Derek Jacobi

Acting

Derek Jacobi

Born 22 October 1938 · Leytonstone, London, England, UK · 88

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

Highlights

Gladiator2000 · Film · Gracchus
The King's Speech2010 · Film · Archbishop Cosmo Lang
The Crown2016 · Series · Duke of Windsor
Good Omens2019 · Series · The Metatron
Murder on the Orient Express2017 · Film · Edward Henry Masterman
Doctor Who2005 · Series · Professor Yana

Filmography

Movies

119 films

Frank and Percy2026 · Film
Heartstopper Forever2026 · Film · Pete
Moss & Freud2026 · Film · Lucian Freud
Broken English2026 · Film · The Narrator
Tinsel Town2025 · Film · Albert
Juliet & Romeo2025 · Film · The Friar
Gladiator II2024 · Film · Gracchus
The Martini Shot2023 · Film · Errol
Allelujah2023 · Film · Ambrose
A Bird Flew In2022 · Film · David
Say Your Prayers2021 · Film · Father Enoch
Come Away2020 · Film · Mr. Brown
Breaking The Codes2020 · Film
The Host2020 · Film · Dr. Hobson
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi2019 · Film · Lord Palmerston
Muse2019 · Film · The Lawyer
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans2019 · Film · Claudius
Tolkien2019 · Film · Professor Joseph Wright
Nothing Is Truer than Truth2018 · Film
Tomb Raider2018 · Film · Mr. Yaffe
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong2017 · Film · Scrooge
Murder on the Orient Express2017 · Film · Edward Henry Masterman
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge2017 · Film
Stratton2017 · Film · Ross
The Devil of Christmas2016 · Film
The History of Love2016 · Film · Leopold Gursky
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet2016 · Film · Mercutio
Cinderella2015 · Film · King
Grace of Monaco2014 · Film · Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Effie Gray2014 · Film · Travers Twiss
You2013 · Film · Man
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage2013 · Film · Claudius/Spooner
Jail Caesar2012 · Film · Sulla
My Week with Marilyn2011 · Film · Sir Owen Morshead
Anonymous2011 · Film · Prologue
There Be Dragons2011 · Film · Honorio
Ironclad2011 · Film · Cornhill
National Theatre Live: King Lear2011 · Film · King Lear
The King's Speech2010 · Film · Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Hereafter2010 · Film · Derek Jacobi
Joe Maddison's War2010 · Film · Mr. Simpson
Margot2009 · Film · Fred Ashton
Diamonds2009 · Film · Piers Denmont
Endgame2009 · Film · Rudolph Agnew
Morris: A Life with Bells On2009 · Film · Quentin Neely
A Bunch of Amateurs2008 · Film · Nigel Dewberry
Sidney Turtlebaum2008 · Film · Sidney Turtlebaum
Adam Resurrected2008 · Film · Dr. Nathan Gross
One of Those Days2008 · Film · Howard Whittam
The Old Curiosity Shop2007 · Film · Grandfather
The Golden Compass2007 · Film · Magisterial Emissary
Guantanamero2007 · Film · Guido
The Riddle2007 · Film · The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space2007 · Film · President
The Art of Francis Bacon2007 · Film · Derek Jacobi
Pinochet in Suburbia2006 · Film · Senator Augusto Pinochet
Underworld: Evolution2006 · Film · Alexander Corvinus
Nanny McPhee2005 · Film · Mr. Wheen
Bye Bye Blackbird2005 · Film · Lord Dempsey
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On2004 · Film · Mr. Operatski (voice)
Strings2004 · Film · Nezo
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · Film · Other Voices (voice)
Inquisition2002 · Film · Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Two Men Went To War2002 · Film · Maj. Merton
Revengers Tragedy2002 · Film · The Duke
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky2002 · Film · Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Gathering Storm2002 · Film · Stanley Baldwin
Gosford Park2001 · Film · Probert
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream2001 · Film · Theseus (voice)
David Macaulay: Mill Times2001 · Film · Priam Huntington (voice)
The Body2001 · Film · Father Lavelle
Revelation2001 · Film · Librarian
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · Film · Various Characters
The Wyvern Mystery2000 · Film · Squire Fairfield
Gladiator2000 · Film · Gracchus
Up at the Villa2000 · Film · Lucky Leadbetter
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien1999 · Film · Father Leonor Fousnel
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998 · Film · Francis Bacon
Basil1998 · Film · Father Frederick
Hamlet1996 · Film · King Claudius
Breaking the Code1996 · Film · Alan Turing
Witness Against Hitler1996 · Film · General
The Virgin in the Ice1995 · Film · Brother Cadfael
The Secret Garden1994 · Film · Archibald Craven (voice)
Monk's Hood1994 · Film · Brother Cadfael
The Leper of St. Giles1994 · Film · Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow1994 · Film · Brother Cadfael
One Corpse Too Many1994 · Film · Brother Cadfael
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher1994 · Film · Jeremy Fisher (voice)
David Macaulay: Roman City1994 · Film · Marcus Fabricius (voice)
The Vision Thing1993 · Film · George Salisbury
Aladdin1992 · Film · The Magician (voice)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus1991 · Film · Daedalus
Dead Again1991 · Film · Franklyn Madson
Henry V1989 · Film · Chorus
The Congress1989 · Film · (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid1989 · Film · Hordedef (voice)
The Tenth Man1988 · Film · The Imposter
Little Dorrit1987 · Film · Arthur Clennam
The Secret Garden1987 · Film · Archibald Craven
David Macaulay: Cathedral1986 · Film · Pierre (voice)
Mr. Pye1986 · Film · Mr. Pye
Enigma1982 · Film · Kurt Limmer
The Secret of NIMH1982 · Film · Nicodemus (voice)
Stranger in Town1982 · Film · The Stranger
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1982 · Film · Dom Claude Frollo
Charlotte1981 · Film · Daberlohn
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke1980 · Film · Martin Beck
Hamlet1980 · Film · Hamlet
The Human Factor1979 · Film · Arthur Davis
Richard II1978 · Film · King Richard II
The Medusa Touch1978 · Film · Townley - Publisher
Philby, Burgess and Maclean1977 · Film · Guy Burgess
Blue Blood1974 · Film · Gregory
The Odessa File1974 · Film · Klaus Wenzer
The Day of the Jackal1973 · Film · Inspector Caron
Three Sisters1970 · Film · Andrei
Much Ado About Nothing1967 · Film · Don John
Othello1965 · Film · Cassio

