Derek Jacobi
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Doctor Who
2005
Frasier
1993
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
NOVA
1974
The Crown
2016
0Tony Awards
1956
0Tony Awards
1956
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011
Horizon
1964
Minder
1979
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Sandman
2022
Filmography
Doctor Who
as Professor Yana · 2005
Frasier
as Jackson Hedley · 1993
Jason and the Argonauts
as Phineas · 2000
NOVA
as Voice of Ernest Shackleton · 1974
The Crown
as Duke of Windsor · 2016
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1956
The Amazing World of Gumball
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
Horizon
as Narrator · 1964
Minder
as Freddie Fenton · 1979
ITV Playhouse
as Gerry · 1967
The Sandman
as Erasmus Fry · 2022
Tales of the Unexpected
as The Stranger · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Drioli · 1979
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Colonel Protheroe · 2004
Gladiator
as Gracchus · 2000
Inside No. 9
as Webster · 2014
Ludwig
as Mr. Todd · 2024
Good Omens
as The Metatron · 2019
Good Omens
as Metatron · 2019
The Borgias
as Cardinal Orsini · 2011
ScreenPlay
as George Salisbury · 1986
Gladiator II
as Gracchus · 2024
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self · 2004
Tomb Raider
as Mr. Yaffe · 2018
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Richard II · 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Hamlet · 1978
Doctor Who Confidential
· 2005
The King's Speech
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang · 2010
Cinderella
as King · 2015
Cadfael
as Brother Cadfael · 1994
The Golden Compass
as Magisterial Emissary · 2007
I, Claudius
as Claudius · 1976
Murder on the Orient Express
as Edward Henry Masterman · 2017
The Secret of NIMH
as Nicodemus (voice) · 1982
In the Night Garden
as Narrator (voice) · 2007
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as Daedalus · 1991
Budgie
as Herbert Fletcher · 1971
Nanny McPhee
as Mr. Wheen · 2005
Remembers…
as Self · 2022
Baseball
as Various (voice) · 1994
Baseball
as (voice) · 1994
Underworld: Evolution
as Alexander Corvinus · 2006
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as William Drew · 1971
Les Misérables
as Bishop Myriel · 2018
The Civil War
as William Russell / Various (voice) · 1990
Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Lord Pirrie · 2012
Last Tango in Halifax
as Alan · 2012
The Pallisers
as Lord Fawn · 1974
Heartstopper Forever
as Pete · 2026
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
· 2000
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice) · 1985
Wedden, dat..?
as Self · 1986
The Day of the Jackal
as Inspector Caron · 1973
Vicious
as Stuart Bixby · 2013
My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen Morshead · 2011
Come Away
as Mr. Brown · 2020
The Jury
as George Cording QC · 2002
The West
as Self (voice) · 1996
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
as Narrator · 2019
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice) · 1992
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as The Master (voice) · 2003
Gosford Park
as Probert · 2001
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dom Claude · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Archibald Craven · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Imposter · 1951
Ironclad
as Cornhill · 2011
Hereafter
as Derek Jacobi · 2010
Affairs of the Heart
as Bertram Braddle · 1974
Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres · 2014
Tolkien
as Professor Joseph Wright · 2019
The American Buffalo
as (voice) · 2023
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
as Self · 2009
Shakespeare Uncovered
as Himself · 2012
Dead Again
as Franklyn Madson · 1991
Henry V
as Chorus · 1989
Inside the Third Reich
as Adolf Hitler · 1982
Armchair Theatre
as Eric · 1956
Stratton
as Ross · 2017
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
as Narrator · 2021
The Odessa File
as Klaus Wenzer · 1974
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
as Claudius · 2019
The History of Love
as Leopold Gursky · 2016
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
as Sir Ralph Unwin · 2023
The Medusa Touch
as Townley - Publisher · 1978
Hamlet
as King Claudius · 1996
The Long Firm
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby · 2004
Effie Gray
as Travers Twiss · 2014
Juliet & Romeo
as The Friar · 2025
Mr Pye
as Mr Pye · 1986
Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan Gross · 2008
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Hordedef (voice) · 1989
Tinsel Town
as Albert · 2025
London
as Tacitus · 2004
Moss & Freud
as Lucian Freud · 2026
The Body
as Father Lavelle · 2001
There Be Dragons
as Honorio · 2011
Anonymous
as Prologue · 2011
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee · 1996
The Human Factor
as Arthur Davis · 1979
The Chimes
as Narrator · 1999
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Francis Bacon · 1998
Muse of Fire
as Self · 2013
Up at the Villa
as Lucky Leadbetter · 2000
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio · 2016
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Merton · 2002
The Gathering Storm
as Stanley Baldwin · 2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude Frollo · 1982
The Tenth Man
as The Imposter · 1988
Strings
as Nezo · 2004
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel Dewberry · 2008
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus
as Daedalus · 1991
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven · 1987
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self · 2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage) · 2002
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice) · 2004
