Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Known for
Acting
Born
October 22, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Leytonstone, London, England, UK

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, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

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Filmography

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Venom! Nine Ways to Die

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

Movie · as Narrator

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Lead Heads

Lead Heads

Movie

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The Vampyre: Blood & Ink

The Vampyre: Blood & Ink

Movie

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Good Omens T3: El final poster

Good Omens T3: El final

Movie

2026
Moss & Freud poster

Moss & Freud

Movie · as Lucian Freud

2026
Frank and Percy poster

Frank and Percy

Movie

2026
Broken English poster

Broken English

Movie · as The Narrator

2026
Heartstopper Forever poster

Heartstopper Forever

Movie · as Pete

2025
Juliet & Romeo poster

Juliet & Romeo

Movie · as The Friar

2025
Tinsel Town poster

Tinsel Town

Movie · as Albert

2024
Gladiator II poster

Gladiator II

Movie · as Gracchus

2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration poster

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2024
Ludwig poster

Ludwig

TV · as Mr. Todd · 1 ep

2023
Allelujah poster

Allelujah

Movie · as Ambrose

2023
The Martini Shot poster

The Martini Shot

Movie · as Errol

2023
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies poster

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

TV · as Sir Ralph Unwin · 5 eps

2023
The American Buffalo poster

The American Buffalo

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

2023
U-Boat Wargamers poster

U-Boat Wargamers

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba poster

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Movie · as Self

2022
Pearl Islands poster

Pearl Islands

Movie · as Self

2022
A Bird Flew In poster

A Bird Flew In

Movie · as David

2022
The Sandman poster

The Sandman

TV · as Erasmus Fry · 1 ep

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
Say Your Prayers poster

Say Your Prayers

Movie · as Father Enoch

2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood poster

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Lost Pirate Kingdom poster

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

2020
Come Away poster

Come Away

Movie · as Mr. Brown

2020
The Host poster

The Host

Movie · as Dr. Hobson

2020
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

Movie · as Himself

2020
Breaking The Codes poster

Breaking The Codes

Movie

2019
Tolkien poster

Tolkien

Movie · as Professor Joseph Wright

2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans poster

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Movie · as Claudius

2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi poster

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

Movie · as Lord Palmerston

2019
Muse poster

Muse

Movie · as The Lawyer

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as The Metatron · 2 eps

2019
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour poster

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

TV · as Narrator · 10 eps

2018
Tomb Raider poster

Tomb Raider

Movie · as Mr. Yaffe

2018
Nothing Is Truer than Truth poster

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Movie

2018
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year

2018: A Year in the Life of a Year

Movie

2018
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

TV · as Bishop Myriel · 1 ep

2017
Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express

Movie · as Edward Henry Masterman

2017
Stratton poster

Stratton

Movie · as Ross

2017
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong poster

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Movie · as Scrooge

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

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

Movie

2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet poster

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Mercutio

2016
The History of Love poster

The History of Love

Movie · as Leopold Gursky

2016
The Devil of Christmas poster

The Devil of Christmas

Movie

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Duke of Windsor · 1 ep

2015
The Gospel of Luke poster

The Gospel of Luke

Movie · as Narrator (voice) – King James Version

2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC poster

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Venom poster

Venom

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · as King

2014
Effie Gray poster

Effie Gray

Movie · as Travers Twiss

2014
Grace of Monaco poster

Grace of Monaco

Movie · as Fernando D'Aillieres

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Webster · 1 ep

2013
Muse of Fire poster

Muse of Fire

Movie · as Self

2013
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

Movie · as Narrator

2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Movie · as Claudius/Spooner

2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene poster

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
You poster

You

Movie · as Man

2013
Vicious poster

Vicious

TV · as Stuart Bixby · 12 eps

2012
Last Will. & Testament poster

Last Will. & Testament

Movie · as Himself

2012
Jail Caesar poster

Jail Caesar

Movie · as Sulla

2012
The Halloween Kid poster

The Halloween Kid

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Titanic: Blood and Steel poster

