Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1938-10-22 (87 years)
- Place of BirthLeytonstone, London, England, UK
- Also Known As데릭 자코비デレク ジャコビدرک جاکوبی
Derek Jacobi
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
Tinsel Town
As: Albert
- 2025
Moss & Freud
As: Lucian Freud
- 2025
Broken English
As: The Narrator
- 2025
Juliet & Romeo
As: The Friar
- 2024
Gladiator II
As: Gracchus
- 2024
Ludwig
As: Mr. Todd
- 2023
The American Buffalo
As: (voice)
- 2023
The Martini Shot
As: Errol
2023The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
As: Sir Ralph Unwin
2023Allelujah
As: Ambrose
2023U-Boat Wargamers
As: Narrator (voice)
2022A Bird Flew In
As: David
2022The Sandman
As: Erasmus Fry
2021Say Your Prayers
As: Father Enoch
2021The Lost Pirate Kingdom
As: Narrator
2020Come Away
As: Mr. Brown
2020The Host
As: Dr. Hobson
2019The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
As: Lord Palmerston
2019Muse
As: The Lawyer
2019Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
As: Claudius
2019Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
As: Narrator
2019Good Omens
As: The Metatron
- 2019
Good Omens
As: Metatron
2019Tolkien
As: Professor Joseph Wright
2018Les Misérables
As: Bishop Myriel
- 2018
Tomb Raider
As: Mr. Yaffe
2017A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
As: Scrooge
- 2017
Murder on the Orient Express
As: Edward Henry Masterman
2017Stratton
As: Ross
2016The History of Love
As: Leopold Gursky
2016The Crown
As: Duke of Windsor
2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
As: Mercutio
2015Venom
As: Narrator
- 2015
Cinderella
As: King
2015The Gospel of Luke
As: Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2014Grace of Monaco
As: Count Fernando D'Aillieres
2014Effie Gray
As: Travers Twiss
2014Inside No. 9
As: Webster
2013You
As: Man
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
As: Claudius/Spooner
2013Vicious
As: Stuart Bixby
2013Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
As: Narrator (voice)
2012Last Tango in Halifax
As: Alan
2012The Halloween Kid
As: Narrator
2012Jail Caesar
As: Sulla
2012Titanic: Blood and Steel
As: Lord Pirrie
2011My Week with Marilyn
As: Sir Owen Morshead
2011Anonymous
As: Prologue
2011Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
As: Narrator (voice)
2011The Amazing World of Gumball
As: Narrator (voice)
2011There Be Dragons
As: Honorio
2011Ironclad
As: Cornhill
2011National Theatre Live: King Lear
As: King Lear
- 2010
The King's Speech
As: Archbishop Cosmo Lang
2010Hereafter
As: Derek Jacobi
2010Joe Maddison's War
As: Mr. Simpson
2009Margot
As: Fred Ashton
2009Endgame
As: Rudolph Agnew
2009Morris: A Life with Bells On
As: Quentin Neely
2008A Bunch of Amateurs
As: Nigel Dewberry
2008Sidney Turtlebaum
As: Sidney Turtlebaum
2008Pompeii and the Roman Villa
As: Narrator
2008Adam Resurrected
As: Dr. Nathan Gross
2008One of Those Days
As: Howard Whittam
2007The Old Curiosity Shop
As: Grandfather
2007The Golden Compass
As: Magisterial Emissary
2007Guantanamero
As: Guido
2007The Riddle
As: The Tramp / Charles Dickens
2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
As: President
2007In the Night Garden
As: Narrator (voice)
2007The Art of Francis Bacon
As: Derek Jacobi
2006Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
As: Narrator
2006Pinochet in Suburbia
As: Senator Augusto Pinochet
2006Underworld: Evolution
As: Alexander Corvinus
2005Nanny McPhee
As: Mr. Wheen
2005Bye Bye Blackbird
As: Lord Dempsey
2005Doctor Who
As: Professor Yana
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
As: Colonel Protheroe
2004Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
As: Mr. Operatski (voice)
2004Strings
As: Nezo
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
As: Other Voices (voice)
2004The Long Firm
As: Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
2003Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
As: The Master (voice)
2003Henry VIII
As: Narrator
2002The Dinosaur Hunters
As: Narrator (voice)
2002Inquisition
As: Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
2002Two Men Went To War
As: Maj. Merton
2002Revengers Tragedy
As: The Duke
2002The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
As: Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
2002The Gathering Storm
As: Stanley Baldwin
2002The Jury
As: George Cording QC
2001Gosford Park
As: Probert
2001David Macaulay: Mill Times
As: Priam Huntington (voice)
2001The Body
As: Father Lavelle
2001Revelation
As: Librarian
2001Great Escape: The Untold Story
As: Narrator
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
As: Various Characters
2000The Wyvern Mystery
As: Squire Fairfield
2000Jason and the Argonauts
As: Phineas
- 2000
Gladiator
As: Gracchus
2000Up at the Villa
As: Lucky Leadbetter
1999The Chimes
As: Narrator
1999Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
As: Father Leonor Fousnel
1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
As: Francis Bacon
1998Basil
As: Father Frederick
1998Animated Epics: Beowulf
As: Narrator ( voice )
1996Hamlet
As: King Claudius
1996Breaking the Code
As: Alan Turing
1996Witness Against Hitler
As: General
1995The Virgin in the Ice
As: Brother Cadfael
1995Achilles
As: Narrator
1994The Secret Garden
As: Archibald Craven (voice)
1994Baseball
As: Various (voice)
- 1994
Baseball
As: (voice)
1994Monk's Hood
As: Brother Cadfael
1994The Leper of St. Giles
As: Brother Cadfael
1994The Sanctuary Sparrow
As: Brother Cadfael
1994One Corpse Too Many
As: Brother Cadfael
1994Cadfael
As: Brother Cadfael
1994David Macaulay: Roman City
As: Marcus Fabricius (voice)
1994Aladdin
As: The Magician (voice)
1993The Vision Thing
As: George Salisbury
1993Frasier
As: Jackson Hedley
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
As: Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths
As: Daedalus
1991Dead Again
As: Franklyn Madson
1990The Civil War
As: Various
1989Henry V
As: Chorus
1989The Congress
As: (voice)
1989David Macaulay: Pyramid
As: Hordedef (voice)
1988The Tenth Man
As: The Imposter
1987Little Dorrit
As: Arthur Clennam
1987The Secret Garden
As: Archibald Craven
1986David Macaulay: Cathedral
As: Pierre (voice)
1986Mr. Pye
As: Mr. Pye
1982Enigma
As: Kurt Limmer
1982The Secret of NIMH
As: Nicodemus (voice)
1982Stranger in Town
As: The Stranger
1982Inside the Third Reich
As: Adolf Hitler
1982Inside the Third Reich
As: Adolf Hitler
1982The Hunchback of Notre Dame
As: Dom Claude Frollo
1981Charlotte
As: Daberlohn
1980The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
As: Martin Beck
1980Hamlet
As: Hamlet
1979The Human Factor
As: Arthur Davis
1979Minder
As: Freddie Fenton
1979Tales of the Unexpected
As: The Stranger
1978Richard II
As: King Richard II
1978The Medusa Touch
As: Townley - Publisher
1978Mysterious Castles of Clay
As: Narrator
1977Philby, Burgess and Maclean
As: Guy Burgess
1976I, Claudius
As: Claudius
1974Blue Blood
As: Gregory
1974The Odessa File
As: Klaus Wenzer
1974NOVA
As: Voice of Ernest Shackleton
1973The Day of the Jackal
As: Inspector Caron
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
As: William Drew
1971Budgie
As: Herbert Fletcher
1970Three Sisters
As: Andrei
1967Much Ado About Nothing
As: Don John
1965Othello
As: Cassio
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Dom Claude
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Archibald Craven
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Imposter