Jim Broadbent
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-05-24
- Place of birth:
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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
Jay Kelly
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Paddington in Peru
An A to Z of Paddington
My Lady Jane
Call Me Back
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Ten Percent
Charlotte
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
A Boy Called Christmas
The Duke
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Black Narcissus
Six Minutes to Midnight
Staged
Trying
Dolittle
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Love, Death & Robots
Black '47
King of Thieves
King Lear
New Town Utopia
Paddington 2
Birds Like Us
The Sense of an Ending
Ethel & Ernest
Bridget Jones's Baby
The Legend of Tarzan
Eddie the Eagle
War and Peace
London Spy
The Lady in the Van
Brooklyn
The Weather Inside
The Go-Between
Get Santa
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Paddington
Big Game
Postman Pat: The Movie
The Harry Hill Movie
The Great Train Robbery
The Phone Call
Chance Meeting
Le Week-End
Filth
Closed Circuit
The Frame
Cloud Atlas
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
The Iron Lady
Comedy Blaps
Arthur Christmas
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Exile
Game of Thrones
Any Human Heart
Another Year
Perrier's Bounty
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Damned United
The Young Victoria
Lost and Found
Inkheart
Einstein and Eddington
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Tales of the Riverbank
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
The Graham Norton Show
Hot Fuzz
Longford
Art School Confidential
The Street
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Valiant
Robots
The Magic Roundabout
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Vera Drake
Vanity Fair
Pride
Around the World in 80 Days
Tooth
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
The Young Visiters
Bright Young Things
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Anna Spud
Nicholas Nickleby
Gangs of New York
The King's Beard
The Gathering Storm
Iris
Moulin Rouge!
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Bridget Jones's Diary
Topsy-Turvy
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Little Voice
The Avengers
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
The Borrowers
The Peter Principle
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Percy the Park Keeper
The Secret Agent
Richard III
Rough Magic
The Last Englishman
Bullets Over Broadway
Princess Caraboo
Widows' Peak
Prince Cinders
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Gone to Seed
A Sense of History
The Crying Game
Perpetual Motion
Gone to the Dogs
Enchanted April
Murder Most Horrid
Nona
Performance
Life Is Sweet
Happy Feet
Van Gogh
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
Victoria Wood
4 Play
Screen One
Erik the Viking
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
The Hangover
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Vroom
Comic Relief
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Running Out of Luck
Inspector Morse
The Insurance Man
Silas Marner
The Good Father
Happy Families
Theatre Night
Picture Friend
Summer Season
Brazil
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
The Man Who Shot Christmas
The Hit
Dramarama
Birth of a Nation
Tales Out of School
Blackadder
Walter and June
Dead on Time
Our Winnie
Objects of Affection
Intensive Care
Walter
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Uliisses
Bird of Prey
Only Fools and Horses
Time Bandits
The Dogs of War
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Breaking Glass
Games Without Frontiers
Long Distance Information
Phoelix
Tales of the Unexpected
The Passage
The Life Story of Baal
The Shout
Playhouse
The Go-Between
Play for Today
Omnibus
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Fools
Dennis
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber