Derek Jacobi

Actor

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, ful...

Place of Birth: Leytonstone, London, England

Date of Birth: Oct 22, 1938

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Filmography

Actor (176 Known Credits)

Allelujah

Ambrose

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

Sir Ralph Unwin

The Martini Shot

Errol

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Self

David

Self

Erasmus Fry

Father Enoch

Self

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Himself (archive footage)

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

Narrator

Webster

Mr. Brown

Dr. Hobson

Professor Wright

Metatron

The Metatron

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

Lord Palmerston

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

Claudius

Muse

The Lawyer

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

Narrator

Les Misérables

Bishop Myriel

Tomb Raider

Mr. Yaffe

Stratton

Ross

Murder on the Orient Express

Edward Masterman

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Scrooge

The Crown

David, Duke of Windsor

Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live: Romeo and Juliet

Mercrutio

The History of Love

Léo Gursky

The Devil of Christmas

Dennis Fulcher (voice)

King

Narrator

Dennis Fulcher

Webster

Travers Twiss

Count Fernando D'Aillieres

Vicious

Stuart Bixby

Muse of Fire

Himself

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Narrator (voice)

Fifty Years on Stage

Claudius/Spooner

Last Tango in Halifax

Alan

Shakespeare Uncovered

Himself

Last Will. & Testament

Himself

The Halloween Kid

Narrator

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Lord Pirrie

The Amazing World of Gumball

Narrator (voice)

Cornhill

Honorio

Prologue

Sir Owen Morshead

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

Narrator (voice

National Theatre Live: King Lear

King Lear

Hereafter

Derek Jacobi

The King's Speech

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Joe Maddison's War

Mr. Simpson

Endgame

Rudolph Agnew

Margot

Fred Ashton

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Quentin Neely

Diamonds

Piers Denmont

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

Himself

Charles Dickens's England

Himself - Presenter

Nigel Dewberry

Dr. Nathan Gross

Howard Whittam

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Narrator

The Golden Compass

Magisterial Emissary

The Riddle

The Tramp / Charles Dickens

The Old Curiosity Shop

Grandfather

Anastezsi

Balzer

Arritmia

Guido

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

President

The Art of Francis Bacon

Derek Jacobi

Underworld: Evolution

Alexander Corvinus

Pinochet in Suburbia

Senator Augusto Pinochet

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Narrator

Doctor Who

Professor Yana

Nanny McPhee

Mr. Wheen

Bye Bye Blackbird

Lord Dempsey

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

Agatha Christie's Marple

Colonel Protheroe

Strings

Nezo

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Other Voices (voice)

London

Tacitus

The Long Firm

Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Himself

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

The Master (voice)

Revengers Tragedy

The Duke

The Gathering Storm

Stanley Baldwin

Two Men Went To War

Maj. Merton

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Mr. Operatski (voice)

Inquisition

Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

The Jury

George Cording QC

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

Self

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

Self

Gosford Park

Probert

The Body

Father Lavelle

Revelation

Librarian

David Macaulay: Mill Times

Priam Huntington (voice)

Gladiator

Gracchus

The Wyvern Mystery

Squire Fairfield

Up at the Villa

Lucky Leadbetter

Jason and the Argonauts

Phineas

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Father Leonor Fousnel

The Chimes

Narrator

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

Francis Bacon

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Narrator ( voice )

Father Frederick

King Claudius

Himself/Interview

Alan Turing

Narrator

Brother Cadfael

Archibald Craven (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City

Marcus Fabricius (voice)

Voice

Jackson Hedley

George Salisbury

The Magician (voice)

Narrator

Franklyn Madson

Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Himself

Various

Chorus

(voice)

David Macaulay: Pyramid

Hordedef (voice)

The Tenth Man

The Imposter

The Secret Garden

Archibald Craven

Little Dorrit

Arthur Clennam

David Macaulay: Cathedral

Pierre (voice)

On Wings of Fire

Self

Mr. Pye

The Statue of Liberty

Himself

Cyrano de Bergerac

Enigma

Kurt Limmer

The Secret of NIMH

Nicodemus (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Dom Claude Frollo

