Jim Broadbent

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 t
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Personal Info

Id

388

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-05-24

Place of Birth

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Also Known As

  • James "Jim" Broadbent
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    Known For

    Brazil

    Brazil

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    Indiana Jone

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

    The Chronicl

    Bridget Jones's Diary

    Bridget Jone

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Harry Potter

    Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the W

    Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge

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    Phoelix

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    Two Mikes Do

    Inkheart

    Inkheart

    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New

    Hot Fuzz

    Hot Fuzz

    Vera Drake

    Vera Drake

    Spider-Plant Man

    Spider-Plant

    The Crying Game

    The Crying G

    The Damned United

    The Damned U

    Richard III

    Richard III

    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

    And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

    And Starring

    Little Voice

    Little Voice

    Iris

    Iris

    Widows' Peak

    Widows' Peak

    The Borrowers

    The Borrower

    Lost and Found

    Lost and Fou

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    Harry Potter

    Enchanted April

    Enchanted Ap

    Robots

    Robots

    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    Art School Confidential

    Art School C

    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    Bridget Jone

    Perrier's Bounty

    Perrier's Bo

    Valiant

    Valiant

    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nic

    Longford

    Longford

    The Gathering Storm

    The Gatherin

    Life Is Sweet

    Life Is Swee

    Princess Caraboo

    Princess Car

    Einstein and Eddington

    Einstein and

    A Sense of History

    A Sense of H

    Bright Young Things

    Bright Young

    Another Year

    Another Year

    (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

    (K)nox: The

    And When Did You Last See Your Father?

    And When Did

    The Magic Roundabout

    The Magic Ro

    Rough Magic

    Rough Magic

    Topsy-Turvy

    Topsy-Turvy

    The Good Father

    The Good Fat

    The Young Victoria

    The Young Vi

    Arthur Christmas

    Arthur Chris

    The Hit

    The Hit

    The Iron Lady

    The Iron Lad

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    Wide-Eyed an

    The Young Visiters

    The Young Vi

    Cloud Atlas

    Cloud Atlas

    Filth

    Filth

    Walter

    Walter

    Paddington in Peru

    Paddington i

    Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

    Nina Conti:

    Silas Marner

    Silas Marner

    Blackadder's Christmas Carol

    Blackadder's

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    Blackadder:

    Closed Circuit

    Closed Circu

    Paddington

    Paddington

    Le Week-End

    Le Week-End

    Walter and June

    Walter and J

    The Phone Call

    The Phone Ca

    Get Santa

    Get Santa

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    Nona

    The Harry Hill Movie

    The Harry Hi

    Postman Pat: The Movie

    Postman Pat:

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    Running Out

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a N

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    Call Me Back

    Bullets Over Broadway

    Bullets Over

    Smilla's Sense of Snow

    Smilla's Sen

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    Anna Spud

    Erik the Viking

    Erik the Vik

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    Detectives o

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    Conclusive:

    The Secret Agent

    The Secret A

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    The Hangover

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Superman IV:

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    Intensive Ca

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    The Insuranc

    Big Game

    Big Game

    Jay Kelly

    Jay Kelly

    The Sense of an Ending

    The Sense of

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    2022 Wimbled

    Brooklyn

    Brooklyn

    The Go-Between

    The Go-Betwe

    Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

    Doctor Who:

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    Rhythm of Li

    The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in

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    Games Withou

    Bridget Jones's Baby

    Bridget Jone

    The Weather Inside

    The Weather

    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    Bridget Jone

    Eddie the Eagle

    Eddie the Ea

    The Legend of Tarzan

    The Legend o

    Uliisses

    Uliisses

    Ethel & Ernest

    Ethel & Erne

    Tales of the Riverbank

    Tales of the

    Paddington 2

    Paddington 2

    Pride

    Pride

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    Brambly Hedg

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    Mike Leigh:

