Derek Jacobi

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005 • as Professor Yana

Family Guy

Family Guy

1999 • as Rupert (voice)

The Amazing World of Gumball

The Amazing World of Gumball

2011 • as Narrator (voice)

Frasier

Frasier

1993 • as Jackson Hedley

NOVA

NOVA

1974 • as Voice of Ernest Shackleton

Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024 • as Gracchus

Filmography

2025

Juliet & Romeo
Juliet & Romeo
as The Friar
Movie - Released: 5/9/2025

2024

Gladiator II
Gladiator II
as Gracchus
Movie - Released: 11/13/2024
Ludwig
Ludwig
as Mr. Todd
TV - Released: 9/25/2024

2023

Allelujah
Allelujah
as Ambrose
Movie - Released: 3/17/2023
The Martini Shot
The Martini Shot
as Errol
Movie - Released: 9/27/2023
The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
as Sir Ralph Unwin
TV - Released: 8/29/2023
The American Buffalo
The American Buffalo
as (voice)
TV - Released: 10/16/2023
U-Boat Wargamers
U-Boat Wargamers
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 2/21/2023

2022

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/26/2022
Movie
Pearl Islands
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/10/2022
A Bird Flew In
A Bird Flew In
as David
Movie - Released: 9/30/2022
The Sandman
The Sandman
as Erasmus Fry
TV - Released: 8/5/2022

2021

Rhythm of Life
Rhythm of Life
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/3/2021
Say Your Prayers
Say Your Prayers
as Father Enoch
Movie - Released: 4/2/2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
as Himself (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/3/2021
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
as Narrator
TV - Released: 3/15/2021

2020

Come Away
Come Away
as Mr. Brown
Movie - Released: 11/12/2020
The Host
The Host
as Dr. Hobson
Movie - Released: 1/17/2020
Breaking The Codes
Breaking The Codes
Movie - Released: 1/23/2020

2019

Tolkien
Tolkien
as Professor Joseph Wright
Movie - Released: 5/3/2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as Claudius
Movie - Released: 7/26/2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Lord Palmerston
Movie - Released: 11/15/2019
Muse
Muse
as The Lawyer
Movie - Released: 10/18/2019
Good Omens
Good Omens
as The Metatron
TV - Released: 5/31/2019
Good Omens
Good Omens
as Metatron
TV - Released: 5/31/2019
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
as Narrator
TV - Released: 7/12/2019

2018

Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
as Mr. Yaffe
Movie - Released: 3/5/2018
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Movie - Released: 4/29/2018
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
as Bishop Myriel
TV - Released: 12/30/2018

2017

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
as Edward Henry Masterman
Movie - Released: 11/3/2017
Stratton
Stratton
as Ross
Movie - Released: 7/6/2017
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Scrooge
Movie - Released: 12/30/2017
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
Movie - Released: 10/31/2017

2016

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
Movie - Released: 7/7/2016
The History of Love
The History of Love
as Leopold Gursky
Movie - Released: 11/9/2016
The Crown
The Crown
as Duke of Windsor
TV - Released: 11/4/2016

2015

The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Movie - Released: 1/1/2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/1/2015
Venom
Venom
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/4/2015
Cinderella
Cinderella
as King
Movie - Released: 3/6/2015

2014

Effie Gray
Effie Gray
as Travers Twiss
Movie - Released: 3/8/2014
Grace of Monaco
Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Movie - Released: 4/22/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as Webster
TV - Released: 2/5/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as Dennis Fulcher (voice)
TV - Released: 2/5/2014

2013

Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/26/2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Claudius/Spooner
Movie - Released: 11/2/2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2013
You
You
as Man
Movie - Released: 12/3/2013
Vicious
Vicious
as Stuart Bixby
TV - Released: 4/29/2013

2012

Last Will. & Testament
Last Will. & Testament
as Himself
Movie - Released: 10/23/2012
Movie
Jail Caesar
Movie - Released: 6/28/2012
The Halloween Kid
The Halloween Kid
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/29/2012
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Lord Pirrie
TV - Released: 5/13/2012
Last Tango in Halifax
Last Tango in Halifax
as Alan
TV - Released: 11/20/2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
Shakespeare Uncovered
as Himself
TV - Released: 6/19/2012

2011

Anonymous
Anonymous
as Prologue
Movie - Released: 10/21/2011
There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons
as Honorio
Movie - Released: 3/25/2011
Ironclad
Ironclad
as Cornhill
Movie - Released: 3/3/2011
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)
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/24/2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear
Movie - Released: 2/3/2011
My Week with Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen Morshead
Movie - Released: 11/23/2011
The Amazing World of Gumball
The Amazing World of Gumball
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 5/3/2011

