Acting
Derek Jacobi
Born 22 October 1938 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK
225 credits
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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- TBAVenom! Nine Ways to DieFilmNarrator
- TBALead HeadsFilm
- 2026Heartstopper ForeverFilmPete
- 2026Broken EnglishFilmThe Narrator
- 2026Moss & FreudFilmLucian Freud
- 2026Frank and PercyFilm
- 2025Tinsel TownFilmAlbert
- 2025Juliet & RomeoFilmThe Friar
- 2024Gladiator IIFilmGracchus
- 2024LudwigSeriesMr. Todd
- 2024Dame Maggie Smith - A CelebrationFilmSelf
- 2023The American BuffaloSeries(voice)
- 2023AllelujahFilmAmbrose
- 2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesSeriesSir Ralph Unwin
- 2023The Martini ShotFilmErrol
- 2023U-Boat WargamersSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2022The SandmanSeriesErasmus Fry
- 2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to AqabaFilmSelf
- 2022Remembers…SeriesSelf
- 2022A Bird Flew InFilmDavid
- 2022Pearl IslandsFilmSelf
- 2021Only Murders in the BuildingSeries
- 2021The Lost Pirate KingdomSeriesNarrator
- 2021Say Your PrayersFilmFather Enoch
- 2021Albert Speer und der Traum von HollywoodFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Come AwayFilmMr. Brown
- 2020The HostFilmDr. Hobson
- 2020Coronation Street: Queens of the StreetFilmHimself
- 2020Breaking The CodesFilm
- 2019Good OmensSeriesMetatron, The Metatron
- 2019TolkienFilmProfessor Joseph Wright
- 2019Greatest Events of World War II in ColourSeriesNarrator
- 2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansFilmClaudius
- 2019The Warrior Queen of JhansiFilmLord Palmerston
- 2019MuseFilmThe Lawyer
- 2018Tomb RaiderFilmMr. Yaffe
- 2018Les MisérablesSeriesBishop Myriel
- 2018Nothing Is Truer than TruthFilm
- 20182018: A Year in the Life of a YearFilm
- 2017Murder on the Orient ExpressFilmEdward Henry Masterman
- 2017StrattonFilmRoss
- 2017A Christmas Carol Goes WrongFilmScrooge
- 2017Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand LodgeFilm
- 2016The CrownSeriesDuke of Windsor
- 2016The History of LoveFilmLeopold Gursky
- 2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietFilmMercutio
- 2016The Devil of ChristmasFilm
- 2015CinderellaFilmKing
- 2015The Gospel of LukeFilmNarrator (voice) – King James Version
- 2015VenomFilmNarrator
- 2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBCFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Inside No. 9SeriesWebster
- 2014Grace of MonacoFilmCount Fernando D'Aillieres
- 2014Effie GrayFilmTravers Twiss
- 2013ViciousSeriesStuart Bixby
- 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageFilmClaudius/Spooner
- 2013Muse of FireFilmSelf
- 2013Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham GreeneFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2013The Man Who Tried to Steal an IslandFilmNarrator
- 2013YouFilmMan
- 2012Last Tango in HalifaxSeriesAlan
- 2012Titanic: Blood and SteelSeriesLord Pirrie
- 2012Shakespeare UncoveredSeriesHimself
- 2012Last Will. & TestamentFilmHimself
- 2012Jail CaesarFilmSulla
- 2012The Halloween KidFilmNarrator
- 2011The Amazing World of GumballSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2011The BorgiasSeriesCardinal Orsini
- 2011My Week with MarilynFilmSir Owen Morshead
- 2011IroncladFilmCornhill
- 2011AnonymousFilmPrologue
- 2011There Be DragonsFilmHonorio
- 2011Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)FilmNarrator (voice)
- 2011National Theatre Live: King LearFilmKing Lear
