Derek Jacobi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

214

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-10-22 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Derek Jacobi

Biography

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

Known For

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Amazing World of Gumball

    The Amazing World of Gumball

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • NOVA

    NOVA

  • The Sandman

    The Sandman

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Gladiator

    Gladiator

  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

  • Cinderella

    Cinderella

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Tinsel Town

    Tinsel Town

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Juliet & Romeo

    Juliet & Romeo

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

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

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • I, Claudius

    I, Claudius

  • Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

  • In the Night Garden

    In the Night Garden

  • The Golden Compass

    The Golden Compass

  • Nanny McPhee

    Nanny McPhee

  • Breaking the Code

    Breaking the Code

  • Tomb Raider

    Tomb Raider

  • The Ties That Bind Us

    The Ties That Bind Us

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

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

  • Ludwig

    Ludwig

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Cadfael

    Cadfael

  • The Day of the Jackal

    The Day of the Jackal

  • Basil

    Basil

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • The Congress

    The Congress

  • The King's Speech

    The King's Speech

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

  • The Secret of NIMH

    The Secret of NIMH

  • Doctor Who Confidential

    Doctor Who Confidential

  • Underworld: Evolution

    Underworld: Evolution

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • Strings

    Strings

  • Ironclad

    Ironclad

  • Anastezsi

    Anastezsi

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • The Host

    The Host

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Tolkien

    Tolkien

  • Diamonds

    Diamonds

  • Come Away

    Come Away

  • The Body

    The Body

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Stratton

    Stratton

  • Revengers Tragedy

    Revengers Tragedy

  • Dead Again

    Dead Again

  • Achilles

    Achilles

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • Revelation

    Revelation

  • Jail Caesar

    Jail Caesar

  • Blue Blood

    Blue Blood

  • Charlotte

    Charlotte

  • Inquisition

    Inquisition

  • Mr. Pye

    Mr. Pye

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous

  • Adam Resurrected

    Adam Resurrected

  • Richard II

    Richard II

  • Titanic: Blood and Steel

    Titanic: Blood and Steel

  • Othello

    Othello

  • Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

  • Budgie

    Budgie

  • Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

    Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

  • Witness Against Hitler

    Witness Against Hitler

  • Aladdin

    Aladdin

  • Last Tango in Halifax

    Last Tango in Halifax

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

  • Allelujah

    Allelujah

  • Vicious

    Vicious

  • Henry VIII

    Henry VIII

  • The Jury

    The Jury

  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

    The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

  • The Gospel of Luke

    The Gospel of Luke

  • Guantanamero

    Guantanamero

  • Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

  • The Riddle

    The Riddle

  • My Week with Marilyn

    My Week with Marilyn

  • Enigma

    Enigma

  • Muse

    Muse

  • Hereafter

    Hereafter

  • Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

    Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

  • Wedden, dat..?

    Wedden, dat..?

