Jim Broadbent on screen and stage

Jim Broadbent in 2007.

Jim Broadbent is an English actor who has had multiple appearances in both television and film. For his film career, Broadbent won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award (both for Iris (2001)) ^[1] and a BAFTA for Moulin Rouge! (2001). For his television career Broadbent has won both a Golden Globe and a BAFTA TV Award (both for Longford (2006)) ^[2] and an Emmy for The Street (2006). ^[3]

Broadbent's roles are varied from his roles as Malcom "Santa" Claus in Arthur Christmas and Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 to his roles as King William IV in The Young Victoria and Col. Alfred Wintle in The Last Englishman.

Broadbent's acting career spans over 50 years with his debut being in 1971's The Go-Between as a spectator at a cricket match.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	The Go-Between	Spectator at Cricket Match	Uncredited [4]
1978	The Life Story of Baal	Woodcutter
	The Shout	Asylum Fielder
1979	Long Distance Information	Mackaness
	The Passage	German Soldier	Uncredited
1980	Breaking Glass	Station Porter
1981	The Dogs of War	Film crew
	Time Bandits	TV game show host
1982	Birth of a Nation	Geoff Fig
	Dead on Time	Priest	Short film
1984	The Hit	Barrister
1985	Brazil	Dr. Jaffe
	The Good Father	Roger Miles
1987	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Jean Pierre Dubois
	Running Out of Luck	Reporter
1988	Vroom	Donald
1989	Erik the Viking	Ernest the Viking
1990	Life Is Sweet	Andy
1991	Enchanted April	Frederick Arbuthnot
1992	The Crying Game	Col
1993	Wide-Eyed and Legless	Deric Longden
	Prince Cinders	Ugly Brother	Voice
1994	Bullets Over Broadway	Warner Purcell
	Princess Caraboo	Mr. Worrall
	Widows' Peak	Con Clancy
1995	Richard III	The Duke of Buckingham
	The Last Englishman	Col. Alfred D. Wintle
	Rough Magic	Doc Ansell
1996	The Secret Agent	Chief Inspector Heat
1997	The Borrowers	Pod Clock
	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Dr. Lagermann
1998	The Avengers	Mother
	Little Voice	Mr. Boo
1999	Topsy-Turvy	W. S. Gilbert
2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	Colin Jones
	Moulin Rouge!	Harold Zidler
	Iris	John Bayley
2002	Gangs of New York	Boss Tweed
	Nicholas Nickleby	Mr. Wackford Squeers
2003	Bright Young Things	Drunk Major
	Anna Spud	Dad	Short film
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Lord Kelvin
	Vanity Fair	Mr. Osborne
	Tooth	The Rabbit	Voice
	Vera Drake	Judge
	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Colin Jones
2005	Robots	Madame Gasket	Voice
	Valiant	Sergeant
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Professor Kirke
	The Magic Roundabout	Brian	Voice
2006	Art School Confidential	Jimmy
2007	Hot Fuzz	Inspector Frank Butterman
	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Arthur Morrison
2008	Free Jimmy	Igor Stromowskij	Voice (English dub)
	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Dean Charles Stanforth
	Inkheart	Fenoglio
	Tales of the Riverbank	G.P.	Voice
2009	The Young Victoria	King William IV
	The Damned United	Sam Longson
	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Horace Slughorn
	Perrier's Bounty	Jim McCrea
	Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva	Carol	Voice (English dub)
2010	Another Year	Tom
	Animals United	Winston	Voice (English dub)
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Horace Slughorn
	Arthur Christmas	Malcolm "Santa" Claus	Voice
	The Iron Lady	Denis Thatcher
2012	Cloud Atlas	Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
2013	Closed Circuit	Attorney General
	Filth	Dr. Rossi
	Le Week-End	Nick Burrows
	The Harry Hill Movie	Bill the Cleaner
	The Phone Call	Stanley	Voice; Short film
2014	Postman Pat: The Movie	Mr. Brown [5] [6]	Voice
	Paddington	Samuel Gruber
	Get Santa	Harry Mitchell / Santa Claus
	Big Game	Herbert
2015	Brooklyn	Father Flood
	The Lady in the Van	Underwood
	The Weather Inside	Britischer Botschafter
2016	Eddie the Eagle	BBC Commentator
	The Legend of Tarzan	British Prime Minister
	Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods [7]	Julius Caesar	Voice (English dub)
	Bridget Jones's Baby	Colin Jones
	Ethel & Ernest	Ernest Briggs	Voice
2017	The Sense of an Ending	Tony Webster
	Paddington 2 [8]	Samuel Gruber
	Mary and the Witch's Flower	Doctor Dee	Voice (English dub)
2018	Black '47	Lord Kilmichael
	King of Thieves	Terry Perkins
2020	Dolittle	Lord Thomas Badgley
	The Duke	Kempton Bunton
	Six Minutes to Midnight	Charlie
2021	Charlotte	Grosspapa	Voice
	A Boy Called Christmas	The King
2023	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry	Harold Fry
2024	An A to Z of Paddington	Narrator	Voice
	Paddington in Peru	Samuel Gruber
2025	Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy	Colin Jones
	Jay Kelly	Peter Schneider