2010

Joe Maddison's War
Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. Simpson
Movie - Released: 9/19/2010
The King's Speech
The King's Speech
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Movie - Released: 11/26/2010
Hereafter
Hereafter
as Derek Jacobi
Movie - Released: 10/22/2010

2009

Movie
Diamonds
as Piers Denmont
Movie - Released: 4/4/2009
Endgame
Endgame
as Rudolph Agnew
Movie - Released: 1/18/2009
Margot
Margot
as Fred Ashton
Movie - Released: 11/30/2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin Neely
Movie - Released: 1/9/2009
Charles Dickens's England
Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - Presenter
Movie - Released: 7/24/2009
TV
Diamonds
TV - Released: 4/5/2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
as Self
TV - Released: 8/20/2009

2008

Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan Gross
Movie - Released: 8/8/2008
A Bunch of Amateurs
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel Dewberry
Movie - Released: 11/17/2008
Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney Turtlebaum
Movie - Released: 11/3/2008
One of Those Days
One of Those Days
as Howard Whittam
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 10/19/2008
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/3/2008

2007

The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
as Magisterial Emissary
Movie - Released: 12/4/2007
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Grandfather
Movie - Released: 12/26/2007
The Riddle
The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Movie - Released: 10/14/2007
Movie
Anastezsi
as Balzer
Movie - Released: 3/16/2007
Guantanamero
Guantanamero
as Guido
Movie - Released: 11/23/2007
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as President
Movie - Released: 8/20/2007
The Art of Francis Bacon
The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek Jacobi
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007
In the Night Garden
In the Night Garden
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 3/19/2007

2006

Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution
as Alexander Corvinus
Movie - Released: 1/12/2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Movie - Released: 3/26/2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/4/2006

2005

Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee
as Mr. Wheen
Movie - Released: 10/21/2005
Bye Bye Blackbird
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord Dempsey
Movie - Released: 10/14/2005
Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential
TV - Released: 3/26/2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Professor Yana
TV - Released: 3/26/2005

2004

Strings
Strings
as Nezo (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/24/2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/4/2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/30/2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
TV - Released: 10/12/2004
TV
London
as Tacitus
TV - Released: 5/7/2004
The Long Firm
The Long Firm
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
TV - Released: 7/7/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Colonel Protheroe
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/3/2003
Henry VIII
Henry VIII
as Narrator
TV - Released: 10/12/2003
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as The Master (voice)
TV - Released: 11/13/2003

2002

Revengers Tragedy
Revengers Tragedy
as The Duke
Movie - Released: 8/6/2002
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm
as Stanley Baldwin
Movie - Released: 4/22/2002
Two Men Went To War
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Merton
Movie - Released: 11/1/2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/16/2002
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
Movie - Released: 4/25/2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/30/2002
Movie
Inquisition
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Movie - Released: 12/22/2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/30/2002
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/18/2002
The Jury
The Jury
as George Cording QC
TV - Released: 2/17/2002

2001

Gosford Park
Gosford Park
as Probert
Movie - Released: 12/26/2001
The Body
The Body
as Father Lavelle
Movie - Released: 4/13/2001
Revelation
Revelation
as Librarian
Movie - Released: 4/12/2001
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Great Escape: The Untold Story
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/2001
David Macaulay: Mill Times
David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Priam Huntington (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/6/2001

2000

Gladiator
Gladiator
as Gracchus
Movie - Released: 5/4/2000
The Wyvern Mystery
The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire Fairfield
Movie - Released: 10/12/2000
Up at the Villa
Up at the Villa
as Lucky Leadbetter
Movie - Released: 4/14/2000
Movie
Wilfred
as Voice
Movie - Released: 6/3/2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
Movie - Released: 12/25/2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV - Released: 3/18/2000
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts
as Phineas
TV - Released: 5/7/2000

1999

The Chimes
The Chimes
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/19/1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor Fousnel
Movie - Released: 3/17/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Rupert (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999

1998

Animated Epics: Beowulf
Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Narrator ( voice )
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
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
Movie - Released: 9/16/1998
Basil
Basil
as Father Frederick
Movie - Released: 7/22/1998

1996

Hamlet
Hamlet
as King Claudius
Movie - Released: 12/25/1996
Breaking the Code
Breaking the Code
as Alan Turing
Movie - Released: 9/17/1996
Witness Against Hitler
Witness Against Hitler
as General
Movie - Released: 3/10/1996
Looking for Richard
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
Movie - Released: 10/11/1996
The West
The West
as Self (voice)
TV - Released: 9/15/1996

