Derek Jacobi
Born
October 22, 1938 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
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.
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Gladiator II
Gracchus
2024

Allelujah
Ambrose
2023

Effie Gray
Travers Twiss
2014

Last Will. & Testament
Himself
2012

Anonymous
Prologue
2011

There Be Dragons
Honorio
2011

Ironclad
Cornhill
2011

Joe Maddison's War
Mr. Simpson
2010

A Bunch of Amateurs
Nigel Dewberry
2008

Adam Resurrected
Dr. Nathan Gross
2008

The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather
2007

The Golden Compass
Magisterial Emissary
2007

Guantanamero
Guido
2007

The Riddle
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
2007
Anastezsi
Balzer
2007

Pinochet in Suburbia
Senator Augusto Pinochet
2006

Underworld: Evolution
Alexander Corvinus
2006

Nanny McPhee
Mr. Wheen
2005

Bye Bye Blackbird
Lord Dempsey
2005

Strings
Nezo (voice)
2004

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003

Two Men Went To War
Maj. Merton
2002

Revengers Tragedy
The Duke
2002

The Gathering Storm
Stanley Baldwin
2002

Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
2002

Gosford Park
Probert
2001

The Body
Father Lavelle
2001

The Wyvern Mystery
Squire Fairfield
2000

Gladiator
Gracchus
2000

Up at the Villa
Lucky Leadbetter
2000

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
1998

Animated Epics: Beowulf
Narrator ( voice )
1998

Hamlet
King Claudius
1996

Breaking the Code
Alan Turing
1996

Achilles
Narrator
1995

The Vision Thing
George Salisbury
1993

Dead Again
Franklyn Madson
1991

Henry V
Chorus
1989

The Tenth Man
The Imposter
1988

Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
1987

The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven
1987

On Wings of Fire
Self
1986
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985

Enigma
Kurt Limmer
1982

The Secret of NIMH
Nicodemus (voice)
1982

Stranger in Town
The Stranger
1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dom Claude Frollo
1982

The Human Factor
Arthur Davis
1979

The Medusa Touch
Townley - Publisher
1978

Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Guy Burgess
1977

The Odessa File
Klaus Wenzer
1974

The Day of the Jackal
Inspector Caron
1973
Moss & Freud
Lucian Freud

Othello
Cassio
1965
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Narrator

Juliet & Romeo
The Friar
2025

The Martini Shot
Errol
2023

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
2022
Pearl Islands
Self
2022

Rhythm of Life
Self
2021

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Scrooge
2017

Murder on the Orient Express
Edward Henry Masterman
2017

Stratton
Ross
2017

The History of Love
Leopold Gursky
2016

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
2016

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2015

The Gospel of Luke
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2015

Grace of Monaco
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
2014

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Claudius/Spooner
2013

Muse of Fire
Self
2013

The Halloween Kid
Narrator
2012

Jail Caesar
Sulla
2012

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Narrator (voice)
2011

National Theatre Live: King Lear
King Lear
2011

The King's Speech
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
2010

Hereafter
Derek Jacobi
2010

Margot
Fred Ashton
2009
Diamonds
Piers Denmont
2009

Endgame
Rudolph Agnew
2009

Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008

One of Those Days
Howard Whittam
2008

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
President
2007

The Dinosaur Hunters
Narrator (voice)
2002

Inquisition
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
2002

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
2002

Revelation
Librarian
2001

Great Escape: The Untold Story
Narrator
2001

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
Wilfred
Voice
2000

The Chimes
Narrator
1999

Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1996

Witness Against Hitler
General
1996

The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven (voice)
1994

Aladdin
The Magician (voice)
1994
The Fool
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
1990

Discovering Hamlet
Himself
1990
Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye
1986

Inside the Third Reich
Adolf Hitler
1982

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Martin Beck
1980

Hamlet
Hamlet
1980

Richard II
King Richard II
1978

Blue Blood
Gregory
1974

Three Sisters
Andrei
1970

Much Ado About Nothing
Don John
1967
The Fishing Match
Eric
1962
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
Narrator
Tinsel Town
2025

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
2024

A Bird Flew In
David
2022

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Himself (archive footage)
2021

