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Acting

Jim Broadbent

Career: Active from 1979 to 2026, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 66
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Longford
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 120 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jim Broadbent Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Scare
1.6, average 2.6
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 11
Character-Driven 9
Character Study 8
Psychological Drama 7
Historical Drama 6
Class Conflict 6
British History 6
Political Intrigue 4
British Drama 4
British Humor 4
Nostalgic 4
Gentle Humor 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

181

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

as Cardinal Pole

2020s

20 titles · average score 68

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

72

as Colin Jones

Jay Kelly

66

as Peter Schneider

Paddington in Peru

75

as Samuel Gruber

My Lady Jane

81

TV show · as Duke of Leicester

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

72

as Harold Fry

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

65

TV show · as Snaggleroot (voice)

Charlotte

68

as Grosspapa (voice)

The Duke

79

as Kempton Bunton

Dolittle

39

as Lord Thomas Badgley

Black Narcissus

57

TV show · as Father Roberts

Six Minutes to Midnight

48

as Charlie

Trying

81

TV show · as George

2010s

39 titles · average score 68

King of Thieves

45

as Terry Perkins

The Sense of an Ending

63

as Tony Webster

The Legend of Tarzan

49

as Prime Minister

London Spy

76

TV show · as Scottie

Postman Pat: The Movie

47

as CEO (voice)

The Great Train Robbery

69

TV show · as DCS Tommy Butler

Cloud Atlas

65

as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

The Iron Lady

55

as Denis Thatcher

Exile

72

TV show · as Sam Ronstadt

Arthur Christmas

76

as Santa (voice)

Another Year

80

as Tom

Any Human Heart

65

TV show · as Logan Mountstuart (Older)

2000s

35 titles · average score 63

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

78

as Horace Slughorn

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

64

as Dean Charles Stanforth

Hot Fuzz

83

as Inspector Frank Butterman

Vanity Fair

53

as Mr. Osborne

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

48

as Dad

Around the World in 80 Days

47

as Lord Kelvin

Gangs of New York

73

as Boss Tweed

Nicholas Nickleby

72

as Mr. Wackford Squeers

The Gathering Storm

70

as Desmond Morton

Iris

71

as John Bayley

Bridget Jones's Diary

72

as Bridget's Dad

Moulin Rouge!

74

as Harold Zidler

1990s

36 titles · average score 66

Topsy-Turvy

81

as W. S. Gilbert

The Avengers

21

as Mother

The Borrowers

65

as Pod Clock

The Peter Principle

TV show · as Peter Duffley

Percy the Park Keeper

TV show · as Percy (voice)

The Secret Agent

47

as Chief Inspector Heat

Rough Magic

39

as Doc Ansell

Richard III

82

as The Duke of Buckingham

Princess Caraboo

59

as Mr. Worrall

Bullets Over Broadway

85

as Warner Purcell

Gone to Seed

TV show · as Monty Plant

Life Is Sweet

83

as Andy

1980s

41 titles · average score 69

The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos

TV show

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Charlie Bennett

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

26

as Jean Pierre Dubois

The Good Father

72

as Roger Miles

Brazil

86

as Dr. Jaffe

The Hit

73

as Barrister

The Man Who Shot Christmas

as Nick/Father Christmas

Dead on Time

65

as Vicar

Birth of a Nation

as Geoff Figg

Walter and June

as Orderly

Blackadder

80

TV show · as Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter

Only Fools and Horses

85

TV show · as Roy Slater

1970s

8 titles · average score 67

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Mr Lovejoy

Long Distance Information

as Mackaness

The Passage

32

as German Soldier (uncredited)

The Shout

74

as Fielder in Cowpat

The Life Story of Baal

as Woodcutter

Playhouse

TV show · as Stewart

The Go-Between

86

as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited)

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Mr. Horsfall / Mr. Champing

1960s

1 title · average score 72

Omnibus

72

TV show · as Roulin