Filmography

Series

42 shows

Ludwig2024 · Series · Mr. Todd
The American Buffalo2023 · Series · (voice)
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies2023 · Series · Sir Ralph Unwin
The Sandman2022 · Series · Erasmus Fry
Good Omens2019 · Series · The Metatron
Les Misérables2018 · Series · Bishop Myriel
The Crown2016 · Series · Duke of Windsor
Inside No. 92014 · Series · Webster
Vicious2013 · Series · Stuart Bixby
Last Tango in Halifax2012 · Series · Alan
Titanic: Blood and Steel2012 · Series · Lord Pirrie
The Borgias2011 · Series · Cardinal Orsini
Diamonds2009 · Series
Doctor Who Confidential2005 · Series
Doctor Who2005 · Series · Professor Yana
Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · Series · Colonel Protheroe
The Long Firm2004 · Series · Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka2003 · Series · The Master (voice)
The Jury2002 · Series · George Cording QC
Jason and the Argonauts2000 · Series · Phineas
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000 · Series
Baseball1994 · Series · Various (voice)
Cadfael1994 · Series · Brother Cadfael
Frasier1993 · Series · Jackson Hedley
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends1992 · Series · Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths1991 · Series · Daedalus
The Civil War1990 · Series · William Russell / Various (voice)
ScreenPlay1986 · Series · George Salisbury
Mr Pye1986 · Series · Mr Pye
Inside the Third Reich1982 · Series · Adolf Hitler
Minder1979 · Series · Freddie Fenton
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · Series · The Stranger
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · Series · Richard II
I, Claudius1976 · Series · Claudius
Affairs of the Heart1974 · Series · Bertram Braddle
NOVA1974 · Series · Voice of Ernest Shackleton
The Pallisers1974 · Series · Lord Fawn
Man of Straw1972 · Series · Diederich Hessling
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · Series · William Drew
Budgie1971 · Series · Herbert Fletcher
ITV Playhouse1967 · Series · Gerry
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Eric