Jim Broadbent on screen and stage
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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
[edit]| 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 |
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| 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 | Father Vodell | ||
| 2023 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Harold Fry | |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru | Samuel Gruber | Post-production |
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Colin Jones | |
| Untitled Noah Baumbach film | |||
| TBA | The Choral |
Television
[edit]| 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 | 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 | Television film | |
| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "Jim Broadbent interview: 'Winning an Oscar can be good for anxiety". The Telegraph. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Every Bafta winner since 2000". The Telegraph. The Telegraph. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Double Emmy win for The Street". Manchester Evening News. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Singh, Anita (29 September 2014). "Jim Broadbent's forgotten role in The Go-Between". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Postman Pat to make movie debut". BBC. UK. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods set for UK release in August". 21 June 2016.
- ^ "Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson Join Paddington 2". 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Big Day (1999)". BFI. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.