Jim Broadbent
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-05-24
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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. escription above from the Wikipedia article Jim Broadbent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Brazil
Feb 20, 1985
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
May 21, 2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dec 07, 2005
Bridget Jones's Diary
Apr 13, 2001
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Jul 15, 2009
Around the World in 80 Days
Jun 16, 2004
Moulin Rouge!
May 18, 2001
Phoelix
Aug 01, 1979
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Apr 05, 1993
Inkheart
Dec 11, 2008
Gangs of New York
Dec 14, 2002
Hot Fuzz
Feb 14, 2007
Vera Drake
Oct 22, 2004
Spider-Plant Man
Mar 11, 2005
The Crying Game
Sep 02, 1992
The Damned United
Mar 27, 2009
Richard III
Dec 29, 1995
Vanity Fair
Sep 01, 2004
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Sep 07, 2003
Little Voice
Nov 05, 1998
Iris
Dec 14, 2001
Widows' Peak
Apr 15, 1994
The Borrowers
Dec 05, 1997
Lost and Found
Dec 24, 2008
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Jul 12, 2011
Enchanted April
Nov 27, 1991
Robots
Mar 10, 2005
The Avengers
Aug 13, 1998
Art School Confidential
May 05, 2006
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Nov 10, 2004
Perrier's Bounty
Sep 11, 2009
Valiant
Mar 25, 2005
Nicholas Nickleby
Dec 27, 2002
Longford
Oct 26, 2006
The Gathering Storm
Apr 22, 2002
Life Is Sweet
Nov 15, 1990
Princess Caraboo
Sep 16, 1994
Einstein and Eddington
Nov 29, 2008
A Sense of History
Sep 12, 1992
Bright Young Things
Oct 03, 2003
Another Year
Nov 05, 2010
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
Apr 09, 2021
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Oct 05, 2007
The Magic Roundabout
Oct 24, 2004
Rough Magic
Sep 07, 1995
Topsy-Turvy
Dec 15, 1999
The Good Father
Nov 01, 1985
The Young Victoria
Mar 04, 2009
Arthur Christmas
Nov 10, 2011
The Hit
Sep 07, 1984
The Iron Lady
Dec 26, 2011
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Sep 05, 1993
The Young Visiters
Dec 26, 2003
Cloud Atlas
Oct 26, 2012
Filth
Sep 23, 2013
Walter
Nov 02, 1982
Paddington in Peru
Nov 08, 2024
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
Mar 11, 2012
Silas Marner
Dec 30, 1985
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Dec 23, 1988
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Jun 16, 2023
Closed Circuit
Aug 28, 2013
Paddington
Nov 24, 2014
Le Week-End
Oct 04, 2013
Walter and June
Apr 30, 1983
The Phone Call
Oct 20, 2013
Get Santa
Dec 05, 2014
Nona
Oct 19, 1991
The Harry Hill Movie
Dec 20, 2013
Postman Pat: The Movie
May 23, 2014
Running Out of Luck
Feb 02, 1987
Birth of a Nation
Jun 19, 1983
Call Me Back
Sep 29, 2023
Bullets Over Broadway
Oct 14, 1994
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Feb 28, 1997
Anna Spud
Jan 01, 2003
Erik the Viking
Sep 01, 1989
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Apr 22, 1993
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Jun 11, 2007
The Secret Agent
Nov 08, 1996
The Hangover
Jan 01, 1989
Fools
Magik
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Jul 24, 1987
Intensive Care
Nov 09, 1982
The Insurance Man
Feb 22, 1986
Big Game
Mar 19, 2015
Jay Kelly
Nov 14, 2025
The Sense of an Ending
Mar 10, 2017
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
Jul 02, 2023
Brooklyn
Oct 20, 2015
The Go-Between
Sep 20, 2015
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Mar 26, 1999
Rhythm of Life
Jul 03, 2021
The Lady in the Van
Oct 30, 2015
Games Without Frontiers
May 09, 1980
Bridget Jones's Baby
Sep 14, 2016
The Weather Inside
Sep 29, 2015
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Feb 12, 2025
Eddie the Eagle
Feb 25, 2016
The Legend of Tarzan
Jun 29, 2016
Uliisses
Jun 18, 1982
Ethel & Ernest
Oct 15, 2016
Tales of the Riverbank
Feb 07, 2008
Paddington 2
Nov 09, 2017
Pride
Jun 21, 2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Jan 01, 2004
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Sep 04, 1982
Black '47
Sep 05, 2018
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Nov 24, 2014
Tooth
Feb 13, 2004
Time Bandits
Jul 13, 1981
Birds Like Us
Jun 30, 2022
Long Distance Information
Oct 11, 1979
Breaking Glass
Oct 01, 1980
Vroom
Nov 11, 1988
King Lear
May 28, 2018
New Town Utopia
May 04, 2018
King of Thieves
Sep 04, 2018
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
May 01, 2001
Chance Meeting
Oct 08, 2013
The King's Beard
Oct 02, 2002
The Passage
Mar 09, 1979
A Boy Called Christmas
Nov 24, 2021
The Duke
Jul 23, 2021
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Oct 30, 2019
Six Minutes to Midnight
Oct 15, 2020
Dolittle
Jan 02, 2020
The Shout
Jun 16, 1978
Dead on Time
Jan 01, 1983
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
Nov 11, 1980
The Go-Between
Jun 16, 1971
Prince Cinders
Dec 27, 1993
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Apr 27, 2023
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Oct 16, 2008
Charlotte
Apr 22, 2022
Happy Feet
Jan 01, 1991
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Jan 17, 1989
Our Winnie
Nov 12, 1982
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Dec 25, 1996
An A to Z of Paddington
Oct 31, 2024
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Oct 09, 2008
Murder Most Horrid
Nov 14, 1991
Dramarama
Sep 12, 1983
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
Inspector Morse
Jan 06, 1987
Blackadder
Jun 15, 1983
Bird of Prey
Apr 22, 1982
The Peter Principle
Jun 02, 1997
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Percy the Park Keeper
Dec 01, 1996
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
Nov 16, 1989
Exile
May 01, 2011
Any Human Heart
Nov 21, 2010
Victoria Wood
Nov 16, 1989
The Street
Apr 13, 2006
Perpetual Motion
Jan 02, 1992
The Great Train Robbery
Dec 18, 2013
London Spy
Nov 09, 2015
War and Peace
Jan 03, 2016
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Jan 11, 1985
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Game of Thrones
Apr 17, 2011
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Apr 12, 2022
Ten Percent
Apr 28, 2022
Tales Out of School
Jun 19, 1983
Gone to Seed
Nov 13, 1992
Gone to the Dogs
Nov 29, 1991
The Frame
Apr 09, 2013
Staged
Jun 10, 2020
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
Objects of Affection
Nov 12, 1982
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
My Lady Jane
Jun 27, 2024
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Jan 10, 1988
The Comic Strip Presents...
Nov 02, 1982
Black Narcissus
Nov 23, 2020
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Sep 01, 2022
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Dec 25, 1996
Happy Families
Oct 17, 1985
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Trying
May 01, 2020
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Nov 17, 2009
Love, Death & Robots
Mar 15, 2019
Theatre Night
Sep 15, 1985
Omnibus
Oct 13, 1967