    Black '47

    Black '47

    Tooth

    Tooth

    Time Bandits

    Time Bandits

    Birds Like Us

    Birds Like U

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    Long Distanc

    Breaking Glass

    Breaking Gla

    Vroom

    Vroom

    King Lear

    King Lear

    New Town Utopia

    New Town Uto

    King of Thieves

    King of Thie

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

    The Night Cl

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    Chance Meeti

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    The King's B

    The Passage

    The Passage

    A Boy Called Christmas

    A Boy Called

    The Duke

    The Duke

    Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

    Children In

    Six Minutes to Midnight

    Six Minutes

    Dolittle

    Dolittle

    The Shout

    The Shout

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    Dead on Time

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    The Adventur

    The Go-Between

    The Go-Betwe

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    Prince Cinde

    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

    The Unlikely

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    Blackadder's

    Charlotte

    Charlotte

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    Happy Feet

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    7 Deadly Sin

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    Our Winnie

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    Brambly Hedg

    An A to Z of Paddington

    An A to Z of

    Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

    Blackadder E

    The Dogs of War

    The Dogs of

    Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

    Asterix: The

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    Picture Frie

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    Asylum

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    The Life Sto

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    Superman Red

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    What is an O

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    2025

    Jay Kelly

    asPeter Schneider

    2025

    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    asColin Jones

    2024

    Paddington in Peru

    asSamuel Gruber

    2023

    Call Me Back

    asGeorge

    2023

    2022 Wimbledon Official Film

    asNarrator

    2023

    Blackadder: A Cunning Story

    asSelf - Contributor

    2021

    Rhythm of Life

    asSelf

    2021

    (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story

    asSelf

    2017

    The Sense of an Ending

    asTony Webster

    2016

    Bridget Jones's Baby

    asDad

    2016

    The Legend of Tarzan

    asPrime Minister

    2016

    Eddie the Eagle

    asBBC Commentator

    2015

    The Lady in the Van

    asUnderwood

    2015

    Brooklyn

    asFather Flood

    2015

    The Weather Inside

    asBritischer Botschafter

    2015

    The Go-Between

    asOld Leo

    2014

    Get Santa

    asSanta Claus

    2014

    Paddington

    asSamuel Gruber

    2014

    Big Game

    asHerbert

    2014

    Postman Pat: The Movie

    asCEO (voice)

    2013

    The Harry Hill Movie

    asCleaner

    2013

    The Phone Call

    asStan (voice)

    2013

    Le Week-End

    asNick Burrows

    2013

    Filth

    asDr Rossi

    2013

    Closed Circuit

    asAttorney General

    2012

    Cloud Atlas

    asCaptain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

    2012

    Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

    asSelf

    2011

    The Iron Lady

    asDenis Thatcher

    2011

    Arthur Christmas

    asSanta (voice)

    2011

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    asHorace Slughorn

    2010

    Another Year

    asTom

    2009

    Perrier's Bounty

    asJim McCrea

    2009

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    asHorace Slughorn

    2009

    The Damned United

    asSam Longson

    2009

    The Young Victoria

    asKing William IV

    2008

    Lost and Found

    asNarrator (voice)

    2008

    Inkheart

    asFenoglio

    2008

    Einstein and Eddington

    asSir Oliver Lodge

    2008

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    asDean Charles Stanforth

    2007

    And When Did You Last See Your Father?

    asArthur Morrison

    2007

    Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

    asSelf

    2007

    Hot Fuzz

    asInspector Frank Butterman

    2006

    Longford

    asLord Longford

    2006

    Art School Confidential

    asJimmy

    2005

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

    asProf. Digory Kirke

    2005

    Valiant

    asSergeant (voice)

    2005

    Spider-Plant Man

    asBatman

    2005

    Robots

    asMadame Gasket (voice)

    2004

    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    asDad

    2004

    The Magic Roundabout

    asBrian (voice)

    2004

    Vera Drake

    asJudge

    2004

    Vanity Fair

    asMr. Osborne

    2004

    Around the World in 80 Days

    asLord Kelvin

    2003

    The Young Visiters

    asAlfred Salteena

    2003

    Bright Young Things

    asThe Drunken Major

    2003

    And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

    asHarry Aitken

    2003

    Anna Spud

    asDad

    2002

    Nicholas Nickleby

    asMr. Wackford Squeers

    2002

    Gangs of New York

    asBoss Tweed

    2002

    The Gathering Storm

    asDesmond Morton

    2001

    Iris

    asJohn Bayley

    2001

    Moulin Rouge!

    asHarold Zidler

    2001

    Bridget Jones's Diary

    asBridget's Dad

    1999

    Topsy-Turvy

    asW. S. Gilbert

    1999

    Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

    asThe Shy Doctor

    1998

    Little Voice

    asMr. Boo

    1998

    The Avengers

    asMother

    1997

    The Borrowers

    asPod Clock

    1997

    Smilla's Sense of Snow

    asDr. Lagermann

    1996

    The Secret Agent

    asChief Inspector Heat

    1995

    Richard III

    asThe Duke of Buckingham

    1995

    Rough Magic

    asDoc Ansell

    1994

    Bullets Over Broadway

    asWarner Purcell

    1994

    Princess Caraboo

    asMr. Worrall

    1994

    Widows' Peak

    asCon Clancy

    1993

    Wide-Eyed and Legless

    asDeric Longden

    1993

    Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

    asGeorge

    1993

    Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

    asThe Earl of Leete

    1992

    A Sense of History

    as23rd Earl of Leete

    1992

    The Crying Game

    asCol

    1991

    Enchanted April

    asFrederick Arbuthnot

    1991

    Nona

    asCarmelo

    1990

    Life Is Sweet

    asAndy

    1989

    Erik the Viking

    asErnest the Viking (a Rapist)

