
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.

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

Jean Pierre Dubois
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Mr Horsfall
Intensive Care

Gutling
The Insurance Man

Herbert
Big Game

Peter Schneider
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 (uncredited)
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

Film Crew
The Dogs of War

Julius Caesar (voice UK Dub)
Astérix : Le Domaine des dieux

Tes Goodwin
Picture Friend

Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

Jim
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

The Prison Director
Asylum

Col. Alfred D. Wintle
The Last Englishman
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
150
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-05-24
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also Known As
James "Jim" Broadbent