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