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Derek Jacobi

Actor, ProducerBorn October 22, 1938 (86 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • My Week with Marilyn
  • Grace of Monaco
  • The Medusa Touch
  • Come Away
  • There Be Dragons
  • Basil
  • Enigma
  • A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
  • Two Men Went to War
  • Angelina Ballerina
  • The Gospel of Luke
  • Nothing Is Truer Than Truth
  • Royals: Keeping the Crown

Known For

  • Gladiator
  • The King's Speech
  • Underworld: Evolution
  • Tomb Raider
  • Gladiator II
  • Cinderella
  • The Secret of NIMH
  • Hamlet
  • Henry V
  • Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
  • Tolkien
  • Dead Again
  • Ironclad
  • Vicious
  • Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
  • The Lost Pirate Kingdom
  • Last Tango in Halifax
  • Cadfael
  • The Odessa File
  • The Body
  • I, Claudius
  • The History of Love
  • In The Night Garden
  • Adam Resurrected

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2025
    Hello Stranger · as Cast
    2025
    Juliet & Romeo · as The Friar
    2024
    Gladiator II · as Gracchus
    2024
    Ludwig (2024) (TV Series) · as Mr. Todd
    2023
    The American Buffalo (TV Series) · as (voice)
    2023
    The Martini Shot · as Errol
    2023
    The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (TV Series) · as Sir Ralph Unwin
    2023
    Patterns (TV Series) · as Ian
    2023
    Extraordinary (TV Series) · as Audio Book Narrator
    2022
    Allelujah · as Ambrose
    2022
    U-Boat Wargamers (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2022
    The Sandman (TV Series) · as Erasmus Fry
    2021
    Royals: Keeping the Crown (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2021
    A Bird Flew In · as David
    2021
    The Lost Pirate Kingdom (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2021
    Romeo & Juliet · as Narrator
    2020
    Come Away · as Mr. Brown
    2020
    Say Your Prayers · as Father Enoch
    2020
    The Host · as Dr. Hobson
    2019
    The Warrior Queen of Jhansi · as Lord Palmerston
    2019
    Muse · as The Lawyer
    2019
    2019
    Good Omens (TV Series) · as The Metatron
    2019
    Tolkien · as Professor Joseph Wright
    2019
    Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2018
    Les Misérables (2018) (TV Series) · as Bishop Myriel
    2018
    2018
    Tomb Raider · as Mr. Yaffe
    2017
    2017
    Murder on the Orient Express · as Edward Henry Masterman
    2017
    2017
    Stratton · as Ross
    2016
    2016
    The History of Love · as Leopold Gursky
    2016
    The Crown (TV Series) · as Duke Of Windsor
    2016
    The Eurovision Song Contest · as Stuart Bixby
    2015
    Cinderella · as King
    2015
    The Gospel of Luke · as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
    2014
    Effie Gray · as Travers Twiss
    2014
    Grace of Monaco · as Count Fernando D'aillieres
    2014
    Inside No. 9 (TV Series) · as Webster
    2014
    2013
    Fifty Years on Stage · as Claudius/spooner
    2013
    Vicious (TV Series) · as Stuart Bixby
    2013
    2012
    Last Tango in Halifax (TV Series) · as Alan
    2012
    Jail Caesar · as Sulla
    2012
    Titanic: Blood and Steel (TV Series) · as Lord Pirrie
    2011
    The Halloween Kid · as Narrator
    2011
    My Week with Marilyn · as Sir Owen Morshead
    2011
    Anonymous · as Prologue
    2011
    2011
    The Amazing World of Gumball (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2011
    The Borgias (TV Series) · as Cardinal Orsini
    2011
    2011
    Ironclad · as Cornhill
    2011
    2011
    Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self · as President (segment "airlock Or How To Say Goodbye In Space")
    2010
    The King's Speech · as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
    2010
    Joe Maddison's War · as Mr. Simpson
    2010
    This is Jinsy (TV Series) · as Robunce Barnatty
    2009
    Margot · as Fred Ashton
    2009
    2009
    Diamonds (2009) (TV Series)
    2009
    Diamonds · as Piers Denmont
    2009
    Endgame · as Rudolph Agnew
    2009
    Morris: A Life with Bells On · as Quentin Neely
    2008
    A Bunch of Amateurs · as Nigel Dewberry
    2008
    Adam Resurrected · as Dr. Nathan Gross
    2008
    The Ties That Bind Us · as The Master (archive Footage)
    2007
    The Old Curiosity Shop · as Grandfather
    2007
    The Golden Compass · as Magisterial Emissary
    2007
    Guantanamero · as Guido
    2007
    The Riddle · as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
    2007
    2007
    Mist: Sheepdog Tales (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2007
    In The Night Garden (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2007
    2006
    Pinochet's Last Stand · as Senator Augusto Pinochet
    2006
    Underworld: Evolution · as Alexander Corvinus
    2005
    Nanny McPhee · as Mr. Wheen
    2005
    Bye Bye Blackbird · as Lord Dempsey
    2005
    2005
    Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Professor Yana
    2005
    2004
    Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Colonel Protheroe
    2004
    Strings · as Nezo (voice)
    2004
    2004
    The Long Firm (TV Series) · as Lord Edward 'teddy' Thursby
