Derek Jacobi
Actor · CrewSir 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
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR163
Moss & Freud
2026
Lucian Freud
Broken English
2026
The Narrator
Heartstopper Forever
2026
Juliet & Romeo
2025
The Friar
Tinsel Town
2025
Albert
Gladiator II
2024
Gracchus
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
Self
Allelujah
2023
Ambrose
The Martini Shot
2023
Errol
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
Self
Pearl Islands
2022
Self
A Bird Flew In
2022
David
Say Your Prayers
2021
Father Enoch
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
Self (archive footage)
Come Away
2020
Mr. Brown
The Host
2020
Dr. Hobson
- Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020
Himself
Breaking The Codes
2020
Tolkien
2019
Professor Joseph Wright
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
Claudius
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
Lord Palmerston
Muse
2019
The Lawyer
Tomb Raider
2018
Mr. Yaffe
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
- 2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
Edward Henry Masterman
Stratton
2017
Ross
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
Scrooge
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
Mercutio
The History of Love
2016
Leopold Gursky
The Devil of Christmas
2016
The Gospel of Luke
2015
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Self (archive footage)
Venom
2015
Narrator
Cinderella
2015
King
Effie Gray
2014
Travers Twiss
Grace of Monaco
2014
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Muse of Fire
2013
Self
- The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
2013
Narrator
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Claudius/Spooner
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
Narrator (voice)
You
2013
Man
Last Will. & Testament
2012
Himself
Jail Caesar
2012
Sulla
The Halloween Kid
2012
Narrator
Anonymous
2011
Prologue
There Be Dragons
2011
Honorio
Ironclad
2011
Cornhill
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011
Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
King Lear
My Week with Marilyn
2011
Sir Owen Morshead
Joe Maddison's War
2010
Mr. Simpson
The King's Speech
2010
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Hereafter
2010
Derek Jacobi
Diamonds
2009
Piers Denmont
Endgame
2009
Rudolph Agnew
Margot
2009
Fred Ashton
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
Quentin Neely
Charles Dickens's England
2009
Himself - Presenter
Adam Resurrected
2008
Dr. Nathan Gross
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
Nigel Dewberry
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
Sidney Turtlebaum
One of Those Days
2008
Howard Whittam
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008
Narrator
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
The Master (archive footage)
The Golden Compass
2007
Magisterial Emissary
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
Grandfather
The Riddle
2007
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
- Anastezsi
Anastezsi
2007
Balzer
Guantanamero
2007
Guido
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007
President
The Art of Francis Bacon
2007
Derek Jacobi
Underworld: Evolution
2006
Alexander Corvinus
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
Senator Augusto Pinochet
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
Narrator (voice)
Nanny McPhee
2005
Mr. Wheen
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
Lord Dempsey
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
Self
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005
Narrator(voice)
Strings
2004
Nezo
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
Mr. Operatski (voice)
- Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land
2004
Victor
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Self
Revengers Tragedy
2002
The Duke
The Gathering Storm
2002
Stanley Baldwin
Two Men Went To War
2002
Maj. Merton
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
Narrator (voice)
Inquisition
2002
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
Self
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Self
Gosford Park
2001
Probert
The Body
2001
Father Lavelle
Revelation
2001
Librarian
Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001
Narrator
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
Priam Huntington (voice)
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
2001
Theseus (voice)
Gladiator
2000
Gracchus
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
Squire Fairfield
Up at the Villa
2000
Lucky Leadbetter
- Wilfred
Wilfred
2000
Voice
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Various Characters
The Chimes
1999
Narrator
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
Father Leonor Fousnel
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
Francis Bacon
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
Narrator ( voice )
Basil
1998
Father Frederick
Hamlet
1996
King Claudius
Breaking the Code
1996
Alan Turing
Witness Against Hitler
1996
General
Looking for Richard
1996
Self - Interviewee
Achilles
1995
Narrator
The Virgin in the Ice
1995
Brother Cadfael
The Secret Garden
1994
Archibald Craven (voice)
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
One Corpse Too Many
1994
Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
Brother Cadfael
The Leper of St. Giles
1994
Brother Cadfael
Monk's Hood
1994
Brother Cadfael
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
Jeremy Fisher (voice)
The Vision Thing
1993
George Salisbury
- Circles of Deceit
Circles of Deceit
1993
Randal
Aladdin
1992
The Magician (voice)
Dead Again
1991
Franklyn Madson
- The Fool
The Fool
1990
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Discovering Hamlet
1990
Himself
Henry V
1989
Chorus
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
Hordedef (voice)
The Congress
1989
(voice)
The Tenth Man
1988
The Imposter
Little Dorrit
1987
Arthur Clennam
The Secret Garden
1987
Archibald Craven
On Wings of Fire
1986
Self
- Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye
1986
Mr. Pye
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
Pierre (voice)
- Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Statue of Liberty
1985
Self (voice)
Stranger in Town
1982
The Stranger
Enigma
1982
Kurt Limmer
The Secret of NIMH
1982
Nicodemus (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
Dom Claude Frollo
Charlotte
1981
Daberlohn
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980
Martin Beck
Hamlet
1980
Hamlet
The Human Factor
1979
Arthur Davis
The Medusa Touch
1978
Townley - Publisher
Richard II
1978
King Richard II
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978
Narrator
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
Guy Burgess
The Odessa File
1974
Klaus Wenzer
Blue Blood
1974
Gregory
The Day of the Jackal
1973
Inspector Caron
Three Sisters
1970
Andrei
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
Don John
Othello
1965
Cassio
- Olivier Talks About Othello
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
(archive footage)
- The Fishing Match
The Fishing Match
1962
Eric
- Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Narrator
- Lead Heads
Lead Heads
- Frank and Percy
Frank and Percy
