Jim Broadbent

75, from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Artwork for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Image of 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.

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Timeline

2025Future projects

  • Poster for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    Colin Jones

2024Aged 75

  • Poster for An A to Z of Paddington

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Paddington in Peru

    Samuel Gruber

2023Aged 74

  • Poster for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

    Harold Fry

  • Poster for Blackadder: A Cunning Story

    Self – Contributor

  • Poster for Wimbledon 2022 Review

    Narrator

  • Poster for Call Me Back

    George

2022Aged 73

  • Poster for Birds Like Us

    Horozovich (voice)

2021Aged 72

  • Poster for (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

    Self

  • Poster for Rhythm of Life

    Self

  • Poster for The Duke

    Kempton Bunton

  • Poster for Charlotte

    Grosspapa (voice)

  • Poster for A Boy Called Christmas

    King

2020Aged 71

  • Poster for Dolittle

    Lord Thomas Badgley

  • Poster for Six Minutes to Midnight

    Charlie

2019Aged 70

  • Poster for Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

    Self

2018Aged 69

  • Poster for New Town Utopia

    Lewis Silkin MP

  • Poster for King Lear

    Earl of Gloucester

  • Poster for King of Thieves

    Terry Perkins

  • Poster for Black '47

    Lord Kilmichael

2017Aged 68

  • Poster for The Sense of an Ending

    Tony Webster

  • Poster for Paddington 2

    Samuel Gruber

2016Aged 67

  • Poster for Eddie the Eagle

    BBC Commentator

  • Poster for The Legend of Tarzan

    Prime Minister

  • Poster for Bridget Jones's Baby

    Mr. Colin Jones

  • Poster for Ethel & Ernest

    Ernest Briggs (voice)

2015Aged 66

  • Poster for Big Game

    Herbert

  • Poster for The Go-Between

    Old Leo

  • Poster for The Weather Inside

    Britischer Botschafter

  • Poster for Brooklyn

    Father Flood

  • Poster for The Lady in the Van

    Underwood

2014Aged 65

2013Aged 64

  • Poster for Closed Circuit

    Attorney General

  • Poster for Filth

    Dr Rossi

  • Poster for Le Week-End

    Nick Burrows

  • Poster for Chance Meeting

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Phone Call

    Stan (voice)

  • Poster for The Harry Hill Movie

    Cleaner

2012Aged 63

  • Poster for Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

    Self

  • Poster for Cloud Atlas

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

2011Aged 62

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Horace Slughorn

  • Poster for Arthur Christmas

    Santa (voice)

  • Poster for The Iron Lady

    Denis Thatcher

2010Aged 61

  • Poster for Another Year

    Tom

2009Aged 60

  • Poster for The Young Victoria

    King William IV

  • Poster for The Damned United

    Sam Longson

  • Poster for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Horace Slughorn

  • Poster for Perrier's Bounty

    Jim McCrea

2008Aged 59

  • Poster for Tales of the Riverbank

    G.P. (voice)

  • Poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    Dean Charles Stanforth

  • Poster for Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

    Self

  • Poster for Einstein and Eddington

    Sir Oliver Lodge

  • Poster for Inkheart

    Fenoglio

  • Poster for Lost and Found

    Narrator (voice)

2007Aged 58

  • Poster for Hot Fuzz

    Inspector Frank Butterman

  • Poster for Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

    Self

  • Poster for When Did You Last See Your Father?