    1989

    The Hangover

    as(voice)

    1988

    Blackadder's Christmas Carol

    asPrince Albert

    1987

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    asJean Pierre Dubois

    1987

    Running Out of Luck

    as

    1986

    The Insurance Man

    asGutling

    1985

    Silas Marner

    asJem Rodney

    1985

    The Good Father

    asRoger Miles

    1985

    Brazil

    asDr. Jaffe

    1984

    The Hit

    asBarrister

    1983

    Birth of a Nation

    asGeoff Figg

    1983

    Walter and June

    asOrderly

    1982

    Intensive Care

    asMr Horsfall

    1982

    Walter

    asJoseph - Orderly

    Fools

    asCardinal Pole

    2024

    An A to Z of Paddington

    asNarrator (voice)

    2023

    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

    asHarold Fry

    2022

    Charlotte

    asGrosspapa (voice)

    2021

    A Boy Called Christmas

    asKing

    2021

    The Duke

    asKempton Bunton

    2020

    Six Minutes to Midnight

    asCharlie

    2020

    Dolittle

    asLord Thomas Badgley

    2019

    Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

    asSelf

    2018

    Black '47

    asLord Kilmichael

    2018

    King of Thieves

    asTerry Perkins

    2018

    King Lear

    asEarl of Gloucester

    2018

    New Town Utopia

    asLewis Silkin MP

    2017

    Paddington 2

    asSamuel Gruber

    2017

    Birds Like Us

    asHorozovich (voice)

    2016

    Ethel & Ernest

    asErnest Briggs (voice)

    2014

    Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods

    asJulius Caesar (voice UK Dub)

    2014

    The One and Only Mike Leigh

    asSelf

    2013

    Chance Meeting

    as

    2008

    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

    asSelf

    2008

    Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

    asSelf

    2008

    Tales of the Riverbank

    asG.P. (voice)

    2004

    Pride

    asEddie (voice)

    2004

    Tooth

    asThe Rabbit (voice)

    2004

    Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

    asBasil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)

    2002

    The King's Beard

    asThe Wizard (voice)

    2001

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

    asSelf

    1998

    Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm

    asPercy

    1997

    Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party

    asPercy

    1997

    Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path

    asJim

    1996

    Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night

    asBasil

    1996

    Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night

    asPercy

    1995

    The Last Englishman

    asCol. Alfred D. Wintle

    1993

    Prince Cinders

    asUgly Brother / Policeman (voice)

    1991

    Happy Feet

    asGrocer

    1989

    7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

    asStandford Hartley

    1988

    Vroom

    asDonald

    1985

    Picture Friend

    asTes Goodwin

    1983

    Dead on Time

    asVicar

    1982

    Our Winnie

    asSecond Attendant

    1982

    Mike Leigh: Making Plays

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1982

    Uliisses

    as

    1981

    Time Bandits

    asCompere

    1980

    The Dogs of War

    asFilm Crew

    1980

    The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

    asMr. Champing

    1980

    Breaking Glass

    asStation Porter

    1980

    Games Without Frontiers

    asStewart

    1979

    Long Distance Information

    asMackaness

    1979

    Phoelix

    as

    1979

    The Passage

    asGerman Soldier (uncredited)

    1978

    The Shout

    asFielder in Cowpat

    1971

    The Go-Between

    asSpectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

    Asylum

    asThe Prison Director

    2025

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

    asSelf - Interviewee

    1984

    The Man Who Shot Christmas

    asNick/Father Christmas

    1978

    The Life Story of Baal

    asWoodcutter

    Superman Redeemed

    asJean Pierre Dubois

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    (12 episode)asPeter Duffley

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    (3 episode)asSam Ronstadt

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    (6 episode)asStan McDermott

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    (6 episode)asSelf - Narrator

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    (2 episode)asDCS Tommy Butler

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    (6 episode)asPrince Bolkonsky

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    (4 episode)asArchmaester Ebrose

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    (1 episode)asLord Marcham

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    (6 episode)asMonty Plant

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    (6 episode)asJim Morley

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    (1 episode)asProfessor Horace Slughorn

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    (1 episode)asSecond Attendant

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