- 2010The King's SpeechFilmArchbishop Cosmo Lang
- 2010HereafterFilmDerek Jacobi
- 2010Joe Maddison's WarFilmMr. Simpson
- 2009EndgameFilmRudolph Agnew
- 2009Doctor Who Greatest MomentsSeriesSelf
- 2009MargotFilmFred Ashton
- 2009Morris: A Life with Bells OnFilmQuentin Neely
- 2009DiamondsFilmPiers Denmont
- 2009DiamondsSeries
- 2009Charles Dickens's EnglandFilmHimself - Presenter
- 2008Adam ResurrectedFilmDr. Nathan Gross
- 2008A Bunch of AmateursFilmNigel Dewberry
- 2008Sidney TurtlebaumFilmSidney Turtlebaum
- 2008One of Those DaysFilmHoward Whittam
- 2008The Ties That Bind UsFilmThe Master (archive footage)
- 2008Pompeii and the Roman VillaFilmNarrator
- 2007The Golden CompassFilmMagisterial Emissary
- 2007In the Night GardenSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2007The RiddleFilmThe Tramp / Charles Dickens
- 2007The Old Curiosity ShopFilmGrandfather
- 2007GuantanameroFilmGuido
- 2007Mist: Sheepdog TalesSeriesNarrator
- 2007AnastezsiFilmBalzer
- 2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in SpaceFilmPresident
- 2007The Art of Francis BaconFilmDerek Jacobi
- 2006Underworld: EvolutionFilmAlexander Corvinus
- 2006Pinochet in SuburbiaFilmSenator Augusto Pinochet
- 2006Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2005Doctor WhoSeriesProfessor Yana
- 2005Nanny McPheeFilmMr. Wheen
- 2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSeries
- 2005Bye Bye BlackbirdFilmLord Dempsey
- 2005Strength and Honor: Production PodsFilmSelf
- 2005Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyFilmNarrator(voice)
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeriesColonel Protheroe
- 2004Who Do You Think You Are?SeriesSelf
- 2004StringsFilmNezo
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonFilmOther Voices (voice)
- 2004The Long FirmSeriesLord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
- 2004LondonSeriesTacitus
- 2004Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go OnFilmMr. Operatski (voice)
- 2004Cloud Cuckoo LandFilmVictor
- 2003Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaSeriesThe Master (voice)
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilmSelf
- 2003Doctor Who: The Scream of the ShalkaFilmThe Master
- 2002The Gathering StormFilmStanley Baldwin
- 2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesFilmGracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
- 2002The JurySeriesGeorge Cording QC
- 2002Two Men Went To WarFilmMaj. Merton
- 2002Revengers TragedyFilmThe Duke
- 2002The Making of Gosford ParkFilmSelf
- 2002The Diaries of Vaslav NijinskyFilmNijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
- 2002The Dinosaur HuntersFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2002I, Claudius: A Television EpicFilmSelf
- 2002InquisitionFilmCardinal Grand Inquisitor
- 2001Gosford ParkFilmProbert
- 2001The BodyFilmFather Lavelle
- 2001RevelationFilmLibrarian
- 2001The Children's Midsummer Night's DreamFilmTheseus (voice)
- 2001Great Escape: The Untold StoryFilmNarrator
- 2001David Macaulay: Mill TimesFilmPriam Huntington (voice)
- 2000GladiatorFilmGracchus
- 2000Jason and the ArgonautsSeriesPhineas
- 2000Up at the VillaFilmLucky Leadbetter
- 2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Series
- 2000The Wyvern MysteryFilmSquire Fairfield
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsFilmVarious Characters
- 2000WilfredFilmVoice
- 1999Molokai: The Story of Father DamienFilmFather Leonor Fousnel
- 1999The ChimesFilmNarrator
- 1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconFilmFrancis Bacon
