10.0
10.0
Venom
2015
as Narrator
Derek Jacobi
Also known as: Sir Derek George Jacobi
Acting
Born:October 22, 1938(age 87)
Birthplace:Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:University of Cambridge, St John's College, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Leyton Sixth Form College
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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
Filmography (153 movies)
9.5
9.5
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Self
9.0
9.0
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
8.3
8.3
The Gospel of Luke
2015
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
8.2
8.2
Gladiator
2000
as Gracchus
8.0
8.0
The Martini Shot
2023
as Errol
8.0
8.0
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Mercutio
7.8
7.8
The Congress
1989
as (voice)
7.7
7.7
The King's Speech
2010
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
7.7
7.7
Stranger in Town
1982
as The Stranger
7.6
7.6
The Secret Garden
1987
as Archibald Craven
7.6
7.6
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self
7.5
7.5
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Inspector Caron
7.5
7.5
Circle of Deceit
1993
as Randal
7.5
7.5
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
as Scrooge
7.5
7.5
Richard II
1978
as King Richard II
7.4
7.4
The Secret of NIMH
1982
as Nicodemus (voice)
7.3
7.3
Hamlet
1996
as King Claudius
7.3
7.3
Say Your Prayers
2021
as Father Enoch
7.3
7.3
Heartstopper Forever
2026
as Pete
7.3
7.3
One of Those Days
2008
as Howard Whittam
7.2
7.2
Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Adolf Hitler
7.2
7.2
Henry V
1989
as Chorus
7.1
7.1
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
7.0
7.0
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
7.0
7.0
The Fool
1990
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
7.0
7.0
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
7.0
7.0
National Theatre Live: King Lear
2011
as King Lear
7.0
7.0
Last Will. & Testament
2012
as Himself
7.0
7.0
The Chimes
1999
as Narrator
6.9
6.9
Tolkien
2019
as Professor Joseph Wright
6.9
6.9
Juliet & Romeo
2025
as The Friar
6.8
6.8
Cinderella
2015
as King
6.8
6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Townley - Publisher
6.8
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
6.7
6.7
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Edward Henry Masterman
6.7
6.7
Strings
2004
as Nezo
6.7
6.7
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self (voice)
6.7
6.7
The Tenth Man
1988
as The Imposter
6.7
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Sir Owen Morshead
6.7
6.7
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mr. Wheen
6.6
6.6
Gladiator II
2024
as Gracchus
6.6
6.6
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Stanley Baldwin
6.6
6.6
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Alexander Corvinus
6.6
6.6
The Odessa File
1974
as Klaus Wenzer
6.5
6.5
Rhythm of Life
2021
as Self
6.5
6.5
Little Dorrit
1987
as Arthur Clennam
6.5
6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
6.5
6.5
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Quentin Neely
6.4
6.4
Anonymous
2011
as Prologue
6.4
6.4
The History of Love
2016
as Leopold Gursky
6.4
6.4
Dead Again
1991
as Franklyn Madson
6.4
6.4
Tomb Raider
2018
as Mr. Yaffe
6.3
6.3
Jail Caesar
2012
as Sulla
6.3
6.3
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011
as Narrator (voice)
6.2
6.2
Othello
1965
as Cassio
6.2
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Claudius/Spooner
6.2
6.2
Adam Resurrected
2008
as Dr. Nathan Gross
6.1
6.1
Ironclad
2011
as Cornhill
6.1
6.1
Hamlet
1980
as Hamlet
6.1
6.1
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
2019
as Lord Palmerston
6.1
6.1
The Golden Compass
2007
as Magisterial Emissary
6.0
6.0
Grace of Monaco
2014
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
6.0
6.0
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Francis Bacon
6.0
6.0
Great Escape: The Untold Story
2001
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Witness Against Hitler
1996
as General
6.0
6.0
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
6.0
6.0
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Father Leonor Fousnel
5.9
5.9
Effie Gray
2014
as Travers Twiss
5.8
5.8
Endgame
2009
as Rudolph Agnew
5.8
5.8
Mysterious Castles of Clay
1978
as Narrator
5.8
5.8
Come Away
2020
as Mr. Brown
5.8
5.8
The Human Factor
1979
as Arthur Davis
5.7
5.7
The Secret Garden
1994
as Archibald Craven (voice)
5.7
5.7
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Nigel Dewberry
5.7
5.7
Discovering Hamlet
1990
as Himself
5.7
5.7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
as Dom Claude Frollo
5.6
5.6
The Host
2020
as Dr. Hobson
5.5
5.5
Tinsel Town
2025
as Albert
5.5
5.5
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Don John
5.5
5.5
Margot
2009
as Fred Ashton
5.5
5.5
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Cyrano de Bergerac
5.5
5.5
The Body
2001
as Father Lavelle
5.5
5.5
Enigma
1982
as Kurt Limmer
5.4
5.4
Revengers Tragedy
2002
as The Duke
5.4
5.4
Aladdin
1994
as The Magician (voice)
5.3
5.3
Achilles
1995
as Narrator
5.3
5.3
Basil
1998
as Father Frederick
5.2
5.2
Up at the Villa
2000
as Lucky Leadbetter
5.2
5.2
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
2019
as Claudius
5.2
5.2
Allelujah
2023
as Ambrose
5.1
5.1
Breaking the Code
1996
as Alan Turing
5.0
5.0
There Be Dragons
2011
as Honorio
5.0
5.0
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
5.0
5.0
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
as Narrator (voice)
5.0
5.0
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
as Lord Dempsey
5.0
5.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Grandfather
5.0
5.0
Stratton
2017
as Ross
4.9
4.9
Revelation
2001
as Librarian
4.8
4.8
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Squire Fairfield
4.8
4.8
The Riddle
2007
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
4.7
4.7
Diamonds
2009
as Piers Denmont
4.5
4.5
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
4.5
4.5
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
as Guy Burgess
4.3
4.3
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Narrator ( voice )
4.3
4.3
Joe Maddison's War
2010
as Mr. Simpson
4.0
4.0
Blue Blood
1974
as Gregory
4.0
4.0
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
as Narrator
3.8
3.8
Three Sisters
1970
as Andrei
3.6
3.6
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2002
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
3.5
3.5
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
3.3
3.3
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
as Sidney Turtlebaum
3.3
3.3
Guantanamero
2007
as Guido
1.0
1.0
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Fishing Match
1962
as Eric
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
as Himself (archive footage)
Anastezsi
2007
as Balzer
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007
as President
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
1980
as Martin Beck
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
TBA
as Narrator
The Halloween Kid
2012
as Narrator
Inquisition
2002
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
as Pierre (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Hordedef (voice)
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
as Priam Huntington (voice)
Muse
2019
as The Lawyer
Charlotte
1981
as Daberlohn
The Art of Francis Bacon
2007
as Derek Jacobi
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
as (archive footage)
A Bird Flew In
2022
as David
Charles Dickens's England
2009
as Himself - Presenter
Lead Heads
TBA
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
TBA
as Himself
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
2008
as Narrator
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Cloud Cuckoo Land
2004
as Victor
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
as Self
Pearl Islands
2022
as Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Moss & Freud
2025
as Lucian Freud
The Vision Thing
1993
as George Salisbury
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
TBA
as Narrator
Mr. Pye
1986
as Mr. Pye
Wilfred
2000
as Voice
You
2013
as Man
Breaking The Codes
2020
One Corpse Too Many
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Leper of St. Giles
1994
as Brother Cadfael
Monk's Hood
1994
as Brother Cadfael
The Virgin in the Ice
1995
as Brother Cadfael
Frank and Percy
TBA
Broken English
2026
as The Narrator
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