Titanic: Blood and Steel

TV · as Lord Pirrie · 12 eps

2012
Last Tango in Halifax poster

Last Tango in Halifax

TV · as Alan · 24 eps

2012
Shakespeare Uncovered poster

Shakespeare Uncovered

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2011
Anonymous poster

Anonymous

Movie · as Prologue

2011
There Be Dragons poster

There Be Dragons

Movie · as Honorio

2011
Ironclad poster

Ironclad

Movie · as Cornhill

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

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

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear poster

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Movie · as King Lear

2011
My Week with Marilyn poster

My Week with Marilyn

Movie · as Sir Owen Morshead

2011
The Amazing World of Gumball poster

The Amazing World of Gumball

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2011
The Borgias poster

The Borgias

TV · as Cardinal Orsini · 2 eps

2010
Joe Maddison's War poster

Joe Maddison's War

Movie · as Mr. Simpson

2010
The King's Speech poster

The King's Speech

Movie · as Archbishop Cosmo Lang

2010
Hereafter poster

Hereafter

Movie · as Derek Jacobi

2009
Diamonds poster

Diamonds

Movie · as Piers Denmont

2009
Endgame poster

Endgame

Movie · as Rudolph Agnew

2009
Margot poster

Margot

Movie · as Fred Ashton

2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On poster

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Movie · as Quentin Neely

2009
Charles Dickens's England poster

Charles Dickens's England

Movie · as Himself - Presenter

2009
Diamonds poster

Diamonds

TV · 2 eps

2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments poster

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Adam Resurrected poster

Adam Resurrected

Movie · as Dr. Nathan Gross

2008
A Bunch of Amateurs poster

A Bunch of Amateurs

Movie · as Nigel Dewberry

2008
Sidney Turtlebaum poster

Sidney Turtlebaum

Movie · as Sidney Turtlebaum

2008
One of Those Days poster

One of Those Days

Movie · as Howard Whittam

2008
Pompeii and the Roman Villa poster

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Movie · as Narrator

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as The Master (archive footage)

2007
The Golden Compass poster

The Golden Compass

Movie · as Magisterial Emissary

2007
The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop

Movie · as Grandfather

2007
The Riddle poster

The Riddle

Movie · as The Tramp / Charles Dickens

2007
Anastezsi

Anastezsi

Movie · as Balzer

2007
Guantanamero poster

Guantanamero

Movie · as Guido

2007
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space poster

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

Movie · as President

2007
The Art of Francis Bacon poster

The Art of Francis Bacon

Movie · as Derek Jacobi

2007
In the Night Garden poster

In the Night Garden

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 100 eps

2007
Mist: Sheepdog Tales

Mist: Sheepdog Tales

TV · as Narrator · 39 eps

2006
Underworld: Evolution poster

Underworld: Evolution

Movie · as Alexander Corvinus

2006
Pinochet in Suburbia poster

Pinochet in Suburbia

Movie · as Senator Augusto Pinochet

2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy poster

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Nanny McPhee poster

Nanny McPhee

Movie · as Mr. Wheen

2005
Bye Bye Blackbird poster

Bye Bye Blackbird

Movie · as Lord Dempsey

2005
Strength and Honor: Production Pods poster

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Movie · as Self

2005
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy poster

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Movie · as Narrator(voice)

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Professor Yana · 1 ep

2004
Strings poster

Strings

Movie · as Nezo

2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson poster

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On poster

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Movie · as Mr. Operatski (voice)

2004
Cloud Cuckoo Land

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Movie · as Victor

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
London

London

TV · as Tacitus · 3 eps

2004
The Long Firm poster

The Long Firm

TV · as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby · 4 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Colonel Protheroe · 1 ep

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

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

Movie · as Self

2003
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka poster

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

TV · as The Master (voice) · 5 eps

2002
Revengers Tragedy poster

Revengers Tragedy

Movie · as The Duke

2002
The Gathering Storm poster

The Gathering Storm

Movie · as Stanley Baldwin

2002
Two Men Went To War poster

Two Men Went To War

Movie · as Maj. Merton

2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies poster

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Movie · as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

2002
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky poster

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

Movie · as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

2002
The Dinosaur Hunters poster

The Dinosaur Hunters

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2002
Inquisition poster

Inquisition

Movie · as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic poster

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

Movie · as Self

2002
The Making of Gosford Park poster

The Making of Gosford Park

Movie · as Self

2002
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · as George Cording QC · 6 eps

2001
Gosford Park poster

Gosford Park

Movie · as Probert

2001
The Body poster

The Body

Movie · as Father Lavelle

2001
Revelation poster

Revelation

Movie · as Librarian

2001
Great Escape: The Untold Story poster

Great Escape: The Untold Story

Movie · as Narrator

2001
David Macaulay: Mill Times poster

David Macaulay: Mill Times

Movie · as Priam Huntington (voice)

2001
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream poster

The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Theseus (voice)

2000
Gladiator poster

Gladiator

Movie · as Gracchus

2000
The Wyvern Mystery poster

The Wyvern Mystery

Movie · as Squire Fairfield

2000
Up at the Villa poster

Up at the Villa

Movie · as Lucky Leadbetter

2000
Wilfred

Wilfred

Movie · as Voice

2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings poster

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Movie · as Various Characters

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

2000
Jason and the Argonauts poster

Jason and the Argonauts

TV · as Phineas · 2 eps

1999
The Chimes poster

The Chimes

Movie · as Narrator

1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien poster

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Movie · as Father Leonor Fousnel

1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf poster

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Movie · as Narrator ( voice )

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

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

Movie · as Francis Bacon

1998
Basil poster

Basil

Movie · as Father Frederick

1996
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as King Claudius

1996
Breaking the Code poster

Breaking the Code

Movie · as Alan Turing

1996
Witness Against Hitler poster

Witness Against Hitler

Movie · as General

1996
Looking for Richard poster

Looking for Richard

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

1996
The West poster

The West

TV · as Self (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Achilles poster