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Not the Nine O'Clock News	Union negotiator	Sketch: "Final Demands"
1980	BBC2 Playhouse	Stewart	Episode: "Games Without Frontiers"
1982	Objects of Affection	Cemetery Attendant	Episode: "Our Winnie"
	Bird of Prey	DI Stanley Richardson	Episode: "Input Classified"
	Walter	Joseph (Orderly)	Television film
1983	The Black Adder	Don Speekingleesh	Episode: "The Queen of Spain's Beard"
	Walter and June	Joseph (Orderly)	Television film
1983, 1985, 1990	Only Fools and Horses	Roy Slater	3 episodes
1984	Crown Court	Robert MacBride	Episode: "Whisper Who Dares: Part 1"
1985	Happy Families	Dalcroix	3 episodes
	Silas Marner	Jem Rodney	Television film
1986	Screen Two	Gutling	Episode: "The Insurance Man"
1987	Victoria Wood as Seen on TV	The Doctor	Television special
1988	Tales of the Unexpected	Mr. Lovejoy	Episode: "The Facts of Life"
	Theatre Night	Maitre Jacques	Episode: "The Miser"
	Dramarama	Uncle Keith	Episode: "Making Waves"
	Blackadder's Christmas Carol	Prince Albert	Television special
1989	Revolution!!	Wallace	Television film; also writer
	Victoria Wood	Alan Hammond	Episode: "Staying In"
1990	Omnibus	Postman Roulin	Episode: "Van Gogh"
1991	Gone to the Dogs	Jim Morley	6 episodes
	Murder Most Horrid	Selwyn Proops	Episode: "A Determined Woman"
	Performance	Carmello	Episode: "Nona"
1991–93	Screen One	Deric Longden / Grocer	2 episodes
1992	A Sense of History	The 23rd Earl of Leete	Television film; also writer
	Inspector Morse	Charlie Bennett	Episode: "Absolute Conviction"
1993	Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown	George	Short film for BBC's The Comic Strip Presents
1994	Perpetual Motion - The Ford Transit	Narrator	Voice
1995–2000	The Peter Principle	Peter Duffley	13 episodes
1996–99	Percy the Park Keeper	Percy	Voice; 18 episodes
1996–2000	The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge	Basil Brightberry, Old Vole	Voice
1999	The Curse of Fatal Death	The Shy Doctor	Television special
	Big Day [9]	Robert	Television short; also writer
2002	The Gathering Storm	Desmond Morton	Television film
2003	The Young Visiters	Alfred Salteena
	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Harry Aitken
2004	Pride	Eddie	Voice; Television film
2005	Spider-Plant Man	Batman	Television short
2006	The Street	Stan McDermott	3 episodes
	Longford	Lord Longford	Television film
2008	Einstein and Eddington	Sir Oliver Lodge
	Lost and Found	Narrator	Voice; Television film
2010	Any Human Heart	Logan Mountstuart (older)	4 episodes
2011	Exile	Sam Ronstadt	3 episodes
2013	The Great Train Robbery	DCS Tommy Butler	Television film
2015	London Spy	Scottie	5 episodes
	The Go-Between	Old Leo Colston	Television film
2015–18	Teletubbies	Trumpets	Voice; 120 episodes
2016	War & Peace	Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky	5 episodes
2017	Game of Thrones	Archmaester Ebrose	4 episodes
2018	Diana	Older Charles / Narrator	Television film
	King Lear	Earl of Gloucester
2020	Black Narcissus	Father Roberts	2 episodes
2022	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Lord Marcham	Episode #1.1
	Ten Percent	Richard Nightingale	Episode #1.1
	Staged	Himself	2 episodes
2024	Trying	George	Episode: "Ghosting"
	My Lady Jane	Duke of Leicester	2 episodes
	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Snaggleroot (voice)	Episode: "Eldest"
2025	Love, Death & Robots	Christopher the Poet (voice)	Episode: "For He Can Creep"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Playwright	Venue
