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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

1.8

movie

Known For

Gladiator

Gladiator

2000

as Gracchus
Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

as King
Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024

as Gracchus
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

as Edward Henry Masterman
Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

2018

as Mr. Yaffe
The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH

1982

as Nicodemus (voice)
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

2005

as Mr. Wheen
The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

as Magisterial Emissary
The King's Speech

The King's Speech

2010

as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

2006

as Alexander Corvinus
Gladiator
Gladiator
2000 • as Gracchus
★ 8.2
Cinderella
Cinderella
2015 • as King
★ 6.8
Gladiator II
Gladiator II
2024 • as Gracchus
★ 6.6
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 • as Edward Henry Masterman
★ 6.7
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
2018 • as Mr. Yaffe
★ 6.4
The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMH
1982 • as Nicodemus (voice)
★ 7.5
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
2005 • as Mr. Wheen
★ 6.7
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
2007 • as Magisterial Emissary
★ 6.1
The King's Speech
The King's Speech
2010 • as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
★ 7.7
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution
2006 • as Alexander Corvinus
★ 6.6
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
1973 • as Inspector Caron
★ 7.5
Tolkien
Tolkien
2019 • as Professor Joseph Wright
★ 6.9
Gosford Park
Gosford Park
2001 • as Probert
★ 6.8
Hereafter
Hereafter
2010 • as Derek Jacobi
★ 6.1
Dead Again
Dead Again
1991 • as Franklyn Madson
★ 6.4
Ironclad
Ironclad
2011 • as Cornhill
★ 6.1
Hamlet
Hamlet
1996 • as King Claudius
★ 7.3
Heartstopper Forever
Heartstopper Forever
2026
Stratton
Stratton
2017 • as Ross
★ 5.0
Anonymous
Anonymous
2011 • as Prologue
★ 6.4
My Week with Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn
2011 • as Sir Owen Morshead
★ 6.7
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019 • as Claudius
★ 5.2
Henry V
Henry V
1989 • as Chorus
★ 7.1
Effie Gray
Effie Gray
2014 • as Travers Twiss
★ 5.9
Moss & Freud
Moss & Freud
2026 • as Lucian Freud
Come Away
Come Away
2020 • as Mr. Brown
★ 5.8
Enigma
Enigma
1982 • as Kurt Limmer
★ 5.6
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
1988 • as The Imposter
★ 6.7
The History of Love
The History of Love
2016 • as Leopold Gursky
★ 6.4
Juliet & Romeo
Juliet & Romeo
2025 • as The Friar
★ 6.1
The Body
The Body
2001 • as Father Lavelle
★ 5.5
The Odessa File
The Odessa File
1974 • as Klaus Wenzer
★ 6.6
Endgame
Endgame
2009 • as Rudolph Agnew
★ 5.9
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
The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch
1978 • as Townley - Publisher
★ 6.8
David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989 • as Hordedef (voice)
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
Grace of Monaco
Grace of Monaco
2014 • as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
★ 6.0
Revelation
Revelation
2001 • as Librarian
★ 5.1
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002 • as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
★ 5.1
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire
2013 • as Self
★ 6.5
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard
1996 • as Self - Interviewee
★ 6.8
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
1987 • as Arthur Clennam
★ 6.4
Strings
Strings
2004 • as Nezo
★ 6.7
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm
2002 • as Stanley Baldwin
★ 6.7
Allelujah
Allelujah
2023 • as Ambrose
★ 5.2
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007 • as Grandfather
★ 5.0
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
1987 • as Archibald Craven
★ 7.7
Basil
Basil
1998 • as Father Frederick
★ 5.4
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 • as Claudius/Spooner
★ 6.2
There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons
2011 • as Honorio
★ 5.1
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998 • as Narrator ( voice )
★ 5.5
David Macaulay: Roman City
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994 • as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
★ 9.0
Margot
Margot
2009 • as Fred Ashton
★ 5.5
Broken English
Broken English
2026 • as The Narrator
★ 7.0
Tinsel Town
Tinsel Town
2025 • as Albert
★ 5.8
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
★ 6.0
The Host
The Host
2020 • as Dr. Hobson
★ 5.6
Othello
Othello
1965 • as Cassio
★ 6.4
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
1994 • as Archibald Craven (voice)
★ 5.9
Revengers Tragedy
Revengers Tragedy
2002 • as The Duke
★ 5.8
A Bunch of Amateurs
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008 • as Nigel Dewberry
★ 5.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 • as Dom Claude Frollo
★ 5.8
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 • as Father Leonor Fousnel
★ 6.2
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 • as Dr. Nathan Gross
★ 6.1
Two Men Went To War
Two Men Went To War
2002 • as Maj. Merton
★ 6.7
The Making of Gosford Park
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 • as Self
★ 5.3
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002 • as Self
★ 7.0
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019 • as Lord Palmerston
★ 6.4
Hamlet
Hamlet
1980 • as Hamlet
★ 6.2
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 • as Self
★ 7.8
The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke
2015 • as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
★ 8.2
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016 • as Mercutio
