Derek Jacobi
Known for acting · Born 22 October 1938 · 87 · Leytonstone, London, England, UK
226 credits
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
Known for
Gladiator
2000
Tomb Raider
2018
The Secret of NIMH
1982
Underworld: Evolution
2006
In the Night Garden
2007
Hamlet
1996
Henry V
1989
Tolkien
2019
My Week with Marilyn
2011
Ironclad
2011
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
The King's Speech
2010
Acting (225)
2026Heartstopper ForeverPeteFilm
2026Broken EnglishThe NarratorFilm
2026Moss & FreudLucian FreudFilm
2026Frank and PercyFilm
2025Tinsel TownAlbertFilm
2025Juliet & RomeoThe FriarFilm
2024Gladiator IIGracchusFilm
2024LudwigMr. ToddSeries
2024Dame Maggie Smith - A CelebrationSelfFilm
2023AllelujahAmbroseFilm
2023The American Buffalo(voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2023The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of LiesSir Ralph Unwin · 5 episodesSeries
2023The Martini ShotErrolFilm
2023U-Boat WargamersNarrator (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
2022The SandmanErasmus FrySeries
2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to AqabaSelfFilm
2022Remembers…Self · 2 episodesSeries
2022Pearl IslandsSelfFilm
2022A Bird Flew InDavidFilm
2021Only Murders in the BuildingSeries
2021The Lost Pirate KingdomNarrator · 6 episodesSeries
2021Say Your PrayersFather EnochFilm
2021Albert Speer und der Traum von HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Film
2020Come AwayMr. BrownFilm
2020The HostDr. HobsonFilm
2020Coronation Street: Queens of the StreetHimselfFilm
2020Breaking The CodesFilm
2019Good OmensThe Metatron · 2 episodesSeries
2019TolkienProfessor Joseph WrightFilm
2019Greatest Events of World War II in ColourNarrator · 10 episodesSeries
2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansClaudiusFilm
2019The Warrior Queen of JhansiLord PalmerstonFilm
2019MuseThe LawyerFilm
2018Tomb RaiderMr. YaffeFilm
2018Les MisérablesBishop MyrielSeries
2018Nothing Is Truer than TruthFilm
20182018: A Year in the Life of a YearFilm
2017Murder on the Orient ExpressEdward Henry MastermanFilm
2017StrattonRossFilm
2017A Christmas Carol Goes WrongScroogeFilm
2017Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand LodgeFilm
2016The CrownDuke of WindsorSeries
2016The History of LoveLeopold GurskyFilm
2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietMercutioFilm
2016The Devil of ChristmasFilm
2015CinderellaKingFilm
2015The Gospel of LukeNarrator (voice) – King James VersionFilm
2015VenomNarratorFilm
2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBCSelf (archive footage)Film
2014Grace of MonacoCount Fernando D'AillieresFilm
2014Inside No. 9WebsterSeries
2014Effie GrayTravers TwissFilm
2013ViciousStuart Bixby · 12 episodesSeries
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageClaudius/SpoonerFilm
2013Muse of FireSelfFilm
2013Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham GreeneNarrator (voice)Film
2013The Man Who Tried to Steal an IslandNarratorFilm
2013YouManFilm
2012Last Tango in HalifaxAlan · 24 episodesSeries
2012Titanic: Blood and SteelLord Pirrie · 12 episodesSeries
2012Last Will. & TestamentHimselfFilm
2012Jail CaesarSullaFilm
2012Shakespeare UncoveredHimselfSeries
2012The Halloween KidNarratorFilm
2011The Amazing World of GumballNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2011My Week with MarilynSir Owen MorsheadFilm
2011IroncladCornhillFilm
2011AnonymousPrologueFilm
2011The BorgiasCardinal Orsini · 2 episodesSeries
2011There Be DragonsHonorioFilm