1995

Achilles
Achilles
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/31/1995

1994

The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/5/1994
Aladdin
Aladdin
as The Magician (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994
David Macaulay: Roman City
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/15/1994
Cadfael
Cadfael
as Brother Cadfael
TV - Released: 5/29/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as Various (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

The Vision Thing
The Vision Thing
as George Salisbury
Movie - Released: 10/6/1993
Movie
Circle of Deceit
as Randal
Movie - Released: 10/16/1993
Frasier
Frasier
as Jackson Hedley
TV - Released: 9/16/1993

1992

TV
The Velvet Claw
as Narrator
TV - Released: 9/7/1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
TV - Released: 5/13/1992

1991

Dead Again
Dead Again
as Franklyn Madson
Movie - Released: 8/23/1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as Daedalus
TV - Released: 12/1/1991

1990

Movie
The Fool
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Movie - Released: 12/7/1990
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/7/1990
The Civil War
The Civil War
as Various
TV - Released: 9/23/1990

1989

Henry V
Henry V
as Chorus
Movie - Released: 10/5/1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Hordedef (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/4/1989
The Congress
The Congress
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/19/1989

1988

The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
as The Imposter
Movie - Released: 12/4/1988

1987

Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
Movie - Released: 12/11/1987
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven
Movie - Released: 11/30/1987

1986

On Wings of Fire
On Wings of Fire
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/1/1986
Movie
Mr. Pye
as Mr. Pye
Movie - Released: 3/2/1986
David Macaulay: Cathedral
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/30/1986
Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye
as Mr. Pye
TV - Released: 3/2/1986
TV
Wedden, dat..?
as Self
TV - Released: 1/2/1986

1985

Movie
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie - Released: 7/26/1985
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/26/1985

1982

Movie
Stranger in Town
as The Stranger
Movie - Released: 5/23/1982
Enigma
Enigma
as Kurt Limmer
Movie - Released: 10/15/1982
The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMH
as Nicodemus (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/17/1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude Frollo
Movie - Released: 2/2/1982
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich
as Adolf Hitler
Movie - Released: 5/9/1982

1981

Charlotte
Charlotte
as Daberlohn
Movie - Released: 2/26/1981

1980

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
as Martin Beck
Movie - Released: 12/25/1980
Hamlet
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Movie - Released: 5/25/1980

1979

The Human Factor
The Human Factor
as Arthur Davis
Movie - Released: 12/18/1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
as The Stranger
TV - Released: 3/24/1979
Minder
Minder
as Freddie Fenton
TV - Released: 10/29/1979

1978

The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch
as Townley - Publisher
Movie - Released: 4/13/1978
Richard II
Richard II
as King Richard II
Movie - Released: 12/10/1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as King Richard
TV - Released: 12/3/1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Hamlet
TV - Released: 12/3/1978

1977

Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Guy Burgess
Movie - Released: 5/31/1977

1976

I, Claudius
I, Claudius
as Claudius
TV - Released: 9/20/1976
I, Claudius
I, Claudius
as Self
TV - Released: 9/20/1976

1974

The Odessa File
The Odessa File
as Klaus Wenzer
Movie - Released: 10/17/1974
Blue Blood
Blue Blood
as Gregory
Movie - Released: 11/1/1974
The Pallisers
The Pallisers
TV - Released: 1/19/1974
NOVA
NOVA
as Voice of Ernest Shackleton
TV - Released: 3/3/1974

1973

The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
as Inspector Caron
Movie - Released: 5/16/1973

1972

The Strauss Family
The Strauss Family
TV - Released: 11/7/1972

1971

Budgie
Budgie
as Herbert Fletcher
TV - Released: 4/9/1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as William Drew
TV - Released: 9/20/1971

1970

Three Sisters
Three Sisters
as Andrei
Movie - Released: 4/1/1970

1967

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don John
Movie - Released: 2/5/1967

1965

Othello
Othello
as Cassio
Movie - Released: 12/15/1965
Movie
Olivier Talks About Othello
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1965

1962

Movie
The Fishing Match
as Eric
Movie - Released: 8/19/1962

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dom Claude
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Archibald Craven
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Imposter
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Unknown

Movie
Moss & Freud
as Lucian Freud
Movie
Movie
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
as Narrator
Movie
Movie
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
as Narrator
Movie
Movie
Lead Heads
Movie
Movie
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
as Himself
Movie
Movie
Tinsel Town
Movie