Jim Broadbent

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Jim Broadbent

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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.

Films Featuring Jim Broadbent

Brazil

19857.7

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

20086.0

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

20057.1

Bridget Jones's Diary

20016.7

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

20097.7

Around the World in 80 Days

20046.0

Moulin Rouge!

20017.5

Phoelix

19798.0

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

19935.3

Inkheart

20086.3

Gangs of New York

20027.3

Hot Fuzz

20077.6

Vera Drake

20047.2

The Crying Game

19926.8

The Damned United

20097.2

Richard III

19956.8

Vanity Fair

20045.8

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

20036.7

Little Voice

19986.5

Iris

20016.4

Widows' Peak

19946.5

The Borrowers

19976.0

Lost and Found

20087.8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

20118.1

Enchanted April

19916.8

Robots

20056.5

The Avengers

19984.4

Art School Confidential

20066.1

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

20046.2

Perrier's Bounty

20105.8

Valiant

20055.7

Nicholas Nickleby

20026.9

Longford

20066.5

The Gathering Storm

20026.6

Life Is Sweet

19917.0

Princess Caraboo

19945.5

Einstein and Eddington

20086.8

A Sense of History

19927.4

Bright Young Things

20036.3

Another Year

20107.0

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

20216.0

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

20076.5

The Magic Roundabout

20055.4

Rough Magic

19955.7

Topsy-Turvy

19996.6

The Good Father

19855.6

The Young Victoria

20097.2

Arthur Christmas

20116.8

The Hit

19846.5

The Iron Lady

20116.4

Wide-Eyed and Legless

19936.5

The Young Visiters

20035.3

Cloud Atlas

20126.9

Filth

20136.8

Walter

19825.9

Paddington in Peru

20246.8

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

20127.5

Silas Marner

19855.9

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

19887.5

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

20237.7

Closed Circuit

20135.9

Paddington

20147.1

Le Week-End

20136.2

Walter and June

19836.7

The Phone Call

20137.3

Get Santa

20146.1

Nona

19918.0

The Harry Hill Movie

20134.8

Postman Pat: The Movie

20145.1

Running Out of Luck

19875.6

Birth of a Nation

19837.8

Call Me Back

2023

Bullets Over Broadway

19947.1

Smilla's Sense of Snow

19976.4

Anna Spud

2003

Erik the Viking

19895.9

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

1993

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

2007

The Secret Agent

19965.6

The Hangover

1989

Fools

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

19874.6

Intensive Care

19829.0

The Insurance Man

19865.9

Big Game

20145.5

Jay Kelly

20256.2

The Sense of an Ending

20176.3

2022 Wimbledon Official Film

2023

Brooklyn

20157.3

The Go-Between

20156.8

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

19997.4

The Lady in the Van

20156.4

Games Without Frontiers

1980

Bridget Jones's Baby

20166.4

The Weather Inside

20154.3

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

20256.4

Eddie the Eagle

20167.2

The Legend of Tarzan

20165.9

Uliisses

19824.3

Ethel & Ernest

20167.5

Tales of the Riverbank

20084.6

Paddington 2

20177.5

Pride

20046.1

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

200410.0

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

19828.0

Black '47

20186.6

The One and Only Mike Leigh

The One and Only Mike Leigh

20149.0

Tooth

20044.1

Time Bandits

19816.6

Birds Like Us

20174.1

Long Distance Information

197910.0

Breaking Glass

19806.9

Vroom

19886.5

King Lear

20186.1

New Town Utopia

20189.0

King of Thieves

20185.6

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

20016.8

Chance Meeting

2013

The King's Beard

20026.3

The Passage

19796.0

A Boy Called Christmas

20217.3

The Duke

20216.9

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

20199.0

Six Minutes to Midnight

20206.2

Dolittle

20206.6

The Shout

19786.0

Dead on Time

19836.7

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

19808.0

The Go-Between

19716.8

Prince Cinders

19939.0

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

20236.7

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

20084.5

Charlotte

20226.4

Happy Feet

1991

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

Our Winnie

1982

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

1996

An A to Z of Paddington

2024

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

20087.8

The Dogs of War

19805.8

Picture Friend

1985

Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

1996

Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

1997

Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

1997

Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

1998

The Last Englishman

The Last Englishman

1995

The Life Story of Baal

197810.0

The Man Who Shot Christmas

The Man Who Shot Christmas

198410.0

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

2025

Happy Families

1985

Dennis

Van Gogh

19901.0