
Derek Jacobi
October 22, 1938 (86 years old) in Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Tinsel Town as
- 2025 · Juliet & Romeo as The Friar
- 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Self
- 2024 · Gladiator II as Gracchus
- 2024 · Ludwig as Mr. Todd
- 2023 · The Martini Shot as Errol
- 2023 · Allelujah as Ambrose
- 2022 · Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 2022 · The Sandman as Erasmus Fry
- 2021 · Say Your Prayers as Father Enoch
- 2020 · Come Away as Mr. Brown
- 2020 · Breaking The Codes as
- 2019 · Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans as Claudius
- 2019 · Good Omens as The Metatron
- 2019 · Good Omens as Metatron
- 2019 · Tolkien as Professor Joseph Wright
- 2018 · Les Misérables as Bishop Myriel
- 2018 · Tomb Raider as Mr. Yaffe
- 2017 · Murder on the Orient Express as Edward Henry Masterman
- 2017 · Stratton as Ross
- 2016 · The History of Love as Leopold Gursky
- 2016 · The Crown as Duke of Windsor
- 2016 · Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio
- 2015 · Cinderella as King
- 2015 · The Gospel of Luke as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
- 2014 · Effie Gray as Travers Twiss
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Webster
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Claudius/Spooner
- 2013 · Vicious as Stuart Bixby
- 2012 · Last Tango in Halifax as Alan
- 2012 · Jail Caesar as Sulla
- 2012 · Titanic: Blood and Steel as Lord Pirrie
- 2011 · My Week with Marilyn as Sir Owen Morshead
- 2011 · Anonymous as Prologue
- 2011 · Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Amazing World of Gumball as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Ironclad as Cornhill
- 2011 · National Theatre Live: King Lear as King Lear
- 2010 · The King's Speech as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
- 2010 · Joe Maddison's War as Mr. Simpson
- 2009 · Diamonds as Piers Denmont
- 2008 · Adam Resurrected as Dr. Nathan Gross
- 2008 · One of Those Days as Howard Whittam
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as Magisterial Emissary
- 2007 · Guantanamero as Guido
- 2007 · The Riddle as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
- 2007 · In the Night Garden as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Pinochet in Suburbia as Senator Augusto Pinochet
- 2006 · Underworld: Evolution as Alexander Corvinus
- 2005 · Nanny McPhee as Mr. Wheen
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Professor Yana
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Colonel Protheroe
- 2004 · Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On as Mr. Operatski (voice)
- 2004 · Strings as Nezo
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2003 · Henry VIII as Narrator
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 2002 · I, Claudius: A Television Epic as Self
- 2002 · The Jury as George Cording QC
- 2001 · Gosford Park as Probert
- 2001 · Revelation as Librarian
- 2000 · Jason and the Argonauts as Phineas
- 2000 · Gladiator as Gracchus
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 1998 · Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon as Francis Bacon
- 1996 · Hamlet as King Claudius
- 1996 · Breaking the Code as Alan Turing
- 1995 · Achilles as Narrator
- 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1994 · Cadfael as Brother Cadfael
- 1993 · The Vision Thing as George Salisbury
- 1993 · Frasier as Jackson Hedley
- 1992 · The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
- 1991 · Dead Again as Franklyn Madson
- 1990 · The Civil War as Various
- 1990 · Discovering Hamlet as Himself
- 1989 · Henry V as Chorus
- 1989 · The Congress as (voice)
- 1988 · The Tenth Man as The Imposter
- 1987 · Little Dorrit as Arthur Clennam
- 1986 · Mr. Pye as Mr. Pye
- 1986 · Wedden, dat..? as Self
- 1985 · Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1982 · Enigma as Kurt Limmer
- 1982 · The Secret of NIMH as Nicodemus (voice)
- 1982 · Stranger in Town as The Stranger
- 1982 · Inside the Third Reich as Adolf Hitler
- 1980 · Hamlet as Hamlet
- 1979 · The Human Factor as Arthur Davis
- 1979 · Minder as Freddie Fenton
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as The Stranger
- 1978 · The Medusa Touch as Townley - Publisher
- 1976 · I, Claudius as Claudius
- 1974 · Blue Blood as Gregory
- 1974 · NOVA as Voice of Ernest Shackleton
- 1973 · The Day of the Jackal as Inspector Caron
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as William Drew
- 1971 · Budgie as Herbert Fletcher
- 1970 · Three Sisters as Andrei
- 1967 · Much Ado About Nothing as Don John
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · Coronation Street: Queens of the Street as Himself
- 2025 · Moss & Freud as Lucian Freud
- 2023 · The American Buffalo as (voice)
- 2023 · The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies as Sir Ralph Unwin