1974	Lord Nelson Lives in Liverpool 8		Philip Martin	Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs), London
1975–77	The Bed Before Yesterday	Taxi Driver (replacement)	Ben Travers	Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London
1976	Illuminatus!	Patrolman James Patrick Hennessy et al.	Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson	Peter Osborne-Ho’ Halligan’s Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun, Mickery Theatre, Amsterdam, and other locations.
1979	The Warp		Ken Campbell and Neil Oram	ICA Theatre, London
	Ecstasy	Len	Mike Leigh	Hampstead Theatre, London (world premiere)
1981	Goose Pimples	Vernon		Hampstead Theatre and Garrick Theatre, London
1981–82	Our Friends in the North	Austin Donohue/Weir	Peter Flannery	Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Pit, London
1982	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	Colonel	Tom Stoppard	Barbican Centre, Royal Shakespeare Company
1982–83	Clay	Pat	Peter Whelan	Barbican Centre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit, London
1983	Other Worlds	John Wheatley / Richard Wheatley	Robert Holman	English Stage Company
1985	The Government Inspector	Anton Svoznik-Dmuchanovsky	Nikolai Gogol	National Theatre
1986–87	Kafka’s Dick	Hermann K	Alan Bennett	Royal Court Theatre (world premiere)
1987	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Wallace		National Theatre of Brent, Assembly Rooms Edinburgh
1988	The Recruiting Officer	Sergeant Kite	George Farquhar	Royal Court Theatre, West End
	A Place with the Pigs	Pavel	Athol Fugard
	Our Country's Good	Harry Brewer	Timberlake Wertenbaker
1988–89	Man of the Moment		Alan Ayckbourn	Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
	A Flea in Her Ear	Victor Emmanuel Chandebise/Poche	Georges Feydeau	The Old Vic, London
1996	Habeas Corpus	Arthur Wicksteed	Alan Bennett	Donmar Warehouse, London
2003–04	The Pillowman	Tupolski	Martin McDonagh	Cottesloe Theatre, Royal National Theatre
2005	Theatre of Blood	Edward Lionheart	Lee Simpson & Phelim McDermott	Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre
2013	The Chapel of Unrest	Older Man	Stephen Volk	Bush Theatre
2015	A Christmas Carol	Scrooge	Charles Dickens	Noël Coward Theatre, West End
2018	A Very Very Very Dark Matter	Hans Christian Andersen	Martin McDonagh	Bridge Theatre, London

References

1. "Jim Broadbent interview: 'Winning an Oscar can be good for anxiety". The Telegraph. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
2. "Every Bafta winner since 2000". The Telegraph. The Telegraph. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
3. "Double Emmy win for The Street". Manchester Evening News. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
4. Singh, Anita (29 September 2014). "Jim Broadbent's forgotten role in The Go-Between". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 February 2017.
5. "Postman Pat to make movie debut". BBC. UK. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
6. "Postman Pat to Hit the Big Screen in 3D". ComingSoon. 16 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
7. "Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods set for UK release in August". 21 June 2016.
8. "Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson Join Paddington 2". 18 October 2016.
9. "Big Day (1999)". BFI. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.