Derek Jacobi
Acting
Born: October 22, 1938 (age 87) · Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Gladiator
2000
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
The King's Speech
2010
Tomb Raider
2018
Cinderella
2015
The Golden Compass
2007
Gladiator II
2024
Underworld: Evolution
2006
Doctor Who
2005
Nanny McPhee
2005
The Sandman
2022
The Crown
2016
Photos (2)
Movies (132)
Gladiator
Gracchus
Cinderella
King
Gladiator II
Gracchus
Heartstopper Forever
Pete
The King's Speech
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Murder on the Orient Express
Edward Henry Masterman
Tomb Raider
Mr. Yaffe
Nanny McPhee
Mr. Wheen
The Golden Compass
Magisterial Emissary
Underworld: Evolution
Alexander Corvinus
The Day of the Jackal
Inspector Caron
The Secret of NIMH
Nicodemus (voice)
Gosford Park
Probert
My Week with Marilyn
Sir Owen Morshead
Tolkien
Professor Joseph Wright
Hereafter
Derek Jacobi
Ironclad
Cornhill
Dead Again
Franklyn Madson
Anonymous
Prologue
Come Away
Mr. Brown
The Medusa Touch
Townley - Publisher
The Body
Father Lavelle
The Odessa File
Klaus Wenzer
The History of Love
Leopold Gursky
Hamlet
King Claudius
Grace of Monaco
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Effie Gray
Travers Twiss
Moss & Freud
Lucian Freud
Adam Resurrected
Dr. Nathan Gross
Stratton
Ross
Juliet & Romeo
The Friar
Henry V
Chorus
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Claudius
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dom Claude Frollo
There Be Dragons
Honorio
The Tenth Man
The Imposter
A Bird Flew In
David
Broken English
The Narrator
The Gathering Storm
Stanley Baldwin
Tinsel Town
Albert
Endgame
Rudolph Agnew
Guantanamero
Guido
Charlotte
Daberlohn
The Human Factor
Arthur Davis
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
Strings
Nezo
Basil
Father Frederick
Venom
Narrator
Up at the Villa
Lucky Leadbetter
Enigma
Kurt Limmer
The Martini Shot
Errol
Othello
Cassio
The Host
Dr. Hobson
Allelujah
Ambrose
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Hordedef (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Claudius/Spooner
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Narrator ( voice )
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven (voice)
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator(voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
Aladdin
The Magician (voice)
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Lord Palmerston
Revelation
Librarian
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
Two Men Went To War
Maj. Merton
Revengers Tragedy
The Duke
A Bunch of Amateurs
Nigel Dewberry
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy Fisher (voice)
The Wyvern Mystery
Squire Fairfield
Three Sisters
Andrei
The Chimes
Narrator
The Devil of Christmas
2016
Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Quentin Neely
Richard II
King Richard II
One Corpse Too Many
Brother Cadfael
Achilles
Narrator
Blue Blood
Gregory
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Mr. Operatski (voice)
Pinochet in Suburbia
Senator Augusto Pinochet
The Ties That Bind Us
The Master (archive footage)
Breaking the Code
Alan Turing
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Pierre (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing
Don John
The Riddle
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
The Vision Thing
George Salisbury
Muse
The Lawyer
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Brother Cadfael
Bye Bye Blackbird
Lord Dempsey
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Narrator
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Father Leonor Fousnel
Diamonds
Piers Denmont
The Congress
(voice)
David Macaulay: Roman City
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Narrator (voice)
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Guy Burgess
Monk's Hood
Brother Cadfael
The Gospel of Luke
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Stranger in Town
The Stranger
Joe Maddison's War
Mr. Simpson
Hamlet
Hamlet
National Theatre Live: King Lear
King Lear
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Martin Beck
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Scrooge
Breaking The Codes
2020
Witness Against Hitler
General
The Dinosaur Hunters
Narrator (voice)
Margot
Fred Ashton
Say Your Prayers
Father Enoch
One of Those Days
Howard Whittam
The Halloween Kid
Narrator
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Jail Caesar
Sulla
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus (voice)
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
President
The Leper of St. Giles
Brother Cadfael
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
Inquisition
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
The Virgin in the Ice
Brother Cadfael
David Macaulay: Mill Times
Priam Huntington (voice)
The Art of Francis Bacon
Derek Jacobi
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Narrator
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Narrator
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Narrator (voice)
You
Man
TV Shows (54)
Jason and the Argonauts
Phineas · 2 eps
Frasier
Jackson Hedley · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Professor Yana · 1 eps
NOVA
Voice of Ernest Shackleton · 1 eps
The Sandman
Erasmus Fry · 1 eps
The Crown
Duke of Windsor · 1 eps
Horizon
Narrator · 1 eps
The Amazing World of Gumball
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Protheroe · 1 eps
Minder
Freddie Fenton · 1 eps
Ludwig
Mr. Todd · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
The Stranger · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Drioli · 1 eps
Good Omens
The Metatron · 2 eps
Good Omens
Metatron · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Gerry · 1 eps
The Borgias
Cardinal Orsini · 2 eps
Inside No. 9
Webster · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Richard II · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Hamlet · 1 eps
Doctor Who Confidential
1 eps
Cadfael
Brother Cadfael · 13 eps
ScreenPlay
George Salisbury · 1 eps
Les Misérables
Bishop Myriel · 1 eps
In the Night Garden
Narrator (voice) · 100 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
William Drew · 1 eps
I, Claudius
Claudius · 12 eps
The Civil War
William Russell / Various (voice) · 9 eps
Baseball
Various (voice)
Baseball
(voice) · 1 eps
The Pallisers
Lord Fawn · 8 eps
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Lord Pirrie · 12 eps
Vicious
Stuart Bixby · 12 eps
Budgie
Herbert Fletcher · 1 eps
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
The Master (voice) · 5 eps
Inside the Third Reich
Adolf Hitler · 2 eps
Last Tango in Halifax
Alan · 24 eps
The American Buffalo
(voice) · 2 eps
The Jury
George Cording QC · 6 eps
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Narrator · 10 eps
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice) · 1 eps
Henry VIII
Narrator · 2 eps
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Narrator · 6 eps
Affairs of the Heart
Bertram Braddle · 1 eps
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Daedalus · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dom Claude · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Archibald Craven · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Imposter · 1 eps
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
Sir Ralph Unwin · 5 eps
The Long Firm
Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby · 4 eps
Mr Pye
Mr Pye · 4 eps
U-Boat Wargamers
Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Armchair Theatre
Eric · 1 eps
Man of Straw
Diederich Hessling · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (23)
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Remembers…
Self · 2 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
The West
Self (voice) · 1 eps
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself · 1 eps
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self · 1 eps
Muse of Fire
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
The Statue of Liberty
Self (voice)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Last Will. & Testament
Himself
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
Discovering Hamlet
Himself
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
On Wings of Fire
Self
Charles Dickens's England
Himself - Presenter
Pearl Islands
Self