Derek 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

Known For

Gracchus

Gladiator

Alexander Corvinus

Underworld: Evolution

Magisterial Emissary

The Golden Compass

King Claudius

Hamlet

Chorus

Henry V

The Stranger

Stranger in Town

Kurt Limmer

Enigma

Inspector Caron

The Day of the Jackal

Probert

Gosford Park

Narrator ( voice )

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Francis Bacon

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

Nezo (voice)

Strings

Klaus Wenzer

The Odessa File

Mr. Wheen

Nanny McPhee

Nicodemus (voice)

The Secret of NIMH

Lucian Freud

Moss & Freud

Townley - Publisher

The Medusa Touch

Franklyn Madson

Dead Again

The Duke

Revengers Tragedy

Ambrose

Allelujah

Grandfather

The Old Curiosity Shop

Father Lavelle

The Body

Stanley Baldwin

The Gathering Storm

Squire Fairfield

The Wyvern Mystery

Lord Dempsey

Bye Bye Blackbird

Prologue

Anonymous

George Salisbury

The Vision Thing

Cassio

Othello

Honorio

There Be Dragons

The Tramp / Charles Dickens

The Riddle

Narrator

Achilles

Cornhill

Ironclad

Guy Burgess

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Arthur Clennam

Little Dorrit

Arthur Davis

The Human Factor

Maj. Merton

Two Men Went To War

Dr. Nathan Gross

Adam Resurrected

Nigel Dewberry

A Bunch of Amateurs

Lucky Leadbetter

Up at the Villa

Archibald Craven

The Secret Garden

Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Dom Claude Frollo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Gracchus

Gladiator II

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Mr. Simpson

Joe Maddison's War

Balzer

Anastezsi

Alan Turing

Breaking the Code

Self

On Wings of Fire

Senator Augusto Pinochet

Pinochet in Suburbia

Self

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

The Imposter

The Tenth Man

Himself

Last Will. & Testament

Travers Twiss

Effie Gray

Guido

Arritmia

Narrator

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

Self

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

General

Witness Against Hitler

Narrator (voice)

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

Count Fernando D'Aillieres

Grace of Monaco

Archibald Craven (voice)

The Secret Garden

Self

Muse of Fire

President

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

Piers Denmont

Diamonds

Errol

The Martini Shot

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

The King's Speech

King Richard II

Richard II

Mr. Frederick / Sir John

The Fool

Gregory

Blue Blood

Himself

Discovering Hamlet

Self - Interviewee

Looking for Richard

Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

The Friar

Juliet & Romeo

Mr. Pye

Mr. Pye

Andrei

Three Sisters

Martin Beck

Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste

Don John

Much Ado About Nothing

Self

Pearl Islands

Narrator (voice) – King James Version

The Gospel of Luke

Adolf Hitler

Inside the Third Reich

Voice

Wilfred

Narrator (voice)

The Dinosaur Hunters

Self (archive footage)

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Eric

The Fishing Match

Self

Rhythm of Life

Librarian

Revelation

Hamlet

Hamlet

Various Characters

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Rudolph Agnew

Endgame

Sidney Turtlebaum

Sidney Turtlebaum

The Magician (voice)

Aladdin

Sulla

Jail Caesar

King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Narrator

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

Mercutio

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Leopold Gursky

The History of Love

Edward Henry Masterman

Murder on the Orient Express

Narrator

Great Escape: The Untold Story

Fred Ashton

Margot

Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

Inquisition

Claudius/Spooner

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

Derek Jacobi

Hereafter

Ross

Stratton

Howard Whittam

One of Those Days

Narrator

The Halloween Kid

Scrooge

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Narrator

The Chimes

Narrator

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Pierre (voice)

David Macaulay: Cathedral

Professor Joseph Wright

Tolkien

Mr. Yaffe

Tomb Raider

Father Leonor Fousnel

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Claudius

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

Marcus Fabricius (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City

Hordedef (voice)

David Macaulay: Pyramid

Priam Huntington (voice)

David Macaulay: Mill Times

Mr. Brown

Come Away

Quentin Neely

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Narrator (voice)

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Daberlohn

Charlotte

(voice)

The Congress

Other Voices (voice)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Lord Palmerston

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

Randal

Circle of Deceit

Derek Jacobi

The Art of Francis Bacon

Dr. Hobson

The Host

The Lawyer

Muse

(archive footage)

Olivier Talks About Othello

Self

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

Self (voice)

The Statue of Liberty

David

A Bird Flew In

Himself - Presenter

Charles Dickens's England

Father Enoch

Say Your Prayers

Lead Heads

Himself

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

Self

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

Father Frederick

Basil

Narrator

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

Narrator

Venom

Narrator

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Sir Owen Morshead

My Week with Marilyn

Mr. Operatski (voice)

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

King

Cinderella

Himself (archive footage)

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Man

You

Breaking The Codes

Tinsel Town

The Master (archive footage)

The Ties That Bind Us

Victor

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Self

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Self

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

152

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-10-22

Place of Birth

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Also Known As

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