- 1998BasilFilmFather Frederick
- 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfFilmNarrator ( voice )
- 1996HamletFilmKing Claudius
- 1996Looking for RichardFilmSelf - Interviewee
- 1996The WestSeriesSelf (voice)
- 1996Breaking the CodeFilmAlan Turing
- 1996Witness Against HitlerFilmGeneral
- 1995AchillesFilmNarrator
- 1995The Virgin in the IceFilmBrother Cadfael
- 1994BaseballSeriesVarious (voice), (voice)
- 1994CadfaelSeriesBrother Cadfael
- 1994The Secret GardenFilmArchibald Craven (voice)
- 1994David Macaulay: Roman CityFilmMarcus Fabricius (voice)
- 1994The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy FisherFilmJeremy Fisher (voice)
- 1994The Leper of St. GilesFilmBrother Cadfael
- 1994Monk's HoodFilmBrother Cadfael
- 1994The Sanctuary SparrowFilmBrother Cadfael
- 1994One Corpse Too ManyFilmBrother Cadfael
- 1993FrasierSeriesJackson Hedley
- 1993Circles of DeceitFilmRandal
- 1993The Vision ThingFilmGeorge Salisbury
- 1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsSeriesMr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
- 1992AladdinFilmThe Magician (voice)
- 1992The Velvet ClawSeriesNarrator
- 1991Dead AgainFilmFranklyn Madson
- 1991The Storyteller: Greek MythsSeriesDaedalus
- 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & IcarusFilmDaedalus
- 1991In My DefenceSeriesEmile Zola
- 1990The Civil WarSeriesWilliam Russell / Various (voice)
- 1990Discovering HamletFilmHimself
- 1990The FoolFilmMr. Frederick / Sir John
- 1989Henry VFilmChorus
- 1989The CongressFilm(voice)
- 1989David Macaulay: PyramidFilmHordedef (voice)
- 1988The Tenth ManFilmThe Imposter
- 1987The Secret GardenFilmArchibald Craven
- 1987Little DorritFilmArthur Clennam
- 1986ScreenPlaySeriesGeorge Salisbury
- 1986Wedden, dat..?SeriesSelf
- 1986Mr PyeSeriesMr Pye
- 1986On Wings of FireFilmSelf
- 1986Mr. PyeFilmMr. Pye
- 1986David Macaulay: CathedralFilmPierre (voice)
- 1985The Statue of LibertyFilmSelf (voice)
- 1985Cyrano de BergeracFilmCyrano de Bergerac
- 1982The Secret of NIMHFilmNicodemus (voice)
- 1982EnigmaFilmKurt Limmer
- 1982The Hunchback of Notre DameFilmDom Claude Frollo
- 1982Inside the Third ReichSeriesAdolf Hitler
- 1982Stranger in TownFilmThe Stranger
- 1981CharlotteFilmDaberlohn
- 1980HamletFilmHamlet
- 1980The Man Who Went Up in SmokeFilmMartin Beck
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedSeriesDrioli, The Stranger
- 1979MinderSeriesFreddie Fenton
- 1979The Human FactorFilmArthur Davis
- 1978The Medusa TouchFilmTownley - Publisher
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareSeriesHamlet, Richard II
- 1978Mysterious Castles of ClayFilmNarrator
- 1978Richard IIFilmKing Richard II
- 1977Philby, Burgess and MacleanFilmGuy Burgess
- 1976I, ClaudiusSeriesClaudius
- 1974NOVASeriesVoice of Ernest Shackleton
- 1974The Odessa FileFilmKlaus Wenzer
- 1974The PallisersSeriesLord Fawn
- 1974Blue BloodFilmGregory
- 1974Affairs of the HeartSeriesBertram Braddle
- 1973The Day of the JackalFilmInspector Caron
- 1972Man of StrawSeriesDiederich Hessling
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeriesWilliam Drew
- 1971BudgieSeriesHerbert Fletcher
- 1970Three SistersFilmAndrei
- 1967ITV PlayhouseSeriesGerry
- 1967Much Ado About NothingFilmDon John
- 1965OthelloFilmCassio
- 1964HorizonSeriesNarrator
- 1962The Fishing MatchFilmEric
- 1956Armchair TheatreSeriesEric
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesArchibald Craven, Dom Claude, Imposter
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