Overview
Mini Biography:
Preeminent British classical actor of the first post-Olivier generation...
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Trivia:
Along with
Mark Gatiss, he is one of only two actors to play both the...
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another
11 wins
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7 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Sir Derek Jacobi
Filmography
- "Mist: Sheepdog Tales" .... Narrator (26 episodes, 2007-2008)
- Mist's Long Night (2008) TV episode .... Narrator
- The Winter Guests (2008) TV episode .... Narrator
- Monsieur Mouton (2008) TV episode .... Narrator
- Eddie's Gripping Adventure (2008) TV episode .... Narrator
- The Lamb Who Cried Eagle (2008) TV episode .... Narrator
(21 more) - "Diamonds" (2008) TV mini-series .... Piers Denmont
- The Old Curiosity Shop (2007) (TV) .... Grandfather
- "Doctor Who" .... Professor Yana (1 episode, 2007)
- Utopia (2007) TV episode .... Professor Yana - Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy (2006) (TV) .... Narrator
- Pinochet in Suburbia (2006) (TV) .... Senator Pinochet
... aka Pinochet's Last Stand (USA: new title) - Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (2004) (TV) .... Colonel Protheroe
- The Long Firm (2004) (TV) .... Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
- London (2004) (TV) .... Tacitus
- Henry VIII (2003) (TV) (voice) (uncredited) .... Narrator
- Mr. Ambassador (2003) (TV) .... Hugo Vickers
- "Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka" (2003) TV mini-series (voice) .... The Master
- Inquisition (2002) (TV) .... Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
- The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV) .... Stanley Baldwin
- "The Jury" (2002) TV mini-series .... George Cording QC
- "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)" .... Colonel Anger (1 episode, 2001)
- Painkillers (2001) TV episode .... Colonel Anger - "Frasier" .... Jackson Hedley (1 episode, 2001)
- The Show Must Go Off (2001) TV episode .... Jackson Hedley - Great Escape: The Untold Story (2001) (TV) .... Narrator
- Jason and the Argonauts (2000) (TV) .... Phineas
- The Wyvern Mystery (2000) (TV) .... Squire Fairfield
- "Flora Britannica" (1999) TV series .... Narrator
- "Cadfael" .... Brother Cadfael (13 episodes, 1994-1998)
... aka Mystery!: Cadfael (USA)
- The Pilgrim of Hate (1998) TV episode .... Brother Cadfael
- The Potter's Field (1998) TV episode .... Brother Cadfael
- The Holy Thief (1998) TV episode .... Brother Cadfael
- The Raven in the Foregate (1997) TV episode .... Brother Cadfael
- St Peter's Fair (1997) TV episode .... Brother Cadfael
(8 more) - Animated Epics: Beowulf (1998) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Beowulf (Europe) - "Great Performances" .... Master of Ceremonies (1 episode, 1997)
- San Francisco Opera Gala Celebration (1997) TV episode .... Master of Ceremonies - Breaking the Code (1996) (TV) .... Alan Turing
- Witness Against Hitler (1996) (TV) .... General
- "ABC Weekend Specials" .... Archibald Craven (1 episode, 1994)
- The Secret Garden (1994) TV episode (voice) .... Archibald Craven - "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends" .... Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1 episode, 1994)
- The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1994) TV episode (voice) .... Mr. Jeremy Fisher - Circle of Deceit (1993) (TV) .... Randal
- The Vision Thing (1993) (TV) .... George Salisbury
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1990) (TV) .... Daedalus
... aka Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths
- The Tenth Man (1988) (TV) .... The Imposter
- The Secret Garden (1987) (TV) .... Archibald Craven
- "Mr Pye" .... Mr. Pye (4 episodes, 1986)
- Made for the Moonlight (1986) TV episode .... Mr. Pye
- The Perjured Soul (1986) TV episode .... Mr. Pye
- The First Martyr (1986) TV episode .... Mr. Pye
- Preparing the Way (1986) TV episode .... Mr. Pye - Cyrano de Bergerac (1985) (TV) .... Cyrano de Bergerac
- "Tales of the Unexpected" .... Drioli / ... (2 episodes, 1980-1982)
... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
- Stranger in Town (1982) TV episode .... Sir Columbus - The Stranger
- Skin (1980) TV episode .... Drioli - Inside the Third Reich (1982) (TV) .... Adolf Hitler
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) (TV) .... Dom Claude Frollo
... aka Hunchback (USA: video title) - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) (TV) .... Hamlet
... aka Hamlet
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (USA: video title)
- "Minder" .... Freddy Fenton (1 episode, 1979)
- The Bounty Hunter (1979) TV episode .... Freddy Fenton - "Call My Bluff" .... On-screen Participant (2 episodes, 1979)
- Episode dated 6 March 1979 (1979) TV episode .... On-screen Participant
- Episode dated 27 February 1979 (1979) TV episode - King Richard the Second (1978) (TV) .... Richard II
... aka Richard II
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: King Richard the Second (USA: video title) - Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977) (TV) .... Guy Burgess
