Derek Jacobi

Known for: Acting

Born: 1938-10-22 (age 87)

From: Leytonstone, London, England, UK

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

Filmography (222)

MOVIE
Heartstopper Forever
2026
MOVIE★ 5.5
Moss & Freud
2026
as Lucian Freud
MOVIE★ 7.3
Broken English
2026
as The Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.8
Tinsel Town
2025
as Albert
MOVIE★ 6.4
Juliet & Romeo
2025
as The Friar
MOVIE★ 4.5
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Gladiator II
2024
as Gracchus
TV★ 7.7
Ludwig
2024
as Mr. Todd
TV★ 7.4
The American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
TV★ 7.1
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
2023
as Sir Ralph Unwin
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Martini Shot
2023
as Errol
MOVIE★ 5.2
Allelujah
2023
as Ambrose
TV★ 6.8
U-Boat Wargamers
2023
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
MOVIE
A Bird Flew In
2022
as David
MOVIE
Pearl Islands
2022
as Self
TV★ 7.9
The Sandman
2022
as Erasmus Fry
TV★ 7.0
Remembers…
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Say Your Prayers
2021
as Father Enoch
TV★ 7.3
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
2021
as Narrator
MOVIE
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.8
Come Away
2020
as Mr. Brown
MOVIE
Breaking The Codes
2020
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Host
2020
as Dr. Hobson
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
as Lord Palmerston
MOVIE
Muse
2019
as The Lawyer
MOVIE★ 5.2
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
as Claudius
TV★ 8.0
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
2019
as Narrator
TV★ 8.0
Good Omens
2019
as The Metatron
MOVIE★ 6.9
Tolkien
2019
as Professor Joseph Wright
TV★ 7.4
Les Misérables
2018
as Bishop Myriel
MOVIE
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018
MOVIE★ 3.5
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
MOVIE★ 6.4
Tomb Raider
2018
as Mr. Yaffe
MOVIE★ 7.6
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
as Scrooge
MOVIE★ 6.7
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Edward Henry Masterman
MOVIE
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
MOVIE★ 5.0
Stratton
2017
as Ross
MOVIE
The Devil of Christmas
2016
MOVIE★ 6.4
The History of Love
2016
as Leopold Gursky
TV★ 8.2
The Crown
2016
as Duke of Windsor
MOVIE★ 8.0
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Mercutio
MOVIE
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Venom
2015
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cinderella
2015
as King
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
MOVIE★ 6.0
Grace of Monaco
2014
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
MOVIE★ 5.9
Effie Gray
2014
as Travers Twiss
TV★ 8.1
Inside No. 9
2014
as Webster
MOVIE
You
2013
as Man
MOVIE★ 6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Claudius/Spooner
MOVIE
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
2013
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Vicious
2013
as Stuart Bixby
MOVIE★ 1.0
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.1
Last Tango in Halifax
2012
as Alan
MOVIE★ 5.3
Last Will. & Testament
2012
as Himself
MOVIE
The Halloween Kid
2012
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
Jail Caesar
2012
as Sulla
TV★ 7.5
Shakespeare Uncovered
2012
as Himself
TV★ 7.2
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Lord Pirrie
MOVIE★ 6.7
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Sir Owen Morshead
MOVIE★ 6.4
Anonymous
2011
as Prologue
MOVIE★ 6.4
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.5
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.6
The Borgias
2011
as Cardinal Orsini
MOVIE★ 5.1
There Be Dragons
2011
as Honorio
MOVIE★ 6.2
Ironclad
2011
as Cornhill
MOVIE★ 7.0
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
as King Lear
MOVIE★ 7.7
The King's Speech
2010
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hereafter
2010
as Derek Jacobi
MOVIE★ 4.2
Joe Maddison's War
2010
as Mr. Simpson
MOVIE★ 5.5
Margot
2009
as Fred Ashton
TV★ 7.0
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
MOVIE
Charles Dickens's England
2009
as Himself - Presenter
TV
Diamonds
2009
MOVIE★ 4.7
Diamonds
2009
as Piers Denmont
MOVIE★ 5.9
Endgame
2009
as Rudolph Agnew
MOVIE★ 6.5
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Quentin Neely
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Nigel Dewberry
MOVIE★ 3.3
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
as Sidney Turtlebaum
MOVIE
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
Adam Resurrected
2008
as Dr. Nathan Gross
MOVIE
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Master (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
One of Those Days
2008
as Howard Whittam
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Grandfather
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Golden Compass
2007
as Magisterial Emissary
MOVIE★ 4.0
Guantanamero
2007
as Guido
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Riddle
2007
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
MOVIE
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007
as President
TV★ 6.9
In the Night Garden
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Anastezsi
2007
as Balzer
MOVIE
The Art of Francis Bacon
2007
as Derek Jacobi
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
MOVIE★ 6.6
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Alexander Corvinus
MOVIE
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005
as Narrator(voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mr. Wheen
MOVIE★ 5.3
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
as Lord Dempsey
MOVIE
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
as Self
TV★ 8.1
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Professor Yana
TV★ 7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Colonel Protheroe
MOVIE★ 7.0
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Strings
2004
as Nezo
TV★ 7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TV★ 7.0
The Long Firm
2004
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
TV★ 10.0
