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
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
as Himself
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
as Narrator
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
as Narrator
(2025)
Juliet & Romeo
as The Friar
(2025)
(2025)
Moss & Freud
as Lucian Freud
(2024)
Gladiator II
as Gracchus
(2024)
(2023)
Allelujah
as Ambrose
(2023)
The Martini Shot
as Errol
(2022)
(2022)
A Bird Flew In
as David
(2022)
Pearl Islands
as Self
(2021)
Say Your Prayers
as Father Enoch
(2021)
Rhythm of Life
as Self
(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)
(2017)
Stratton
as Ross
(2017)
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Scrooge
(2016)
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
(2016)
The History of Love
as Leopold Gursky
(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)
Effie Gray
as Travers Twiss
(2014)
Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
(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)
Jail Caesar
as Sulla
(2012)
Last Will. & Testament
as Himself
(2012)
The Halloween Kid
as Narrator
(2011)
My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen Morshead
(2011)
(2011)
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear
(2011)
Ironclad
as Cornhill
(2011)
Anonymous
as Prologue
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Honorio
(2010)
The King's Speech
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
(2010)
Hereafter
as Derek Jacobi
(2010)
Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. Simpson
(2009)
Diamonds
as Piers Denmont
(2009)
Endgame
as Rudolph Agnew
(2009)
Margot
as Fred Ashton
(2009)
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin Neely
(2009)
Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - Presenter
(2008)
One of Those Days
as Howard Whittam
(2008)
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage)
(2008)
Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan Gross
(2008)
Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney Turtlebaum
(2008)
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel Dewberry
(2008)
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
as Narrator
(2007)
The Golden Compass
as Magisterial Emissary
(2007)
Guantanamero
as Guido
(2007)
The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
(2007)
The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek Jacobi
(2007)
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Grandfather
(2007)
Anastezsi
as Balzer
(2007)
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as President
(2006)
Underworld: Evolution
as Alexander Corvinus
(2006)
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
(2006)
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator
(2005)
Nanny McPhee
as Mr. Wheen
(2005)
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord Dempsey
(2005)
(2004)
Strings
as Nezo (voice)
(2004)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
(2004)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
as Victor
(2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
(2003)
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
as Stanley Baldwin
(2002)
(2002)
Revengers Tragedy
as The Duke
(2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
(2002)
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Merton
(2002)
Inquisition
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
(2002)
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
(2002)
The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
(2001)
Revelation
as Librarian
(2001)
Gosford Park
as Probert
(2001)
The Body
as Father Lavelle
(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)
The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire Fairfield
(2000)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
(2000)
Wilfred
as Voice
(1999)
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor Fousnel
(1999)
The Chimes
as Narrator
(1998)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Francis Bacon
(1998)
Basil
as Father Frederick
(1998)
Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Narrator ( voice )
(1996)
Breaking the Code
as Alan Turing
(1996)
Hamlet
as King Claudius
(1996)
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
(1996)
Witness Against Hitler
as General
(1995)
Achilles
as Narrator
(1994)
Aladdin
as The Magician (voice)
(1994)
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven (voice)
(1994)
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
(1993)
The Vision Thing
as George Salisbury
(1993)
Circle of Deceit
as Randal
(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)
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
(1987)
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven
(1986)
Mr. Pye
as Mr. Pye
(1986)
On Wings of Fire
as Self
(1986)
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice)
(1985)
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
(1985)
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
(1982)
The Secret of NIMH
as Nicodemus (voice)
(1982)
Enigma
as Kurt Limmer
(1982)
Inside the Third Reich
as Adolf Hitler
(1982)
Stranger in Town
as The Stranger
(1982)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude Frollo
(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)
Blue Blood
as Gregory
(1974)
The Odessa File
as Klaus Wenzer
(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