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Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

ActingOctober 22, 1938(age 87)Leytonstone, London, England, UK

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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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Murder on the Orient Express

2017·Edward Henry Masterman

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Filmography (213)

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2026·The Narrator

Heartstopper Forever

2025·The Friar

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Tinsel Town

2025·Albert

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Family Guy: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater

2024·Rupert (voice)

The Martini Shot

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

2023·Sir Ralph Unwin

The American Buffalo

U-Boat Wargamers

2023·Narrator (voice)

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022·Erasmus Fry

Say Your Prayers

2021·Father Enoch

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

2021·Self (archive footage)

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

2020·Mr. Brown

2020·Dr. Hobson

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

Breaking The Codes

2019·Professor Joseph Wright

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

2019·Lord Palmerston

2019·The Lawyer

2019·The Metatron

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

2018·Mr. Yaffe

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Les Misérables

2018·Bishop Myriel

Murder on the Orient Express

2017·Edward Henry Masterman

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

The History of Love

2016·Leopold Gursky

The Devil of Christmas

2016·Duke of Windsor

The Gospel of Luke

2015·Narrator (voice) – King James Version

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015·Self (archive footage)

2014·Travers Twiss

Grace of Monaco

2014·Count Fernando D'Aillieres

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013·Claudius/Spooner

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

2013·Narrator (voice)

2013·Stuart Bixby

Last Will. & Testament

The Halloween Kid

Titanic: Blood and Steel

2012·Lord Pirrie

Last Tango in Halifax

Shakespeare Uncovered

There Be Dragons

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

2011·Narrator (voice)

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2011·King Lear

My Week with Marilyn

2011·Sir Owen Morshead

The Amazing World of Gumball

2011·Narrator (voice)

2011·Cardinal Orsini

Joe Maddison's War

2010·Mr. Simpson

The King's Speech

2010·Archbishop Cosmo Lang

2010·Derek Jacobi

2009·Piers Denmont

2009·Rudolph Agnew

2009·Fred Ashton

Morris: A Life with Bells On

2009·Quentin Neely

Charles Dickens's England

2009·Himself - Presenter

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

Adam Resurrected

2008·Dr. Nathan Gross

A Bunch of Amateurs

2008·Nigel Dewberry

Sidney Turtlebaum

2008·Sidney Turtlebaum

One of Those Days

2008·Howard Whittam

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

The Ties That Bind Us

2008·The Master (archive footage)

The Golden Compass

2007·Magisterial Emissary

The Old Curiosity Shop

2007·Grandfather

2007·The Tramp / Charles Dickens

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

2007·President

The Art of Francis Bacon

2007·Derek Jacobi

In the Night Garden

2007·Narrator (voice)

Underworld: Evolution

2006·Alexander Corvinus

Pinochet in Suburbia

2006·Senator Augusto Pinochet

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

2006·Narrator (voice)

2005·Mr. Wheen

Bye Bye Blackbird

2005·Lord Dempsey

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

2005·Narrator(voice)

Doctor Who Confidential

2005·Professor Yana

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004·Other Voices (voice)

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

2004·Mr. Operatski (voice)

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004·Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004·Colonel Protheroe

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

2003·The Master (voice)

Revengers Tragedy

The Gathering Storm

2002·Stanley Baldwin

Two Men Went To War

2002·Maj. Merton

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002·Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

2002·Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

The Dinosaur Hunters

2002·Narrator (voice)

2002·Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

The Making of Gosford Park

2002·George Cording QC

2001·Father Lavelle

2001·Librarian

Great Escape: The Untold Story

David Macaulay: Mill Times

2001·Priam Huntington (voice)

The Wyvern Mystery

2000·Squire Fairfield

Up at the Villa

2000·Lucky Leadbetter

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000·Various Characters

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Jason and the Argonauts

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999·Father Leonor Fousnel

Animated Epics: Beowulf

1998·Narrator ( voice )

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998·Francis Bacon

1998·Father Frederick

1996·King Claudius

Breaking the Code

1996·Alan Turing

Witness Against Hitler

Looking for Richard

1996·Self - Interviewee

1996·Self (voice)

The Virgin in the Ice

1995·Brother Cadfael

The Secret Garden

1994·Archibald Craven (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994·Marcus Fabricius (voice)

One Corpse Too Many

1994·Brother Cadfael

The Sanctuary Sparrow

1994·Brother Cadfael

The Leper of St. Giles

1994·Brother Cadfael

1994·Brother Cadfael

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

1994·Jeremy Fisher (voice)

1994·Brother Cadfael

1994·Various (voice)

The Vision Thing

1993·George Salisbury

Circles of Deceit

1993·Jackson Hedley

1992·The Magician (voice)

The Velvet Claw

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992·Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)

1991·Franklyn Madson

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

1990·Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Discovering Hamlet

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989·Hordedef (voice)

1988·The Imposter

1987·Arthur Clennam

The Secret Garden

1987·Archibald Craven

On Wings of Fire

David Macaulay: Cathedral

1986·Pierre (voice)

Cyrano de Bergerac

1985·Cyrano de Bergerac

The Statue of Liberty

1985·Self (voice)

Stranger in Town

1982·The Stranger

1982·Kurt Limmer

The Secret of NIMH

1982·Nicodemus (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982·Dom Claude Frollo

Inside the Third Reich

1982·Adolf Hitler

1981·Daberlohn

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

1980·Martin Beck

The Human Factor

1979·Arthur Davis

Tales of the Unexpected

1979·The Stranger

1979·Freddie Fenton

The Medusa Touch

1978·Townley - Publisher

1978·King Richard II

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

1977·Guy Burgess

The Odessa File

1974·Klaus Wenzer

1974·Voice of Ernest Shackleton

1974·Lord Fawn

The Day of the Jackal

1973·Inspector Caron

1971·Herbert Fletcher

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971·William Drew

Much Ado About Nothing

Olivier Talks About Othello

1965·(archive footage)

The Fishing Match

Armchair Theatre

1956·Self - Winner

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951·Dom Claude