"I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character."
James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 in Holton cum Beckering, England) is a British character actor.
A familiar face on British stage and screen for many years, he gained international fame with his performances in Iris and Moulin Rouge!, which respectively earned him an Academy Award and a BAFTA. He is also known for playing Bridget Jones' father in Bridget Jones' Diary and its sequels, and Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter series.
In an interesting case of What Could Have Been, early in his career Broadbent turned down the part of Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, which proved to be a Star-Making Role for David Jason. Broadbent did subsequently have a few memorable cameos in the series as Dirty Cop Roy Slater.
Notable for:
Film:- The Go-Between (1971) - Spectator at Cricket Match
- The Shout (1978) - Fielder in cowpat
- Time Bandits (1981) - Host of Your Money or Your Life
- Brazil (1985) - Dr Jaffe
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) - Jean Pierre Dubois
- Erik the Viking (1988) - Ernest the Viking
- The Crying Game (1992) - Col
- Bullets over Broadway (1994) - Warner Purcell
- Richard III (1995) - the Duke of Buckingham
- The Borrowers (1997) - Pod Clock
- The Avengers (1998) - Mother
- Little Voice (1998) - Mr. Boo
- Topsy-Turvy (1999) - William Schwenk Gilbert
- Moulin Rouge! (2001) - Harold Zidler
- Bridget Jones' Diary (2001) - Colin Jones
- Iris (2001) - John Bayley
- Gangs of New York (2002) - Boss Tweed
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - (2004) - Colin Jones
- Robots (2005) - Madame Gasket
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) - Digory Kirk
- Hot Fuzz (2007) - Inspector Frank Butterman
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - Dean Charles Stanforth
- Harry Potter - Horace Slughorn
- The Damned United (2009) - Sam Longson
- The Iron Lady (2011) - Denis Thatcher
- Arthur Christmas (2011) - Malcolm Claus
- Cloud Atlas (2012) - Timothy Cavendish
- The Phone Call (2013) - Stan
- Paddington (2014) - Mr Gruber
- Brooklyn (2015) - Father Flood
- Bridget Jones' Baby (2016) - Colin Jones
- The Legend of Tarzan (2016) - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, the British Prime Minister
- King of Thieves (2018) - Terry Perkins
- Charlotte (2021) - Charlotte's grandfather
Television
- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death - Eleventh Doctor
- Only Fools and Horses - Roy Slater (3 episodes)
- Blackadder - Don Speekinglish, Prince Albert
- The Peter Principle - Peter Duffley
- The Great Train Robbery (2013) - DCI Frank Butler
- War and Peace (2016) - Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky
- London Spy (2016) - Scottie
- Game of Thrones (2017) - Archmaester Ebrose
- Black Narcissus (2020) - Father Roberts