Say Your Prayers
Father Enoch
2021

Come Away
Mr. Brown
2020

Breaking The Codes
2020

The Host
Dr. Hobson
2020

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Lord Palmerston
2019

Muse
The Lawyer
2019

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Claudius
2019

Tolkien
Professor Joseph Wright
2019

Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018

Tomb Raider
Mr. Yaffe
2018

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017

Venom
Narrator
2015

Cinderella
King
2015

You
Man
2013

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Narrator (voice)
2013

My Week with Marilyn
Sir Owen Morshead
2011

Charles Dickens's England
Himself - Presenter
2009

Morris: A Life with Bells On
Quentin Neely
2009

Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Narrator
2008

The Ties That Bind Us
The Master (archive footage)
2008

In the Night Garden
Narrator (voice) · (100 episodes)
2007

The Art of Francis Bacon
Derek Jacobi
2007

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator
2006

Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
2005

Doctor Who Confidential
(1 episode)
2005

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Mr. Operatski (voice)
2004

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Victor
2004

I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
2002

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Self
2002

David Macaulay: Mill Times
Priam Huntington (voice)
2001

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
(1 episode)
2000

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Father Leonor Fousnel
1999

Basil
Father Frederick
1998

David Macaulay: Roman City
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
1994
Circle of Deceit
Randal
1993

Frasier
Jackson Hedley · (1 episode)
1993

The Congress
(voice)
1989

David Macaulay: Pyramid
Hordedef (voice)
1989

David Macaulay: Cathedral
Pierre (voice)
1986

The Statue of Liberty
Self (voice)
1985

Charlotte
Daberlohn
1981

Minder
Freddie Fenton · (1 episode)
1979
Olivier Talks About Othello
(archive footage)
1965
Lead Heads
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Himself

Ludwig
Mr. Todd · (1 episode)
2024

The American Buffalo
(voice) · (2 episodes)
2023

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
Sir Ralph Unwin · (5 episodes)
2023

U-Boat Wargamers
Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2023

The Sandman
Erasmus Fry · (1 episode)
2022

The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Narrator · (6 episodes)
2021

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Narrator · (10 episodes)
2019

Good Omens
The Metatron · (1 episode)
2019

Good Omens
Metatron · (1 episode)
2019

Les Misérables
Bishop Myriel · (1 episode)
2018

The Crown
Duke of Windsor · (1 episode)
2016

Inside No. 9
Webster · (1 episode)
2014

Vicious
Stuart Bixby · (12 episodes)
2013

Last Tango in Halifax
Alan · (24 episodes)
2012

Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself · (1 episode)
2012

Titanic: Blood and Steel
Lord Pirrie · (12 episodes)
2012

The Amazing World of Gumball
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
2011

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Diamonds
(2 episodes)
2009

Doctor Who
Professor Yana · (1 episode)
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Protheroe · (1 episode)
2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2004

The Long Firm
Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby · (4 episodes)
2004
London
Tacitus · (3 episodes)
2004

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
The Master (voice) · (5 episodes)
2003

Henry VIII
Narrator · (2 episodes)
2003

The Jury
George Cording QC · (6 episodes)
2002

Jason and the Argonauts
Phineas · (2 episodes)
2000

The West
Self (voice) · (1 episode)
1996

Baseball
Various (voice) · (0 episode)
1994

Baseball
(voice) · (1 episode)
1994

Cadfael
Brother Cadfael · (13 episodes)
1994
The Velvet Claw
Narrator · (7 episodes)
1992

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice) · (1 episode)
1992

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Daedalus · (1 episode)
1991

The Civil War
Various · (9 episodes)
1990

Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye · (4 episodes)
1986
Wedden, dat..?
Self · (1 episode)
1986

Tales of the Unexpected
The Stranger · (2 episodes)
1979

The BBC Television Shakespeare
King Richard · (1 episode)
1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Hamlet · (1 episode)
1978

Mysterious Castles of Clay
Narrator
1978

I, Claudius
Claudius · (12 episodes)
1976

NOVA
Voice of Ernest Shackleton · (1 episode)
1974

The Pallisers
(26 episodes)
1974

The Strauss Family
(8 episodes)
1972

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
William Drew · (1 episode)
1971

Budgie
Herbert Fletcher · (1 episode)
1971

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1956

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dom Claude · (1 episode)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Archibald Craven · (1 episode)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Imposter · (1 episode)
1951