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