Inside the Third Reich

Adolf Hitler

Stranger in Town

The Stranger

Charlotte

Daberlohn

Hamlet

Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste

Martin Beck

Minder

Freddie Fenton

Tales of the Unexpected

The Stranger

The Human Factor

Arthur Davis

BBC Television Shakespeare

King Richard II

The Medusa Touch

Townley - Publisher

Richard II

King Richard II

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Narrator

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Guy Burgess

I, Claudius

Claudius

I, Claudius

Self

NOVA

Voice of Ernest Shackleton

The Odessa File

Klaus Wenzer

The Day of the Jackal

Caron

Blue Blood

Gregory

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

William Drew

Three Sisters

Andrei

Much Ado About Nothing

Don John

Othello

Cassio

Olivier Talks About Othello

Archive Footage

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Archibald Craven

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Dom Claude

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Imposter

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

Narrator

Untitled Gladiator Sequel

Gracchus

Circle of Deceit

Randal

Witness Against Hitler

General

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Moss & Freud

Lucian Freud

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

Himself

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

Narrator

Allelujah (2023)

Ambrose

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023)

Sir Ralph Unwin

The Martini Shot (2023)

Errol

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)

Self

A Bird Flew In (2022)

David

Pearl Islands (2022)

Self

The Sandman (2021)

Erasmus Fry

Say Your Prayers (2021)

Father Enoch

Rhythm of Life (2021)

Self

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood (2021)

Himself (archive footage)

The Lost Pirate Kingdom (2021)

Narrator

How Do You Plead? (2021)

Webster

Come Away (2020)

Mr. Brown

The Host (2020)

Dr. Hobson

Tolkien (2019)

Professor Wright

Good Omens (2019)

Metatron

Good Omens (2019)

The Metatron

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi (2019)

Lord Palmerston

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019)

Claudius

Muse (2019)

The Lawyer

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour (2019)

Narrator

Les Misérables (2018 - 2019)

Bishop Myriel

Tomb Raider (2018)

Mr. Yaffe

Stratton (2017)

Ross

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Edward Masterman

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017)

Scrooge

The Crown (2016 - 2022)

David, Duke of Windsor

Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016)

Mercrutio

The History of Love (2016)

Léo Gursky

The Devil of Christmas (2016)

Dennis Fulcher (voice)

Cinderella (2015)

King

Venom (2015)

Narrator

Inside No. 9 (2014 - 2022)

Dennis Fulcher

Inside No. 9 (2014 - 2022)

Webster

Effie Gray (2014)

Travers Twiss

Grace of Monaco (2014)

Count Fernando D'Aillieres

Vicious (2013 - 2015)

Stuart Bixby

Muse of Fire (2013)

Himself

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)

Narrator (voice)

Fifty Years on Stage (2013)

Claudius/Spooner

Last Tango in Halifax (2012 - 2020)

Alan

Shakespeare Uncovered (2012 - 2018)

Himself

Last Will. & Testament (2012)

Himself

The Halloween Kid (2012)

Narrator

Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)

Lord Pirrie

The Amazing World of Gumball (2011 - 2019)

Narrator (voice)

Ironclad (2011)

Cornhill

There Be Dragons (2011)

Honorio

Anonymous (2011)

Prologue

My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Sir Owen Morshead

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) (2011)

Narrator (voice

National Theatre Live: King Lear (2011)

King Lear

Hereafter (2010)

Derek Jacobi

The King's Speech (2010)

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Joe Maddison's War (2010)

Mr. Simpson

Endgame (2009)

Rudolph Agnew

Margot (2009)

Fred Ashton

Morris: A Life with Bells On (2009)

Quentin Neely

Diamonds (2009)

Piers Denmont

Doctor Who Greatest Moments (2009)

Himself

Charles Dickens's England (2009)

Himself - Presenter

A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)

Nigel Dewberry

Adam Resurrected (2008)

Dr. Nathan Gross

One of those Days (2008)

Howard Whittam

Sidney Turtlebaum (2008)

Sidney Turtlebaum

Pompeii and the Roman Villa (2008)

Narrator

The Golden Compass (2007)

Magisterial Emissary

The Riddle (2007)

The Tramp / Charles Dickens

The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)

Grandfather

Anastezsi (2007)

Balzer

Arritmia (2007)

Guido

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space (2007)

President

The Art of Francis Bacon (2007)

Derek Jacobi

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

Alexander Corvinus

Pinochet in Suburbia (2006)

