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) 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) and an Emmy for The Street (2006).
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 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 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 Roger Miles 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Jean Pierre Dubois Running Out of LuckReporter 1988 Vroom Donald 1989 Erik the Viking Ernest the Viking 1990 Life Is Sweet Andy 1991 Enchanted April Frederick Arbuthnot 1992 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 Pod Clock Smilla's Sense of Snow Dr. Lagermann 1998 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 King William IV 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 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 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 Samuel Gruber Mary and the Witch's Flower Doctor Dee Voice (English dub) 2018 Black '47 Lord Kilmichael King of Thieves Terry Perkins2020 Dolittle Lord Thomas Badgley The Duke Kempton Bunton Six Minutes to Midnight Charlie2021 Charlotte Grosspapa Voice A Boy Called Christmas The King 2023 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Harold Fry2024 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 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" 1987Victoria 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" 1991–1993 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 1996–1999 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 Robert Television short; also writer 2000–2015 Whimsy Rabbit's Neighborhood Dad Rabbit Voice; 114 episodes 2002 Desmond Morton Television film2003 Alfred Salteena And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Harry Aitken 2004 Pride Eddie Voice; Television film 2005 Spider-Plant Man Batman Television short 2006 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 2015–2018 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 TryingGeorgeEpisode: "Ghosting" My Lady JaneDuke of Leicester2 episodes The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Snaggleroot (voice) Episode: "Eldest"2025Love, Death & RobotsChristopher the Poet (voice)Episode: "For He Can Creep"
Theatre Year Title Role Playwright Venue1974Lord Nelson Lives in Liverpool 8Philip Martin Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs), London1975–1977The Bed Before YesterdayTaxi Driver (replacement)Ben TraversLyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London1976Illuminatus!Patrolman James Patrick Hennessy et al.Robert Shea and Robert Anton WilsonPeter Osborne-Ho’ Halligan’s Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun, Mickery Theatre, Amsterdam, and other locations.1979The WarpKen Campbell and Neil OramICA Theatre, LondonEcstasyLenMike LeighHampstead Theatre, London (world premiere)1981Goose PimplesVernonHampstead Theatre and Garrick Theatre, London1981–1982Our Friends in the NorthAustin Donohue/WeirPeter FlanneryRoyal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Pit, London1982 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Colonel Tom Stoppard Barbican Centre, Royal Shakespeare Company1982–1983Clay PatPeter WhelanBarbican Centre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit, London1983Other WorldsJohn Wheatley / Richard WheatleyRobert HolmanEnglish Stage Company1985The Government InspectorAnton Svoznik-DmuchanovskyNikolai GogolNational Theatre1986–1987Kafka’s DickHermann KAlan BennettRoyal Court Theatre (world premiere)1987The Greatest Story Ever ToldWallaceNational Theatre of Brent, Assembly Rooms Edinburgh 1988 The Recruiting Officer Sergeant Kite George Farquhar Royal Court Theatre, West EndA Place with the PigsPavelAthol FugardCottesloe Theatre, National Theatre Our Country's Good Harry Brewer Timberlake WertenbakerRoyal Court Theatre, West End1988–1989Man of the MomentAlan AyckbournStephen 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, London2003–2004 The Pillowman Tupolski Martin McDonagh Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre2005 Theatre of Blood Edward Lionheart Lee Simpson & Phelim McDermott Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre2013The Chapel of UnrestOlder ManStephen VolkBush Theatre2015 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
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