- 2023 · U-Boat Wargamers as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · A Bird Flew In as David
- 2022 · Pearl Islands as Self
- 2021 · Rhythm of Life as Self
- 2021 · Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood as Himself (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Lost Pirate Kingdom as Narrator
- 2020 · The Host as Dr. Hobson
- 2019 · The Warrior Queen of Jhansi as Lord Palmerston
- 2019 · Muse as The Lawyer
- 2019 · Greatest Events of World War II in Colour as Narrator
- 2018 · Nothing Is Truer than Truth as
- 2017 · A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong as Scrooge
- 2017 · Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge as
- 2015 · Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Venom as Narrator
- 2013 · You as Man
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Last Will. & Testament as Himself
- 2012 · The Halloween Kid as Narrator
- 2012 · Shakespeare Uncovered as Himself
- 2011 · There Be Dragons as Honorio
- 2010 · Hereafter as Derek Jacobi
- 2009 · Margot as Fred Ashton
- 2009 · Doctor Who Greatest Moments as Self
- 2009 · Charles Dickens's England as Himself - Presenter
- 2009 · Diamonds as
- 2009 · Endgame as Rudolph Agnew
- 2009 · Morris: A Life with Bells On as Quentin Neely
- 2008 · A Bunch of Amateurs as Nigel Dewberry
- 2008 · Sidney Turtlebaum as Sidney Turtlebaum
- 2008 · Pompeii and the Roman Villa as Narrator
- 2008 · The Ties That Bind Us as The Master (archive footage)
- 2007 · The Old Curiosity Shop as Grandfather
- 2007 · Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space as President
- 2007 · Anastezsi as Balzer
- 2007 · The Art of Francis Bacon as Derek Jacobi
- 2006 · Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy as Narrator
- 2005 · Bye Bye Blackbird as Lord Dempsey
- 2005 · Strength and Honor: Production Pods as Self
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004 · The Long Firm as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
- 2004 · London as Tacitus
- 2004 · Cloud Cuckoo Land as Victor
- 2003 · Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as The Master (voice)
- 2002 · The Dinosaur Hunters as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Inquisition as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
- 2002 · Two Men Went To War as Maj. Merton
- 2002 · Revengers Tragedy as The Duke
- 2002 · The Making of 'Gosford Park' as Self
- 2002 · The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Stanley Baldwin
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
- 2001 · David Macaulay: Mill Times as Priam Huntington (voice)
- 2001 · The Body as Father Lavelle
- 2001 · Great Escape: The Untold Story as Narrator
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
- 2000 · The Wyvern Mystery as Squire Fairfield
- 2000 · Wilfred as Voice
- 2000 · Up at the Villa as Lucky Leadbetter
- 1999 · The Chimes as Narrator
- 1999 · Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Father Leonor Fousnel
- 1998 · Basil as Father Frederick
- 1998 · Animated Epics: Beowulf as Narrator ( voice )
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Self - Interviewee
- 1996 · The West as Self (voice)
- 1996 · Witness Against Hitler as General
- 1994 · The Secret Garden as Archibald Craven (voice)
- 1994 · Monk's Hood as Brother Cadfael
- 1994 · The Leper of St. Giles as Brother Cadfael
- 1994 · The Sanctuary Sparrow as Brother Cadfael
- 1994 · One Corpse Too Many as Brother Cadfael
- 1994 · David Macaulay: Roman City as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
- 1994 · Aladdin as The Magician (voice)
- 1993 · Circle of Deceit as Randal
- 1992 · The Velvet Claw as Narrator
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Daedalus
- 1990 · The Fool as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
- 1989 · David Macaulay: Pyramid as Hordedef (voice)
- 1987 · The Secret Garden as Archibald Craven
- 1986 · On Wings of Fire as Self
- 1986 · David Macaulay: Cathedral as Pierre (voice)
- 1986 · Mr. Pye as Mr. Pye
- 1985 · The Statue of Liberty as Self (voice)
- 1982 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Dom Claude Frollo
- 1981 · Charlotte as Daberlohn
- 1980 · The Man Who Went Up in Smoke as Martin Beck
- 1978 · Richard II as King Richard II
- 1977 · Philby, Burgess and Maclean as Guy Burgess
- 1974 · The Odessa File as Klaus Wenzer
- 1974 · The Pallisers as
- 1965 · Othello as Cassio
- 1962 · The Fishing Match as Eric
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dom Claude
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Archibald Craven
- Future · Lead Heads as
- Future · Venom! Nine Ways to Die as Narrator
- 1978 · Mysterious Castles of Clay as Narrator
- 1965 · Olivier Talks About Othello as (archive footage)
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Imposter
- Future · The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island as Narrator