Derek Jacobi
Acting
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
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movieMoss & Freud
2026
Lucian Freud
movieBroken English
2026
The Narrator
movieTinsel Town
2025
Albert
movieJuliet & Romeo
2025
The Friar
movieGladiator II
2024
Gracchus
tvLudwig
2024
Mr. Todd
tvThe American Buffalo
2023
(voice)
tvThe Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
Sir Ralph Unwin
movieAllelujah
2023
Ambrose
tvU-Boat Wargamers
2023
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Sandman
2022
Erasmus Fry
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
movieAlbert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieSay Your Prayers
2021
Father Enoch
tvThe Lost Pirate Kingdom
2021
Narrator
movieCome Away
2020
Mr. Brown
movieThe Host
2020
Dr. Hobson
movieThe Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
Lord Palmerston
movieMuse
2019
The Lawyer
tvGood Omens
2019
The Metatron / Metatron
movieTolkien
2019
Professor Joseph Wright
tvLes Misérables
2018
Bishop Myriel
movieTomb Raider
2018
Mr. Yaffe
movieMurder on the Orient Express
2017
Edward Henry Masterman
movieThe History of Love
2016
Leopold Gursky
tvThe Crown
2016
Duke of Windsor
movieKnights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieVenom
2015
Narrator
movieThe Gospel of Luke
2015
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
movieGrace of Monaco
2014
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
movieEffie Gray
2014
Travers Twiss
tvInside No. 9
2014
Webster
movieYou
2013
Man
movieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Claudius/Spooner
tvVicious
2013
Stuart Bixby
movieDangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Halloween Kid
2012
Narrator
movieJail Caesar
2012
Sulla
tvShakespeare Uncovered
2012
Himself
tvTitanic: Blood and Steel
2012
Lord Pirrie
movieMy Week with Marilyn
2011
Sir Owen Morshead
movieAnonymous
2011
Prologue
movieThrough the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Amazing World of Gumball
2011
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Borgias
2011
Cardinal Orsini
movieThere Be Dragons
2011
Honorio
movieIronclad
2011
Cornhill
movieThe King's Speech
2010
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
movieHereafter
2010
Derek Jacobi
movieJoe Maddison's War
2010
Mr. Simpson
movieMargot
2009
Fred Ashton
movieCharles Dickens's England
2009
Himself - Presenter
movieDiamonds
2009
Piers Denmont
movieEndgame
2009
Rudolph Agnew
movieMorris: A Life with Bells On
2009
Quentin Neely
movieA Bunch of Amateurs
2008
Nigel Dewberry
movieSidney Turtlebaum
2008
Sidney Turtlebaum
movieAdam Resurrected
2008
Dr. Nathan Gross
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
2008
The Master (archive footage)
movieOne of Those Days
2008
Howard Whittam
movieThe Old Curiosity Shop
2007
Grandfather
movieThe Golden Compass
2007
Magisterial Emissary
movieThe Riddle
2007
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
tvIn the Night Garden
2007
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Art of Francis Bacon
2007
Derek Jacobi
movieMist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
Narrator (voice)
moviePinochet in Suburbia
2006
Senator Augusto Pinochet
movieUnderworld: Evolution
2006
Alexander Corvinus
movieMist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005
Narrator(voice)
movieNanny McPhee
2005
Mr. Wheen
movieBye Bye Blackbird
2005
Lord Dempsey
tvDoctor Who
2005
Professor Yana
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Colonel Protheroe
movieAngelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
Mr. Operatski (voice)
movieStrings
2004
Nezo
movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)
tvThe Long Firm
2004
Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
London
2004
Tacitus
tvDoctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
The Master (voice)
tvHenry VIII
2003
Narrator
movieThe Dinosaur Hunters
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieInquisition
2002
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
movieTwo Men Went To War
2002
Maj. Merton
movieRevengers Tragedy
