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