Jim Broadbent

Biography

Jim Broadbent (born 24 May 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. escription above from the Wikipedia article Jim Broadbent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Dr. Jaffe

Brazil

Dean Charles Stanforth

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Prof. Digory Kirke

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Bridget's Dad

Bridget Jones's Diary

Horace Slughorn

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Lord Kelvin

Around the World in 80 Days

Harold Zidler

Moulin Rouge!

Phoelix

The Earl of Leete

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

Fenoglio

Inkheart

Boss Tweed

Gangs of New York

Inspector Frank Butterman

Hot Fuzz

Judge

Vera Drake

Batman

Spider-Plant Man

Col

The Crying Game

Sam Longson

The Damned United

The Duke of Buckingham

Richard III

Mr. Osborne

Vanity Fair

Harry Aitken

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Mr. Boo

Little Voice

John Bayley

Iris

Con Clancy

Widows' Peak

Pod Clock

The Borrowers

Narrator (voice)

Lost and Found

Horace Slughorn

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Frederick Arbuthnot

Enchanted April

Madame Gasket (voice)

Robots

Mother

The Avengers

Jimmy

Art School Confidential

Dad

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Jim McCrea

Perrier's Bounty

Sergeant (voice)

Valiant

Mr. Wackford Squeers

Nicholas Nickleby

Lord Longford

Longford

Desmond Morton

The Gathering Storm

Andy

Life Is Sweet

Mr. Worrall

Princess Caraboo

Sir Oliver Lodge

Einstein and Eddington

23rd Earl of Leete

A Sense of History

The Drunken Major

Bright Young Things

Tom

Another Year

Self

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

Arthur Morrison

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Brian (voice)

The Magic Roundabout

Doc Ansell

Rough Magic

W. S. Gilbert

Topsy-Turvy

Roger Miles

The Good Father

King William IV

The Young Victoria

Santa (voice)

Arthur Christmas

Barrister

The Hit

Denis Thatcher

The Iron Lady

Deric Longden

Wide-Eyed and Legless

Alfred Salteena

The Young Visiters

Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

Cloud Atlas

Dr Rossi

Filth

Joseph - Orderly

Walter

Samuel Gruber

Paddington in Peru

Self

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

Jem Rodney

Silas Marner

Prince Albert

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Self – Contributor

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Attorney General

Closed Circuit

Samuel Gruber

Paddington

Nick Burrows

Le Week-End

Orderly

Walter and June

Stan (voice)

The Phone Call

Santa Claus

Get Santa

Carmelo

Nona

Cleaner

The Harry Hill Movie

CEO (voice)

Postman Pat: The Movie

Running Out of Luck

Geoff Figg

Birth of a Nation

George

Call Me Back

Warner Purcell

Bullets Over Broadway

Dr. Lagermann

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Dad

Anna Spud

Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)

Erik the Viking

George

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Self

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

Chief Inspector Heat

The Secret Agent

(voice)

The Hangover

Cardinal Pole

Fools

Garret

Magik

Jean Pierre Dubois

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Mr Horsfall

Intensive Care

Gutling

The Insurance Man

Herbert

Big Game

Jimbo

Jay Kelly

Tony Webster

The Sense of an Ending

Narrator

2022 Wimbledon Official Film

Father Flood

Brooklyn

Old Leo

The Go-Between

The Shy Doctor

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Self

Rhythm of Life

Underwood

The Lady in the Van

Stewart

Games Without Frontiers

Dad

Bridget Jones's Baby

Britischer Botschafter

Das Wetter in geschlossenen Räumen

Colin Jones

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

BBC Commentator

Eddie the Eagle

Prime Minister

The Legend of Tarzan

Uliisses

Ernest Briggs (voice)

Ethel & Ernest

G.P. (voice)

Tales of the Riverbank

Samuel Gruber

Paddington 2

Eddie (voice)

Pride

Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

Self (archive footage)

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Lord Kilmichael

Black '47

Self

The One and Only Mike Leigh

The Rabbit (voice)

Tooth

Compere

Time Bandits

Horozovich (voice)

Ptice kao mi

Mackaness

Long Distance Information

Station Porter

Breaking Glass

Donald

Vroom

Earl of Gloucester

King Lear

Lewis Silkin MP

New Town Utopia

Terry Perkins

King of Thieves

Self

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

Chance Meeting

The Wizard (voice)

The King's Beard

German Soldier

The Passage

King

A Boy Called Christmas

Kempton Bunton

The Duke

Self

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

Charlie

Six Minutes to Midnight

Lord Thomas Badgley

Dolittle

Fielder in Cowpat

The Shout

Vicar

Dead on Time

Mr. Champing

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

The Go-Between

Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)

Prince Cinders

Harold Fry

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Self

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Grosspapa (voice)

Charlotte

Grocer

Happy Feet

Standford Hartley

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

Second Attendant

Our Winnie

Basil

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

Narrator (voice)

An A to Z of Paddington

Self

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

142

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-05-24

Place of Birth

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Also Known As

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