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