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