  • The History of Love

    The History of Love

  • Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

    Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

  • Endgame

    Endgame

  • The Fool

    The Fool

  • The Gathering Storm

    The Gathering Storm

  • The Tenth Man

    The Tenth Man

  • The Lost Pirate Kingdom

    The Lost Pirate Kingdom

  • Moss & Freud

    Moss & Freud

  • The West

    The West

  • The Storyteller: Greek Myths

    The Storyteller: Greek Myths

  • The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

  • Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

  • There Be Dragons

    There Be Dragons

  • Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

    Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

  • The Medusa Touch

    The Medusa Touch

  • Ultimate Fights from the Movies

    Ultimate Fights from the Movies

  • The Making of Gosford Park

    The Making of Gosford Park

  • The Martini Shot

    The Martini Shot

  • The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

    The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

  • The American Buffalo

    The American Buffalo

  • Circle of Deceit

    Circle of Deceit

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Rhythm of Life

    Rhythm of Life

  • Inside the Third Reich

    Inside the Third Reich

  • Up at the Villa

    Up at the Villa

  • The Dinosaur Hunters

    The Dinosaur Hunters

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

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

  • The Pallisers

    The Pallisers

  • Doctor Who Greatest Moments

    Doctor Who Greatest Moments

  • The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

    The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

  • Two Men Went To War

    Two Men Went To War

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Looking for Richard

    Looking for Richard

  • David Macaulay: Cathedral

    David Macaulay: Cathedral

  • Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

  • Monk's Hood

    Monk's Hood

  • Pinochet in Suburbia

    Pinochet in Suburbia

  • The Odessa File

    The Odessa File

  • One of Those Days

    One of Those Days

  • The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

  • Say Your Prayers

    Say Your Prayers

  • The Wyvern Mystery

    The Wyvern Mystery

  • Stranger in Town

    Stranger in Town

  • Grace of Monaco

    Grace of Monaco

  • A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

    A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

  • A Bird Flew In

    A Bird Flew In

  • One Corpse Too Many

    One Corpse Too Many

  • Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

    Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

  • Margot

    Margot

  • Effie Gray

    Effie Gray

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • David Macaulay: Roman City

    David Macaulay: Roman City

  • Frank and Percy

    Frank and Percy

  • I, Claudius: A Television Epic

    I, Claudius: A Television Epic

  • The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty

  • David Macaulay: Mill Times

    David Macaulay: Mill Times

  • Nothing Is Truer than Truth

    Nothing Is Truer than Truth

  • On Wings of Fire

    On Wings of Fire

  • The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

  • The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

    The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

  • Philby, Burgess and Maclean

    Philby, Burgess and Maclean

  • The Sanctuary Sparrow

    The Sanctuary Sparrow

  • The Vision Thing

    The Vision Thing

  • Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

    Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

  • Breaking The Codes

    Breaking The Codes

  • Joe Maddison's War

    Joe Maddison's War

  • The Virgin in the Ice

    The Virgin in the Ice

  • London

    London

  • The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

    The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

  • U-Boat Wargamers

    U-Boat Wargamers

  • The Long Firm

    The Long Firm

  • The Fishing Match

    The Fishing Match

  • Bye Bye Blackbird

    Bye Bye Blackbird

  • David Macaulay: Pyramid

    David Macaulay: Pyramid

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Shakespeare Uncovered

    Shakespeare Uncovered

  • Mr. Pye

    Mr. Pye

  • Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

    Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka

  • Lead Heads

    Lead Heads

  • The Human Factor

    The Human Factor

  • A Bunch of Amateurs

    A Bunch of Amateurs

  • Diamonds

    Diamonds

  • Animated Epics: Beowulf

    Animated Epics: Beowulf

  • Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Cloud Cuckoo Land

  • Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

    Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

  • The Devil of Christmas

    The Devil of Christmas

  • Olivier Talks About Othello

    Olivier Talks About Othello

  • The Chimes

    The Chimes

  • Venom

    Venom

  • The Halloween Kid

    The Halloween Kid

  • The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

    The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

  • Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

    Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

  • Broken English

    Broken English

  • Last Will. & Testament

    Last Will. & Testament

  • The Velvet Claw

    The Velvet Claw

  • Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

    Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

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

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

  • Sidney Turtlebaum

    Sidney Turtlebaum

  • Strength and Honor: Production Pods

    Strength and Honor: Production Pods

  • Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

    Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

  • Morris: A Life with Bells On

    Morris: A Life with Bells On

  • Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

    Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

  • The Leper of St. Giles

    The Leper of St. Giles

  • The Art of Francis Bacon

    The Art of Francis Bacon

  • Mysterious Castles of Clay

    Mysterious Castles of Clay

  • Great Escape: The Untold Story

    Great Escape: The Untold Story

  • Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

    Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

  • Pompeii and the Roman Villa

    Pompeii and the Roman Villa

  • You

    You

  • National Theatre Live: King Lear

    National Theatre Live: King Lear

  • Pearl Islands

    Pearl Islands

  • Charles Dickens's England

    Charles Dickens's England

  • Venom! Nine Ways to Die

    Venom! Nine Ways to Die

  • Wilfred

    Wilfred