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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.

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Born

Oct 22, 1938

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

163 acting

1 crew

Popularity

1.6

movie

Known For

Gladiator

Gladiator

2000

as Gracchus
Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024

as Gracchus
Hamlet

Hamlet

1996

as King Claudius
Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

as King
Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

2018

as Mr. Yaffe
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

as Edward Henry Masterman
The King's Speech

The King's Speech

2010

as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

2005

as Mr. Wheen
The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

as Magisterial Emissary
Heartstopper Forever

Heartstopper Forever

2026

as Pete
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 • as Gracchus
★ 8.2
Gladiator II
Gladiator II
2024 • as Gracchus
★ 6.6
Hamlet
Hamlet
1996 • as King Claudius
★ 7.3
Cinderella
Cinderella
2015 • as King
★ 6.8
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
2018 • as Mr. Yaffe
★ 6.4
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 • as Edward Henry Masterman
★ 6.7
The King's Speech
The King's Speech
2010 • as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
★ 7.7
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
2005 • as Mr. Wheen
★ 6.7
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
2007 • as Magisterial Emissary
★ 6.1
Heartstopper Forever
Heartstopper Forever
2026 • as Pete
★ 7.2
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
1973 • as Inspector Caron
★ 7.5
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution
2006 • as Alexander Corvinus
★ 6.6
Gosford Park
Gosford Park
2001 • as Probert
★ 6.8
The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMH
1982 • as Nicodemus (voice)
★ 7.4
Ironclad
Ironclad
2011 • as Cornhill
★ 6.2
Hereafter
Hereafter
2010 • as Derek Jacobi
★ 6.1
Come Away
Come Away
2020 • as Mr. Brown
★ 5.8
Anonymous
Anonymous
2011 • as Prologue
★ 6.4
Dead Again
Dead Again
1991 • as Franklyn Madson
★ 6.4
My Week with Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn
2011 • as Sir Owen Morshead
★ 6.7
Tolkien
Tolkien
2019 • as Professor Joseph Wright
★ 6.9
The Odessa File
The Odessa File
1974 • as Klaus Wenzer
★ 6.6
The Body
The Body
2001 • as Father Lavelle
★ 5.5
Juliet & Romeo
Juliet & Romeo
2025 • as The Friar
★ 6.0
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 • as Dr. Nathan Gross
★ 6.1
Grace of Monaco
Grace of Monaco
2014 • as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
★ 6.0
Henry V
Henry V
1989 • as Chorus
★ 7.1
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch
1978 • as Townley - Publisher
★ 6.8
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • as Self
★ 7.0
Effie Gray
Effie Gray
2014 • as Travers Twiss
★ 6.0
Stratton
Stratton
2017 • as Ross
★ 5.0
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019 • as Claudius
★ 5.2
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire
2013 • as Self
★ 6.5
Moss & Freud
Moss & Freud
2026 • as Lucian Freud
★ 5.5
Tinsel Town
Tinsel Town
2025 • as Albert
★ 5.8
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard
1996 • as Self - Interviewee
★ 6.8
The History of Love
The History of Love
2016 • as Leopold Gursky
★ 6.5
There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons
2011 • as Honorio
★ 5.1
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm
2002 • as Stanley Baldwin
★ 6.6
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
1988 • as The Imposter
★ 6.7
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
1987 • as Arthur Clennam
★ 6.4
Broken English
Broken English
2026 • as The Narrator
★ 7.6
David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989 • as Hordedef (voice)
Venom
Venom
2015 • as Narrator
★ 10.0
The Chimes
The Chimes
1999 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
1987 • as Archibald Craven
★ 7.7
Muse
Muse
2019 • as The Lawyer
The Human Factor
The Human Factor
1979 • as Arthur Davis
★ 5.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 • as Dom Claude Frollo
★ 5.7
Enigma
Enigma
1982 • as Kurt Limmer
★ 5.6
Aladdin
Aladdin
1992 • as The Magician (voice)
★ 5.6
Endgame
Endgame
2009 • as Rudolph Agnew
★ 5.9
Charlotte
Charlotte
1981 • as Daberlohn
★ 8.0
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 • as Other Voices (voice)
★ 7.2
Up at the Villa
Up at the Villa
2000 • as Lucky Leadbetter
★ 5.3
Guantanamero
Guantanamero
2007 • as Guido
★ 4.0
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994 • as Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Doctor Who: The Scream of the Shalka
Doctor Who: The Scream of the Shalka
2003 • as The Master
The Host
The Host
2020 • as Dr. Hobson
★ 5.6
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
1994 • as Archibald Craven (voice)
★ 5.9
Basil
Basil
1998 • as Father Frederick
★ 5.5
The Congress
The Congress
1989 • as (voice)
★ 7.6
A Bird Flew In
A Bird Flew In
2022 • as David
Blue Blood
Blue Blood
1974 • as Gregory
★ 4.4
Strings
Strings
2004 • as Nezo
★ 6.6
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016 • as Mercutio
★ 8.0
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 • as Francis Bacon
★ 6.1
Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008 • as Sidney Turtlebaum
★ 3.3
A Bunch of Amateurs
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 • as Nigel Dewberry
★ 5.7
Joe Maddison's War
Joe Maddison's War
2010 • as Mr. Simpson
★ 4.3
Allelujah
Allelujah
2023 • as Ambrose
★ 5.3
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005 • as Narrator(voice)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002 • as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Breaking The Codes
Breaking The Codes
2020
Frank and Percy
Frank and Percy
2026
Othello
Othello
1965 • as Cassio
