Derek Jacobi

85 · Born: Oct 22, 1938

Personal Details

Born Oct 22, 1938 Leytonstone, London, England

Parents

Alfred George Jacobi
Daisy Gertrude Jacobi

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

Career

acting

2024

Gladiator 2 as Gracchus

2023

The Martini Shot

The Martini Shot as Errol

Allelujah as Ambrose

War Gamers as Narrator (voice)

The American Buffalo

The American Buffalo as (voice)

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies as Sir Ralph Unwin

2022

A Bird Flew In as David

2021

Say Your Prayers

Say Your Prayers as Father Enoch

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

The Lost Pirate Kingdom as Narrator

Inside No. 9 as Webster

2020

The Host as Dr. Hobson

Come Away as Mr. Brown

2019

Tolkien as Professor Joseph Wright

Muse as The Lawyer

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans as Claudius

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi as Lord Palmerston

Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

Greatest Events of WWII in Colour as Narrator

The Crown as Duke of Windsor

2018

Nothing Is Truer Than Truth

Nothing Is Truer Than Truth

Tomb Raider as Mr. Yaffe

2017

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express as Edward Masterman

Stratton as Ross

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong as Scrooge

2016

The History of Love

The History of Love as Léo Gursky

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio

2015

Cinderella as King

2014

Effie Gray as Travers Twiss

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco as Count Fernando D'Aillieres

2013

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene as Narrator (voice)

Vicious as Stuart Bixby

2012

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Titanic: Blood and Steel as Lord Pirrie

Last Tango in Halifax

Last Tango in Halifax as Alan

2011

Ironclad as Cornhill

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn as Sir Owen Morshead

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons as Honorio

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) as Narrator (voice)

2010

The King's Speech

The King's Speech as Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Joe Maddison's War

Joe Maddison's War as Mr. Simpson

2009

Endgame as Rudolph Agnew

Margot as Fred Ashton

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On as Quentin Neely

2008

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs as Nigel Dewberry

One of Those Days

One of Those Days as Howard Whittam

Sidney Turtlebaum

Sidney Turtlebaum as Sidney Turtlebaum

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected as Dr. Nathan Gross

2007

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop as Grandfather

The Art of Francis Bacon

The Art of Francis Bacon as Derek Jacobi

The Riddle as The Tramp / Charles Dickens

Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket

Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket as Mr. Operatski

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space as President

Guantanamero as Guido

In the Night Garden...

In the Night Garden...

Doctor Who as Professor Yana

2006

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy as Narrator

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution as Alexander Corvinus

Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia as Senator Augusto Pinochet

2005

Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird as Lord Dempsey

2004

Strings as Nezo (voice)

The Long Firm as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

2003

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka as The Master (voice)

2002

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm as Stanley Baldwin

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On as Mr. Operatski (voice)

Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

Revengers Tragedy

Revengers Tragedy as The Duke

The Jury as George Cording QC

2001

Revelation as Librarian

The Body as Father Lavelle

David Macaulay: Mill Times

David Macaulay: Mill Times as Priam Huntington (voice)

Nova as Voice of Ernest Shackleton

2000

Gladiator as Gracchus

Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa as Lucky Leadbetter

The Wyvern Mystery

The Wyvern Mystery as Squire Fairfield

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts as Phineas

Frasier as Jackson Hedley

1999

Molokai as Father Leonor Fousnel

1998

Basil as Father Frederick

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon as Francis Bacon

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Animated Epics: Beowulf as Narrator ( voice )

1996

Hamlet as King Claudius

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code as Alan Turing

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters as Narrator

1994

ABC Weekend Specials

ABC Weekend Specials as Archibald Craven (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City

David Macaulay: Roman City as Marcus Fabricius (voice)

Baseball as Various (voice)

Mystery!: Cadfael

Mystery!: Cadfael as Brother Cadfael

1993

Aladdin as The Magician (voice)

1991

Dead Again as Franklyn Madson

1990

The Fool as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

The Civil War as Various

1989

Henry V as Chorus

David Macaulay: Pyramid

David Macaulay: Pyramid as Hordedef (voice)

1988

The Tenth Man as The Imposter

1987

Little Dorrit as Arthur Clennam

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden as Archibald Craven

1986

David Macaulay: Cathedral

David Macaulay: Cathedral as Pierre (voice)

1985

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano de Bergerac

1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Dom Claude Frollo

The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH as Nicodemus (voice)

Enigma as Kurt Limmer

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich as Adolf Hitler

1981

Charlotte as Daberlohn

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dom Claude

1980

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark as Hamlet

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected as The Stranger

1979

The Human Factor

The Human Factor as Arthur Davis

Minder as Freddie Fenton

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare as King Richard II

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Mysterious Castles of Clay as Narrator

1977

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Philby, Burgess and Maclean as Guy Burgess

1976

I, Claudius as Claudius

1974

Blueblood as Gregory

The Odessa File

The Odessa File as Klaus Wenzer

1973

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as William Drew

1970

Three Sisters as Andrei

1967

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing as Don John

1965

Othello as Cassio

appearances

2022

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2015

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2013

2012

Last Will & Testament

Last Will & Testament

2009

Charles Dickens's England

Charles Dickens's England

2002

I Claudius: A Television Epic

I Claudius: A Television Epic

2001

Great Escape: The Untold Story

Great Escape: The Untold Story

1990

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

1986

On Wings of Fire

On Wings of Fire