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Derek Jacobi

Actor | * 10/22/1938 (87) | Leytonstone, London (United Kingdom (UK))
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | History

Known for these Movies & Shows

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder. ...

Dead Again

R

1991 | 3.2/5 | 1h 47min
Thriller, Romance / Love, Mystery
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In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes ...

Gosford Park

R

2001 | 3.4/5 | 2h 11min
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakes ...

Anonymous

PG-13

2011 | 3.2/5 | 2h 10min
Drama, History, Thriller
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In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marc ...

Gladiator

R

2000 | 4.1/5 | 2h 35min
Action, Drama, Adventure
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Awards & Nominations for Derek Jacobi

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Movies with Derek Jacobi as Actor(123)

as Gracchus2024 Gladiator II
as Self (archive footage)2023 Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Ambrose2023 Allelujah
as Narrator2023 The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
as David2022 A Bird Flew In
as himself2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as himself2021 Rhythm of Life
as Father Enoch2021 Say Your Prayers
as Dr. Hobson2020 The Host
as Mr. Brown2020 Come Away
as Claudius2019 Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as Lord Palmerston2019 The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as The Lawyer2019 Muse
as Professor Joseph Wright2019 Tolkien
as Mr. Yaffe2018 Tomb Raider
2018 Nothing Is Truer than Truth
as Edward Masterman2017 Murder on the Orient Express
as Ross2017 Stratton
as Scrooge2017 A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Mercutio2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Léo Gursky2016 The History of Love
as King2015 Cinderella
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version2015 The Gospel of Luke
as Travers Twiss2014 Effie Gray
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres2014 Grace of Monaco
as Narrator (voice)2013 Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
as Claudius/Spooner2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as himself2013 Muse of Fire
as himself2012 Last Will. & Testament
as Narrator2012 The Halloween Kid
2012 Jail Caesar
as Sir Owen Morshead2011 My Week with Marilyn
as Narrator (voice)2011 Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
as King Lear2011 National Theatre Live: King Lear
as Honorio2011 There Be Dragons
as Prologue2011 Anonymous
as Cornhill2011 Ironclad
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang2010 The King's Speech
as himself2010 Hereafter
as Mr. Simpson2010 Joe Maddison's War
as Rudolph Agnew2009 Endgame
as Himself - Presenter2009 Charles Dickens's England
as Piers Denmont2009 Diamonds
as Quentin Neely2009 Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Fred Ashton2009 Margot
as Dr. Nathan Gross2008 Adam Resurrected
as Nigel Dewberry2008 A Bunch of Amateurs
as Howard Whittam2008 One of Those Days
as Sidney Turtlebaum2008 Sidney Turtlebaum
as Balzer2007 Anastezsi
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens2007 The Riddle
as Magisterial Emissary2007 The Golden Compass
as Guido2007 Guantanamero
as Grandfather2007 The Old Curiosity Shop
as President2007 Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as Senator Augusto Pinochet2006 Pinochet in Suburbia
as Narrator2006 Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Alexander Corvinus2006 Underworld: Evolution
as Mr. Wheen2005 Nanny McPhee
as Lord Dempsey2005 Bye Bye Blackbird
as Nezo (voice)2004 Strings
as Other Voices (voice)2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as himself2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Mr. Operatski (voice)2002 Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)2002 The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Stanley Baldwin2002 The Gathering Storm
as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Maj. Merton2002 Two Men Went To War
as Narrator (voice)2002 The Dinosaur Hunters
as himself2002 The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as himself2002 I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor2002 Inquisition
as The Duke2002 Revengers Tragedy
as Father Lavelle2001 The Body
as Probert2001 Gosford Park
as Librarian2001 Revelation
2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Lucky Leadbetter2000 Up at the Villa
as Squire Fairfield2000 The Wyvern Mystery
as Gracchus2000 Gladiator
as Father Leonor Fousnel1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Frederick1998 Basil
as Narrator ( voice )1998 Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Francis Bacon1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Self / Interview1996 Looking for Richard
as Alan Turing1996 Breaking the Code
as King Claudius1996 Hamlet
as Randal1996 Circle of Deceit
as Narrator1995 Achilles
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)1994 David Macaulay: Roman City
as Archibald Craven (voice)1994 The Secret Garden
as The Magician (voice)1992 Aladdin
as Franklyn Madson1991 Dead Again
as himself1990 Discovering Hamlet
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John1990 The Fool
as Hordedef (voice)1989 David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Chorus1989 Henry V
as (voice)1989 The Congress
as The Imposter1988 The Tenth Man
as Archibald Craven1987 The Secret Garden
as Arthur Clennam1987 Little Dorrit
as Pierre (voice)1986 David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Cyrano de Bergerac1985 Cyrano de Bergerac
1985 The Statue of Liberty
as Dom Claude Frollo1982 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Nicodemus (voice)1982 The Secret of NIMH
as The Stranger1982 Stranger in Town
as Adolf Hitler1982 Inside the Third Reich
as Kurt Limmer1982 Enigma
as Daberlohn1981 Charlotte
as Hamlet1980 Hamlet
as Martin Beck1980 The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
as Arthur Davis1979 The Human Factor
as Narrator1978 Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Townley - Publisher1978 The Medusa Touch
as King Richard II1978 Richard II
as Guy Burgess1977 Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Gregory1974 Blue Blood
as Klaus Wenzer1974 The Odessa File
as Inspector Caron1973 The Day of the Jackal
as Andrei1970 Three Sisters
as Don John1967 Much Ado About Nothing
as Cassio1965 Othello

