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Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Acting

Born: October 22, 1938Leytonstone, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For
Filmography
Moss & Freud

Moss & Freud

Lucian Freud

2026
Broken English

Broken English

The Narrator

2026
Tinsel Town

Tinsel Town

Albert

2025
Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

The Friar

2025
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Self

2024
Gladiator II

Gladiator II

Gracchus

2024
The Martini Shot

The Martini Shot

Errol

2023
Allelujah

Allelujah

Ambrose

2023
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Self

2022
A Bird Flew In

A Bird Flew In

David

2022

Pearl Islands

Self

2022
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

2021
Say Your Prayers

Say Your Prayers

Father Enoch

2021

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

Himself

2020
Come Away

Come Away

Mr. Brown

2020
Breaking The Codes

Breaking The Codes

2020
The Host

The Host

Dr. Hobson

2020
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

Lord Palmerston

2019
Muse

Muse

The Lawyer

2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Claudius

2019
Tolkien

Tolkien

Professor Joseph Wright

2019
Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

2018
Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

Mr. Yaffe

2018
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Scrooge

2017
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Edward Henry Masterman

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

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

2017
Stratton

Stratton

Ross

2017
The Devil of Christmas

The Devil of Christmas

2016
The History of Love

The History of Love

Leopold Gursky

2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio

2016
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

2015
Venom

Venom

Narrator

2015
Cinderella

Cinderella

King

2015
The Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke

Narrator (voice) – King James Version

2015
Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

Count Fernando D'Aillieres

2014
Effie Gray

Effie Gray

Travers Twiss

2014
You

You

Man

2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Claudius/Spooner

2013
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

Self

2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Narrator (voice)

2013
Last Will. & Testament

Last Will. & Testament

Himself

2012
The Halloween Kid

The Halloween Kid

Narrator

2012
Jail Caesar

Jail Caesar

Sulla

2012
My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

Sir Owen Morshead

2011
Anonymous

Anonymous

Prologue

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

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

Narrator (voice)

2011
There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons

Honorio

2011
Ironclad

Ironclad

Cornhill

2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

King Lear

2011
The King's Speech

The King's Speech

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

2010
Hereafter

Hereafter

Derek Jacobi

2010
Joe Maddison's War

Joe Maddison's War

Mr. Simpson

2010
Margot

Margot

Fred Ashton

2009
Charles Dickens's England

Charles Dickens's England

Himself - Presenter

2009
Diamonds

Diamonds

Piers Denmont

2009
Endgame

Endgame

Rudolph Agnew

2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Quentin Neely

2009
A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs

Nigel Dewberry

2008
Sidney Turtlebaum

Sidney Turtlebaum

Sidney Turtlebaum

2008
Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Narrator

2008
Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected

Dr. Nathan Gross

2008
The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

The Master (archive footage)

2008
One of Those Days

One of Those Days

Howard Whittam

2008
The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

Grandfather

2007
The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

Magisterial Emissary

2007
Guantanamero

Guantanamero

Guido

2007
The Riddle

The Riddle

The Tramp / Charles Dickens

2007
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

President

2007

Anastezsi

Balzer

2007
The Art of Francis Bacon

The Art of Francis Bacon

Derek Jacobi

2007
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Narrator

2006
Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia

Senator Augusto Pinochet

2006
Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

Alexander Corvinus

2006
Mist: The Story of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Story of a Sheepdog Puppy

Narrator(voice)

2005
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

Mr. Wheen

2005
Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird

Lord Dempsey

2005
Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Self

2005
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Mr. Operatski (voice)

2004
Strings

Strings

Nezo

2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Other Voices (voice)

2004

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Victor

2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

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

Self

2003
The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters

Narrator (voice)

2002
Inquisition

Inquisition

Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

2002
Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War

Maj. Merton

2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

Self

2002
Revengers Tragedy

Revengers Tragedy

The Duke

2002
The Making of Gosford Park

The Making of Gosford Park

Self

2002
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

2002
The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

Stanley Baldwin

2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

2002
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

Probert

2001
David Macaulay: Mill Times

David Macaulay: Mill Times

Priam Huntington (voice)

2001
The Body

The Body

Father Lavelle

2001
Revelation

Revelation

Librarian

2001
Great Escape: The Untold Story

Great Escape: The Untold Story

Narrator

2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Various Characters

2000
The Wyvern Mystery

The Wyvern Mystery

Squire Fairfield

2000

Wilfred

Voice

2000
Gladiator

Gladiator

Gracchus

2000
Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa

Lucky Leadbetter

2000
The Chimes

The Chimes

Narrator

1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Father Leonor Fousnel

1999
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

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

Francis Bacon

1998
Basil

Basil

Father Frederick

1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Narrator ( voice )

1998
Hamlet

Hamlet

King Claudius

1996
Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

Self - Interviewee

1996
Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

Alan Turing

1996
Witness Against Hitler

Witness Against Hitler

General

1996
The Virgin in the Ice

The Virgin in the Ice

Brother Cadfael

1995
Achilles

Achilles

Narrator

1995
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

Archibald Craven (voice)

1994
Monk's Hood

Monk's Hood

Brother Cadfael

1994
The Leper of St. Giles

The Leper of St. Giles

Brother Cadfael

1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow

The Sanctuary Sparrow

Brother Cadfael

1994
One Corpse Too Many

One Corpse Too Many

Brother Cadfael

1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

Jeremy Fisher (voice)

1994
David Macaulay: Roman City

David Macaulay: Roman City

Marcus Fabricius (voice)

1994
Aladdin

Aladdin

The Magician (voice)

1994

Circles of Deceit

Randal

1993
The Vision Thing

The Vision Thing

George Salisbury

1993
Dead Again

Dead Again

Franklyn Madson

1991

The Fool

Mr. Frederick / Sir John

1990
Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

Himself

1990
Henry V

Henry V

Chorus

1989
The Congress

The Congress

(voice)

1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid

David Macaulay: Pyramid

Hordedef (voice)

1989
The Tenth Man

The Tenth Man

The Imposter

1988
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Arthur Clennam

1987
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

Archibald Craven

1987
On Wings of Fire

On Wings of Fire

Self

1986
David Macaulay: Cathedral

David Macaulay: Cathedral

Pierre (voice)

1986

Mr. Pye

Mr. Pye

1986
The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

Self (voice)

1985

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

1985
Enigma

Enigma

Kurt Limmer

1982
The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH

Nicodemus (voice)

1982
Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town

The Stranger

1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Dom Claude Frollo

1982
Charlotte

Charlotte

Daberlohn

1981
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

Martin Beck

1980
Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet

1980
The Human Factor

The Human Factor

Arthur Davis

1979
Richard II

Richard II

King Richard II

1978
The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

Townley - Publisher

1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Narrator

1978
Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Guy Burgess

1977
Blue Blood

Blue Blood

Gregory

1974
The Odessa File

The Odessa File

Klaus Wenzer

1974
The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

Inspector Caron

1973
Three Sisters

Three Sisters

Andrei

1970
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Don John

1967
Othello

Othello

Cassio

1965

Olivier Talks About Othello

(archive footage)

1965

The Fishing Match

Eric

1962