    2004
    Peter Ackroyd's London (TV Series) · as Tacitus
    2004
    Cloud Cuckoo Land · as Victor
    2003
    Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (TV Series) · as The Master (voice)
    2003
    Henry VIII · as Narrator
    2003
    Henry VIII (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2003
    2002
    The Dinosaur Hunters · as Narrator (voice)
    2002
    Inquisition · as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
    2002
    Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On · as Mr. Operatski (voice)
    2002
    2002
    Revengers Tragedy · as The Duke
    2002
    The Gathering Storm · as Stanley Baldwin
    2002
    Manor House (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2002
    Ultimate Fights from the Movies · as Gracchus (gladiator) (archive Footage)
    2002
    The Jury (TV Series) · as George Cording Qc
    2001
    Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky · as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
    2001
    Gosford Park · as Probert
    2001
    2001
    David Macaulay: Mill Times · as Priam Huntington (voice)
    2001
    Angelina Ballerina (TV Series) · as Mr. Ivor Operatski
    2001
    Revelation · as Librarian
    2001
    The Body · as Father Lavelle
    2001
    2001
    2000
    Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings · as Various Characters
    2000
    Wilfred · as Voice
    2000
    Jason and the Argonauts (TV Series) · as Phineas
    2000
    Gladiator · as Gracchus
    2000
    Up at the Villa · as Lucky Leadbetter
    2000
    2000
    The Wyvern Mystery · as Squire Fairfield
    1999
    The Chimes · as Narrator
    1999
    Molokai · as Father Leonor Fousnel
    1999
    Family Guy (TV Series) · as Rupert
    1998
    Animated Epics: Beowulf · as Narrator ( Voice )
    1998
    1998
    Basil · as Father Frederick
    1996
    Hamlet · as King Claudius
    1996
    Breaking the Code · as Alan Turing
    1996
    1994
    The Secret Garden · as Archibald Craven (voice)
    1994
    Baseball (TV Series) · as (voice)
    1994
    Cadfael (TV Series) · as Brother Cadfael
    1994
    David Macaulay: Roman City · as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
    1993
    Frasier (TV Series) · as Jackson Hedley
    1992
    Aladdin · as The Magician (voice)
    1992
    The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (TV Series) · as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
    1992
    The Velvet Claw (TV Series) · as Narrator
    1991
    Dead Again · as Franklyn Madson
    1991
    The Storyteller: Greek Myths (TV Series) · as Daedalus
    1990
    The Fool · as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
    1990
    The Civil War (TV Series) · as Various
    1989
    Henry V · as Chorus
    1989
    The Congress · as (voice)
    1988
    The Tenth Man · as The Imposter
    1988
    David Macaulay: Pyramid · as Hordedef (voice)
    1987
    Little Dorrit · as Arthur Clennam
    1987
    The Secret Garden · as Archibald Craven
    1986
    Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as George Salisbury
    1986
    David Macaulay: Cathedral · as Pierre (voice)
    1986
    Mr Pye (TV Series) · as Mr. Pye
    1986
    Mr. Pye · as Mr. Pye
    1985
    Cyrano de Bergerac · as Cyrano De Bergerac
    1982
    Enigma · as Kurt Limmer
    1982
    The Secret of NIMH · as Nicodemus (voice)
    1982
    Inside the Third Reich · as Adolf Hitler
    1982
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Dom Claude Frollo
    1980
    1980
    Charlotte · as Daberlohn
    1980
    Hamlet · as Hamlet
    1979
    The Human Factor · as Arthur Davis
    1979
    Minder (TV Series) · as Freddie Fenton
    1979
    Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as The Stranger
    1978
    Richard II · as King Richard Ii
    1978
    BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Hamlet
    1978
    The Morecambe & Wise Show (1980) (TV Series) · as Cast
    1978
    1978
    The Medusa Touch · as Townley - Publisher
    1977
    Philby, Burgess and Maclean · as Guy Burgess
    1977
    ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Archibald Craven
    1976
    I, Claudius (TV Series) · as Claudius
    1974
    Blueblood · as Gregory
    1974
    The Odessa File · as Klaus Wenzer
    1974
    Affairs of the Heart (TV Series) · as Bertram Braddle
    1974
    NOVA (TV Series) · as Voice Of Ernest Shackleton
    1974
    The Pallisers (TV Series)
    1973
    The Day of the Jackal · as Inspector Caron
    1972
    The Strauss Family (TV Series)
    1971
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as William Drew
    1971
    Budgie (TV Series) · as Herbert Fletcher
    1970
    Three Sisters · as Andrei
    1968
    Interlude · as Paul
    1967
    ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Gerry
    1967
    Much Ado About Nothing · as Don John
    1965
    Othello · as Cassio
    1965
    Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller
    1960
    BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Charles Marlow
    1956
    Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Eric
    1951
    Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Archibald Craven

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