Derek Jacobi
Known for Acting · 220 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
The Crown
2016
as Duke of Windsor
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)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Nominee
Minder
1979
as Freddie Fenton
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Colonel Protheroe
The Sandman
2022
as Erasmus Fry
Good Omens
2019
as The Metatron
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as The Stranger / Drioli
Inside No. 9
2014
as Webster
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Gerry
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
The Borgias
2011
as Cardinal Orsini
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
ScreenPlay
1986
as George Salisbury
I, Claudius
1976
as Claudius
Cadfael
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as William Drew
In the Night Garden
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
Ludwig
2024
as Mr. Todd
Les Misérables
2018
as Bishop Myriel
The Civil War
1990
as William Russell / Various (voice)
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Lord Pirrie
Budgie
1971
as Herbert Fletcher
Vicious
2013
as Stuart Bixby
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Phineas
The Jury
2002
as George Cording QC
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Last Tango in Halifax
2012
as Alan
The Pallisers
1974
as Lord Fawn
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dom Claude / Archibald Craven / Imposter
Henry VIII
2003
as Narrator
The West
1996
as Self (voice)
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
2019
as Narrator
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Adolf Hitler
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Eric
The Long Firm
2004
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Daedalus
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Bertram Braddle
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
2021
as Narrator
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Sir Ralph Unwin
London
2004
as Tacitus
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as The Master (voice)
Mr Pye
1986
as Mr Pye
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
U-Boat Wargamers
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Diamonds
2009
The Velvet Claw
1992
as Narrator
Movies (163)
Gladiator
2000
as Gracchus
Cinderella
2015
as King
Gladiator II
2024
as Gracchus
Tomb Raider
2018
as Mr. Yaffe
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Edward Henry Masterman
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mr. Wheen
The King's Speech
2010
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
The Golden Compass
2007
as Magisterial Emissary
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Alexander Corvinus
The Secret of NIMH
1982
as Nicodemus (voice)
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Inspector Caron
Gosford Park
2001
as Probert
Tolkien
2019
as Professor Joseph Wright
Hereafter
2010
as Derek Jacobi
Dead Again
1991
as Franklyn Madson
Hamlet
1996
as King Claudius
Ironclad
2011
as Cornhill
Heartstopper Forever
2026
Anonymous
2011
as Prologue
Henry V
1989
as Chorus
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Sir Owen Morshead
Enigma
1982
as Kurt Limmer
Stratton
2017
as Ross
Effie Gray
2014
as Travers Twiss
The History of Love
2016
as Leopold Gursky
Moss & Freud
2026
as Lucian Freud
Come Away
2020
as Mr. Brown
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
as Claudius
The Body
2001
as Father Lavelle
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Hordedef (voice)
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Townley - Publisher
The Odessa File
1974
as Klaus Wenzer
The Tenth Man
1988
as The Imposter
Endgame
2009
as Rudolph Agnew
Grace of Monaco
2014
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Juliet & Romeo
2025
as The Friar
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
The Secret Garden
1987
as Archibald Craven
Allelujah
2023
as Ambrose
Revelation
2001
as Librarian
Broken English
2026
as The Narrator
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Grandfather
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Stanley Baldwin
Little Dorrit
1987
as Arthur Clennam
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Claudius/Spooner
Tinsel Town
2025
as Albert
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Nigel Dewberry
Strings
2004
as Nezo
There Be Dragons
2011
as Honorio
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Dom Claude Frollo
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Up at the Villa
2000
as Lucky Leadbetter
Adam Resurrected
2008
as Dr. Nathan Gross
Basil
1998
as Father Frederick
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Francis Bacon
Revengers Tragedy
2002
as The Duke
Othello
1965
as Cassio
The Secret Garden
1994
as Archibald Craven (voice)
Circles of Deceit
1993
as Randal
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Narrator ( voice )
The Host
2020
as Dr. Hobson
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Father Leonor Fousnel
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
The Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Last Will. & Testament
2012
as Himself
Hamlet
1980
as Hamlet
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Mercutio
The Martini Shot
2023
as Errol
The Riddle
2007
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
as Lord Palmerston
Three Sisters
1970
as Andrei
The Human Factor
1979
as Arthur Davis
Margot
2009
as Fred Ashton
Charlotte
1981
as Daberlohn
Two Men Went To War
2002
as Maj. Merton
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Cyrano de Bergerac
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Squire Fairfield
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
as Self
The Vision Thing
1993
as George Salisbury
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
as Guy Burgess
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as General
Frank and Percy
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself
Blue Blood
1974
as Gregory
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Self
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Don John
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Brother Cadfael
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Master (archive footage)
Inquisition
2002
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Jail Caesar
2012
as Sulla
Muse
2019
as The Lawyer
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Quentin Neely
Richard II
1978
as King Richard II
The Congress
1989
as (voice)
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980
as Martin Beck
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
as King Lear
Aladdin
1992
as The Magician (voice)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
Breaking the Code
1996
as Alan Turing
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Joe Maddison's War
2010
as Mr. Simpson
Guantanamero
2007
as Guido
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
Diamonds
2009
as Piers Denmont
Lead Heads
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Venom
2015
as Narrator
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
as Lord Dempsey
Achilles
1995
as Narrator
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
as Priam Huntington (voice)
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 220 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Derek Jacobi has appeared in 163 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Derek Jacobi Movies
- Gladiator (2000) — as Gracchus
- Cinderella (2015) — as King
- Gladiator II (2024) — as Gracchus
- Tomb Raider (2018) — as Mr. Yaffe
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — as Edward Henry Masterman
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