Derek Jacobi

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

Juliet & Romeo
2025
The Friar

Gladiator II
2024
Gracchus

Allelujah
2023
Ambrose

The Martini Shot
2023
Errol

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
Self

Rhythm of Life
2021
Self

Tolkien
2019
Professor Joseph Wright

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
2019
Claudius

Tomb Raider
2018
Mr. Yaffe

Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018

Murder on the Orient Express
2017
Edward Henry Masterman

Stratton
2017
Ross

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
Scrooge

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
Mercutio

The History of Love
2016
Leopold Gursky

The Gospel of Luke
2015
Narrator (voice) – King James Version

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Self (archive footage)

Effie Gray
2014
Travers Twiss

Grace of Monaco
2014
Count Fernando D'Aillieres

Muse of Fire
2013
Self

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Claudius/Spooner

Last Will. & Testament
2012
Himself

Jail Caesar
2012
Sulla

The Halloween Kid
2012
Narrator

Anonymous
2011
Prologue

There Be Dragons
2011
Honorio

Ironclad
2011
Cornhill

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

Joe Maddison's War
2010
Mr. Simpson

The King's Speech
2010
Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Hereafter
2010
Derek Jacobi

Endgame
2009
Rudolph Agnew

Margot
2009
Fred Ashton

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

The Golden Compass
2007
Magisterial Emissary

The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
Grandfather

The Riddle
2007
The Tramp / Charles Dickens

Guantanamero
2007
Guido

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007
President

Underworld: Evolution
2006
Alexander Corvinus

Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
Senator Augusto Pinochet

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
Narrator

Nanny McPhee
2005
Mr. Wheen

Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
Lord Dempsey

Strings
2004
Nezo (voice)

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Self

Revengers Tragedy
2002
The Duke

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)

Inquisition
2002
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

Gosford Park
2001
Probert

The Body
2001
Father Lavelle

Revelation
2001
Librarian

Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001
Narrator

David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
Priam Huntington (voice)

Gladiator
2000
Gracchus

The Wyvern Mystery
2000
Squire Fairfield

Up at the Villa
2000
Lucky Leadbetter

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Various Characters

The Chimes
1999
Narrator

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

Hamlet
1996
King Claudius

Breaking the Code
1996
Alan Turing

Witness Against Hitler
1996
General

Looking for Richard
1996
Self - Interviewee

Achilles
1995
Narrator

Aladdin
1994
The Magician (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
Marcus Fabricius (voice)

The Vision Thing
1993
George Salisbury

Dead Again
1991
Franklyn Madson

Discovering Hamlet
1990
Himself

Henry V
1989
Chorus

David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
Hordedef (voice)

The Tenth Man
1988
The Imposter

Little Dorrit
1987
Arthur Clennam

The Secret Garden
1987
Archibald Craven

On Wings of Fire
1986
Self

David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
Pierre (voice)

Stranger in Town
1982
The Stranger

Enigma
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

The Human Factor
1979
Arthur Davis

The Medusa Touch
1978
Townley - Publisher

Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
Guy Burgess

The Odessa File
1974
Klaus Wenzer

The Day of the Jackal
1973
Inspector Caron

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980
Martin Beck

Richard II
1978
King Richard II

Blue Blood
1974
Gregory

Three Sisters
1970
Andrei

Much Ado About Nothing
1967
Don John

Othello
1965
Cassio

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
Self

A Bird Flew In
2022
David

Say Your Prayers
2021
Father Enoch

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
Himself (archive footage)

Come Away
2020
Mr. Brown

The Host
2020
Dr. Hobson

Breaking The Codes
2020

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
Lord Palmerston

Muse
2019
The Lawyer

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017

Venom
2015
Narrator

Cinderella
2015
King

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
Narrator (voice)

You
2013
Man

My Week with Marilyn
2011
Sir Owen Morshead

Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
Quentin Neely

Charles Dickens's England
2009
Himself - Presenter

Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008
Narrator

The Ties That Bind Us
2008
The Master (archive footage)

The Art of Francis Bacon
2007
Derek Jacobi

Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
Self

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
Mr. Operatski (voice)

I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
Self

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
Self

Basil
1998
Father Frederick

The Congress
1989
(voice)

The Statue of Liberty
1985
Self (voice)

Charlotte
1981
Daberlohn

Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978
Narrator