Actor
Derek Jacobi
Known for Acting
Born 1938-10-22 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Age 87
Mostly Drama
1Films in catalog
162Credits
1962 to 2026Years active
62Trailers on Reactr
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 Elizabeth II in 1994.
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Broken English
2026 · Trailer
as The Narrator
Tinsel Town
2025 · Trailer
as Albert
Juliet & Romeo
2025 · Trailer
as The Friar
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
Gladiator II
2024 · Trailer
as Gracchus
The Martini Shot
2023 · Trailer
as Errol
Allelujah
2023 · Trailer
as Ambrose
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Trailer
as Self
A Bird Flew In
2022 · Trailer
as David
Pearl Islands
2022
as Self
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Say Your Prayers
2021 · Trailer
as Father Enoch
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020
as Himself
Come Away
2020 · Trailer
as Mr. Brown
Breaking The Codes
2020
The Host
2020 · Trailer
as Dr. Hobson
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019 · Trailer
as Lord Palmerston
Muse
2019
as The Lawyer
Horrible Histories: The Movie, Rotten Romans
2019 · Trailer
as Claudius
Tolkien
2019 · Trailer
as Professor Joseph Wright
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
Tomb Raider
2018 · Trailer
as Mr. Yaffe
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
as Scrooge
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · Trailer
as Edward Henry Masterman
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Stratton
2017 · Trailer
as Ross
The Devil of Christmas
2016
The History of Love
2016 · Trailer
as Leopold Gursky
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016 · Trailer
as Mercutio
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Venom
2015
as Narrator
Cinderella
2015 · Trailer
as King
The Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice), King James Version
Grace of Monaco
2014 · Trailer
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Effie Gray
2014 · Trailer
as Travers Twiss
You
2013
as Man
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Trailer
as Claudius/Spooner
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
2013
as Narrator
Muse of Fire
2013 · Trailer
as Self
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Last Will. & Testament
2012
as Himself
The Halloween Kid
2012
as Narrator
Jail Caesar
2012
as Sulla
My Week with Marilyn
2011 · Trailer
as Sir Owen Morshead
Anonymous
2011 · Trailer
as Prologue
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011
as Narrator (voice)
There Be Dragons
2011 · Trailer
as Honorio
Ironclad
2011 · Trailer
as Cornhill
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
as King Lear
The King's Speech
2010 · Trailer
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Hereafter
2010 · Trailer
as Derek Jacobi
Joe Maddison's War
2010
as Mr. Simpson
Margot
2009 · Trailer
as Fred Ashton
Charles Dickens's England
2009
as Himself - Presenter
Diamonds
2009
as Piers Denmont
Endgame
2009 · Trailer
as Rudolph Agnew
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Quentin Neely
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Nigel Dewberry
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008 · Trailer
as Sidney Turtlebaum
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008
as Narrator
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Trailer
as Dr. Nathan Gross
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as The Master (archive footage)
One of Those Days
2008
as Howard Whittam
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Grandfather
The Golden Compass
2007 · Trailer
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
Anastezsi
2007
as Balzer
The Art of Francis Bacon
2007
as Derek Jacobi
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006 · Trailer
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Underworld: Evolution
2006 · Trailer
as Alexander Corvinus
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005
as Narrator(voice)
Nanny McPhee
2005 · Trailer
as Mr. Wheen
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
as Lord Dempsey
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
as Self
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
Strings
2004 · Trailer
as Nezo
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
2004
as Victor
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 · Trailer
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 · Trailer
as Stanley Baldwin
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Gosford Park
2001 · Trailer
as Probert
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
2001
as Theseus (voice)
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
as Priam Huntington (voice)
The Body
2001
as Father Lavelle
Revelation
2001 · Trailer
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
Gladiator
2000 · Trailer
as Gracchus
Up at the Villa
2000
as Lucky Leadbetter
The Chimes
1999
as Narrator
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Father Leonor Fousnel
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 · Trailer
as Francis Bacon
Basil
1998 · Trailer
as Father Frederick
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Narrator ( voice )
Hamlet
1996 · Trailer
as King Claudius
Looking for Richard
1996 · Trailer
as Self - Interviewee
Breaking the Code
1996
as Alan Turing
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as General
The Virgin in the Ice
1995
as Brother Cadfael
Achilles
1995
as Narrator
The Secret Garden
1994
as Archibald Craven (voice)
Monk's Hood
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Leper of St. Giles
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Brother Cadfael
One Corpse Too Many
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1994
as Jeremy Fisher (voice)
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Circles of Deceit
1993
as Randal
The Vision Thing
1993
as George Salisbury
Aladdin
1992
as The Magician (voice)
Dead Again
1991 · Trailer
as Franklyn Madson
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself
Henry V
1989 · Trailer
as Chorus
The Congress
1989
as (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Hordedef (voice)
The Tenth Man
1988
as The Imposter
Little Dorrit
1987 · Trailer
as Arthur Clennam
The Secret Garden
1987 · Trailer
as Archibald Craven
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Self
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
as Pierre (voice)
Mr. Pye
1986
as Mr. Pye
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 · Trailer
as Nicodemus (voice)
Stranger in Town
1982
as The Stranger
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 · Trailer
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 · Trailer
as Arthur Davis
Richard II
1978
as King Richard II
The Medusa Touch
1978 · Trailer
as Townley - Publisher
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978
as Narrator
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
as Guy Burgess
Blue Blood
1974 · Trailer
as Gregory
The Odessa File
1974 · Trailer
as Klaus Wenzer
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Trailer
as Inspector Caron
Three Sisters
1970 · Trailer
as Andrei
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Don John
Othello
1965
as Cassio
The Fishing Match
1962
as Eric
Frank and Percy
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Lead Heads
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Venom! Nine Ways to Die
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as Narrator
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