Derek Jacobi

Actor Oct 22 (age 87) Leytonstone, London, England, UK 1951–2026 (75 year career)

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Biography

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, ful…

Known For

Film

Gladiator

Gracchus

Film

The King's Speech

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Film

Murder on the Orient Express

Edward Henry Masterman

Film

Cinderella

King

Film

Tomb Raider

Mr. Yaffe

Film

Gladiator II

Gracchus

Film

Underworld: Evolution

Alexander Corvinus

Film

Nanny McPhee

Mr. Wheen

Filmography

Acting (217)

Movies (161)

Broken English

2026

as The Narrator

7.0

Moss & Freud

2026 Upcoming

as Lucian Freud

May 29

Juliet & Romeo

as The Friar

Tinsel Town

as Albert

Gladiator II

as Gracchus

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Self

The Martini Shot

as Errol

Allelujah

as Ambrose

A Bird Flew In

as David

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022

as Self

7.8

Pearl Islands

2022

as Self

Say Your Prayers

as Father Enoch

Rhythm of Life

as Self

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Come Away

as Mr. Brown

The Host

as Dr. Hobson

Breaking The Codes

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

2020

as Himself

Tolkien

2019

as Professor Joseph Wright

6.9

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

2019

as Claudius

5.2

Muse

2019

as The Lawyer

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

as Lord Palmerston

Tomb Raider

as Mr. Yaffe

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

2018

3.5

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

as Edward Henry Masterman

6.7

Stratton

2017

as Ross

5.0

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

2017

as Scrooge

7.6

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

2017

The History of Love

2016

as Leopold Gursky

6.4

The Devil of Christmas

2016

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

as Mercutio

Cinderella

as King

The Gospel of Luke

as Narrator (voice) – King James Version

8.3

Venom

2015

as Narrator

10.0

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

as Self (archive footage)

Grace of Monaco

2014

as Count Fernando D'Aillieres

Effie Gray

as Travers Twiss

Muse of Fire

as Self

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013

as Claudius/Spooner

6.2

You

2013

as Man

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

as Narrator (voice)

Jail Caesar

as Sulla

Last Will. & Testament

2012

as Himself

7.0

The Halloween Kid

2012

as Narrator

Ironclad

as Cornhill

Anonymous

as Prologue

My Week with Marilyn

as Sir Owen Morshead

There Be Dragons

as Honorio

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

2011

as Narrator (voice)

6.4

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2011

as King Lear

7.0

The King's Speech

2010

as Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Hereafter

as Derek Jacobi

Joe Maddison's War

as Mr. Simpson

Endgame

as Rudolph Agnew

Diamonds

as Piers Denmont

Morris: A Life with Bells On

as Quentin Neely

Margot

as Fred Ashton

Charles Dickens's England

2009

as Himself - Presenter

One of Those Days

2008

as Howard Whittam

7.3

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

2008

as Narrator

A Bunch of Amateurs

as Nigel Dewberry

Adam Resurrected

as Dr. Nathan Gross

Sidney Turtlebaum

as Sidney Turtlebaum

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as The Master (archive footage)

The Golden Compass

2007

as Magisterial Emissary

6.1

The Riddle

2007

as The Tramp / Charles Dickens

Guantanamero

as Guido

Anastezsi

as Balzer

The Old Curiosity Shop

2007

as Grandfather

5.0

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

2007

as President

The Art of Francis Bacon

2007

as Derek Jacobi

Pinochet in Suburbia

2006

as Senator Augusto Pinochet

6.0

Underworld: Evolution

2006

as Alexander Corvinus

6.6

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

as Narrator

Nanny McPhee

as Mr. Wheen

Bye Bye Blackbird

as Lord Dempsey

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005

as Self

Mist: The Story of a Sheepdog Puppy

2005

as Narrator(voice)

Strings

2004

as Nezo

6.7

Cloud Cuckoo Land

2004

as Victor

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

7.1

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

2004

as Mr. Operatski (voice)

7.0

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self

The Dinosaur Hunters

as Narrator (voice)

The Gathering Storm

as Stanley Baldwin

Inquisition

as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

Revengers Tragedy

2002

as The Duke

5.4

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

as Self

Two Men Went To War

as Maj. Merton

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002

as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

4.9

The Making of Gosford Park

2002

as Self

5.0

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

2002

as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

Gosford Park

as Probert

The Body

as Father Lavelle

Revelation

as Librarian

Great Escape: The Untold Story

2001

as Narrator

6.0

David Macaulay: Mill Times

2001

as Priam Huntington (voice)

