porter
Movie
May 1980
Games Without Frontiers
Stewart
Movie
Oct 1979
Long Distance Information
Mackaness
Movie
Aug 1979
Phoelix
TV Show
Mar 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Mr Lovejoy
Movie
Mar 1979
The Passage
German Soldier (uncredited)
Movie
Nov 1978
The Life Story of Baal
Woodcutter
Movie
Jun 1978
The Shout
Fielder in Cowpat
TV Show
Mar 1974
Playhouse
Stewart
Movie
Jun 1971
The Go-Between
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Mr. Horsfall
TV Show
Oct 1970
Play for Today
Mr. Champing
TV Show
Oct 1967
Omnibus
Roulin
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Movie
Fools
Cardinal Pole
Movie
Dennis