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Derek Jacobi

Actor · 1938 · Leytonstone

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

Filmography

ACTOR · 165

Broken English2026 · The Narrator
Frank and Percy2026
Heartstopper Forever2026 · Pete
Moss & Freud2026 · Lucian Freud
Juliet & Romeo2025 · The Friar
Tinsel Town2025 · Albert
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration2024 · Self
Gladiator II2024 · Gracchus
Allelujah2023 · Ambrose
The Martini Shot2023 · Errol
A Bird Flew In2022 · David
Pearl Islands2022 · Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba2022 · Self
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood2021 · Self (archive footage)
Say Your Prayers2021 · Father Enoch
Breaking The Codes2020
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street2020 · Self
Come Away2020 · Mr. Brown
The Host2020 · Dr. Hobson
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans2019 · Claudius
Muse2019 · The Lawyer
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi2019 · Lord Palmerston
Tolkien2019 · Professor Joseph Wright
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year2018
Nothing Is Truer than Truth2018
Tomb Raider2018 · Mr. Yaffe
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong2017 · Scrooge
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge2017
Murder on the Orient Express2017 · Edward Henry Masterman
Stratton2017 · Ross
The History of Love2016 · Leopold Gursky
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet2016 · Mercutio
The Devil of Christmas2016
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC2015 · Self (archive footage)
Cinderella2015 · King
The Gospel of Luke2015 · Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Venom2015 · Narrator
Effie Gray2014 · Travers Twiss
FreeGrace of Monaco2014 · Fernando D'Aillieres
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene2013 · Narrator (voice)
Muse of Fire2013 · Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage2013 · Claudius/Spooner
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island2013 · Narrator
You2013 · Man
Jail Caesar2012 · Sulla
Last Will. & Testament2012 · Self
The Halloween Kid2012 · Narrator
Anonymous2011 · Prologue
There Be Dragons2011 · Honorio
My Week with Marilyn2011 · Sir Owen Morshead
National Theatre Live: King Lear2011 · King Lear
FreeIronclad2011 · Cornhill
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)2011 · Narrator (voice)
Joe Maddison's War2010 · Mr. Simpson
Hereafter2010 · Derek Jacobi
The King's Speech2010 · Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Charles Dickens's England2009 · Himself - Presenter
Diamonds2009 · Piers Denmont
Endgame2009 · Rudolph Agnew
Margot2009 · Fred Ashton
Morris: A Life with Bells On2009 · Quentin Neely
Adam Resurrected2008 · Dr. Nathan Gross
A Bunch of Amateurs2008 · Nigel Dewberry
One of Those Days2008 · Howard Whittam
Pompeii and the Roman Villa2008 · Narrator
Sidney Turtlebaum2008 · Sidney Turtlebaum
The Ties That Bind Us2008 · The Master (archive footage)
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space2007 · President
The Golden Compass2007 · Magisterial Emissary
Anastezsi2007 · Balzer
The Old Curiosity Shop2007 · Grandfather
Guantanamero2007 · Guido
The Art of Francis Bacon2007 · Derek Jacobi
The Riddle2007 · The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Underworld: Evolution2006 · Alexander Corvinus
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy2006 · Narrator (voice)
Pinochet in Suburbia2006 · Senator Augusto Pinochet
Bye Bye Blackbird2005 · Lord Dempsey
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy2005 · Narrator (voice)
Nanny McPhee2005 · Mr. Wheen
Strength and Honor: Production Pods2005 · Self
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On2004 · Mr. Operatski (voice)
Cloud Cuckoo Land2004 · Victor
Strings2004 · Nezo
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · Other Voices (voice)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · Self
I, Claudius: A Television Epic2002 · Self
Inquisition2002 · Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Revengers Tragedy2002 · The Duke
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky2002 · Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Dinosaur Hunters2002 · Narrator (voice)
The Gathering Storm2002 · Stanley Baldwin
The Making of Gosford Park2002 · Self
Two Men Went To War2002 · Maj. Merton
Ultimate Fights from the Movies2002 · Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
David Macaulay: Mill Times2001 · Priam Huntington (voice)
The Body2001 · Father Lavelle
Gosford Park2001 · Probert
Great Escape: The Untold Story2001 · Narrator
Revelation2001 · Librarian
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream2001 · Theseus (voice)
Gladiator2000 · Gracchus
The Wyvern Mystery2000 · Squire Fairfield
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · Various Characters
Up at the Villa2000 · Lucky Leadbetter
Wilfred2000 · Voice
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien1999 · Father Leonor Fousnel
The Chimes1999 · Narrator
Animated Epics: Beowulf1998 · Narrator ( voice )
Basil1998 · Father Frederick
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998 · Francis Bacon
Breaking the Code1996 · Alan Turing
Hamlet1996 · King Claudius
Looking for Richard1996 · Self - Interviewee
Witness Against Hitler1996 · General
Achilles1995 · Narrator
The Virgin in the Ice1995 · Brother Cadfael
David Macaulay: Roman City1994 · Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Monk's Hood1994 · Brother Cadfael
One Corpse Too Many1994 · Brother Cadfael
The Leper of St. Giles1994 · Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow1994 · Brother Cadfael
The Secret Garden1994 · Archibald Craven (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher1994 · Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Circles of Deceit1993 · Randal
The Vision Thing1993 · George Salisbury
Aladdin1992 · The Magician (voice)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus1991 · Daedalus
Dead Again1991 · Franklyn Madson
Discovering Hamlet1990 · Self
The Fool1990 · Mr. Frederick / Sir John
David Macaulay: Pyramid1989 · Hordedef (voice)
Henry V1989 · Chorus
The Congress1989
The Tenth Man1988 · The Imposter
Little Dorrit1987 · Arthur Clennam
The Secret Garden1987 · Archibald Craven
David Macaulay: Cathedral1986 · Pierre (voice)
Mr. Pye1986 · Mr. Pye
On Wings of Fire1986 · Self
Cyrano de Bergerac1985 · Cyrano de Bergerac
The Statue of Liberty1985 · Self (voice)
Enigma1982 · Kurt Limmer
The Secret of NIMH1982 · Nicodemus (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1982 · Dom Claude Frollo
Stranger in Town1982 · The Stranger
Charlotte1981 · Daberlohn
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke1980 · Martin Beck
Hamlet1980 · Hamlet
The Human Factor1979 · Arthur Davis
Mysterious Castles of Clay1978 · Narrator
Richard II1978 · King Richard II
The Medusa Touch1978 · Townley - Publisher
Philby, Burgess and Maclean1977 · Guy Burgess
Blue Blood1974 · Gregory
The Odessa File1974 · Klaus Wenzer
The Day of the Jackal1973 · Inspector Caron
Three Sisters1970 · Andrei
Much Ado About Nothing1967 · Don John
Othello1965 · Cassio
The Fishing Match1962 · Eric
Good Omens T3: El final
Lead Heads
The Vampyre: Blood & Ink
Venom! Nine Ways to DieNarrator
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OTHER CREW · 1

