Known For
Acting
Born
May 24, 1949
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Credits
199 titles
Jim Broadbent
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.
Known For
Filmography
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
Jay Kelly
Peter Schneider
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Colin Jones
Paddington in Peru
Samuel Gruber
An A to Z of Paddington
Narrator (voice)
My Lady Jane
Duke of Leicester
Call Me Back
George
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Narrator
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Snaggleroot (voice)
Ten Percent
Richard Nightingale
Charlotte
Grosspapa (voice)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lord Marcham
A Boy Called Christmas
King
The Duke
Kempton Bunton
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Self
Black Narcissus
Father Roberts
Six Minutes to Midnight
Charlie
Staged
Jim
Trying
George
Dolittle
Lord Thomas Badgley
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
Love, Death & Robots
Christopher the Poet (voice)
Black '47
Lord Kilmichael
King of Thieves
Terry Perkins
King Lear
Earl of Gloucester
New Town Utopia
Lewis Silkin MP
Paddington 2
Samuel Gruber
Birds Like Us
Horozovich (voice)
The Sense of an Ending
Tony Webster
Ethel & Ernest
Ernest Briggs (voice)
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dad
The Legend of Tarzan
Prime Minister
Eddie the Eagle
BBC Commentator
War and Peace
Prince Bolkonsky
London Spy
Scottie
The Lady in the Van
Underwood
Brooklyn
Father Flood
The Weather Inside
Britischer Botschafter
The Go-Between
Old Leo
Get Santa
Santa Claus
Paddington
Samuel Gruber
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
Big Game
Herbert
Postman Pat: The Movie
CEO (voice)
The Harry Hill Movie
Cleaner
The Great Train Robbery
DCS Tommy Butler
The Phone Call
Stan (voice)
Chance Meeting