Portrait of Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Acting

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

Born: October 22, 1938

Place of Birth: Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Tinsel Town

as Albert

2025
Moss & Freud

as Lucian Freud

2025
Broken English

as The Narrator

2025
Juliet & Romeo

as The Friar

2024
Gladiator II

as Gracchus

2024
Ludwig

as Mr. Todd

2023
2023
2023
Allelujah

as Ambrose

2023
U-Boat Wargamers

as Narrator (voice)

2022
2022
The Sandman

as Erasmus Fry

2021
2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

as Himself (archive footage)

2021
Say Your Prayers

as Father Enoch

2020
Come Away

as Mr. Brown

2020
The Host

as Dr. Hobson

2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

as Lord Palmerston

2019
Muse

as The Lawyer

2019
Good Omens

as The Metatron

2019
Good Omens

as Metatron

2019
Tolkien

as Professor Joseph Wright

2018
Les Misérables

as Bishop Myriel

2018
Tomb Raider

as Mr. Yaffe

2017
Murder on the Orient Express

as Edward Henry Masterman

2017
Stratton

as Ross

2016
The History of Love

as Leopold Gursky

2016
The Crown

as Duke of Windsor

2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Venom

as Narrator

2015
Cinderella

as King

2015
The Gospel of Luke

as Narrator (voice) – King James Version

2014
Grace of Monaco

as Count Fernando D'Aillieres

2014
Effie Gray

as Travers Twiss

2014
Inside No. 9

as Webster

2013
You

as Man

2013
2013
Vicious

as Stuart Bixby

2012
2012
Jail Caesar

as Sulla

2012
2012
2011
My Week with Marilyn

as Sir Owen Morshead

2011
Anonymous

as Prologue

2011
The Amazing World of Gumball

as Narrator (voice)

2011
2011
Ironclad

as Cornhill

2010
The King's Speech

as Archbishop Cosmo Lang

2010
Hereafter

as Derek Jacobi

2010
Joe Maddison's War

as Mr. Simpson

2009
Margot

as Fred Ashton

2009
Charles Dickens's England

as Himself - Presenter

2009
Diamonds

as Piers Denmont

2009
Endgame

as Rudolph Agnew

2009
2008
A Bunch of Amateurs

as Nigel Dewberry

2008
Sidney Turtlebaum

as Sidney Turtlebaum

2008
Adam Resurrected

as Dr. Nathan Gross

2008
The Ties That Bind Us

as The Master (archive footage)

2008
One of Those Days

as Howard Whittam

2007
2007
The Golden Compass

as Magisterial Emissary

2007
Guantanamero

as Guido

2007
The Riddle

as The Tramp / Charles Dickens

2007
In the Night Garden

as Narrator (voice)

2007
2006
Pinochet in Suburbia

as Senator Augusto Pinochet

2006
Underworld: Evolution

as Alexander Corvinus

2005
Nanny McPhee

as Mr. Wheen

2005
Bye Bye Blackbird

as Lord Dempsey

2005
Doctor Who

as Professor Yana

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Colonel Protheroe

2004
2004
Strings

as Nezo

2004
The Long Firm

as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

2003
2003
Henry VIII

as Narrator

2002
The Dinosaur Hunters

as Narrator (voice)

2002
Inquisition

as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

2002
Two Men Went To War

as Maj. Merton

2002
2002
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

2002
The Gathering Storm

as Stanley Baldwin

2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies

as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

2002
The Jury

as George Cording QC

2001
Gosford Park

as Probert

2001
David Macaulay: Mill Times

as Priam Huntington (voice)

2001
The Body

as Father Lavelle

2001
Revelation

as Librarian

2000
2000
The Wyvern Mystery

as Squire Fairfield

2000
Gladiator

as Gracchus

2000
Up at the Villa

as Lucky Leadbetter

1999
The Chimes

as Narrator

1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

as Father Leonor Fousnel

1998
Basil

as Father Frederick

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
The West

as Self (voice)

1995
The Virgin in the Ice

as Brother Cadfael

1995
Achilles

as Narrator

1994
The Secret Garden

as Archibald Craven (voice)

1994
Baseball

as Various (voice)

1994
Baseball

as (voice)

1994
Monk's Hood

as Brother Cadfael

1994
The Leper of St. Giles

as Brother Cadfael

1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow

as Brother Cadfael

1994
Cadfael

as Brother Cadfael

1994
One Corpse Too Many

as Brother Cadfael

1994
David Macaulay: Roman City

as Marcus Fabricius (voice)

1994
Aladdin

as The Magician (voice)

1993
The Vision Thing

as George Salisbury

1993
Frasier

as Jackson Hedley

1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)

1991
Dead Again

as Franklyn Madson

1990
The Civil War

as Various

1990
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
1986
David Macaulay: Cathedral

as Pierre (voice)

1986
Mr. Pye

as Mr. Pye

1985
The Statue of Liberty

as Self (voice)

1982
Enigma

as Kurt Limmer

1982
The Secret of NIMH

as Nicodemus (voice)

1982
Stranger in Town

as The Stranger

1982
Inside the Third Reich

as Adolf Hitler

1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Dom Claude Frollo

1981
Charlotte

as Daberlohn

1980
Hamlet

as Hamlet

1979
The Human Factor

as Arthur Davis

1979
Minder

as Freddie Fenton

1979
1978
Richard II

as King Richard II

1978
The Medusa Touch

as Townley - Publisher

1977
1976
I, Claudius

as Claudius

1974
Blue Blood

as Gregory

1974
The Odessa File

as Klaus Wenzer

1974
NOVA

as Voice of Ernest Shackleton

1973
The Day of the Jackal

as Inspector Caron

1971
Budgie

as Herbert Fletcher

1970
Three Sisters

as Andrei

1967
1965
Othello

as Cassio

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1951
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Archibald Craven

1951