2011Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)Narrator (voice)Film
2011National Theatre Live: King LearKing LearFilm
2010The King's SpeechArchbishop Cosmo LangFilm
2010HereafterDerek JacobiFilm
2010Joe Maddison's WarMr. SimpsonFilm
2009EndgameRudolph AgnewFilm
2009MargotFred AshtonFilm
2009Doctor Who Greatest MomentsSelfSeries
2009Morris: A Life with Bells OnQuentin NeelyFilm
2009DiamondsPiers DenmontFilm
2009Diamonds · 2 episodesSeries
2009Charles Dickens's EnglandHimself - PresenterFilm
2008Adam ResurrectedDr. Nathan GrossFilm
2008A Bunch of AmateursNigel DewberryFilm
2008Sidney TurtlebaumSidney TurtlebaumFilm
2008One of Those DaysHoward WhittamFilm
2008Pompeii and the Roman VillaNarratorFilm
2008The Ties That Bind UsThe Master (archive footage)Film
2007The Golden CompassMagisterial EmissaryFilm
2007The RiddleThe Tramp / Charles DickensFilm
2007In the Night GardenNarrator (voice) · 100 episodesSeries
2007The Old Curiosity ShopGrandfatherFilm
2007GuantanameroGuidoFilm
2007AnastezsiBalzerFilm
2007Mist: Sheepdog TalesNarrator · 39 episodesSeries
2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in SpacePresidentFilm
2007The Art of Francis BaconDerek JacobiFilm
2006Underworld: EvolutionAlexander CorvinusFilm
2006Pinochet in SuburbiaSenator Augusto PinochetFilm
2006Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyNarrator (voice)Film
2005Doctor WhoProfessor YanaSeries
2005Nanny McPheeMr. WheenFilm
2005Doctor Who ConfidentialSeries
2005Bye Bye BlackbirdLord DempseyFilm
2005Strength and Honor: Production PodsSelfFilm
2005Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyNarrator(voice)Film
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleColonel ProtheroeSeries
2004StringsNezoFilm
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)Film
2004Who Do You Think You Are?SelfSeries
2004The Long FirmLord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby · 4 episodesSeries
2004Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go OnMr. Operatski (voice)Film
2004Cloud Cuckoo LandVictorFilm
2004LondonTacitus · 3 episodesSeries
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the ShalkaThe Master (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelfFilm
2003Doctor Who: The Scream of the ShalkaThe MasterFilm
2002The Gathering StormStanley BaldwinFilm
2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesGracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)Film
2002Revengers TragedyThe DukeFilm
2002Two Men Went To WarMaj. MertonFilm
2002The JuryGeorge Cording QC · 6 episodesSeries
2002The Diaries of Vaslav NijinskyNijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)Film
2002The Making of Gosford ParkSelfFilm
2002The Dinosaur HuntersNarrator (voice)Film
2002InquisitionCardinal Grand InquisitorFilm
2002I, Claudius: A Television EpicSelfFilm
2001Gosford ParkProbertFilm
2001The BodyFather LavelleFilm
2001RevelationLibrarianFilm
2001Great Escape: The Untold StoryNarratorFilm
2001The Children's Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus (voice)Film
2001David Macaulay: Mill TimesPriam Huntington (voice)Film
2000GladiatorGracchusFilm
2000Jason and the ArgonautsPhineas · 2 episodesSeries
2000Up at the VillaLucky LeadbetterFilm
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)Series
2000The Wyvern MysterySquire FairfieldFilm
2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsVarious CharactersFilm
2000WilfredVoiceFilm
1999Molokai: The Story of Father DamienFather Leonor FousnelFilm
1999The ChimesNarratorFilm
1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconFrancis BaconFilm