London
2004
as Tacitus
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cloud Cuckoo Land
2004
as Victor
TV★ 7.0
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
2003
as The Master (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Henry VIII
2003
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Inquisition
2002
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Two Men Went To War
2002
as Maj. Merton
MOVIE★ 7.0
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Revengers Tragedy
2002
as The Duke
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Stanley Baldwin
MOVIE★ 5.1
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
TV★ 7.3
The Jury
2002
as George Cording QC
MOVIE★ 6.8
Gosford Park
2001
as Probert
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
2001
as Theseus (voice)
MOVIE
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
as Priam Huntington (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Body
2001
as Father Lavelle
MOVIE★ 5.1
Revelation
2001
as Librarian
MOVIE★ 7.5
Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Squire Fairfield
MOVIE★ 9.0
Wilfred
2000
as Voice
TV★ 6.4
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Phineas
MOVIE★ 8.2
Gladiator
2000
as Gracchus
MOVIE★ 5.3
Up at the Villa
2000
as Lucky Leadbetter
TV★ 6.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Chimes
1999
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.2
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Father Leonor Fousnel
MOVIE★ 6.0
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Francis Bacon
MOVIE★ 5.4
Basil
1998
as Father Frederick
MOVIE★ 5.5
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Narrator ( voice )
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hamlet
1996
as King Claudius
MOVIE★ 6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE★ 5.5
Breaking the Code
1996
as Alan Turing
TV★ 8.4
The West
1996
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as General
MOVIE
The Virgin in the Ice
1995
as Brother Cadfael
MOVIE★ 5.6
Achilles
1995
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Secret Garden
1994
as Archibald Craven (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
MOVIE
Monk's Hood
1994
as Brother Cadfael
MOVIE
The Leper of St. Giles
1994
as Brother Cadfael
MOVIE
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Brother Cadfael
MOVIE
One Corpse Too Many
1994
as Brother Cadfael
TV★ 7.6
Cadfael
1994
as Brother Cadfael
MOVIE
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
as Jeremy Fisher (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Circles of Deceit
1993
as Randal
MOVIE
The Vision Thing
1993
as George Salisbury
TV★ 7.7
Frasier
1993
as Jackson Hedley
TV★ 6.4
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Aladdin
1992
as The Magician (voice)
TV★ 9.0
The Velvet Claw
1992
as Narrator
TV★ 8.2
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Daedalus
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dead Again
1991
as Franklyn Madson
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
TV★ 7.9
The Civil War
1990
as William Russell / Various (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.1
Henry V
1989
as Chorus
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Congress
1989
as (voice)
MOVIE
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Hordedef (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Tenth Man
1988
as The Imposter
MOVIE★ 6.4
Little Dorrit
1987
as Arthur Clennam
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Secret Garden
1987
as Archibald Craven
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as George Salisbury
MOVIE★ 8.8
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Self
MOVIE
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
as Pierre (voice)
MOVIE
Mr. Pye
1986
as Mr. Pye
TV★ 4.3
Mr Pye
1986
as Mr Pye
TV★ 7.0
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Cyrano de Bergerac
MOVIE★ 5.6
Enigma
1982
as Kurt Limmer
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Secret of NIMH
1982
as Nicodemus (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Stranger in Town
1982
as The Stranger
TV★ 8.0
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Adolf Hitler
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Dom Claude Frollo
MOVIE★ 8.0
Charlotte
1981
as Daberlohn
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980
as Martin Beck
MOVIE★ 6.2
Hamlet
1980
as Hamlet
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Human Factor
1979
as Arthur Davis
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Freddie Fenton
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as The Stranger
MOVIE★ 8.0
Richard II
1978
as King Richard II
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Richard II
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Townley - Publisher
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.4
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
as Guy Burgess
TV★ 7.8
I, Claudius
1976
as Claudius
MOVIE★ 4.3
Blue Blood
1974
as Gregory
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Odessa File
1974
as Klaus Wenzer
TV★ 7.0
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Bertram Braddle
TV★ 7.0
NOVA
1974
as Voice of Ernest Shackleton
TV★ 6.4
The Pallisers
1974
as Lord Fawn
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Inspector Caron
TV
Man of Straw
1972
as Diederich Hessling
TV★ 7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as William Drew
TV★ 7.2
Budgie
1971
as Herbert Fletcher
MOVIE★ 4.3
Three Sisters
1970
as Andrei
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Gerry
MOVIE★ 6.3
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Don John
MOVIE★ 6.4
Othello
1965
as Cassio
MOVIE
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
as (archive footage)
TV★ 7.4
Horizon
1964
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Fishing Match
1962
as Eric
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Eric
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dom Claude
MOVIE
Frank and Percy
—
MOVIE
Lead Heads
—
MOVIE
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
—
as Narrator