Jim Broadbent
Biography
Jim Broadbent is an English actor born on May 24, 1949, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1972. Broadbent initially gained prominence in the 1980s, primarily appearing in television comedy. He is known for his roles in various films and television shows, including Iris and Longford, for which he received several award nominations and wins. Broadbent has received multiple award nominations, including BAFTA Film Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also been recognized with a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA TV Award.
Career overview
Jim Broadbent is an English actor who first came to prominence in the 1980s, primarily appearing in television comedy. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972. Broadbent has a long career in acting, with a wide range of known credits.
Broadbent has received several awards and nominations for his performances. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role in the feature film Iris, as well as a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe for his leading role in the television film Longford. He was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Additionally, he won a BAFTA Film Award for his performance in Moulin Rouge!.
Broadbent's known credits total 199, indicating a prolific career in film and television. He has worked as an actor, stage artist, voice actor, writer, and producer. He is known for his work in English theatre, film, and television, and has appeared in a variety of roles throughout his career.
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- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) as Colin Jones
- Jay Kelly (2025) as Peter Schneider
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025) as Self - Interviewee
- Paddington in Peru (2024) as Samuel Gruber
- My Lady Jane (2024) as Duke of Leicester
- An A to Z of Paddington (2024) as Narrator (voice)
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) as Harold Fry
- Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023) as Self - Contributor
- Call Me Back (2023) as George
- 2022 Wimbledon Official Film (2023) as Narrator
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) as Snaggleroot (voice)
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2022) as Lord Marcham
- Ten Percent (2022) as Richard Nightingale
- Charlotte (2022) as Grosspapa (voice)
- The Duke (2021) as Kempton Bunton
- A Boy Called Christmas (2021) as King
- (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story (2021) as Self
- Dolittle (2020) as Lord Thomas Badgley
- Trying (2020) as George
- Staged (2020) as Jim
- Six Minutes to Midnight (2020) as Charlie
- Black Narcissus (2020) as Father Roberts
- Love, Death & Robots (2019) as Christopher the Poet (voice)
- Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered (2019) as Self
- Black '47 (2018) as Lord Kilmichael
- King of Thieves (2018) as Terry Perkins
- King Lear (2018) as Earl of Gloucester
- New Town Utopia (2018) as Lewis Silkin MP
- Paddington 2 (2017) as Samuel Gruber
- Birds Like Us (2017) as Horozovich (voice)
- The Sense of an Ending (2017) as Tony Webster
- The Legend of Tarzan (2016) as Prime Minister
- War and Peace (2016) as Prince Bolkonsky
- Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) as Dad
- Eddie the Eagle (2016) as BBC Commentator
- Ethel & Ernest (2016) as Ernest Briggs (voice)
- Brooklyn (2015) as Father Flood
- London Spy (2015) as Scottie
- The Lady in the Van (2015) as Underwood
- The Weather Inside (2015) as Britischer Botschafter
- The Go-Between (2015) as Old Leo
- Paddington (2014) as Samuel Gruber
- Big Game (2014) as Herbert
- Postman Pat: The Movie (2014) as CEO (voice)
- Get Santa (2014) as Santa Claus
- The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014) as Self
- Filth (2013) as Dr Rossi
- The Great Train Robbery (2013) as DCS Tommy Butler
- The Frame (2013) as Professor Horace Slughorn
- Closed Circuit (2013) as Attorney General
- The Harry Hill Movie (2013) as Cleaner
- Le Week-End (2013) as Nick Burrows
- The Phone Call (2013) as Stan (voice)
- Chance Meeting (2013)
- Cloud Atlas (2012) as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
- Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice (2012) as Self
- Game of Thrones (2011) as Archmaester Ebrose
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) as Horace Slughorn
- Comedy Blaps (2011) as DCI Ponk
- Arthur Christmas (2011) as Santa (voice)
- The Iron Lady (2011) as Denis Thatcher
- Exile (2011) as Sam Ronstadt
- Another Year (2010) as Tom
- Any Human Heart (2010) as Logan Mountstuart (Older)
- Perrier's Bounty (2010) as Jim McCrea
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) as Horace Slughorn
- The Young Victoria (2009) as King William IV
- The Damned United (2009) as Sam Longson
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) as Dean Charles Stanforth
- Inkheart (2008) as Fenoglio
- Einstein and Eddington (2008) as Sir Oliver Lodge
- Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008) as Self
- Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008) as Self
- Tales of the Riverbank (2008) as G.P. (voice)
- Lost and Found (2008) as Narrator (voice)
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Hot Fuzz (2007) as Inspector Frank Butterman
- And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) as Arthur Morrison
- Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (2007) as Self
- The Street (2006) as Stan McDermott
- Art School Confidential (2006) as Jimmy
- Longford (2006) as Lord Longford
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) as Prof. Digory Kirke
- Robots (2005) as Madame Gasket (voice)
- Valiant (2005) as Sergeant (voice)