The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream2001

SERIES · 58

Ludwig2024 · Mr. Todd
The American Buffalo2023
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies2023 · Sir Ralph Unwin
U-Boat Wargamers2023 · Narrator (voice)
The Sandman2022 · Erasmus Fry
The Lost Pirate Kingdom2021 · Narrator
Good Omens2019 · The Metatron, Metatron
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour2019 · Narrator
Les Misérables2018 · Bishop Myriel
The Crown2016 · Duke of Windsor
Inside No. 92014 · Webster
Vicious2013 · Stuart Bixby
Last Tango in Halifax2012 · Alan
Shakespeare Uncovered2012 · Self
Titanic: Blood and Steel2012 · Lord Pirrie
The Amazing World of Gumball2011 · Narrator (voice)
The Borgias2011 · Cardinal Orsini
Diamonds2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments2009 · Self
In the Night Garden2007 · Narrator (voice)
Mist: Sheepdog Tales2007 · Narrator
Doctor Who2005 · Professor Yana
Doctor Who Confidential2005
Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · Colonel Protheroe
Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · Self
London2004 · Tacitus
The Long Firm2004 · Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka2003 · The Master (voice)
The Jury2002 · George Cording QC
Jason and the Argonauts2000 · Phineas
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000
The West1996 · Self (voice)
Baseball1994 · Various (voice)
Cadfael1994 · Brother Cadfael
Frasier1993 · Jackson Hedley
The Velvet Claw1992 · Narrator
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends1992 · Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
In My Defence1991 · Emile Zola
The Storyteller: Greek Myths1991 · Daedalus
The Civil War1990 · William Russell / Various (voice)
Mr Pye1986 · Mr Pye
ScreenPlay1986 · George Salisbury
Wedden, dat..?1986 · Self
Inside the Third Reich1982 · Adolf Hitler
Minder1979 · Freddie Fenton
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · The Stranger, Drioli
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · Richard II, Hamlet
I, Claudius1976 · Claudius
Affairs of the Heart1974 · Bertram Braddle
NOVA1974 · Voice of Ernest Shackleton
The Pallisers1974 · Lord Fawn
Man of Straw1972 · Diederich Hessling
Budgie1971 · Herbert Fletcher
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · William Drew
ITV Playhouse1967 · Gerry
Horizon1964 · Narrator
Armchair Theatre1956 · Eric
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · Dom Claude, Archibald Craven
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