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Derek Jacobi
Actor · Crew· Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Sir Derek George Jacobi, born in 1938, is a towering figure in British theatre and television, his commanding presence and nuanced performances spanning decades. Renowned for his work at the Royal National Theatre and his distinguished film and TV roles, Jacobi's accolades include BAFTAs, Oliviers, Emmys, SAG Awards, and a Tony. His knighthood, conferred by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994, underscores his profound impact on the performing arts.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moss & Freud | Lucian Freud | Film |
| 2026 | Broken English | The Narrator | Film |
| 2026 | Heartstopper Forever | Film | |
| 2025 | Tinsel Town | Albert | Film |
| 2025 | Juliet & Romeo | The Friar | Film |
| 2024 | Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Self | Film |
| 2024 | Gladiator II | Gracchus | Film |
| 2023 | The American Buffalo | (voice) | TV |
| 2023 | The Martini Shot | Errol | Film |
| 2023 | The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies | Sir Ralph Unwin | TV |
| 2021 | The Lost Pirate Kingdom | Narrator | TV |
| 2019 | Tolkien | Professor Joseph Wright | Film |
| 2018 | 2018: A Year in the Life of a Year | Film | |
| 2018 | Tomb Raider | Mr. Yaffe | Film |
| 2017 | Stratton | Ross | Film |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Edward Henry Masterman | Film |
| 2016 | The History of Love | Leopold Gursky | Film |
| 2015 | The Gospel of Luke | Narrator (voice) – King James Version | Film |
| 2015 | Cinderella | King | Film |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Travers Twiss | Film |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | Count Fernando D'Aillieres | Film |
| 2013 | The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island | Narrator | Film |
| 2013 | Vicious | Stuart Bixby | TV |
| 2012 | Last Will. & Testament | Himself | Film |
| 2012 | Jail Caesar | Sulla | Film |
| 2012 | Last Tango in Halifax | Alan | TV |
| 2011 | There Be Dragons | Honorio | Film |
| 2011 | Anonymous | Prologue | Film |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Sir Owen Morshead | Film |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Cornhill | Film |
| 2011 | Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Archbishop Cosmo Lang | Film |
| 2010 | Hereafter | Derek Jacobi | Film |
| 2010 | Joe Maddison's War | Mr. Simpson | Film |
| 2009 | Morris: A Life with Bells On | Quentin Neely | Film |
| 2009 | Endgame | Rudolph Agnew | Film |
| 2009 | Margot | Fred Ashton | Film |
| 2009 | Charles Dickens's England | Himself - Presenter | Film |
| 2009 | Diamonds | Piers Denmont | Film |
| 2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs | Nigel Dewberry | Film |
| 2008 | Adam Resurrected | Dr. Nathan Gross | Film |
| 2008 | One of Those Days | Howard Whittam | Film |
| 2007 | Guantanamero | Guido | Film |
| 2007 | In the Night Garden | Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 2007 | Anastezsi | Balzer | Film |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Magisterial Emissary | Film |
| 2007 | The Riddle | The Tramp / Charles Dickens | Film |
| 2007 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Grandfather | Film |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia | Senator Augusto Pinochet | Film |
| 2006 | Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Alexander Corvinus | Film |
| 2005 | Bye Bye Blackbird | Lord Dempsey | Film |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Mr. Wheen | Film |
| 2004 | London | Tacitus | TV |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | Film |
| 2004 | Strings | Nezo | Film |
| 2002 | Revengers Tragedy | The Duke | Film |
| 2002 | Two Men Went To War | Maj. Merton | Film |
| 2002 | Ultimate Fights from the Movies | Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage) | Film |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Stanley Baldwin | Film |
| 2002 | The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky | Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi) | Film |
| 2001 | Revelation | Librarian | Film |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Probert | Film |
| 2001 | The Body | Father Lavelle | Film |
| 2000 | Up at the Villa | Lucky Leadbetter | Film |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Various Characters | Film |
| 2000 | Jason and the Argonauts | Phineas | TV |
| 2000 | The Wyvern Mystery | Squire Fairfield | Film |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Gracchus | Film |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Father Leonor Fousnel | Film |
| 1998 | Animated Epics: Beowulf | Narrator ( voice ) | Film |
| 1998 | Basil | Father Frederick | Film |
| 1998 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | Francis Bacon | Film |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self - Interviewee | Film |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code | Alan Turing | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | King Claudius | Film |
| 1995 | Achilles | Narrator | Film |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Brother Cadfael | TV |
| 1994 | The Secret Garden | Archibald Craven (voice) | Film |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Franklyn Madson | Film |
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