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.
Personal Life
Broadbent has been married to painter and former theatre designer Anastasia Lewis since 1987. He has no children, but Lewis has two sons from a previous relationship.Broadbent primarily lives in the Lincolnshire Wolds. He also owns a property in London.He is an atheist.
Early Life
Broadbent was born on 24 May 1949 in Holton cum Beckering, in Lincolnshire, the second son of Doreen "Dee" Broadbent (née Findlay), a sculptor, and Roy Laverick Broadbent, an artist, sculptor, interior designer and furniture maker. Broadbent's parents were both amateur actors who co-founded the Holton Players acting troupe at Holton. The two have been described by the BBC as conscientious objectors who "worked the land" rather than participate in World War II. In Wickenby, a former Methodist Chapel was purchased in 1970 by Holton Players, who converted it into a 100-seat theatre, named Broadbent Theatre in memory of Roy Broadbent, who designed the conversion.Broadbent was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school in Reading, and briefly attended art college before transferring to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He graduated in 1972. His early stage work included appearances as Patrick Barlow's assistant in the mock National Theatre of Brent.
Filmography
All 158
Movies 128
TV shows 30
Self 9
Voice 6
Narrator 1

Ten Percent (2022)
TV show
Grosspapa

Charlotte (2022)
Movie
Self (Archival Footage)

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
Movie
7
King

A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
Movie
8
Kempton Bunton

The Duke (2021)
Movie
Self

(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story (2021)
Movie
Father Roberts

Black Narcissus (2020)
TV show
Charlie

Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Movie
3.67
Lord Thomas Badgley

Dolittle (2020)
Movie
6.5
Self

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered (2019)
Movie
Lord Kilmichael

Black '47 (2018)
Movie
6.58
Terry Perkins

King of Thieves (2018)
Movie
4
Earl of Gloucester

King Lear (2018)
Movie
Lewis Silkin MP

New Town Utopia (2018)
Movie
Samuel Gruber

Paddington 2 (2017)
Movie
5.56
Horozovich

Birds Like Us (2017)
Movie
Tony Webster

The Sense of an Ending (2017)
Movie
Ernest Briggs

Ethel & Ernest (2016)
Movie
Dad

Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Movie
5.09
Prime Minister

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Movie
6.2
BBC Commentator

Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Movie
6
Prince Bolkonsky

War and Peace (2016)
TV show
7.25
Underwood

The Lady in the Van (2015)
Movie
6.27
Scottie

London Spy (2015)
TV show
Father Flood

Brooklyn (2015)
Movie
6.6
Britischer Botschafter

The Weather Inside (2015)
Movie
Old Leo

The Go-Between (2015)
Movie
7
Santa Claus

Get Santa (2014)
Movie
Mr Gruber

Paddington (2014)
Movie
7.83
Self - Actor

The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)
Movie
Herbert

Big Game (2014)
Movie
CEO

Postman Pat: The Movie (2014)
Movie
Cleaner

The Harry Hill Movie (2013)
Movie
DCS Tommy Butler

The Great Train Robbery (2013)
TV show
6
Stan

The Phone Call (2013)
Movie

Chance Meeting (2013)
Movie
Nick

Le Week-End (2013)
Movie
10
Dr. Rossi

Filth (2013)
Movie
8
Attorney General

Closed Circuit (2013)
Movie
1.33
Various

The Last Art Film (2012)
Movie
Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

Cloud Atlas (2012)
Movie
8
Self

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice (2012)
Movie
Denis Thatcher

The Iron Lady (2011)
Movie
5.13
Santa

Arthur Christmas (2011)
Movie
7.1
Horace Slughorn

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Movie
6.51
Sam Ronstadt

Exile (2011)
TV show
4.33
Archmaester Ebrose

Game of Thrones (2011)
TV show
6.67
Logan Mountstuart (Older)

Any Human Heart (2010)
TV show
Tom

Another Year (2010)
Movie
6
Logan Mountstuart (Older)

Any Human Heart (2010)
Movie
Jim McCrea

Perrier's Bounty (2009)
Movie
Horace Slughorn

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Movie
6.45
Sam Longson

The Damned United (2009)
Movie
King William IV

The Young Victoria (2009)
Movie
6.88
Narrator

Lost and Found (2008)
Movie
Fenoglio

Inkheart (2008)
Movie
6.3
Sir Oliver Lodge

Einstein and Eddington (2008)
Movie
Self

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)
Movie
Dean Charles Stanforth

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Movie
5.94
G.P. (voice)

Tales of the Riverbank (2008)
Movie
Arthur

When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
Movie
Self

The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV show
9.5
Inspector Frank Butterman

Hot Fuzz (2007)
Movie
7.65
Lord Longford

Longford (2006)
Movie
Jimmy

Art School Confidential (2006)
Movie
Stomowskij (voice)

