Derek Jacobi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-10-22 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Derek Jacobi
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.
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Known For
Acting
Moss & Freud
as Lucian Freud
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
as Narrator
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
as Himself
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
as Narrator
(2025)
Juliet & Romeo
as The Friar
(2024)
Gladiator II
as Gracchus
(2023)
Allelujah
as Ambrose
(2023)
The Martini Shot
as Errol
(2022)
(2022)
A Bird Flew In
as David
(2022)
Pearl Islands
as Self
(2021)
Rhythm of Life
as Self
(2021)
Say Your Prayers
as Father Enoch
(2021)
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
as Himself (archive footage)
(2020)
Come Away
as Mr. Brown
(2020)
The Host
as Dr. Hobson
(2020)
(2019)
Tolkien
as Professor Joseph Wright
(2019)
(2019)
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Lord Palmerston
(2019)
Muse
as The Lawyer
(2018)
Tomb Raider
as Mr. Yaffe
(2018)
(2017)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Edward Henry Masterman
(2017)
Stratton
as Ross
(2017)
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Scrooge
(2017)
(2016)
The History of Love
as Leopold Gursky
(2016)
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
(2016)
The Devil of Christmas
as Dennis Fulcher (Voice)
(2015)
Cinderella
as King
(2015)
The Gospel of Luke
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
(2015)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Venom
as Narrator
(2014)
Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
(2014)
Effie Gray
as Travers Twiss
(2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Claudius/Spooner
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2013)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
You
as Man
(2012)
(2012)
Last Will. & Testament
as Himself
(2012)
The Halloween Kid
as Narrator
(2011)
Ironclad
as Cornhill
(2011)
My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen Morshead
(2011)
Anonymous
as Prologue
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Honorio
(2011)
(2011)
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear
(2010)
The King's Speech
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
(2010)
Hereafter
as Derek Jacobi
(2010)
Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. Simpson
(2009)
Endgame
as Rudolph Agnew
(2009)
Margot
as Fred Ashton
(2009)
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin Neely
(2009)
Diamonds
as Piers Denmont
(2009)
Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - Presenter
(2008)
Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan Gross
(2008)
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage)
(2008)
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel Dewberry
(2008)
One of Those Days
as Howard Whittam
(2008)
Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney Turtlebaum
(2008)
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
as Narrator
(2007)
The Golden Compass
as Magisterial Emissary
(2007)
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Grandfather
(2007)
The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
(2007)
Guantanamero
as Guido
(2007)
The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek Jacobi
(2007)
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as President
(2007)
Anastezsi
as Balzer
(2006)
Underworld: Evolution
as Alexander Corvinus
(2006)
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator
(2006)
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
(2005)
Nanny McPhee
as Mr. Wheen
(2005)
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord Dempsey
(2004)
Strings
as Nezo (voice)
(2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
(2004)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
(2003)
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
as Stanley Baldwin
(2002)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
(2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
(2002)
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Merton
(2002)
Revengers Tragedy
as The Duke
(2002)
(2002)
The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
Inquisition
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
(2002)
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
(2001)
Gosford Park
as Probert
(2001)
The Body
as Father Lavelle
(2001)
Revelation
as Librarian
(2001)
David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Priam Huntington (voice)
(2001)
Great Escape: The Untold Story
as Narrator
(2000)
Gladiator
as Gracchus
(2000)
Up at the Villa
as Lucky Leadbetter
(2000)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
(2000)
The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire Fairfield
(2000)
Wilfred
as Voice
(1999)
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor Fousnel
(1999)
The Chimes
as Narrator
(1998)
Basil
as Father Frederick
(1998)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Francis Bacon
(1998)
Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Narrator ( voice )
(1996)
Hamlet
as King Claudius
(1996)
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
(1996)
Breaking the Code
as Alan Turing
(1996)
Witness Against Hitler
as General
(1995)
Achilles
as Narrator
(1994)
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
(1994)
Aladdin
as The Magician (voice)
(1994)
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven (voice)
(1993)
Circle of Deceit
as Randal
(1993)
The Vision Thing
as George Salisbury
(1991)
Dead Again
as Franklyn Madson
(1990)
The Fool
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
(1990)
Discovering Hamlet
as Himself
(1989)
Henry V
as Chorus
(1989)
The Congress
as (voice)
(1989)
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Hordedef (voice)
(1988)
The Tenth Man
as The Imposter
(1987)
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven
(1987)
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
(1986)
On Wings of Fire
as Self
(1986)
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice)
(1986)
Mr. Pye
as Mr. Pye
(1985)
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
(1985)
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
(1982)
The Secret of NIMH
as Nicodemus (voice)
(1982)
Enigma
as Kurt Limmer
(1982)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude Frollo
(1982)
Inside the Third Reich
as Adolf Hitler
(1982)
Stranger in Town
as The Stranger
(1981)
Charlotte
as Daberlohn
(1980)
Hamlet
as Hamlet
(1980)
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
as Martin Beck
(1979)
The Human Factor
as Arthur Davis
(1978)
The Medusa Touch
as Townley - Publisher
(1978)
Richard II
as King Richard II
(1978)
Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator
(1977)
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Guy Burgess
(1974)
The Odessa File
as Klaus Wenzer
(1974)
Blue Blood
as Gregory
(1973)
The Day of the Jackal
as Inspector Caron
(1970)
Three Sisters
as Andrei
(1967)
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don John
(1965)
Othello
as Cassio
(1965)
Olivier Talks About Othello
as (archive footage)
(1962)
The Fishing Match
as Eric