1998BasilFather FrederickFilm
1998Animated Epics: BeowulfNarrator ( voice )Film
1996HamletKing ClaudiusFilm
1996Looking for RichardSelf - IntervieweeFilm
1996Breaking the CodeAlan TuringFilm
1996The WestSelf (voice)Series
1996Witness Against HitlerGeneralFilm
1995AchillesNarratorFilm
1995The Virgin in the IceBrother CadfaelFilm
1994BaseballVarious (voice)Series
1994CadfaelBrother Cadfael · 13 episodesSeries
1994The Secret GardenArchibald Craven (voice)Film
1994David Macaulay: Roman CityMarcus Fabricius (voice)Film
1994One Corpse Too ManyBrother CadfaelFilm
1994The Sanctuary SparrowBrother CadfaelFilm
1994The Leper of St. GilesBrother CadfaelFilm
1994Monk's HoodBrother CadfaelFilm
1994The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy FisherJeremy Fisher (voice)Film
1993FrasierJackson HedleySeries
1993Circles of DeceitRandalFilm
1993The Vision ThingGeorge SalisburyFilm
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsMr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)Series
1992AladdinThe Magician (voice)Film
1992The Velvet ClawNarrator · 7 episodesSeries
1991Dead AgainFranklyn MadsonFilm
1991The Storyteller: Greek MythsDaedalusSeries
1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & IcarusDaedalusFilm
1991In My DefenceEmile ZolaSeries
1990The Civil WarWilliam Russell / Various (voice) · 9 episodesSeries
1990Discovering HamletHimselfFilm
1990The FoolMr. Frederick / Sir JohnFilm
1989Henry VChorusFilm
1989The Congress(voice)Film
1989David Macaulay: PyramidHordedef (voice)Film
1988The Tenth ManThe ImposterFilm
1987The Secret GardenArchibald CravenFilm
1987Little DorritArthur ClennamFilm
1986Mr PyeMr Pye · 4 episodesSeries
1986On Wings of FireSelfFilm
1986Wedden, dat..?SelfSeries
1986ScreenPlayGeorge SalisburySeries
1986Mr. PyeMr. PyeFilm
1986David Macaulay: CathedralPierre (voice)Film
1985The Statue of LibertySelf (voice)Film
1985Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de BergeracFilm
1982The Secret of NIMHNicodemus (voice)Film
1982EnigmaKurt LimmerFilm
1982The Hunchback of Notre DameDom Claude FrolloFilm
1982Stranger in TownThe StrangerFilm
1982Inside the Third ReichAdolf Hitler · 2 episodesSeries
1981CharlotteDaberlohnFilm
1980HamletHamletFilm
1980The Man Who Went Up in SmokeMartin BeckFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedThe Stranger, DrioliSeries
1979The Human FactorArthur DavisFilm
1979MinderFreddie FentonSeries
1978The Medusa TouchTownley - PublisherFilm
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareRichard II, HamletSeries
1978Mysterious Castles of ClayNarratorFilm
1978Richard IIKing Richard IIFilm
1977Philby, Burgess and MacleanGuy BurgessFilm
1976I, ClaudiusClaudius · 12 episodesSeries
1974The Odessa FileKlaus WenzerFilm
1974NOVAVoice of Ernest ShackletonSeries
1974Blue BloodGregoryFilm
1974The PallisersLord Fawn · 8 episodesSeries
1974Affairs of the HeartBertram BraddleSeries
1973The Day of the JackalInspector CaronFilm
1972Man of StrawDiederich Hessling · 6 episodesSeries
1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesWilliam DrewSeries
1971BudgieHerbert FletcherSeries
1970Three SistersAndreiFilm
1967Much Ado About NothingDon JohnFilm
1967ITV PlayhouseGerrySeries
1965OthelloCassioFilm
1964HorizonNarratorSeries
1962The Fishing MatchEricFilm
1956Armchair TheatreEricSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner, Self - NomineeSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameDom Claude, Archibald Craven, ImposterSeries
—Venom! Nine Ways to DieNarratorFilm
—Lead HeadsFilm
Crew (1)
2001The Children's Midsummer Night's DreamThanksFilm