    Arthur Morrison

2006Aged 57

  • Poster for Free Jimmy

    Stomowskij (voice)

  • Poster for Art School Confidential

    Jimmy

  • Poster for Longford

    Lord Longford

2005Aged 56

  • Poster for The Magic Roundabout

    Brian (voice)

  • Poster for Robots

    Madame Gasket (voice)

  • Poster for Spider-Plant Man

    Batman

  • Poster for Valiant

    Sergeant (voice)

  • Poster for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Prof. Digory Kirke

2004Aged 55

  • Poster for Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

    Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)

  • Poster for Tooth

    The Rabbit (voice)

  • Poster for Around the World in 80 Days

    Lord Kelvin

  • Poster for Pride

    Eddie (voice)

  • Poster for Vanity Fair

    Mr. Osborne

  • Poster for Vera Drake

    Judge

  • Poster for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    Bridget's Dad

2003Aged 54

  • Poster for Anna Spud

    Dad

  • Poster for And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

    Harry Aitken

  • Poster for Bright Young Things

    The Drunken Major

  • Poster for The Young Visiters

    Alfred Salteena

2002Aged 53

  • Poster for The Gathering Storm

    Desmond Morton

  • Poster for The King's Beard

    The Wizard (voice)

  • Poster for Gangs of New York

    Boss Tweed

  • Poster for Nicholas Nickleby

    Mr. Wackford Squeers

2001Aged 52

  • Poster for Bridget Jones's Diary

    Bridget's Dad

  • Poster for The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

    Self

  • Poster for Moulin Rouge!

    Harold Zidler

  • Poster for Iris

    John Bayley

1999Aged 50

  • Poster for Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

    The Shy Doctor

  • Poster for Topsy-Turvy

    W. S. Gilbert

1998Aged 49

  • Poster for The Avengers

    Mother

  • Poster for Little Voice

    Mr. Boo

1997Aged 48

  • Poster for Smilla's Sense of Snow

    Dr. Lagermann

  • Poster for The Borrowers

    Pod Clock

1996Aged 47

1995Aged 46

  • Poster for Rough Magic

    Doc Ansell

  • Poster for Richard III

    The Duke of Buckingham

1994Aged 45

  • Poster for Widows' Peak

    Con Clancy

  • Poster for Princess Caraboo

    Mr. Worrall

  • Poster for Bullets Over Broadway

    Warner Purcell

1993Aged 44

  • Poster for Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

    The Earl of Leete

  • Poster for Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

    George

  • Poster for Wide-Eyed and Legless

    Deric Longden

  • Prince Cinders

    Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)

1992Aged 43

  • Poster for The Crying Game

    Col

  • Poster for A Sense of History

    23rd Earl of Leete

1991Aged 42

  • Poster for Happy Feet

    Grocer

  • Nona

    Carmelo

  • Poster for Enchanted April

    Frederick Arbuthnot

1990Aged 41

  • Poster for Life Is Sweet

    Andy

1989Aged 40

  • Poster for The Hangover

    (voice)

  • Poster for 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

    Standford Hartley

  • Poster for Erik the Viking

    Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)

1988Aged 39

  • Poster for Vroom

    Donald

  • Poster for Blackadder's Christmas Carol

    Prince Albert

1987Aged 38

  • Poster for Running Out of Luck

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Jean Pierre Dubois

1986Aged 37

  • Poster for The Insurance Man

    Gutling

1985Aged 36

  • Poster for Brazil

    Dr. Jaffe

  • Poster for The Good Father

    Roger Miles

  • Poster for Silas Marner

    Jem Rodney

1984Aged 35

  • Poster for The Hit

    Barrister

1983Aged 34

  • Poster for Dead on Time

    Priest

  • Poster for Walter and June

    Orderly

  • Poster for Birth of a Nation

    Geoff Figg

1982Aged 33

1981Aged 32

  • Poster for Time Bandits

    Compere

1980Aged 31

  • Poster for Games Without Frontiers

    Stewart

  • Poster for Breaking Glass

    Station Porter

  • Poster for The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

    Mr. Champing

1979Aged 30

  • Poster for The Passage

    German Soldier

  • Poster for Phoelix

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Long Distance Information

    Mackaness

1978Aged 29

  • Poster for The Shout

    Fielder in Cowpat

1971Aged 22

  • Poster for The Go-Between

    Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

Year unknown