Derek Jacobi
- Born
- October 22, 1938 (87 years old)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Filmography
- —Venom! Nine Ways to DieVenom! Nine Ways to DieFilm · Narrator
- —Lead HeadsLead HeadsFilm
- 2026Frank and PercyFilm
- 2026Heartstopper ForeverFilm · Pete★ 7.2
- 2026Moss & FreudFilm · Lucian Freud
- 2026Broken EnglishFilm · The Narrator
- 2025Tinsel TownFilm · Albert★ 5.8
- 2025Juliet & RomeoFilm · The Friar
- 2024Dame Maggie Smith - A CelebrationFilm · Self
- 2024Gladiator IIFilm · Gracchus★ 6.6
- 2024LudwigSeries · Mr. Todd★ 7.9
- 2023The American BuffaloSeries · (voice)
- 2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesSeries · Sir Ralph Unwin
- 2023The Martini ShotFilm · Errol
- 2023AllelujahFilm · Ambrose★ 5.3
- 2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to AqabaFilm · Self
- 2022A Bird Flew InFilm · David
- 2022Pearl IslandsFilm · Self
- 2022The SandmanSeries · Erasmus Fry★ 7.8
- 2021Albert Speer und der Traum von HollywoodFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2021Say Your PrayersFilm · Father Enoch
- 2020Coronation Street: Queens of the StreetCoronation Street: Queens of the StreetFilm · Himself
- 2020Come AwayFilm · Mr. Brown★ 5.8
- 2020Breaking The CodesFilm
- 2020The HostFilm · Dr. Hobson
- 2019The Warrior Queen of JhansiFilm · Lord Palmerston
- 2019MuseFilm · The Lawyer
- 2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansFilm · Claudius★ 5.2
- 2019Good OmensSeries · The Metatron, Metatron★ 8.0
- 2019TolkienFilm · Professor Joseph Wright★ 6.9
- 2018Les MisérablesSeries · Bishop Myriel★ 7.3
- 20182018: A Year in the Life of a Year2018: A Year in the Life of a YearFilm
- 2018Nothing Is Truer than TruthFilm
- 2018Tomb RaiderFilm · Mr. Yaffe★ 6.4
- 2017A Christmas Carol Goes WrongFilm · Scrooge★ 7.7
- 2017Murder on the Orient ExpressFilm · Edward Henry Masterman★ 6.7
- 2017Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand LodgeFilm
- 2017StrattonFilm · Ross★ 5.0
- 2016The Devil of ChristmasFilm
- 2016The History of LoveFilm · Leopold Gursky★ 6.4
- 2016The CrownSeries · Duke of Windsor★ 8.2
- 2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietFilm · Mercutio★ 8.0
- 2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBCFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2015VenomFilm · Narrator
- 2015CinderellaFilm · King★ 6.8
- 2015The Gospel of LukeFilm · Narrator (voice) – King James Version
- 2014Grace of MonacoFilm · Count Fernando D'Aillieres★ 6.0
- 2014Effie GrayFilm · Travers Twiss★ 6.0
- 2014Inside No. 9Series · Webster★ 8.1
- 2013YouFilm · Man
- 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageFilm · Claudius/Spooner
- 2013The Man Who Tried to Steal an IslandThe Man Who Tried to Steal an IslandFilm · Narrator
- 2013Muse of FireFilm · Self
- 2013ViciousSeries · Stuart Bixby★ 7.5
- 2013Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham GreeneFilm · Narrator (voice)
- 2012Last Tango in HalifaxSeries · Alan★ 7.1
- 2012Last Will. & TestamentFilm · Himself
- 2012The Halloween KidFilm · Narrator
- 2012Jail CaesarFilm · Sulla
- 2012Titanic: Blood and SteelSeries · Lord Pirrie★ 7.2
- 2011My Week with MarilynFilm · Sir Owen Morshead★ 6.7
- 2011AnonymousFilm · Prologue★ 6.4
- 2011Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)Film · Narrator (voice)
- 2011The BorgiasSeries · Cardinal Orsini★ 7.6
- 2011There Be DragonsFilm · Honorio★ 5.1
- 2011IroncladFilm · Cornhill★ 6.2
- 2011National Theatre Live: King LearFilm · King Lear
- 2010The King's SpeechFilm · Archbishop Cosmo Lang★ 7.7
- 2010HereafterFilm · Derek Jacobi★ 6.1
- 2010Joe Maddison's WarFilm · Mr. Simpson
- 2009MargotFilm · Fred Ashton