★ 6.4
The Wyvern Mystery
The Wyvern Mystery
2000 • as Squire Fairfield
★ 5.2
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002 • as Self
★ 7.0
On Wings of Fire
On Wings of Fire
1986 • as Self
★ 8.8
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 • as Claudius/Spooner
★ 6.2
National Theatre Live: King Lear
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011 • as King Lear
★ 7.0
Monk's Hood
Monk's Hood
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
movie
Wilfred
2000 • as Voice
★ 9.0
David Macaulay: Cathedral
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986 • as Pierre (voice)
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998 • as Narrator ( voice )
★ 6.2
movie
Circles of Deceit
1993 • as Randal
★ 7.8
One Corpse Too Many
One Corpse Too Many
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007 • as Grandfather
★ 5.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 • as Various Characters
★ 7.0
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 • as Self
★ 7.3
The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke
2015 • as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
★ 7.6
Two Men Went To War
Two Men Went To War
2002 • as Maj. Merton
★ 6.7
Achilles
Achilles
1995 • as Narrator
★ 5.5
The Martini Shot
The Martini Shot
2023 • as Errol
★ 6.5
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 • as Self
★ 4.5
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978 • as Narrator
★ 6.4
Revelation
Revelation
2001 • as Librarian
★ 5.1
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019 • as Lord Palmerston
★ 6.4
Last Will. & Testament
Last Will. & Testament
2012 • as Himself
★ 5.3
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
1970 • as Andrei
★ 4.3
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 • as Father Leonor Fousnel
★ 6.3
Pearl Islands
Pearl Islands
2022 • as Self
Richard II
Richard II
1978 • as King Richard II
★ 8.0
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 • as The Master (archive footage)
The Devil of Christmas
The Devil of Christmas
2016
Breaking the Code
Breaking the Code
1996 • as Alan Turing
★ 5.6
Revengers Tragedy
Revengers Tragedy
2002 • as The Duke
★ 5.8
movie
Cloud Cuckoo Land
2004 • as Victor
★ 7.0
Say Your Prayers
Say Your Prayers
2021 • as Father Enoch
★ 7.3
Diamonds
Diamonds
2009 • as Piers Denmont
★ 4.7
David Macaulay: Roman City
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994 • as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
★ 9.0
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977 • as Guy Burgess
★ 5.4
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
★ 3.5
movie
The Fool
1990 • as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
★ 8.0
movie
The Fishing Match
1962 • as Eric
The Riddle
The Riddle
2007 • as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
★ 4.8
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty
1985 • as Self (voice)
★ 6.9
Jail Caesar
Jail Caesar
2012 • as Sulla
★ 6.3
Hamlet
Hamlet
1980 • as Hamlet
★ 6.2
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)
2011 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.4
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001 • as Narrator
★ 7.5
Pinochet in Suburbia
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006 • as Senator Augusto Pinochet
★ 5.3
The Leper of St. Giles
The Leper of St. Giles
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004 • as Mr. Operatski (voice)
★ 7.0
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007 • as President
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
1967 • as Don John
★ 6.3
movie
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985 • as Cyrano de Bergerac
★ 6.6
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
1990 • as Himself
★ 5.9
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002 • as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
★ 4.5
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009 • as Quentin Neely
★ 6.5
Inquisition
Inquisition
2002 • as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
★ 7.0
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005 • as Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 • as Self (archive footage)
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 1.0
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017 • as Scrooge
★ 7.7
The Making of Gosford Park
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 • as Self
★ 5.3
One of Those Days
One of Those Days
2008 • as Howard Whittam
★ 7.3
Bye Bye Blackbird
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005 • as Lord Dempsey
★ 5.3
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980 • as Martin Beck
★ 9.0
Margot
Margot
2009 • as Fred Ashton
★ 5.5
Witness Against Hitler
Witness Against Hitler
1996 • as General
★ 8.0
The Virgin in the Ice
The Virgin in the Ice
1995 • as Brother Cadfael
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye
1986 • as Mr. Pye
The Vision Thing
The Vision Thing
1993 • as George Salisbury
Stranger in Town
Stranger in Town
1982 • as The Stranger
★ 7.7
David Macaulay: Mill Times
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001 • as Priam Huntington (voice)
movie
Lead Heads
movie
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020 • as Himself
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
2001 • as Theseus (voice)
★ 6.0
The Halloween Kid
The Halloween Kid
2012 • as Narrator
Charles Dickens's England
Charles Dickens's England
2009 • as Himself - Presenter
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008 • as Narrator
You
You
2013 • as Man
movie
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
• as Narrator
The Art of Francis Bacon
The Art of Francis Bacon
2007 • as Derek Jacobi
movie
Anastezsi
2007 • as Balzer
★ 7.0
movie
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018
movie
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
2013 • as Narrator