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
| Birth Location | Leytonstone, London, England |
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| Born | 1938-10-22 |
Movies
Gladiator II
as Gracchus
2024
The Martini Shot
as Errol
2023
Allelujah
as Ambrose
2023
2022
A Bird Flew In
as David
2022
Pearl Islands
as Self
2022
Rhythm of Life
as Self
2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
as Himself (archive footage)
2021
Say Your Prayers
as Father Enoch
2021
Come Away
as Mr. Brown
2020
The Host
as Dr. Hobson
2020
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Lord Palmerston
2019
Muse
as The Lawyer
2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as Claudius
2019
Tolkien
as Professor Joseph Wright
2019
Tomb Raider
as Mr. Yaffe
2018
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Scrooge
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
as Edward Masterman
2017
Stratton
as Ross
2017
The History of Love
as Leopold Gursky
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
2016
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Venom
as Narrator
2015
Cinderella
as King
2015
The Gospel of Luke
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2015
Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
2014
Effie Gray
as Travers Twiss
2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Claudius/Spooner
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Last Will. & Testament
as Himself
2012
The Halloween Kid
as Narrator
2012
2012
My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen Morshead
2011
Anonymous
as Prologue
2011
There Be Dragons
as Honorio
2011
Ironclad
as Cornhill
2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear
2011
The King's Speech
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
2010
Hereafter
as Derek Jacobi
2010
Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. Simpson
2010
Margot
as Fred Ashton
2009
Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - Presenter
2009
Diamonds
as Piers Denmont
2009
Endgame
as Rudolph Agnew
2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin Neely
2009
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel Dewberry
2008
Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
as Narrator
2008
Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan Gross
2008
One of Those Days
as Howard Whittam
2008
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Grandfather
2007
The Golden Compass
as Magisterial Emissary
2007
Guantanamero
as Guido
2007
The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
2007
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as President
2007
Anastezsi
as Balzer
2007
The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek Jacobi
2007
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator
2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
2006
Underworld: Evolution
as Alexander Corvinus
2006
Nanny McPhee
as Mr. Wheen
2005
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord Dempsey
2005
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
2004
Strings
as Nezo (voice)
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Inquisition
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
2002
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Merton
2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
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)
2002
Gosford Park
as Probert
2001
David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Priam Huntington (voice)
2001
The Body
as Father Lavelle
2001
Revelation
as Librarian
2001
The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire Fairfield
2000
Wilfred
as Voice
2000
Gladiator
as Gracchus
2000
Up at the Villa
as Lucky Leadbetter
2000
The Chimes
as Narrator
1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor Fousnel
1999
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Francis Bacon
1998
Basil
as Father Frederick
1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Narrator ( voice )
1998
Hamlet
as King Claudius
1996
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
1996
Breaking the Code
as Alan Turing
1996
Witness Against Hitler
as General
1996
Achilles
as Narrator
1995
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven (voice)
1994
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
1994
Aladdin
as The Magician (voice)
1994
Circle of Deceit
as Randal
1993
The Vision Thing
as George Salisbury
1993
Dead Again
as Franklyn Madson
1991
The Fool
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
1990
Discovering Hamlet
as Himself
1990
Henry V
as Chorus
1989
The Congress
as (voice)
1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Hordedef (voice)
1989
The Tenth Man
as The Imposter
1988
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
1987
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven
1987
On Wings of Fire
as Self
1986
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice)
1986
Mr. Pye
as Mr. Pye
1986
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
1985
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
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
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude Frollo
1982
Charlotte
as Daberlohn
1981
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
as Martin Beck
1980
Hamlet
as Hamlet
1980
The Human Factor
as Arthur Davis
1979
Richard II
as King Richard II
1978
The Medusa Touch
as Townley - Publisher
1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator
1978
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Guy Burgess
1977
Blue Blood
as Gregory
1974
The Odessa File
as Klaus Wenzer
1974
The Day of the Jackal
as Inspector Caron
1973
Three Sisters
as Andrei
1970
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don John
1967
Othello
as Cassio
1965
Olivier Talks About Othello
as Archive Footage
1965
The Fishing Match
as Eric
1962
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Venom! Nine Ways to Die
as Narrator
-
Moss & Freud
as Lucian Freud
-
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
as Himself
-
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
as Narrator
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Derek Jacobi hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