Free Jimmy (2006)
Movie
10

The Street (2006)
TV show
5
Professor Kirke

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Movie
6.43
Sergeant

Valiant (2005)
Movie
5
Batman

Spider-Plant Man (2005)
Movie
Madame Gasket (voice)

Robots (2005)
Movie
6.57
Brian (voice)

The Magic Roundabout (2005)
Movie
Bridget's Dad

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Movie
5.62
Judge

Vera Drake (2004)
Movie
6.75
Mr. Osborne

Vanity Fair (2004)
Movie
6
Eddie (voice)

Pride (2004)
Movie
Lord Kelvin

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Movie
7.3
The Rabbit (voice)

Tooth (2004)
Movie
Alfred Salteena

The Young Visiters (2003)
Movie
Harry Aitken

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Movie
The Drunken Major

Bright Young Things (2003)
Movie
Mr. Wackford Squeers

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Movie
William 'Boss' Tweed

Gangs of New York (2002)
Movie
6.32
The Wizard

The King's Beard (2002)
Movie
Desmond Morton

The Gathering Storm (2002)
Movie
John Bayley

Iris (2001)
Movie
5.33
Harold Zidler

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Movie
6.27

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001)
Movie
Bridget's Dad

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Movie
5.58
William Schwenck Gilbert

Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Movie
The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
Movie
Mr. Boo

Little Voice (1998)
Movie
Mother

The Avengers (1998)
Movie
1
Pod Clock

The Borrowers (1997)
Movie
Peter Duffley / Peter Duff

The Peter Principle (1997)
TV show
Dr. Lagermann

Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
Movie
Percy the Park Keeper

Percy the Park Keeper (1996)
TV show
Chief Inspector Heat

The Secret Agent (1996)
Movie
6
The Duke of Buckingham

Richard III (1995)
Movie
Doc Ansell

Rough Magic (1995)
Movie
Warner Purcell

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Movie
4
Mr. Worrall

Princess Caraboo (1994)
Movie
Con Clancy

Widows' Peak (1994)
Movie
Ugly Brother / Policeman

Prince Cinders (1993)
Movie
Deric Longden

Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993)
Movie
(segment "A Sense of History")

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright (1993)
Movie
Monty

Gone to Seed (1992)
TV show
Col

The Crying Game (1992)
Movie
4
Self - Narrator

Perpetual Motion (1992)
TV show
The Earl of Leete

A Sense of History (1992)
Movie
Larry Patterson

Gone to the Dogs (1991)
TV show
Selwyn Proops

Murder Most Horrid (1991)
TV show
Frederick Arbuthnot

Enchanted April (1991)
Movie
Carmello

Nona (1991)
Movie
Carmello

Performance (1991)
TV show
Grocer

Happy Feet (1991)
Movie
Andy

Life Is Sweet (1990)
Movie
Postman Roulin

Van Gogh (1990)
Movie

Victoria Wood (1989)
TV show
Actor

The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos (1989)
TV show
Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)

Erik the Viking (1989)
Movie
Prince Albert

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
Movie
Donald

Vroom (1988)
Movie
Jean Pierre Dubois

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Movie
6.08

Inspector Morse (1987)
TV show
4.83
Joseph - Orderly

Walter (1986)
Movie
Gutling

The Insurance Man (1986)
Movie
Jem Rodney

Silas Marner (1985)
Movie
Roger Miles

The Good Father (1985)
Movie
Dalcroix

Happy Families (1985)
TV show
Dr. Jaffe

Brazil (1985)
Movie
5.53
Butch / Doctor / Jim Postlethwaite

Victoria Wood As Seen On TV (1985)
TV show
Barrister

The Hit (1984)
Movie
4

Dramarama (1983)
TV show
Geoff Figg

Birth of a Nation (1983)
Movie
Orderly

Walter and June (1983)
Movie
Priest

Dead on Time (1983)
Movie
Second Attendant

Objects of Affection (1982)
TV show
Mr Horsfall

Intensive Care (1982)
Movie
George

The Comic Strip Presents (1982)
TV show
(Archive Material)

Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
Movie

Uliisses (1982)
Movie

Bird of Prey (1982)
TV show
Compere

Time Bandits (1981)
Movie
6.2
Mr. Champing

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice (1980)
Movie
Station Porter

Breaking Glass (1980)
Movie
9
Mackaness

Long Distance Information (1979)
Movie
Mr. Lovejoy

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV show
German Soldier

The Passage (1979)
Movie
Fielder in cowpat

The Shout (1978)
Movie
Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

The Go-Between (1971)
Movie

Play for Today (1970)
TV show
Self

The Oscars (1953)
TV show

Harold Fry
Movie
Lord Marcham

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Movie
Col. Alfred D. Wintle

The Last Englishman
TV show
Garret

Magik
Movie
Prince Albert

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie
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Information
Known for Acting
Gender Male
Birthday 1949-05-24 (73 years old)
Place of birth Lincoln, United Kingdom
Citizenships United Kingdom
Also known as James Broadbent
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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