- 2009Charles Dickens's EnglandFilm · Himself - Presenter
- 2009DiamondsSeries
- 2009DiamondsFilm · Piers Denmont
- 2009EndgameFilm · Rudolph Agnew★ 5.9
- 2009Morris: A Life with Bells OnFilm · Quentin Neely
- 2008A Bunch of AmateursFilm · Nigel Dewberry★ 5.7
- 2008Sidney TurtlebaumFilm · Sidney Turtlebaum
- 2008Pompeii and the Roman VillaFilm · Narrator
- 2008Adam ResurrectedFilm · Dr. Nathan Gross★ 6.1
- 2008The Ties That Bind UsFilm · The Master (archive footage)
- 2008One of Those DaysFilm · Howard Whittam
- 2007The Old Curiosity ShopFilm · Grandfather
- 2007The Golden CompassFilm · Magisterial Emissary★ 6.1
- 2007GuantanameroFilm · Guido
- 2007The RiddleFilm · The Tramp / Charles Dickens★ 4.8
- 2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in SpaceFilm · President
- 2007AnastezsiAnastezsiFilm · Balzer
- 2007The Art of Francis BaconFilm · Derek Jacobi
- 2006Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyFilm · Narrator (voice)
- 2006Pinochet in SuburbiaFilm · Senator Augusto Pinochet
- 2006Underworld: EvolutionFilm · Alexander Corvinus★ 6.6
- 2005Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyFilm · Narrator(voice)
- 2005Nanny McPheeFilm · Mr. Wheen★ 6.7
- 2005Bye Bye BlackbirdFilm · Lord Dempsey
- 2005Strength and Honor: Production PodsFilm · Self
- 2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSeries★ 8.1
- 2005Doctor WhoSeries · Professor Yana★ 7.6
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries · Colonel Protheroe★ 7.8
- 2004Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go OnFilm · Mr. Operatski (voice)
- 2004StringsFilm · Nezo★ 6.6
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonFilm · Other Voices (voice)★ 7.2
- 2004The Long FirmSeries · Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
- 2004LondonLondonSeries · Tacitus
- 2004Cloud Cuckoo LandCloud Cuckoo LandFilm · Victor
- 2003Doctor Who: The Scream of the ShalkaFilm · The Master
- 2003Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaSeries · The Master (voice)
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilm · Self
- 2002The Dinosaur HuntersFilm · Narrator (voice)
- 2002InquisitionFilm · Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
- 2002Two Men Went To WarFilm · Maj. Merton
- 2002I, Claudius: A Television EpicFilm · Self
- 2002Revengers TragedyFilm · The Duke
- 2002The Making of Gosford ParkFilm · Self
- 2002The Diaries of Vaslav NijinskyFilm · Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
- 2002The Gathering StormFilm · Stanley Baldwin★ 6.7
- 2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesFilm · Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)★ 5.0
- 2002The JurySeries · George Cording QC
- 2001Gosford ParkFilm · Probert★ 6.8
- 2001The Children's Midsummer Night's DreamFilm · Theseus (voice)
- 2001David Macaulay: Mill TimesFilm · Priam Huntington (voice)
- 2001The BodyFilm · Father Lavelle★ 5.5
- 2001RevelationFilm · Librarian★ 5.1
- 2001Great Escape: The Untold StoryFilm · Narrator
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsFilm · Various Characters
- 2000The Wyvern MysteryFilm · Squire Fairfield
- 2000WilfredWilfredFilm · Voice
- 2000Jason and the ArgonautsSeries · Phineas★ 6.5
- 2000GladiatorFilm · Gracchus★ 8.2
- 2000Up at the VillaFilm · Lucky Leadbetter★ 5.3
- 2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Series
- 1999The ChimesFilm · Narrator
- 1999Molokai: The Story of Father DamienFilm · Father Leonor Fousnel★ 6.2
- 1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconFilm · Francis Bacon★ 6.1
- 1998BasilFilm · Father Frederick★ 5.5
- 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfFilm · Narrator ( voice )
