Actor
Derek Jacobi
Born October 22, 1938 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK125 films
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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125 films as actor- TBAVenom! Nine Ways to DieNarrator
- TBALead Heads
- 2026Frank and Percy
- 2026Heartstopper ForeverPete
- 2026Moss & FreudLucian Freud
- 2025Tinsel TownAlbert
- 2025Juliet & RomeoThe Friar
- 2024Gladiator IIGracchus
- 2023The Martini ShotErrol
- 2023AllelujahAmbrose
- 2022A Bird Flew InDavid
- 2021Say Your PrayersFather Enoch
- 2020Come AwayMr. Brown
- 2020The HostDr. Hobson
- 2019The Warrior Queen of JhansiLord Palmerston
- 2019MuseThe Lawyer
- 2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansClaudius
- 2019TolkienProfessor Joseph Wright
- 20182018: A Year in the Life of a Year
- 2018Tomb RaiderMr. Yaffe
- 2017A Christmas Carol Goes WrongScrooge
- 2017Murder on the Orient ExpressEdward Henry Masterman
- 2017StrattonRoss
- 2016The Devil of Christmas
- 2016The History of LoveLeopold Gursky
- 2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietMercutio
- 2015CinderellaKing
- 2015The Gospel of LukeNarrator (voice) – King James Version
- 2014Grace of MonacoCount Fernando D'Aillieres
- 2014Effie GrayTravers Twiss
- 2013YouMan
- 2013The Man Who Tried to Steal an IslandNarrator
- 2012The Halloween KidNarrator
- 2012Jail CaesarSulla
- 2011My Week with MarilynSir Owen Morshead
- 2011AnonymousPrologue
- 2011There Be DragonsHonorio
- 2011IroncladCornhill
- 2011National Theatre Live: King LearKing Lear
- 2010The King's SpeechArchbishop Cosmo Lang
- 2010HereafterDerek Jacobi
- 2010Joe Maddison's WarMr. Simpson
- 2009MargotFred Ashton
- 2009DiamondsPiers Denmont
- 2009EndgameRudolph Agnew
- 2009Morris: A Life with Bells OnQuentin Neely
- 2008A Bunch of AmateursNigel Dewberry
- 2008Sidney TurtlebaumSidney Turtlebaum
- 2008Adam ResurrectedDr. Nathan Gross
- 2008One of Those DaysHoward Whittam
- 2007The Old Curiosity ShopGrandfather
- 2007The Golden CompassMagisterial Emissary
- 2007GuantanameroGuido
- 2007The RiddleThe Tramp / Charles Dickens
- 2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in SpacePresident
- 2007AnastezsiBalzer
- 2006Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyNarrator (voice)
- 2006Pinochet in SuburbiaSenator Augusto Pinochet
- 2006Underworld: EvolutionAlexander Corvinus
- 2005Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog PuppyNarrator(voice)
- 2005Nanny McPheeMr. Wheen
- 2005Bye Bye BlackbirdLord Dempsey
- 2004Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go OnMr. Operatski (voice)
- 2004StringsNezo
- 2004Cloud Cuckoo LandVictor
- 2003Doctor Who: The Scream of the ShalkaThe Master
- 2002InquisitionCardinal Grand Inquisitor
- 2002Two Men Went To WarMaj. Merton
- 2002Revengers TragedyThe Duke
- 2002The Gathering StormStanley Baldwin
- 2001Gosford ParkProbert
- 2001The Children's Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus (voice)
- 2001The BodyFather Lavelle
- 2001RevelationLibrarian
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsVarious Characters
- 2000The Wyvern MysterySquire Fairfield
- 2000WilfredVoice
- 2000GladiatorGracchus
- 2000Up at the VillaLucky Leadbetter
- 1999The ChimesNarrator
- 1999Molokai: The Story of Father DamienFather Leonor Fousnel
- 1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconFrancis Bacon
- 1998BasilFather Frederick
- 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfNarrator ( voice )
- 1996HamletKing Claudius
- 1996Breaking the CodeAlan Turing
- 1996Witness Against HitlerGeneral
- 1995The Virgin in the IceBrother Cadfael
- 1995AchillesNarrator
- 1994The Secret GardenArchibald Craven (voice)
- 1994Monk's HoodBrother Cadfael
- 1994The Leper of St. GilesBrother Cadfael
- 1994The Sanctuary SparrowBrother Cadfael
- 1994One Corpse Too ManyBrother Cadfael
- 1994The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy FisherJeremy Fisher (voice)
- 1993Circles of DeceitRandal
- 1993The Vision ThingGeorge Salisbury
- 1992AladdinThe Magician (voice)
- 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & IcarusDaedalus
- 1991Dead AgainFranklyn Madson
- 1990The FoolMr. Frederick / Sir John
- 1989Henry VChorus
- 1988The Tenth ManThe Imposter
- 1987Little DorritArthur Clennam
- 1987The Secret GardenArchibald Craven
- 1986Mr. PyeMr. Pye
- 1985Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac
- 1982EnigmaKurt Limmer
- 1982The Secret of NIMHNicodemus (voice)
- 1982Stranger in TownThe Stranger
- 1982The Hunchback of Notre DameDom Claude Frollo
- 1981CharlotteDaberlohn
- 1980The Man Who Went Up in SmokeMartin Beck
- 1980HamletHamlet
- 1979The Human FactorArthur Davis
- 1978Richard IIKing Richard II
- 1978The Medusa TouchTownley - Publisher
- 1977Philby, Burgess and MacleanGuy Burgess
- 1974Blue BloodGregory
- 1974The Odessa FileKlaus Wenzer