2002
The Duke
movieThe Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
movieThe Gathering Storm
2002
Stanley Baldwin
movieUltimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
tvThe Jury
2002
George Cording QC
movieGosford Park
2001
Probert
movieThe Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
2001
Theseus (voice)
movieDavid Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
Priam Huntington (voice)
movieThe Body
2001
Father Lavelle
movieRevelation
2001
Librarian
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Various Characters
movieThe Wyvern Mystery
2000
Squire Fairfield
movieGladiator
2000
Gracchus
movieUp at the Villa
2000
Lucky Leadbetter
movieThe Chimes
1999
Narrator
movieMolokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
Father Leonor Fousnel
movieBasil
1998
Father Frederick
movieAnimated Epics: Beowulf
1998
Narrator ( voice )
movieHamlet
1996
King Claudius
movieLooking for Richard
1996
Self - Interviewee
movieBreaking the Code
1996
Alan Turing
tvThe West
1996
Self (voice)
movieThe Virgin in the Ice
1995
Brother Cadfael
movieAchilles
1995
Narrator
movieThe Secret Garden
1994
Archibald Craven (voice)
tvBaseball
1994
Various (voice) / (voice)
movieMonk's Hood
1994
Brother Cadfael
movieThe Leper of St. Giles
1994
Brother Cadfael
movieThe Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
Brother Cadfael
movieOne Corpse Too Many
1994
Brother Cadfael
tvCadfael
1994
Brother Cadfael
movieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
Jeremy Fisher (voice)
movieDavid Macaulay: Roman City
1994
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
movieThe Vision Thing
1993
George Salisbury
tvFrasier
1993
Jackson Hedley
tvThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
movieAladdin
1992
The Magician (voice)
movieDead Again
1991
Franklyn Madson
The Fool
1990
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
tvThe Civil War
1990
William Russell / Various (voice)
movieDiscovering Hamlet
1990
Himself
movieHenry V
1989
Chorus
movieThe Congress
1989
(voice)
movieDavid Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
Hordedef (voice)
movieThe Tenth Man
1988
The Imposter
movieLittle Dorrit
1987
Arthur Clennam
movieThe Secret Garden
1987
Archibald Craven
tvScreenPlay
1986
George Salisbury
movieDavid Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
Pierre (voice)
Mr. Pye
1986
Mr. Pye
tvMr Pye
1986
Mr Pye
movieThe Statue of Liberty
1985
Self (voice)
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
Cyrano de Bergerac
movieEnigma
1982
Kurt Limmer
movieThe Secret of NIMH
1982
Nicodemus (voice)
movieStranger in Town
1982
The Stranger
tvInside the Third Reich
1982
Adolf Hitler
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
Dom Claude Frollo
movieCharlotte
1981
Daberlohn
movieThe Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980
Martin Beck
movieHamlet
1980
Hamlet
movieThe Human Factor
1979
Arthur Davis
tvMinder
1979
Freddie Fenton
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
The Stranger / Drioli
movieRichard II
1978
King Richard II
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Richard II / Hamlet
movieThe Medusa Touch
1978
Townley - Publisher
moviePhilby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
Guy Burgess
tvI, Claudius
1976
Claudius
movieBlue Blood
1974
Gregory
movieThe Odessa File
1974
Klaus Wenzer
tvAffairs of the Heart
1974
Bertram Braddle
tvNOVA
1974
Voice of Ernest Shackleton
tvThe Pallisers
1974
Lord Fawn
movieThe Day of the Jackal
1973
Inspector Caron
tvMan of Straw
1972
Diederich Hessling
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
William Drew
tvBudgie
1971
Herbert Fletcher
movieThree Sisters
1970
Andrei
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Gerry
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1967
Don John
movieOthello
1965
Cassio
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
(archive footage)
tvHorizon
1964
Narrator
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Winner / Self - Nominee
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Dom Claude / Archibald Craven / Imposter