Gladiator

as Gracchus

The Wyvern Mystery

as Squire Fairfield

Up at the Villa

as Lucky Leadbetter

Wilfred

as Voice

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Various Characters

6.5

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999

as Father Leonor Fousnel

The Chimes

as Narrator

Basil

as Father Frederick

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998

as Francis Bacon

6.0

Animated Epics: Beowulf

1998

as Narrator ( voice )

Hamlet

as King Claudius

Looking for Richard

as Self - Interviewee

6.8

Breaking the Code

1996

as Alan Turing

5.1

Witness Against Hitler

as General

Achilles

as Narrator

The Virgin in the Ice

1995

as Brother Cadfael

Aladdin

1994

as The Magician (voice)

5.4

The Sanctuary Sparrow

1994

as Brother Cadfael

The Secret Garden

1994

as Archibald Craven (voice)

5.7

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994

as Marcus Fabricius (voice)

9.0

Monk's Hood

1994

as Brother Cadfael

One Corpse Too Many

1994

as Brother Cadfael

The Leper of St. Giles

1994

as Brother Cadfael

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

1994

as Jeremy Fisher (voice)

The Vision Thing

1993

as George Salisbury

Circle of Deceit

as Randal

Dead Again

as Franklyn Madson

Discovering Hamlet

as Himself

The Fool

as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

7.0

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989

as Hordedef (voice)

Henry V

as Chorus

The Congress

as (voice)

The Tenth Man

as The Imposter

The Secret Garden

as Archibald Craven

Little Dorrit

as Arthur Clennam

Mr. Pye

as Mr. Pye

David Macaulay: Cathedral

1986

as Pierre (voice)

On Wings of Fire

1986

as Self

9.5

Cyrano de Bergerac

1985

as Cyrano de Bergerac

5.5

The Statue of Liberty

as Self (voice)

The Secret of NIMH

as Nicodemus (voice)

Enigma

as Kurt Limmer

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Dom Claude Frollo

Stranger in Town

as The Stranger

Charlotte

as Daberlohn

Hamlet

1980

as Hamlet

6.1

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

1980

as Martin Beck

The Human Factor

1979

as Arthur Davis

5.8

The Medusa Touch

1978

as Townley - Publisher

6.8

Richard II

1978

as King Richard II

7.5

Mysterious Castles of Clay

1978

as Narrator

5.8

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

as Guy Burgess

Blue Blood

as Gregory

The Odessa File

as Klaus Wenzer

The Day of the Jackal

as Inspector Caron

Three Sisters

as Andrei

Much Ado About Nothing

1967

as Don John

5.5

Olivier Talks About Othello

1965

as (archive footage)

Othello

1965

as Cassio

6.2

The Fishing Match

1962

as Eric

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

as Narrator

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

as Narrator

Frank and Percy

Lead Heads

Television (56)

Ludwig

as Mr. Todd

The American Buffalo

as (voice)

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

as Sir Ralph Unwin

U-Boat Wargamers

as Narrator (voice)

The Sandman

as Erasmus Fry

Remembers…

as Self

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

as Narrator

Good Omens

as Metatron

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

as Narrator

Les Misérables

as Bishop Myriel

The Crown

as Duke of Windsor

Inside No. 9

as Dennis Fulcher (voice)

8.1

Vicious

2013

as Stuart Bixby

7.5

Last Tango in Halifax

2012

as Alan

7.0

Titanic: Blood and Steel

2012

as Lord Pirrie

7.2

Shakespeare Uncovered

2012

as Himself

7.5

The Amazing World of Gumball

as Narrator (voice)

The Borgias

as Cardinal Orsini

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

as Self

Diamonds

In the Night Garden

as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who

as Professor Yana

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

8.2

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Colonel Protheroe

7.8

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

The Long Firm

2004

as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

7.0

London

2004

as Tacitus

Henry VIII

2003

as Narrator

7.0

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

2003

as The Master (voice)

6.6

The Jury

2002

as George Cording QC

6.8

Jason and the Argonauts

2000

as Phineas

6.3

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Family Guy

as Rupert (voice)

The West

as Self (voice)

Baseball

as (voice)

Cadfael

as Brother Cadfael

Frasier

as Jackson Hedley

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)

6.2

The Velvet Claw

1992

as Narrator

9.0

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

as Daedalus

The Civil War

as Various

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

Mr. Pye

as Mr. Pye

Inside the Third Reich

1982

as Adolf Hitler

Tales of the Unexpected

as Drioli

Minder

as Freddie Fenton

I, Claudius

as Claudius

I, Claudius

as Self

NOVA

as Voice of Ernest Shackleton

7.0

The Pallisers

1974

as Lord Fawn

6.7

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as William Drew

Budgie

as Herbert Fletcher

Horizon

as Narrator

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Armchair Theatre

as Eric

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Dom Claude

8.6