★ 8.0
movie
The Fool
1990 • as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
★ 8.0
movie
Circles of Deceit
1993 • as Randal
★ 7.8
The Riddle
The Riddle
2007 • as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
★ 4.8
movie
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985 • as Cyrano de Bergerac
★ 6.6
The Martini Shot
The Martini Shot
2023 • as Errol
★ 6.5
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 • as Self (archive footage)
Witness Against Hitler
Witness Against Hitler
1996 • as General
★ 8.0
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 • as The Master (archive footage)
The Wyvern Mystery
The Wyvern Mystery
2000 • as Squire Fairfield
★ 5.2
Last Will. & Testament
Last Will. & Testament
2012 • as Himself
★ 5.3
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
1970 • as Andrei
★ 4.3
National Theatre Live: King Lear
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011 • as King Lear
★ 7.0
Achilles
Achilles
1995 • as Narrator
★ 5.6
Charlotte
Charlotte
1981 • as Daberlohn
★ 8.0
Breaking the Code
Breaking the Code
1996 • as Alan Turing
★ 5.5
The Human Factor
The Human Factor
1979 • as Arthur Davis
★ 5.8
Blue Blood
Blue Blood
1974 • as Gregory
★ 4.3
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005 • as Self
Inquisition
Inquisition
2002 • as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
★ 7.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 • as Various Characters
★ 7.0
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
1990 • as Himself
★ 5.9
The Vision Thing
The Vision Thing
1993 • as George Salisbury
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty
1985 • as Self (voice)
★ 6.9
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
Richard II
Richard II
1978 • as King Richard II
★ 8.0
Aladdin
Aladdin
1992 • as The Magician (voice)
★ 5.6
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
1967 • as Don John
★ 6.3
On Wings of Fire
On Wings of Fire
1986 • as Self
★ 8.8
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
Say Your Prayers
Say Your Prayers
2021 • as Father Enoch
★ 7.3
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001 • as Narrator
★ 7.5
movie
Frank and Percy
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980 • as Martin Beck
★ 9.0
Guantanamero
Guantanamero
2007 • as Guido
★ 4.0
Muse
Muse
2019 • as The Lawyer
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
Diamonds
Diamonds
2009 • as Piers Denmont
★ 4.7
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977 • as Guy Burgess
★ 5.4
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 1.0
Joe Maddison's War
Joe Maddison's War
2010 • as Mr. Simpson
★ 4.2
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 • as Self
★ 4.5
Jail Caesar
Jail Caesar
2012 • as Sulla
★ 6.3
The Congress
The Congress
1989 • as (voice)
★ 7.3
David Macaulay: Mill Times
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001 • as Priam Huntington (voice)
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009 • as Quentin Neely
★ 6.5
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005 • as Narrator(voice)
movie
Lead Heads
The Devil of Christmas
The Devil of Christmas
2016
movie
Mr. Pye
1986 • as Mr. Pye
Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008 • as Sidney Turtlebaum
★ 3.3
Monk's Hood
Monk's Hood
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
One of Those Days
One of Those Days
2008 • as Howard Whittam
★ 7.3
Pinochet in Suburbia
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006 • as Senator Augusto Pinochet
★ 5.3
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Bye Bye Blackbird
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005 • as Lord Dempsey
★ 5.3
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978 • as Narrator
★ 6.4
David Macaulay: Cathedral
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986 • as Pierre (voice)
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008 • as Narrator
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017 • as Scrooge
★ 7.6
movie
Wilfred
2000 • as Voice
★ 9.0
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007 • as President
The Leper of St. Giles
The Leper of St. Giles
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
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
Breaking The Codes
Breaking The Codes
2020
movie
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
2013 • as Narrator
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002 • as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
★ 4.5
One Corpse Too Many
One Corpse Too Many
1994 • as Brother Cadfael
Venom
Venom
2015 • as Narrator
★ 10.0
movie
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018
movie
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020 • as Himself
The Virgin in the Ice
The Virgin in the Ice
1995 • as Brother Cadfael
movie
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965 • as (archive footage)
The Halloween Kid
The Halloween Kid
2012 • as Narrator
Stranger in Town
Stranger in Town
1982 • as The Stranger
★ 7.7
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004 • as Mr. Operatski (voice)
★ 7.0
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)
movie
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
• as Narrator
You
You
2013 • as Man
The Chimes
The Chimes
1999 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
A Bird Flew In
A Bird Flew In
2022 • as David
movie
The Fishing Match
1962 • as Eric
movie
Anastezsi
2007 • as Balzer
★ 7.0
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
2001 • as Theseus (voice)
★ 6.0
Pearl Islands
Pearl Islands
2022 • as Self
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
★ 3.5
movie
Cloud Cuckoo Land
2004 • as Victor
★ 7.0
The Art of Francis Bacon
The Art of Francis Bacon
2007 • as Derek Jacobi
Charles Dickens's England
Charles Dickens's England
2009 • as Himself - Presenter