- The Magic Roundabout (2005) as Brian (voice)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004) as Lord Kelvin
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) as Dad
- Vera Drake (2004) as Judge
- Vanity Fair (2004) as Mr. Osborne
- Tooth (2004) as The Rabbit (voice)
- Pride (2004) as Eddie (voice)
- Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection (2004) as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
- The Young Visiters (2003) as Alfred Salteena
- Anna Spud (2003) as Dad
- Bright Young Things (2003) as The Drunken Major
- And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) as Harry Aitken
- Gangs of New York (2002) as Boss Tweed
- Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Mr. Wackford Squeers
- The King's Beard (2002) as The Wizard (voice)
- The Gathering Storm (2002) as Desmond Morton
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) as Bridget's Dad
- Moulin Rouge! (2001) as Harold Zidler
- Iris (2001) as John Bayley
- The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001) as Self
- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) as The Shy Doctor
- Topsy-Turvy (1999) as W. S. Gilbert
- The Avengers (1998) as Mother
- Little Voice (1998) as Mr. Boo
- Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm (1998) as Percy
- The Borrowers (1997) as Pod Clock
- Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) as Dr. Lagermann
- The Peter Principle (1997) as Peter Duffley
- Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path (1997) as Jim
- Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party (1997) as Percy
- The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge (1996) as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (voice)
- The Secret Agent (1996) as Chief Inspector Heat
- Percy the Park Keeper (1996) as Percy (voice)
- Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night (1996) as Basil
- Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night (1996) as Percy
- Rough Magic (1995) as Doc Ansell
- Richard III (1995) as The Duke of Buckingham
- The Last Englishman (1995) as Col. Alfred D. Wintle
- Widows' Peak (1994) as Con Clancy
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994) as Warner Purcell
- Princess Caraboo (1994) as Mr. Worrall
- Prince Cinders (1993) as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
- Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) as Deric Longden
- Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright (1993) as The Earl of Leete
- Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright (1993) Writer
- Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (1993) as George
- The Crying Game (1992) as Col
- Gone to Seed (1992) as Monty Plant
- A Sense of History (1992) as 23rd Earl of Leete
- A Sense of History (1992) Writer
- Perpetual Motion (1992) as Self - Narrator
- Performance (1991) as Carmello
- Murder Most Horrid (1991) as Selwyn Proops
- Life Is Sweet (1991) as Andy
- Nona (1991) as Carmelo
- Enchanted April (1991) as Frederick Arbuthnot
- Gone to the Dogs (1991) as Jim Morley
- Happy Feet (1991) as Grocer
- Van Gogh (1990) as Roulin
- Screen One (1989) as Deric Longden
- Victoria Wood (1989) as Alan Hammond
- 4 Play (1989) as Steven Parrish
- Erik the Viking (1989) as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
- The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos (1989)
- 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting (1989) as Standford Hartley
- 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting (1989) Writer
- The Hangover (1989) as (voice)
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988) as Ossipon
- Vroom (1988) as Donald
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) as Prince Albert
- Inspector Morse (1987) as Charlie Bennett
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Jean Pierre Dubois
- Running Out of Luck (1987)
- The Insurance Man (1986) as Gutling
- Brazil (1985) as Dr. Jaffe
- Theatre Night (1985) as Maitre Jacques
- Happy Families (1985) as Dalcroix
- Happy Families (1985) as Dalcroix
- Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985)
- Silas Marner (1985) as Jem Rodney
- The Good Father (1985) as Roger Miles
- Picture Friend (1985) as Tes Goodwin
- The Hit (1984) as Barrister
- The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984) as Nick/Father Christmas
- Blackadder (1983) as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter
- Dramarama (1983) as Uncle Keith
- Tales Out of School (1983) as Geoff Figg
- Birth of a Nation (1983) as Geoff Figg
- Walter and June (1983) as Orderly
- Dead on Time (1983) as Vicar
- Our Winnie (1982) as Second Attendant
- Bird of Prey (1982) as DI Stanley Richardson
- Objects of Affection (1982) as Second Attendant
- Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Walter (1982) as Joseph - Orderly
- Intensive Care (1982) as Mr Horsfall
- Uliisses (1982)
- Only Fools and Horses (1981) as Roy Slater
- Time Bandits (1981) as Compere
- Games Without Frontiers (1980) as Stewart
- The Dogs of War (1980) as Film Crew
- Breaking Glass (1980) as Station Porter
- The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice (1980) as Mr. Champing
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Mr Lovejoy
- The Passage (1979) as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Long Distance Information (1979) as Mackaness
- Phoelix (1979)
- The Shout (1978) as Fielder in Cowpat
- The Life Story of Baal (1978) as Woodcutter
- Playhouse (1974) as Stewart
- The Go-Between (1971) as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
- Play for Today (1970) as Mr. Horsfall
- Play for Today (1970) as Mr. Champing
- Omnibus (1967) as Roulin
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Dennis
- Fools as Cardinal Pole