TV Shows/Series with Derek Jacobi as Actor(40)

as Narrator (voice)2023 U-Boat Wargamers
as Sir Ralph Unwin2023 The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
as (voice)2023 The American Buffalo
as Narrator2021 The Lost Pirate Kingdom
as Narrator2019 Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
as Metatron2019 Good Omens
as David, Duke of Windsor2016 The Crown
as Dennis Fulcher2014 Inside No. 9
as Webster2014 Inside No. 9
as Stuart Bixby2013 Vicious
as Alan2012 Last Tango in Halifax
as himself2012 Shakespeare Uncovered
as Lord Pirrie2012 Titanic: Blood and Steel
as himself2009 Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2007 In the Night Garden
as Professor Yana2005 Doctor Who
2005 Doctor Who Confidential
as himself2004 Who Do You Think You Are?
as Tacitus2004 London
as Colonel Protheroe2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby2004 The Long Firm
as The Master (voice)2003 Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
as George Cording QC2002 The Jury
2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Brother Cadfael1994 Cadfael
as Various (voice)1994 Baseball
as Jackson Hedley1993 Frasier
as Narrator1992 The Velvet Claw
as Mr. Pye1986 Mr. Pye
as The Stranger1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as Freddie Fenton1979 Minder
1974 The Pallisers
as Voice of Ernest Shackleton1974 NOVA
as William Drew1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 Budgie
as Phineas1962 Das Halstuch
as Various1961 Supercar
as Dom Claude1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Archibald Craven1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Imposter1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 10/22 1938 (October) in Leytonstone, London (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 87 years + 135 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: St John's College, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Employer: Royal National Theatre
Spouses (current/former): Richard Clifford
Other names for Derek Jacobi (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Derek George Jacobi"
"Sir Derek Jacobi"
"데릭 자코비"
Derek Jacobi frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (21x, Actor)
Kenneth Branagh (20x, Actor)
Steve Pemberton (17x, Actor)
Reece Shearsmith (16x, Actor)
Julie Harris (15x, Actress)
Mark Gatiss (13x, Actor)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
Ken Burns (11x, Crew)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Patrick Doyle (11x, Crew)
David Tennant (10x, Actor)
William Shakespeare (10x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:745, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 02/19/2026