Actor
Jim Broadbent
Known for Acting
Born 1949-05-24 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Age 77
Mostly Comedy
1Films in catalog
154Credits
1971 to 2026Years active
93Trailers on Reactr
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.
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Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
2026
as Charles Dickens (voice)
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
Jay Kelly
2025 · Trailer
as Peter Schneider
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025 · Trailer
as Colin Jones
Paddington in Peru
2024 · Trailer
as Samuel Gruber
An A to Z of Paddington
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Call Me Back
2023
as George
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
2023
as Narrator
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Contributor
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023 · Trailer
as Harold Fry
Charlotte
2022 · Trailer
as Grosspapa (voice)
A Boy Called Christmas
2021 · Trailer
as King
The Duke
2021 · Trailer
as Kempton Bunton
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021 · Trailer
as Self
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020 · Trailer
as Charlie
Dolittle
2020 · Trailer
as Lord Thomas Badgley
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019 · Trailer
as Self
Black '47
2018 · Trailer
as Lord Kilmichael
King of Thieves
2018 · Trailer
as Terry Perkins
King Lear
2018 · Trailer
as Earl of Gloucester
New Town Utopia
2018 · Trailer
as Lewis Silkin MP
Paddington 2
2017 · Trailer
as Samuel Gruber
Birds Like Us
2017 · Trailer
as Horozovich (voice)
The Sense of an Ending
2017 · Trailer
as Tony Webster
Ethel & Ernest
2016 · Trailer
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Trailer
as Dad
The Legend of Tarzan
2016 · Trailer
as Prime Minister
Eddie the Eagle
2016 · Trailer
as BBC Commentator
The Lady in the Van
2015 · Trailer
as Underwood
Brooklyn
2015 · Trailer
as Father Flood
The Weather Inside
2015
as Britischer Botschafter
The Go-Between
2015 · Trailer
as Old Leo
Get Santa
2014 · Trailer
as Santa Claus
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
as Self
Paddington
2014 · Trailer
as Samuel Gruber
Big Game
2014 · Trailer
as Herbert
Postman Pat: The Movie
2014 · Trailer
as CEO (voice)
The Harry Hill Movie
2013 · Trailer
as Cleaner
The Phone Call
2013 · Trailer
as Stan (voice)
Chance Meeting
2013
Le Week-End
2013 · Trailer
as Nick Burrows
Filth
2013 · Trailer
as Dr Rossi
Closed Circuit
2013 · Trailer
as Attorney General
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Trailer
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012 · Trailer
as Self
The Iron Lady
2011 · Trailer
as Denis Thatcher
Arthur Christmas
2011 · Trailer
as Santa (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Trailer
as Horace Slughorn
Another Year
2010 · Trailer
as Tom
Perrier's Bounty
2010 · Trailer
as Jim McCrea
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Trailer
as Horace Slughorn
The Damned United
2009 · Trailer
as Sam Longson
The Young Victoria
2009 · Trailer
as King William IV
Lost and Found
2008 · Trailer
as Narrator (voice)
Inkheart
2008 · Trailer
as Fenoglio
Einstein and Eddington
2008
as Sir Oliver Lodge
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
2008
as Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 · Trailer
as Dean Charles Stanforth
Tales of the Riverbank
2008 · Trailer
as G.P. (voice)
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
2007 · Trailer
as Arthur Morrison
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
2007
as Self
Hot Fuzz
2007 · Trailer
as Inspector Frank Butterman
Longford
2006 · Trailer
as Lord Longford
Art School Confidential
2006 · Trailer
as Jimmy
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Trailer
as Prof. Digory Kirke
Valiant
2005 · Trailer
as Sergeant (voice)
Robots
2005 · Trailer
as Madame Gasket (voice)
The Magic Roundabout
2005 · Trailer
as Brian (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · Trailer
as Dad
Vera Drake
2004 · Trailer
as Judge
Vanity Fair
2004 · Trailer
as Mr. Osborne
Pride
2004
as Eddie (voice)
Around the World in 80 Days
2004 · Trailer
as Lord Kelvin
Tooth
2004 · Trailer
as The Rabbit (voice)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
The Young Visiters
2003
as Alfred Salteena
Bright Young Things
2003 · Trailer
as The Drunken Major
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Trailer
as Harry Aitken
Anna Spud
2003
as Dad
Nicholas Nickleby
2002 · Trailer
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
Gangs of New York
2002 · Trailer
as Boss Tweed
The King's Beard
2002
as The Wizard (voice)
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Trailer
as Desmond Morton
Iris
2001 · Trailer
as John Bayley
Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Trailer
as Harold Zidler
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
as Self
Bridget Jones's Diary
2001 · Trailer
as Bridget's Dad
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · Trailer
as W. S. Gilbert
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Shy Doctor
Little Voice
1998 · Trailer
as Mr. Boo
The Avengers
1998 · Trailer
as Mother
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
1998
as Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
1997
as Percy
The Borrowers
1997 · Trailer
as Pod Clock
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
1997
as Jim
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Trailer
as Dr. Lagermann
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996 · Trailer
as Basil
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
1996
as Percy
The Secret Agent
1996
as Chief Inspector Heat
Richard III
1995 · Trailer
as The Duke of Buckingham
Rough Magic
1995 · Trailer
as Doc Ansell
The Last Englishman
1995
as Col. Alfred D. Wintle
Bullets Over Broadway
1994 · Trailer
as Warner Purcell
Princess Caraboo
1994 · Trailer
as Mr. Worrall
Widows' Peak
1994 · Trailer
as Con Clancy
Prince Cinders
1993
as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Deric Longden
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993
as George
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
1993
as The Earl of Leete
A Sense of History
1992
as 23rd Earl of Leete
The Crying Game
1992 · Trailer
as Col
Enchanted April
1991 · Trailer
as Frederick Arbuthnot
Nona
1991
as Carmelo
Life Is Sweet
1991 · Trailer
as Andy
Happy Feet
1991
as Grocer
Van Gogh
1990
as Roulin
Erik the Viking
1989 · Trailer
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
as Standford Hartley
The Hangover
1989
as (voice)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Prince Albert
Vroom
1988
as Donald
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Trailer
as Jean Pierre Dubois
Running Out of Luck
1987
as Jimmy
The Insurance Man
1986
as Gutling
Silas Marner
1985
as Jem Rodney
The Good Father
1985
as Roger Miles
Picture Friend
1985
as Tes Goodwin
Brazil
1985 · Trailer
as Dr. Jaffe
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
as Nick/Father Christmas
The Hit
1984 · Trailer
as Barrister
Birth of a Nation
1983
as Geoff Figg
Walter and June
1983
as Orderly
Dead on Time
1983
as Vicar
Our Winnie
1982
as Second Attendant
Intensive Care
1982
as Mr Horsfall
Walter
1982
as Joseph - Orderly
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Uliisses
1982
Time Bandits
1981 · Trailer
as Compere
The Dogs of War
1980 · Trailer
as Film Crew
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980
as Mr. Champing
Breaking Glass
1980 · Trailer
as Station Porter
Games Without Frontiers
1980
as Stewart
Long Distance Information
1979
as Mackaness
Phoelix
1979
The Passage
1979 · Trailer
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Life Story of Baal
1978
as Woodcutter
The Shout
1978 · Trailer
as Fielder in Cowpat
The Go-Between
1971 · Trailer
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Dennis
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber
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Fools
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as Cardinal Pole
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