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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
Acted in 163
2020s
- 2026
Frank and Percy
Movie
Broken English
The Narrator
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
The American Buffalo
(voice) · 2 episodes
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
Sir Ralph Unwin · 5 episodes
- 2022
- 2021
Say Your Prayers
Father Enoch
- 2020
Breaking The Codes
Movie
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Movie
- 2017
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Scrooge
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
Movie
- 2016
The Devil of Christmas
Movie
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
You
Man
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Claudius/Spooner
Vicious
Stuart Bixby · 12 episodes
- 2012
Last Tango in Halifax
Alan · 24 episodes
Jail Caesar
Sulla
- 2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear
King Lear
- 2010
Joe Maddison's War
Mr. Simpson
2000s
- 2009
Margot
Fred Ashton
Diamonds
TV
Diamonds
Piers Denmont
Endgame
Rudolph Agnew
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Quentin Neely
- 2008
A Bunch of Amateurs
Nigel Dewberry
Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
The Ties That Bind Us
The Master (archive footage)
One of Those Days
Howard Whittam
- 2007
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather
The Riddle
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
President
The Art of Francis Bacon
Derek Jacobi
- 2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
Senator Augusto Pinochet
- 2005
- 2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Mr. Operatski (voice)
Strings
Nezo
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
The Long Firm
Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby · 4 episodes
- 2003
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
The Master (voice) · 5 episodes
- 2002
Inquisition
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Revengers Tragedy
The Duke
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
- 2001
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus (voice)
David Macaulay: Mill Times
Priam Huntington (voice)
Revelation
Librarian
- 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
The Wyvern Mystery
Squire Fairfield
Up at the Villa
Lucky Leadbetter
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
- 1996
Breaking the Code
Alan Turing
Witness Against Hitler
General
- 1995
The Virgin in the Ice
Brother Cadfael
- 1994
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven (voice)
Monk's Hood
Brother Cadfael
The Leper of St. Giles
Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Brother Cadfael
One Corpse Too Many
Brother Cadfael
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy Fisher (voice)
David Macaulay: Roman City
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
- 1993
The Vision Thing
George Salisbury
- 1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice) · 1 episode
Aladdin
The Magician (voice)
- 1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus
Daedalus
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
The Congress
(voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Hordedef (voice)
- 1988
- 1987
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven
- 1986
Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye
- 1982
Stranger in Town
The Stranger
- 1981
Charlotte
Daberlohn
- 1980
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Martin Beck
Hamlet
Hamlet
1970s
- 1979
The Human Factor
Arthur Davis
- 1978
Richard II
King Richard II
- 1977
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Guy Burgess
- 1976
- 1974
Affairs of the Heart
Bertram Braddle · 1 episode
- 1973
- 1972
Man of Straw
Diederich Hessling · 6 episodes
- 1971
- 1970
Three Sisters
Andrei
1960s
- 1967
Much Ado About Nothing
Don John
- 1965
Othello
Cassio
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Eric · 1 episode
No release date
Good Omens T3: El final
Movie
Appearances42
2020s
- 2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
- 2023
U-Boat Wargamers
Narrator (voice) · 6 episodes
- 2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
- 2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
- 2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Venom
Narrator
The Gospel of Luke
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
- 2013
Muse of Fire
Self
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Narrator (voice)
- 2012
The Halloween Kid
Narrator
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself · 1 episode
- 2011
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self · 1 episode
Charles Dickens's England
Himself - Presenter
- 2008
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Narrator
- 2007
- 2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator (voice)
- 2005
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator(voice)
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
Narrator (voice)
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
- 2001
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Narrator
1990s
- 1999
The Chimes
Narrator
- 1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Narrator ( voice )
- 1996
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
The West
Self (voice) · 1 episode
- 1995
Achilles
Narrator
- 1990
Discovering Hamlet
Himself
1980s
- 1986
On Wings of Fire
Self
- 1985
1970s
- 1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Narrator
1960s
- 1964
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2001
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
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