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Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

ActingBorn: October 22, 1938in 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

Heartstopper Forever

Heartstopper Forever

as Unknown

Moss & Freud

Moss & Freud

as Lucian Freud

Broken English

Broken English

2026Documentary

as The Narrator

Tinsel Town

Tinsel Town

as Albert

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

as The Friar

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

2024Documentary

as Self

Gladiator II

Gladiator II

as Gracchus

Ludwig

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Ludwig

as Mr. Todd

The American Buffalo

The American Buffalo

2023Documentary

as (voice)

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

as Sir Ralph Unwin

The Martini Shot

The Martini Shot

as Errol

Allelujah

Allelujah

as Ambrose

U-Boat Wargamers

U-Boat Wargamers

2023Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022Documentary

as Self

A Bird Flew In

A Bird Flew In

as David

Pearl Islands

Pearl Islands

2022Documentary

as Self

The Sandman

The Sandman

as Erasmus Fry

Remembers…

Remembers…

2022Documentary

as Self

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

2021Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Say Your Prayers

Say Your Prayers

as Father Enoch

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

Netflix Standard with Ads

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

2021Documentary

as Narrator

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

2020Documentary

as Himself

Come Away

Come Away

as Mr. Brown

Breaking The Codes

Breaking The Codes

as Unknown

The Host

The Host

as Dr. Hobson

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

as Lord Palmerston

Muse

Muse

as The Lawyer

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

as Claudius

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

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Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

2019Documentary

as Narrator

Good Omens

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Good Omens

as The Metatron

Good Omens

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Good Omens

as Metatron

Tolkien

Tolkien

as Professor Joseph Wright

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

as Bishop Myriel

2018: A Year in the Life of a Year

as Unknown

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

2018Documentary

as Unknown

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

as Mr. Yaffe

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

as Scrooge

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

as Edward Henry Masterman

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

2017Documentary

as Unknown

Stratton

Stratton

as Ross

The Devil of Christmas

The Devil of Christmas

as Unknown

The History of Love

The History of Love

as Leopold Gursky

The Crown

Netflix Standard with Ads

The Crown

as Duke of Windsor

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

as Mercutio

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Venom

Venom

2015Documentary

as Narrator

Cinderella

Cinderella

as King

The Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke

as Narrator (voice) – King James Version

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

as Count Fernando D'Aillieres

Effie Gray

Effie Gray

as Travers Twiss

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

as Webster

You

You

as Man

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013Documentary

as Claudius/Spooner

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

as Narrator

Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

2013Documentary

as Self

Vicious

Vicious

as Stuart Bixby

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

2013Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Last Tango in Halifax

Last Tango in Halifax

as Alan

Last Will. & Testament

Last Will. & Testament

2012Documentary

as Himself

The Halloween Kid

The Halloween Kid

as Narrator

Jail Caesar

Jail Caesar

as Sulla

Shakespeare Uncovered

Shakespeare Uncovered

2012Documentary

as Himself

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Titanic: Blood and Steel

as Lord Pirrie

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

as Sir Owen Morshead

Anonymous

Anonymous

as Prologue

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)

2011Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

The Amazing World of Gumball

The Amazing World of Gumball

as Narrator (voice)

The Borgias

The Borgias

as Cardinal Orsini

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons

as Honorio

Ironclad

Ironclad

as Cornhill

National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

as King Lear

The King's Speech

The King's Speech

as Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Hereafter

Hereafter

as Derek Jacobi

Joe Maddison's War

Joe Maddison's War

as Mr. Simpson

Margot

Margot

as Fred Ashton

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

2009Documentary

as Self

Charles Dickens's England

Charles Dickens's England

as Himself - Presenter

Diamonds

as Unknown

Diamonds

Diamonds

as Piers Denmont

Endgame

Endgame

as Rudolph Agnew

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On

as Quentin Neely

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs

as Nigel Dewberry

Sidney Turtlebaum

Sidney Turtlebaum

as Sidney Turtlebaum

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

2008Documentary

as Narrator

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected

as Dr. Nathan Gross

The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

2008Documentary

as The Master (archive footage)

One of Those Days

One of Those Days

as Howard Whittam

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

as Grandfather

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

as Magisterial Emissary

Guantanamero

Guantanamero

as Guido

The Riddle

The Riddle

as The Tramp / Charles Dickens

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

2007Science Fiction

as President

In the Night Garden

In the Night Garden

as Narrator (voice)

Anastezsi

as Balzer

The Art of Francis Bacon

The Art of Francis Bacon

2007Documentary

as Derek Jacobi

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

as Narrator (voice)

Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia

as Senator Augusto Pinochet

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

as Alexander Corvinus

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

as Narrator(voice)

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

as Mr. Wheen

Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird

as Lord Dempsey

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005Documentary

as Self

Doctor Who Confidential

Doctor Who Confidential

2005Documentary

as Unknown

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as Professor Yana

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Colonel Protheroe

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

as Mr. Operatski (voice)

Strings

Strings

as Nezo

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004Documentary

as Self

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004Documentary

as Other Voices (voice)

The Long Firm

The Long Firm

as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

London

2004Documentary

as Tacitus

Cloud Cuckoo Land

as Victor

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

as The Master (voice)