Achilles

Movie · as Narrator

1995
The Virgin in the Ice poster

The Virgin in the Ice

Movie · as Brother Cadfael

1994
The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden

Movie · as Archibald Craven (voice)

1994
David Macaulay: Roman City poster

David Macaulay: Roman City

Movie · as Marcus Fabricius (voice)

1994
One Corpse Too Many poster

One Corpse Too Many

Movie · as Brother Cadfael

1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow poster

The Sanctuary Sparrow

Movie · as Brother Cadfael

1994
The Leper of St. Giles poster

The Leper of St. Giles

Movie · as Brother Cadfael

1994
Monk's Hood poster

Monk's Hood

Movie · as Brother Cadfael

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

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

Movie · as Jeremy Fisher (voice)

1994
Cadfael poster

Cadfael

TV · as Brother Cadfael · 13 eps

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as Various (voice)

1993
The Vision Thing poster

The Vision Thing

Movie · as George Salisbury

1993
Circles of Deceit

Circles of Deceit

Movie · as Randal

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Jackson Hedley · 1 ep

1992
Aladdin poster

Aladdin

Movie · as The Magician (voice)

1992
The Velvet Claw

The Velvet Claw

TV · as Narrator · 7 eps

1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

TV · as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Dead Again poster

Dead Again

Movie · as Franklyn Madson

1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus poster

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus

Movie · as Daedalus

1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths poster

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

TV · as Daedalus · 1 ep

1991
In My Defence

In My Defence

TV · as Emile Zola · 1 ep

1990
The Fool

The Fool

Movie · as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

1990
Discovering Hamlet poster

Discovering Hamlet

Movie · as Himself

1990
The Civil War poster

The Civil War

TV · as William Russell / Various (voice) · 9 eps

1989
Henry V poster

Henry V

Movie · as Chorus

1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid poster

David Macaulay: Pyramid

Movie · as Hordedef (voice)

1989
The Congress poster

The Congress

Movie · as (voice)

1988
The Tenth Man poster

The Tenth Man

Movie · as The Imposter

1987
Little Dorrit poster

Little Dorrit

Movie · as Arthur Clennam

1987
The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden

Movie · as Archibald Craven

1986
On Wings of Fire poster

On Wings of Fire

Movie · as Self

1986
Mr. Pye poster

Mr. Pye

Movie · as Mr. Pye

1986
David Macaulay: Cathedral poster

David Macaulay: Cathedral

Movie · as Pierre (voice)

1986
Wedden, dat..?

Wedden, dat..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Mr Pye poster

Mr Pye

TV · as Mr Pye · 4 eps

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as George Salisbury · 1 ep

1985
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Movie · as Cyrano de Bergerac

1985
The Statue of Liberty poster

The Statue of Liberty

Movie · as Self (voice)

1982
Stranger in Town poster

Stranger in Town

Movie · as The Stranger

1982
Enigma poster

Enigma

Movie · as Kurt Limmer

1982
The Secret of NIMH poster

The Secret of NIMH

Movie · as Nicodemus (voice)

1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie · as Dom Claude Frollo

1982
Inside the Third Reich poster

Inside the Third Reich

TV · as Adolf Hitler · 2 eps

1981
Charlotte poster

Charlotte

Movie · as Daberlohn

1980
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke poster

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

Movie · as Martin Beck

1980
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Hamlet

1979
The Human Factor poster

The Human Factor

Movie · as Arthur Davis

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as The Stranger, Drioli · 1 ep

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Freddie Fenton · 1 ep

1978
The Medusa Touch poster

The Medusa Touch

Movie · as Townley - Publisher

1978
Richard II poster

Richard II

Movie · as King Richard II

1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay poster

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Movie · as Narrator

1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV · as Richard II, Hamlet · 1 ep

1977
Philby, Burgess and Maclean poster

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Movie · as Guy Burgess

1976
I, Claudius poster

I, Claudius

TV · as Claudius · 12 eps

1974
The Odessa File poster

The Odessa File

Movie · as Klaus Wenzer

1974
Blue Blood poster

Blue Blood

Movie · as Gregory

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · as Voice of Ernest Shackleton · 1 ep

1974
The Pallisers poster

The Pallisers

TV · as Lord Fawn · 8 eps

1974
Affairs of the Heart poster

Affairs of the Heart

TV · as Bertram Braddle · 1 ep

1973
The Day of the Jackal poster

The Day of the Jackal

Movie · as Inspector Caron

1972
Man of Straw poster

Man of Straw

TV · as Diederich Hessling · 6 eps

1971
Budgie poster

Budgie

TV · as Herbert Fletcher · 1 ep

1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as William Drew · 1 ep

1970
Three Sisters poster

Three Sisters

Movie · as Andrei

1967
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie · as Don John

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Gerry · 1 ep

1965
Othello poster

Othello

Movie · as Cassio

1964
Horizon poster

Horizon

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1962
The Fishing Match

The Fishing Match

Movie · as Eric

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Eric · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Winner, Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Dom Claude, Archibald Craven, Imposter · 1 ep