Derek Jacobi
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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
Credits
Gladiator (2000)
as Gracchus
Cinderella (2015)
as King
Gladiator II (2024)
as Gracchus
Tomb Raider (2018)
as Mr. Yaffe
Nanny McPhee (2005)
as Mr. Wheen
The King's Speech (2010)
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
as Edward Henry Masterman
The Golden Compass (2007)
as Magisterial Emissary
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
as Alexander Corvinus
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
as Inspector Caron
Gosford Park (2001)
as Probert
Heartstopper Forever (2026)
Actor
Ironclad (2011)
as Cornhill
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
as Nicodemus (voice)
Juliet & Romeo (2025)
as The Friar
Hereafter (2010)
as Derek Jacobi
Dead Again (1991)
as Franklyn Madson
Hamlet (1996)
as King Claudius
Come Away (2020)
as Mr. Brown
Tolkien (2019)
as Professor Joseph Wright
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
as Sir Owen Morshead
Henry V (1989)
as Chorus
Looking for Richard (1996)
as Self - Interviewee
Anonymous (2011)
as Prologue
The Body (2001)
as Father Lavelle
Moss & Freud (2026)
as Lucian Freud
Effie Gray (2014)
as Travers Twiss
The Odessa File (1974)
as Klaus Wenzer
Stratton (2017)
as Ross
Strings (2004)
as Nezo
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as Townley - Publisher
Little Dorrit (1987)
as Arthur Clennam
Endgame (2009)
as Rudolph Agnew
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans (2019)
as Claudius
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
as Claudius/Spooner
Enigma (1982)
as Kurt Limmer
There Be Dragons (2011)
as Honorio
David Macaulay: Cathedral (1986)
as Pierre (voice)
Richard II (1978)
as King Richard II
Tinsel Town (2025)
as Albert
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
as Other Voices (voice)
Grace of Monaco (2014)
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Dom Claude Frollo
The History of Love (2016)
as Leopold Gursky
The Tenth Man (1988)
as The Imposter
Charlotte (1981)
as Daberlohn
The Fool (1990)
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
The Gathering Storm (2002)
as Stanley Baldwin
Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002)
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Broken English (2026)
as The Narrator
The Secret Garden (1987)
as Archibald Craven
The Human Factor (1979)
as Arthur Davis
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
as Francis Bacon
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016)
as Mercutio
Revelation (2001)
as Librarian
The Host (2020)
as Dr. Hobson
The Wyvern Mystery (2000)
as Squire Fairfield
Up at the Villa (2000)
as Lucky Leadbetter
Othello (1965)
as Cassio
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
as Father Leonor Fousnel
The Congress (1989)
as (voice)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
as Self
Allelujah (2023)
as Ambrose
The Secret Garden (1994)
as Archibald Craven (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)
as Hordedef (voice)
Blue Blood (1974)
as Gregory
Adam Resurrected (2008)
as Dr. Nathan Gross
Lead Heads (—)
Actor
Basil (1998)
as Father Frederick
The Riddle (2007)
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Guantanamero (2007)
as Guido
Frank and Percy (—)
Actor
Three Sisters (1970)
as Andrei
Hamlet (1980)
as Hamlet
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi (2019)
as Lord Palmerston
The Gospel of Luke (2015)
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Aladdin (1992)
as The Magician (voice)
The Making of Gosford Park (2002)
as Self
Muse (2019)
as The Lawyer
A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
as Nigel Dewberry
The Statue of Liberty (1985)
as Self (voice)
Mr. Pye (1986)
as Mr. Pye
The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
as Grandfather
Strength and Honor: Production Pods (2005)
as Self
Margot (2009)
as Fred Ashton
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
as Don John
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)
as Various Characters
Revengers Tragedy (2002)
as The Duke
The Martini Shot (2023)
as Errol
Animated Epics: Beowulf (1998)
as Narrator ( voice )
Two Men Went To War (2002)
as Maj. Merton
The Chimes (1999)
as Narrator
Diamonds (2009)
as Piers Denmont
The Sanctuary Sparrow (1994)
as Brother Cadfael
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017)
as Scrooge
David Macaulay: Roman City (1994)
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Jail Caesar (2012)
as Sulla
One Corpse Too Many (1994)
as Brother Cadfael
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as The Master (archive footage)
Monk's Hood (1994)
as Brother Cadfael
Say Your Prayers (2021)
as Father Enoch
National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)
as King Lear
Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Witness Against Hitler (1996)
as General
Wilfred (2000)
as Voice
Achilles (1995)
as Narrator
The Fishing Match (1962)
as Eric
Sidney Turtlebaum (2008)
as Sidney Turtlebaum
Pinochet in Suburbia (2006)
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
A Bird Flew In (2022)
as David
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration (2024)
as Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Morris: A Life with Bells On (2009)
as Quentin Neely
One of Those Days (2008)
as Howard Whittam
Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978)
as Narrator
Joe Maddison's War (2010)
as Mr. Simpson
Last Will. & Testament (2012)
as Himself
Venom (2015)
as Narrator
Discovering Hamlet (1990)
as Himself
The Leper of St. Giles (1994)
as Brother Cadfael
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space (2007)
as President
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (1980)
as Martin Beck
Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)
as Guy Burgess
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy (2005)
as Narrator(voice)
Charles Dickens's England (2009)
as Himself - Presenter
Circles of Deceit (1993)
as Randal
Breaking the Code (1996)
as Alan Turing
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Bye Bye Blackbird (2005)
as Lord Dempsey
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Inquisition (2002)
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Nothing Is Truer than Truth (2018)
Actor
Breaking The Codes (2020)
Actor
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge (2017)
Actor
On Wings of Fire (1986)
as Self
The Halloween Kid (2012)
as Narrator
I, Claudius: A Television Epic (2002)
as Self
David Macaulay: Mill Times (2001)
as Priam Huntington (voice)
The Vision Thing (1993)
as George Salisbury
The Devil of Christmas (2016)
Actor
Great Escape: The Untold Story (2001)
as Narrator
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2002)
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Virgin in the Ice (1995)
as Brother Cadfael
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream (2001)
as Theseus (voice)
Cloud Cuckoo Land (2004)
as Victor
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street (2020)
as Himself
Olivier Talks About Othello (1965)
as (archive footage)
You (2013)
as Man
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Pompeii and the Roman Villa (2008)
as Narrator
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1994)
as Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Pearl Islands (2022)
as Self
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On (2004)
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
Anastezsi (2007)
as Balzer
Stranger in Town (1982)
as The Stranger
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year (2018)
Actor
Venom! Nine Ways to Die (—)
as Narrator
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island (2013)
as Narrator
The Art of Francis Bacon (2007)
as Derek Jacobi