Jim Broadbent
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.
Filmography (58)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Jay Kelly
Paddington in Peru
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Duke
Dolittle
Six Minutes to Midnight
King of Thieves
King Lear
Black '47
Paddington 2
Bridget Jones's Baby
The Legend of Tarzan
Eddie the Eagle
Brooklyn
The Lady in the Van
Paddington
Big Game
Filth
Closed Circuit
Cloud Atlas
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Arthur Christmas
The Iron Lady
Another Year
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Young Victoria
The Damned United
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Inkheart
Hot Fuzz
Art School Confidential
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Robots
Around the World in 80 Days
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Vanity Fair
Vera Drake
Bright Young Things
Gangs of New York
Nicholas Nickleby
The Gathering Storm
Bridget Jones's Diary
Moulin Rouge!
Iris
The Avengers
Little Voice
The Borrowers
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Bullets Over Broadway
The Crying Game
Life Is Sweet
Erik the Viking
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Brazil
The Hit
Time Bandits
