Jim Broadbent on screen and stage

Jim Broadbent in 2007.
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 Post-production
Jay Kelly
TBA The Choral

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 Det. Chief Insp. 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"

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.