Senator Augusto Pinochet

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy (2006)

Narrator

Doctor Who (2005 - 2021)

Professor Yana

Nanny McPhee (2005)

Mr. Wheen

Bye Bye Blackbird (2005)

Lord Dempsey

Who Do You Think You Are? (2004 - 2020)

Self

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004 - 2013)

Colonel Protheroe

Strings (2004)

Nezo

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

Other Voices (voice)

London (2004)

Tacitus

The Long Firm (2004)

Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)

Himself

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003)

The Master (voice)

Revengers Tragedy (2002)

The Duke

The Gathering Storm (2002)

Stanley Baldwin

Two Men Went To War (2002)

Maj. Merton

Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002)

Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2002)

Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On (2002)

Mr. Operatski (voice)

Inquisition (2002)

Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

The Jury (2002)

George Cording QC

The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)

Self

I, Claudius: A Television Epic (2002)

Self

Gosford Park (2001)

Probert

The Body (2001)

Father Lavelle

Revelation (2001)

Librarian

David Macaulay: Mill Times (2001)

Priam Huntington (voice)

Gladiator (2000)

Gracchus

The Wyvern Mystery (2000)

Squire Fairfield

Up at the Villa (2000)

Lucky Leadbetter

Jason and the Argonauts (2000)

Phineas

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)

Father Leonor Fousnel

The Chimes (1999)

Narrator

Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

Francis Bacon

Animated Epics: Beowulf (1998)

Narrator ( voice )

Basil (1998)

Father Frederick

Hamlet (1996)

King Claudius

Looking for Richard (1996)

Himself/Interview

Breaking the Code (1996)

Alan Turing

Achilles (1995)

Narrator

Cadfael (1994 - 1998)

Brother Cadfael

The Secret Garden (1994)

Archibald Craven (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City (1994)

Marcus Fabricius (voice)

Baseball (1994)

Voice

Frasier (1993 - 2004)

Jackson Hedley

The Vision Thing (1993)

George Salisbury

Aladdin (1992)

The Magician (voice)

The Velvet Claw (1992)

Narrator

Dead Again (1991)

Franklyn Madson

The Fool (1990)

Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Discovering Hamlet (1990)

Himself

The Civil War (1990)

Various

Henry V (1989)

Chorus

The Congress (1989)

(voice)

David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)

Hordedef (voice)

The Tenth Man (1988)

The Imposter

The Secret Garden (1987)

Archibald Craven

Little Dorrit (1987)

Arthur Clennam

David Macaulay: Cathedral (1986)

Pierre (voice)

On Wings of Fire (1986)

Self

Mr. Pye (1986)

Mr. Pye

The Statue of Liberty (1985)

Himself

Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Enigma (1982)

Kurt Limmer

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Nicodemus (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)

Dom Claude Frollo

Inside the Third Reich (1982)

Adolf Hitler

Stranger in Town (1982)

The Stranger

Charlotte (1981)

Daberlohn

Hamlet (1980)

Hamlet

Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste (1980)

Martin Beck

Minder (1979 - 1991)

Freddie Fenton

Tales of the Unexpected (1979 - 1988)

The Stranger

The Human Factor (1979)

Arthur Davis

BBC Television Shakespeare (1978 - 1985)

King Richard II

The Medusa Touch (1978)

Townley - Publisher

Richard II (1978)

King Richard II

Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978)

Narrator

Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)

Guy Burgess

I, Claudius (1976)

Claudius

I, Claudius (1976)

Self

NOVA (1974 - 2022)

Voice of Ernest Shackleton

The Odessa File (1974)

Klaus Wenzer

The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Caron

Blue Blood (1973)

Gregory

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971 - 1973)

William Drew

Three Sisters (1970)

Andrei

Much Ado About Nothing (1967)

Don John

Othello (1965)

Cassio

Olivier Talks About Othello (1965)

Archive Footage

Tony Awards (1956 - 2022)

Self - Nominee

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Archibald Craven

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Dom Claude

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Imposter

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

Narrator

Untitled Gladiator Sequel

Gracchus

Circle of Deceit

Randal

Witness Against Hitler

General

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Moss & Freud

Lucian Freud

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

Himself

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

Narrator

Age At Time Of Release

Gladiator

Underworld: Evolution

The Golden Compass

Enigma

The Day of the Jackal

Derek Jacobi

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