Jim Broadbent

Acting · 2.9 popularity

Age

Movies

152

Born: May 24, 1949
From: 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.

Works

152 films

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

20118.1

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

20097.7

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

20057.1

Paddington in Peru

20246.8

Bridget Jones's Diary

20016.7

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

20086.0

Cloud Atlas

20126.9

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

20256.4

Hot Fuzz

20077.6

Robots

20056.5

Paddington 2

20177.5

The Legend of Tarzan

20165.9

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

20046.2

Bridget Jones's Baby

20166.4

Brazil

19857.7

Dolittle

20206.6

Moulin Rouge!

20017.5

Paddington

20147.1

Gangs of New York

20027.3

Arthur Christmas

20116.8

Jay Kelly

20256.2

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

19874.6

Inkheart

20086.3

Big Game

20145.5

Around the World in 80 Days

20046.0

Brooklyn

20157.3

Valiant

20055.7

The Iron Lady

20116.4

The Borrowers

19976.1

Eddie the Eagle

20167.2

The Duke

20216.9

Black '47

20186.6

King Lear

20186.1

King of Thieves

20185.6

Filth

20136.8

Time Bandits

19816.6

Nicholas Nickleby

20026.9

Vera Drake

20047.2

The Avengers

19984.4

A Boy Called Christmas

20217.3

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

20236.7

The Crying Game

19926.8

Vanity Fair

20045.8

The Lady in the Van

20156.4

The Young Victoria

20097.2

Richard III

19956.8

The Dogs of War

19805.8

Closed Circuit

20135.9

Art School Confidential

20066.1

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

20127.5

Birds Like Us

20174.1

Life Is Sweet

19917.0

Iris

20016.4

Erik the Viking

19895.9

Rough Magic

19955.7

Bullets Over Broadway

19947.1

The Magic Roundabout

20055.4

Widows' Peak

19946.5

Postman Pat: The Movie

20145.2

Another Year

20107.0

The Passage

19796.0

Six Minutes to Midnight

20206.2

Smilla's Sense of Snow

19976.3

Get Santa

20146.1

The Sense of an Ending

20176.4

Topsy-Turvy

19996.6

The Hit

19846.5

The Gathering Storm

20026.6

The Weather Inside

20154.3

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

20087.8

Princess Caraboo

19945.5

Einstein and Eddington

20086.8

The Damned United

20097.2

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

2025

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

20036.7

The Go-Between

19716.8

The Shout

19786.0

Little Voice

19986.5

Ethel & Ernest

20167.5

The Secret Agent

19965.6

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

20237.7

Van Gogh

19901.0

Bright Young Things

20036.3

Le Week-End

20136.2

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

20076.5

Tooth

20044.1

Perrier's Bounty

20105.8

Enchanted April

19916.8

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

19887.5

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

19997.4

Pride

20046.1

Nona

19918.0

The Harry Hill Movie

20134.8

Charlotte

20226.4

Dennis

2026

The King's Beard

20026.3

The Young Visiters

20035.3

Tales of the Riverbank

20084.6

Happy Families

1985

Vroom

19886.5

Anna Spud

2003

Games Without Frontiers

1980

The Life Story of Baal

197810.0

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

20084.5

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

2007

Breaking Glass

19806.9

The Go-Between

20156.8

Birth of a Nation

19837.8

The Good Father

19855.6

Silas Marner

19855.9

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

19935.3

The Last Englishman

1995

Lost and Found

20087.8

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

19828.0

Our Winnie

1982

Longford

20066.5

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

200410.0

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

20216.0

The Man Who Shot Christmas

198410.0

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

20199.0

Prince Cinders

19939.0

The One and Only Mike Leigh

20149.0

Dead on Time

19836.7

Long Distance Information

197910.0

The Insurance Man

19865.9

Running Out of Luck

19875.8

Walter

19825.9

A Sense of History

19927.4

Call Me Back

2023

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

20016.8

2022 Wimbledon Official Film

2023

Walter and June

19836.7

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

1996

Wide-Eyed and Legless

19936.5

An A to Z of Paddington

2024

The Phone Call

20137.3

The Hangover

1989

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

19808.0

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

1993

Happy Feet

1991

New Town Utopia

20189.0

Picture Friend

1985

Phoelix

19798.0

Intensive Care

19829.0

Fools

2026

Chance Meeting

2013

Uliisses

19824.3

Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

1997

Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

1996

Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

1997

Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

1998