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

as Narrator

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters

as Narrator (voice)

Inquisition

Inquisition

as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War

as Maj. Merton

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

2002Documentary

as Self

Revengers Tragedy

Revengers Tragedy

as The Duke

The Making of Gosford Park

The Making of Gosford Park

2002Documentary

as Self

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

as Stanley Baldwin

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002Documentary

as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

The Jury

The Jury

as George Cording QC

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

as Probert

The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream

The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream

as Theseus (voice)

David Macaulay: Mill Times

David Macaulay: Mill Times

2001Documentary

as Priam Huntington (voice)

The Body

The Body

as Father Lavelle

Revelation

Revelation

as Librarian

Great Escape: The Untold Story

Great Escape: The Untold Story

2001Documentary

as Narrator

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Various Characters

The Wyvern Mystery

The Wyvern Mystery

as Squire Fairfield

Wilfred

as Voice

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts

as Phineas

Gladiator

Gladiator

as Gracchus

Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa

as Lucky Leadbetter

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

as Unknown

The Chimes

The Chimes

as Narrator

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

as Father Leonor Fousnel

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

as Francis Bacon

Basil

Basil

as Father Frederick

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Animated Epics: Beowulf

as Narrator ( voice )

Hamlet

Hamlet

as King Claudius

Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

1996Documentary

as Self - Interviewee

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

as Alan Turing

The West

The West

1996Documentary

as Self (voice)

Witness Against Hitler

Witness Against Hitler

as General

The Virgin in the Ice

The Virgin in the Ice

as Brother Cadfael

Achilles

Achilles

as Narrator

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

as Archibald Craven (voice)

Baseball

Baseball

1994Documentary

as Various (voice)

Baseball

Baseball

1994Documentary

as (voice)

Monk's Hood

Monk's Hood

as Brother Cadfael

The Leper of St. Giles

The Leper of St. Giles

as Brother Cadfael

The Sanctuary Sparrow

The Sanctuary Sparrow

as Brother Cadfael

One Corpse Too Many

One Corpse Too Many

as Brother Cadfael

Cadfael

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Cadfael

as Brother Cadfael

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

as Jeremy Fisher (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994Documentary

as Marcus Fabricius (voice)

Circles of Deceit

as Randal

The Vision Thing

The Vision Thing

as George Salisbury

Frasier

Frasier

as Jackson Hedley

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)

Aladdin

Aladdin

as The Magician (voice)

The Velvet Claw

1992Documentary

as Narrator

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

as Daedalus

Dead Again

Dead Again

as Franklyn Madson

The Fool

as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

The Civil War

The Civil War

1990Documentary

as William Russell / Various (voice)

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

1990Documentary

as Himself

Henry V

Henry V

as Chorus

The Congress

The Congress

1989Documentary

as (voice)

David Macaulay: Pyramid

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989Documentary

as Hordedef (voice)

The Tenth Man

The Tenth Man

as The Imposter

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

as Arthur Clennam

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

as Archibald Craven

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

as George Salisbury

On Wings of Fire

On Wings of Fire

as Self

David Macaulay: Cathedral

David Macaulay: Cathedral

1986Documentary

as Pierre (voice)

Mr. Pye

as Mr. Pye

Mr Pye

Mr Pye

as Mr Pye

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

as Self (voice)

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Cyrano de Bergerac

Enigma

Enigma

as Kurt Limmer

The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH

as Nicodemus (voice)

Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town

as The Stranger

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

as Adolf Hitler

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Dom Claude Frollo

Charlotte

Charlotte

as Daberlohn

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

as Martin Beck

Hamlet

Hamlet

as Hamlet

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

as Arthur Davis

Minder

Minder

as Freddie Fenton

Tales of the Unexpected

Shout! Factory Amazon Channel

Tales of the Unexpected

as The Stranger

Tales of the Unexpected

Shout! Factory Amazon Channel

Tales of the Unexpected

as Drioli

Richard II

Richard II

as King Richard II

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Richard II

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Hamlet

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

as Townley - Publisher

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Mysterious Castles of Clay

1978Documentary

as Narrator

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

as Guy Burgess

I, Claudius

I, Claudius

as Claudius

Blue Blood

Blue Blood

as Gregory

The Odessa File

The Odessa File

as Klaus Wenzer

Affairs of the Heart

Affairs of the Heart

as Bertram Braddle

NOVA

NOVA

1974Documentary

as Voice of Ernest Shackleton

The Pallisers

The Pallisers

as Lord Fawn

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

as Inspector Caron

Man of Straw

Man of Straw

as Diederich Hessling

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Britbox Apple TV Channel

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as William Drew

Budgie

Budgie

as Herbert Fletcher

Three Sisters

Three Sisters

as Andrei

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

as Gerry

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

as Don John

Othello

Othello

as Cassio

Olivier Talks About Othello

1965Documentary

as (archive footage)

Horizon

Horizon

1964Documentary

as Narrator

The Fishing Match

as Eric

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as Eric

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dom Claude

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Archibald Craven

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Imposter

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

as Narrator

Lead Heads

as Unknown

Frank and Percy

as Unknown