Derek Jacobi
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Biography
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, ful...
Known For
Filmography
Moss & Freud
2026
as Lucian Freud
Frank and Percy
2026
Broken English
2026
as The Narrator
Heartstopper Forever
2026
as Pete
Juliet & Romeo
2025
as The Friar
Tinsel Town
2025
as Albert
Gladiator II
2024
as Gracchus
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
Ludwig
2024
as Mr. Todd
Allelujah
2023
as Ambrose
The Martini Shot
2023
as Errol
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Sir Ralph Unwin
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
U-Boat Wargamers
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Pearl Islands
2022
as Self
A Bird Flew In
2022
as David
The Sandman
2022
as Erasmus Fry
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Say Your Prayers
2021
as Father Enoch
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
2021
as Narrator
Come Away
2020
as Mr. Brown
The Host
2020
as Dr. Hobson
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020
as Himself
Breaking The Codes
2020
Tolkien
2019
as Professor Joseph Wright
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
as Claudius
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
as Lord Palmerston
Muse
2019
as The Lawyer
Good Omens
2019
as The Metatron
Good Omens
2019
as Metatron
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
2019
as Narrator
Tomb Raider
2018
as Mr. Yaffe
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018
Les Misérables
2018
as Bishop Myriel
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Edward Henry Masterman
Stratton
2017
as Ross
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
as Scrooge
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Mercutio
The History of Love
2016
as Leopold Gursky
The Devil of Christmas
2016
The Crown
2016
as Duke of Windsor
The Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Venom
2015
as Narrator
Cinderella
2015
as King
Effie Gray
2014
as Travers Twiss
Grace of Monaco
2014
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Inside No. 9
2014
as Webster
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
2013
as Narrator
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Claudius/Spooner
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
as Narrator (voice)
You
2013
as Man
Vicious
2013
as Stuart Bixby
Last Will. & Testament
2012
as Himself
Jail Caesar
2012
as Sulla
The Halloween Kid
2012
as Narrator
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Lord Pirrie
Last Tango in Halifax
2012
as Alan
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
Anonymous
2011
as Prologue
There Be Dragons
2011
as Honorio
Ironclad
2011
as Cornhill
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011
as Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
as King Lear
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Sir Owen Morshead
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The Borgias
2011
as Cardinal Orsini
Joe Maddison's War
2010
as Mr. Simpson
The King's Speech
2010
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Hereafter
2010
as Derek Jacobi
Diamonds
2009
as Piers Denmont
Endgame
2009
as Rudolph Agnew
Margot
2009
as Fred Ashton
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Quentin Neely
Charles Dickens's England
2009
as Himself - Presenter
Diamonds
2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
Adam Resurrected
2008
as Dr. Nathan Gross
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Nigel Dewberry
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
as Sidney Turtlebaum
One of Those Days
2008
as Howard Whittam
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008
as Narrator
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Master (archive footage)
The Golden Compass
2007
as Magisterial Emissary
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Grandfather
The Riddle
2007
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Anastezsi
2007
as Balzer
Guantanamero
2007
as Guido
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007
as President
The Art of Francis Bacon
2007
as Derek Jacobi
In the Night Garden
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Mist: Sheepdog Tales
2007
as Narrator
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Alexander Corvinus
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mr. Wheen
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
as Lord Dempsey
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
as Self
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005
as Narrator(voice)
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as Professor Yana
Strings
2004
as Nezo
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
2004
as Victor
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
London
2004
as Tacitus
The Long Firm
2004
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Colonel Protheroe
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Doctor Who: The Scream of the Shalka
2003
as The Master
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as The Master (voice)
Revengers Tragedy
2002
as The Duke
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Stanley Baldwin
Two Men Went To War
2002
as Maj. Merton
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Inquisition
2002
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
The Jury
2002
as George Cording QC
Gosford Park
2001
as Probert
The Body
2001
as Father Lavelle
Revelation
2001
as Librarian
Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001
as Narrator
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
as Priam Huntington (voice)
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
2001
as Theseus (voice)
Gladiator
2000
as Gracchus
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Squire Fairfield
Up at the Villa
2000
as Lucky Leadbetter
Wilfred
2000
as Voice
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Phineas
The Chimes
1999
as Narrator
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Father Leonor Fousnel
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Narrator ( voice )
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Francis Bacon
Basil
1998
as Father Frederick
Hamlet
1996
as King Claudius
Breaking the Code
1996
as Alan Turing
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as General
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
The West
1996
as Self (voice)
Achilles
1995
as Narrator
The Virgin in the Ice
1995
as Brother Cadfael
The Secret Garden
1994
as Archibald Craven (voice)
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
One Corpse Too Many
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Leper of St. Giles
1994
as Brother Cadfael
Monk's Hood
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
as Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Cadfael
1994
as Brother Cadfael
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
The Vision Thing
1993
as George Salisbury
Circles of Deceit
1993
as Randal
Frasier
1993
as Jackson Hedley
Aladdin
1992
as The Magician (voice)
The Velvet Claw
1992
as Narrator
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Dead Again
1991
as Franklyn Madson
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus
1991
as Daedalus
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Daedalus
In My Defence
1991
as Emile Zola
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself
The Civil War
1990
as William Russell / Various (voice)
Henry V
1989
as Chorus
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Hordedef (voice)
The Congress
1989
as (voice)
The Tenth Man
1988
as The Imposter
Little Dorrit
1987
as Arthur Clennam
The Secret Garden
1987
as Archibald Craven
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Self
Mr. Pye
1986
as Mr. Pye
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
as Pierre (voice)
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Mr Pye
1986
as Mr Pye
ScreenPlay
1986
as George Salisbury
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Cyrano de Bergerac
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
Stranger in Town
1982
as The Stranger
Enigma
1982
as Kurt Limmer
The Secret of NIMH
1982
as Nicodemus (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Dom Claude Frollo
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Adolf Hitler
Charlotte
1981
as Daberlohn
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980
as Martin Beck
Hamlet
1980
as Hamlet
The Human Factor
1979
as Arthur Davis
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as The Stranger
Minder
1979
as Freddie Fenton
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Drioli
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Townley - Publisher
Richard II
1978
as King Richard II
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978
as Narrator
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Richard II
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Hamlet
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
as Guy Burgess
I, Claudius
1976
as Claudius
The Odessa File
1974
as Klaus Wenzer
Blue Blood
1974
as Gregory
NOVA
1974
as Voice of Ernest Shackleton
The Pallisers
1974
as Lord Fawn
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Bertram Braddle
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Inspector Caron
Man of Straw
1972
as Diederich Hessling
Budgie
1971
as Herbert Fletcher
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as William Drew
Three Sisters
1970
as Andrei
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Don John
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Gerry
Othello
1965
as Cassio
Horizon
1964
as Narrator
The Fishing Match
1962
as Eric
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Eric
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dom Claude
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Archibald Craven
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Imposter