Derek Jacobi
Known for Acting · 219 credits
- Born
- 1938-10-22 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Leytonstone, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- 데릭 자코비 · デレク ジャコビ · درک جاکوبی
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (57)
Doctor Who
2005
as Professor Yana
Frasier
1993
as Jackson Hedley
NOVA
1974
as Voice of Ernest Shackleton
Horizon
1964
as Narrator
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The Crown
2016
as Duke of Windsor
Minder
1979
as Freddie Fenton
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Colonel Protheroe
Good Omens
2019
as The Metatron
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Nominee
The Sandman
2022
as Erasmus Fry
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as The Stranger / Drioli
Inside No. 9
2014
as Webster
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Gerry
The Borgias
2011
as Cardinal Orsini
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Remembers…
2022
as Self
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as William Drew
Cadfael
1994
as Brother Cadfael
In the Night Garden
2007
as Narrator (voice)
ScreenPlay
1986
as George Salisbury
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
Les Misérables
2018
as Bishop Myriel
I, Claudius
1976
as Claudius
The Civil War
1990
as William Russell / Various (voice)
Ludwig
2024
as Mr. Todd
Budgie
1971
as Herbert Fletcher
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Lord Pirrie
The Jury
2002
as George Cording QC
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Phineas
Vicious
2013
as Stuart Bixby
The Pallisers
1974
as Lord Fawn
The West
1996
as Self (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dom Claude / Archibald Craven / Imposter
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Last Tango in Halifax
2012
as Alan
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Henry VIII
2003
as Narrator
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
2019
as Narrator
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Daedalus
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Sir Ralph Unwin
The Long Firm
2004
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Eric
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
2021
as Narrator
London
2004
as Tacitus
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Adolf Hitler
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as The Master (voice)
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Bertram Braddle
Mr Pye
1986
as Mr Pye
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
The Velvet Claw
1992
as Narrator
Diamonds
2009
U-Boat Wargamers
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (162)
Gladiator
2000
as Gracchus
Gladiator II
2024
as Gracchus
Cinderella
2015
as King
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Edward Henry Masterman
Tomb Raider
2018
as Mr. Yaffe
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mr. Wheen
The King's Speech
2010
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Inspector Caron
The Golden Compass
2007
as Magisterial Emissary
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Alexander Corvinus
Gosford Park
2001
as Probert
Hereafter
2010
as Derek Jacobi
Tolkien
2019
as Professor Joseph Wright
The Secret of NIMH
1982
as Nicodemus (voice)
Ironclad
2011
as Cornhill
Hamlet
1996
as King Claudius
Dead Again
1991
as Franklyn Madson
Come Away
2020
as Mr. Brown
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Sir Owen Morshead
Anonymous
2011
as Prologue
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
as Claudius
Henry V
1989
as Chorus
Heartstopper Forever
2026
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Townley - Publisher
The Body
2001
as Father Lavelle
Grace of Monaco
2014
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Stratton
2017
as Ross
Little Dorrit
1987
as Arthur Clennam
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
Effie Gray
2014
as Travers Twiss
The Odessa File
1974
as Klaus Wenzer
Enigma
1982
as Kurt Limmer
Juliet & Romeo
2025
as The Friar
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Endgame
2009
as Rudolph Agnew
Tinsel Town
2025
as Albert
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Revelation
2001
as Librarian
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Stanley Baldwin
The Tenth Man
1988
as The Imposter
Moss & Freud
2026
as Lucian Freud
The Host
2020
as Dr. Hobson
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Francis Bacon
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Broken English
2026
as The Narrator
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Claudius/Spooner
There Be Dragons
2011
as Honorio
Up at the Villa
2000
as Lucky Leadbetter
Allelujah
2023
as Ambrose
Adam Resurrected
2008
as Dr. Nathan Gross
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Father Leonor Fousnel
The Secret Garden
1987
as Archibald Craven
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Dom Claude Frollo
The History of Love
2016
as Leopold Gursky
Strings
2004
as Nezo
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Hamlet
1980
as Hamlet
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Nigel Dewberry
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Grandfather
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Narrator ( voice )
Basil
1998
as Father Frederick
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
as Lord Palmerston
The Secret Garden
1994
as Archibald Craven (voice)
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Squire Fairfield
Margot
2009
as Fred Ashton
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Mercutio
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as General
Othello
1965
as Cassio
The Martini Shot
2023
as Errol
Three Sisters
1970
as Andrei
Two Men Went To War
2002
as Maj. Merton
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
The Human Factor
1979
as Arthur Davis
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Master (archive footage)
The Riddle
2007
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Hordedef (voice)
Charlotte
1981
as Daberlohn
The Congress
1989
as (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Don John
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Brother Cadfael
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
as Guy Burgess
The Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Circles of Deceit
1993
as Randal
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Self
The Vision Thing
1993
as George Salisbury
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
Muse
2019
as The Lawyer
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Quentin Neely
Frank and Percy
Breaking the Code
1996
as Alan Turing
Richard II
1978
as King Richard II
Revengers Tragedy
2002
as The Duke
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020
as Himself
Inquisition
2002
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself
Jail Caesar
2012
as Sulla
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
as King Lear
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Diamonds
2009
as Piers Denmont
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
Say Your Prayers
2021
as Father Enoch
Last Will. & Testament
2012
as Himself
Aladdin
1992
as The Magician (voice)
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
One of Those Days
2008
as Howard Whittam
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Blue Blood
1974
as Gregory
Joe Maddison's War
2010
as Mr. Simpson
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978
as Narrator
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
as Narrator (voice)
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
as Scrooge
Mr. Pye
1986
as Mr. Pye
About Derek Jacobi
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 With 219 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Derek Jacobi has appeared in 162 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Derek Jacobi Movies
- Gladiator (2000) — as Gracchus
- Gladiator II (2024) — as Gracchus
- Cinderella (2015) — as King
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — as Edward Henry Masterman
- Tomb Raider (2018) — as Mr. Yaffe
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