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Claudius/Spooner · 2013
Enigma
as Kurt Limmer · 1982
The Ties That Bind Us
as The Master (archive footage) · 2008
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self · 2003
A Bird Flew In
as David · 2022
Diamonds
· 2009
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam · 1987
The Gospel of Luke
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version · 2015
Allelujah
as Ambrose · 2023
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Grandfather · 2007
One Corpse Too Many
as Brother Cadfael · 1994
In My Defence
as Emile Zola · 1991
Endgame
as Rudolph Agnew · 2009
Doctor Who: The Scream of the Shalka
as The Master · 2003
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator(voice) · 2005
Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney Turtlebaum · 2008
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self · 2022
Muse
as The Lawyer · 2019
U-Boat Wargamers
as Narrator (voice) · 2023
Breaking the Code
as Alan Turing · 1996
Frank and Percy
· 2026
The Martini Shot
as Errol · 2023
Broken English
as The Narrator · 2026
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
as Self · 2005
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self · 2002
The Devil of Christmas
· 2016
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor Fousnel · 1999
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven (voice) · 1994
The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire Fairfield · 2000
The Leper of St. Giles
as Brother Cadfael · 1994
On Wings of Fire
as Self · 1986
Last Will. & Testament
as Himself · 2012
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Lord Palmerston · 2019
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
as Jeremy Fisher (voice) · 1994
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don John · 1967
Aladdin
as The Magician (voice) · 1992
Basil
as Father Frederick · 1998
Circles of Deceit
as Randal · 1993
The Host
as Dr. Hobson · 2020
Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Narrator ( voice ) · 1998
The Congress
as (voice) · 1989
Mist: Sheepdog Tales
as Narrator · 2007
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice) · 1994
Revengers Tragedy
as The Duke · 2002
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear · 2011
Revelation
as Librarian · 2001
Venom
as Narrator · 2015
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Scrooge · 2017
Othello
as Cassio · 1965
Monk's Hood
as Brother Cadfael · 1994
Say Your Prayers
as Father Enoch · 2021
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters · 2000
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
Man of Straw
as Diederich Hessling · 1972
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator (voice) · 2006
The Sanctuary Sparrow
as Brother Cadfael · 1994
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Guy Burgess · 1977
One of Those Days
as Howard Whittam · 2008
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
· 2018
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice) · 2004
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice) · 1986
Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. Simpson · 2010
Blue Blood
as Gregory · 1974
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin Neely · 2009
The Virgin in the Ice
as Brother Cadfael · 1995
Charlotte
as Daberlohn · 1981
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord Dempsey · 2005
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto Pinochet · 2006
Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator · 1978
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self · 2024
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
as Martin Beck · 1980
Guantanamero
as Guido · 2007
Three Sisters
as Andrei · 1970
The Fool
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John · 1990
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus (voice) · 2001
Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - Presenter · 2009
Diamonds
as Piers Denmont · 2009
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Hamlet
as Hamlet · 1980
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as President · 2007
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
as Himself · 2020
Witness Against Hitler
as General · 1996
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
· 2017
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi) · 2002
Margot
as Fred Ashton · 2009
Wilfred
as Voice · 2000
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
as Narrator (voice) · 2011
The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens · 2007
David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Priam Huntington (voice) · 2001
Breaking The Codes
· 2020
The Vision Thing
as George Salisbury · 1993
The Velvet Claw
as Narrator · 1992
Discovering Hamlet
as Himself · 1990
Achilles
as Narrator · 1995
The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek Jacobi · 2007
You
as Man · 2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Narrator (voice) · 2013
Great Escape: The Untold Story
as Narrator · 2001
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
as Narrator · 2008
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
as Narrator
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
· 2018
Richard II
as King Richard II · 1978
The Halloween Kid
as Narrator · 2012
Jail Caesar
as Sulla · 2012
Mr. Pye
as Mr. Pye · 1986
The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice) · 2002
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac · 1985
Pearl Islands
as Self · 2022
Cloud Cuckoo Land
as Victor · 2004
Inquisition
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor · 2002
Anastezsi
as Balzer · 2007
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
as Narrator · 2013
Lead Heads
The Fishing Match
as Eric · 1962
Stranger in Town
as The Stranger · 1982