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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…
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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.
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What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
as Self - Interviewee
Jay Kelly
as Peter Schneider
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Colin Jones
Paddington in Peru
as Samuel Gruber
An A to Z of Paddington
as Narrator (voice)
Call Me Back
as George
2022 Wimbledon Official Film
as Narrator
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
as Harold Fry
Charlotte
as Grosspapa (voice)
A Boy Called Christmas
as King
The Duke
as Kempton Bunton
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
as Self
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Charlie
Dolittle
as Lord Thomas Badgley
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
as Self
Black '47
as Lord Kilmichael
King of Thieves
as Terry Perkins
King Lear
as Earl of Gloucester
New Town Utopia
as Lewis Silkin MP
Paddington 2
as Samuel Gruber
Birds Like Us
as Horozovich (voice)
The Sense of an Ending
as Tony Webster
Ethel & Ernest
as Ernest Briggs (voice)
Bridget Jones's Baby
as Dad
The Legend of Tarzan
as Prime Minister
Eddie the Eagle
as BBC Commentator
The Lady in the Van
as Underwood
Brooklyn
as Father Flood
The Weather Inside
as Britischer Botschafter
The Go-Between
as Old Leo
Get Santa
as Santa Claus
No Poster
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
Paddington
as Samuel Gruber
Big Game
as Herbert
Postman Pat: The Movie
as CEO (voice)
The Harry Hill Movie
as Cleaner
The Phone Call
as Stan (voice)
Chance Meeting
Le Week-End
as Nick Burrows
Filth
as Dr Rossi
Closed Circuit
as Attorney General
Cloud Atlas
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
as Self
The Iron Lady
as Denis Thatcher
Arthur Christmas
as Santa (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Horace Slughorn
Another Year
as Tom
Perrier's Bounty
as Jim McCrea
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Horace Slughorn
The Damned United
as Sam Longson
The Young Victoria
as King William IV
Lost and Found
as Narrator (voice)
Inkheart
as Fenoglio
Einstein and Eddington
as Sir Oliver Lodge
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
as Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Dean Charles Stanforth
Tales of the Riverbank
as G.P. (voice)
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
as Arthur Morrison
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
Hot Fuzz
as Inspector Frank Butterman
Longford
as Lord Longford
Art School Confidential
as Jimmy
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Prof. Digory Kirke
Valiant
as Sergeant (voice)
Robots
as Madame Gasket (voice)
The Magic Roundabout
as Brian (voice)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Dad
Vera Drake
as Judge
Vanity Fair
as Mr. Osborne
Pride
as Eddie (voice)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Lord Kelvin
Tooth
as The Rabbit (voice)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
as Basil / Ernest Vole / Purslane Saltapple (Voice)
The Young Visiters
as Alfred Salteena
Bright Young Things
as The Drunken Major
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as Harry Aitken
Anna Spud
as Dad
Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Wackford Squeers
Gangs of New York
as Boss Tweed
The King's Beard
as The Wizard (voice)
The Gathering Storm
as Desmond Morton
Iris
as John Bayley
Moulin Rouge!
as Harold Zidler
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
as Self
Bridget Jones's Diary
as Bridget's Dad
Topsy-Turvy
as W. S. Gilbert
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
as The Shy Doctor
Little Voice
as Mr. Boo
The Avengers
as Mother
Percy The Park Keeper: After The Storm
as Percy
Percy The Park Keeper: The Rescue Party
as Percy
The Borrowers
as Pod Clock
Percy The Park Keeper: The Secret Path
as Jim
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Dr. Lagermann
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
as Basil
Percy The Park Keeper: One Snowy Night
as Percy
The Secret Agent
as Chief Inspector Heat
Richard III
as The Duke of Buckingham
Rough Magic
as Doc Ansell
No Poster
The Last Englishman
as Col. Alfred D. Wintle
Bullets Over Broadway
as Warner Purcell
Princess Caraboo
as Mr. Worrall
Widows' Peak
as Con Clancy
Prince Cinders
as Ugly Brother / Policeman (voice)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric Longden
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
as George
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
as The Earl of Leete
A Sense of History
as 23rd Earl of Leete
The Crying Game
as Col
Enchanted April
as Frederick Arbuthnot
No Poster
Nona
as Carmelo
Life Is Sweet
as Andy
Happy Feet
as Grocer
Van Gogh
as Roulin
Erik the Viking
as Ernest the Viking (a Rapist)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Standford Hartley
The Hangover
as (voice)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Prince Albert
Vroom
as Donald
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Jean Pierre Dubois
Running Out of Luck
as Jimmy
The Insurance Man
as Gutling
Silas Marner
as Jem Rodney
The Good Father
as Roger Miles
Picture Friend
as Tes Goodwin
Brazil
as Dr. Jaffe
No Poster
The Man Who Shot Christmas
as Nick/Father Christmas
The Hit
as Barrister
Birth of a Nation
as Geoff Figg
Walter and June
as Orderly
Dead on Time
as Vicar
Our Winnie
as Second Attendant
Intensive Care
as Mr Horsfall
Walter
as Joseph - Orderly
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
Uliisses
Time Bandits
as Compere
The Dogs of War
as Film Crew
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
as Mr. Champing
Breaking Glass
as Station Porter
Games Without Frontiers
as Stewart
Long Distance Information
as Mackaness
Phoelix
The Passage
as German Soldier (uncredited)
The Life Story of Baal
as Woodcutter
The Shout
as Fielder in Cowpat
The Go-Between
as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)
No Poster
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber
No Poster
Dennis
No Poster
Fools
as Cardinal Pole