- 1996HamletFilm · King Claudius★ 7.3
- 1996Looking for RichardFilm · Self - Interviewee★ 6.8
- 1996Breaking the CodeFilm · Alan Turing
- 1996Witness Against HitlerFilm · General
- 1995The Virgin in the IceFilm · Brother Cadfael
- 1995AchillesFilm · Narrator
- 1994The Secret GardenFilm · Archibald Craven (voice)★ 5.9
- 1994BaseballSeries · Various (voice), (voice)★ 7.5
- 1994Monk's HoodFilm · Brother Cadfael
- 1994The Leper of St. GilesFilm · Brother Cadfael
- 1994The Sanctuary SparrowFilm · Brother Cadfael
- 1994One Corpse Too ManyFilm · Brother Cadfael
- 1994CadfaelSeries · Brother Cadfael★ 7.6
- 1994The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy FisherFilm · Jeremy Fisher (voice)
- 1994David Macaulay: Roman CityFilm · Marcus Fabricius (voice)
- 1993Circles of DeceitCircles of DeceitFilm · Randal
- 1993The Vision ThingFilm · George Salisbury
- 1993FrasierSeries · Jackson Hedley★ 7.7
- 1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsSeries · Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
- 1992AladdinFilm · The Magician (voice)
- 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & IcarusFilm · Daedalus
- 1991The Storyteller: Greek MythsSeries · Daedalus★ 8.2
- 1991Dead AgainFilm · Franklyn Madson★ 6.4
- 1991In My DefenceIn My DefenceSeries · Emile Zola
- 1990The FoolThe FoolFilm · Mr. Frederick / Sir John
- 1990The Civil WarSeries · William Russell / Various (voice)★ 7.9
- 1990Discovering HamletFilm · Himself
- 1989Henry VFilm · Chorus★ 7.1
- 1989The CongressFilm · (voice)
- 1989David Macaulay: PyramidFilm · Hordedef (voice)
- 1988The Tenth ManFilm · The Imposter★ 6.7
- 1987Little DorritFilm · Arthur Clennam
- 1987The Secret GardenFilm · Archibald Craven★ 7.7
- 1986ScreenPlaySeries · George Salisbury
- 1986On Wings of FireFilm · Self
- 1986David Macaulay: CathedralFilm · Pierre (voice)
- 1986Mr. PyeFilm · Mr. Pye
- 1986Mr PyeSeries · Mr Pye
- 1985The Statue of LibertyFilm · Self (voice)
- 1985Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de BergeracFilm · Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1982EnigmaFilm · Kurt Limmer★ 5.6
- 1982The Secret of NIMHFilm · Nicodemus (voice)★ 7.4
- 1982Stranger in TownFilm · The Stranger
- 1982Inside the Third ReichSeries · Adolf Hitler
- 1982The Hunchback of Notre DameFilm · Dom Claude Frollo★ 5.7
- 1981CharlotteFilm · Daberlohn
- 1980The Man Who Went Up in SmokeFilm · Martin Beck
- 1980HamletFilm · Hamlet
- 1979The Human FactorFilm · Arthur Davis★ 5.8
- 1979MinderSeries · Freddie Fenton★ 7.1
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedSeries · The Stranger, Drioli★ 6.7
- 1978Richard IIFilm · King Richard II
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries · Richard II, Hamlet
- 1978The Medusa TouchFilm · Townley - Publisher★ 6.8
- 1978Mysterious Castles of ClayFilm · Narrator
- 1977Philby, Burgess and MacleanFilm · Guy Burgess
- 1976I, ClaudiusSeries · Claudius★ 7.8
- 1974Blue BloodFilm · Gregory
- 1974The Odessa FileFilm · Klaus Wenzer★ 6.6
- 1974Affairs of the HeartSeries · Bertram Braddle
- 1974NOVASeries · Voice of Ernest Shackleton★ 7.1
- 1974The PallisersSeries · Lord Fawn
- 1973The Day of the JackalFilm · Inspector Caron★ 7.5
- 1972Man of StrawSeries · Diederich Hessling
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries · William Drew
- 1971BudgieSeries · Herbert Fletcher
- 1970Three SistersFilm · Andrei
- 1967ITV PlayhouseSeries · Gerry
- 1967Much Ado About NothingFilm · Don John
- 1965OthelloFilm · Cassio★ 6.4
- 1962The Fishing MatchThe Fishing MatchFilm · Eric
- 1956Armchair TheatreSeries · Eric
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries · Dom Claude, Archibald Craven, Imposter