- "I, Claudius" .... Claudius (10 episodes, 1976)
- Old King Log (1976) TV episode .... Claudius
- A God in Colchester (1976) TV episode .... Claudius
- Fool's Luck (1976) TV episode .... Claudius
- Hail Who? (1976) TV episode .... Claudius
- Zeus, by Jove! (1976) TV episode .... Claudius
(5 more) - "Affairs of the Heart" .... Bertram Braddle (1 episode, 1975)
- Elizabeth (1975) TV episode .... Bertram Braddle - Markheim (1974) (TV) .... Markheim
- "The Pallisers" .... Lord Fawn (1 episode, 1974)
- Episode #1.10 (1974) TV episode .... Lord Fawn - "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" .... William Drew (1 episode, 1973)
- The Secret of the Foxhunter (1973) TV episode .... William Drew - "The Strauss Family" (1972) TV mini-series .... Josef Lanner
- "Budgie" .... Herbert Fletcher (1 episode, 1972)
- Do Me a Favour (1972) TV episode .... Herbert Fletcher - "Man of Straw" (1972) TV mini-series .... Diederich Hessling (unknown episodes)
- "ITV Playhouse" .... Gerry (1 episode, 1968)
- The Photographer (1968) TV episode .... Gerry - Much Ado About Nothing (1967) (TV) .... Don John
- "Armchair Theatre" .... Eric (1 episode, 1962)
- The Fishing Match (1962) TV episode .... Eric
- The Winter's Tale (2009) (in production) .... Antigonus
- Endgame (2010) (post-production)
- Hippie Hippie Shake (2008) (post-production) .... Judge
- Morris: A Life with Bells On (2008) (completed) .... Quentin Neely
- One of Those Days (2008) .... Howard
- A Bunch of Amateurs (2008) .... Nigel
- Sidney Turtlebaum (2008) .... Sidney Turtlebaum
- Adam Resurrected (2008) .... Dr. Nathan Gross
... aka Leben für ein Leben - Adam Resurrected, Ein (Germany) - The Golden Compass (2007) .... Magisterial Emissary
- Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space (2007) .... President
- Anastezsi (2007) .... Balzer
- The Riddle (2007) .... The Tramp / Charles Dickens
- Arritmia (2007) .... Guido/Commander
... aka Guantanamero (USA) - Underworld: Evolution (2006) (as Sir Derek Jacobi) .... Corvinus
- Nanny McPhee (2005) .... Mr. Wheen
... aka Nanny McPhee (France) - Project Huxley (2005) .... Voice of Huxley
- Bye Bye Blackbird (2005) .... Lord Dempsey
... aka Adieu, schöner, schwarzer Vogel (Germany) - Strings (2004) (voice: English version) .... Nezo
- Cloud Cuckoo Land (2004) .... Victor
- Two Men Went to War (2002) .... Maj. Merton
- Night's Noontime (2002) .... Richard Dadd
- Revengers Tragedy (2002) .... The Duke
- Gosford Park (2001) .... Probert
... aka Gosford Park (Italy) - Revelation (2001) .... Librarian
- The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001) (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi) .... The Voice of Nijinsky
... aka Nijinski (Germany)
... aka Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (USA)
... aka Tagebücher von Waslaw Nijinski, Die (Germany) - The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream (2001) (voice) .... Theseus
- The Body (2001) .... Father Lavelle
... aka Geheimnisvolle Grab, Das (Germany)
... aka The Body - das geheimnisvolle Grab (Germany: TV title) - On Wings of Fire (2001) .... Narrator
- Wilfred (2000)
- Gladiator (2000) .... Gracchus
- Up at the Villa (2000) .... Lucky Leadbetter
- Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) .... Father Leonor Fouesnel
... aka Damiaan (Belgium: Flemish title)
... aka Father Damien
... aka Molokai: The Forbidden Island (UK: DVD title) - Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) .... Francis Bacon
... aka Love Is the Devil (France) (UK: short title)
... aka Ai no akuma (Japan)
... aka Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (USA) - Basil (1998) .... Father Frederick
- Hamlet (1996) .... Claudius
... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet (USA: complete title) - Achilles (1996) .... Narrator
- Dead Again (1991) .... Franklyn Madson
- The Fool (1990) .... Mr. Frederick/Sir John
- Henry V (1989) .... Chorus
- Little Dorrit (1988) .... Arthur Clennam
... aka Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault (UK: first part title)
... aka Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story (UK: second part title)
... aka Little Dorrit's Story
... aka Nobody's Fault - Enigma (1983) .... Kurt Limmer, East German
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) (voice) .... Nicodemus
... aka Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH - Charlotte (1981) .... Daberlohn
... aka Charlotte S. (West Germany: reissue title) - Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste, Der (1980) .... Martin Beck
... aka A Svéd, akinek nyoma veszett (Hungary)
... aka Mannen som gick upp i rök (Sweden)
... aka The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
- The Human Factor (1979) .... Arthur Davis
- The Medusa Touch (1978) .... Townley
... aka Grande menace, La (France) - The Odessa File (1974) .... Klaus Wenzer
... aka Akte Odessa, Die (West Germany)
... aka Fall Odessa, Der (West Germany) - The Day of the Jackal (1973) .... Caron
... aka Chacal (France) - Blue Blood (1973) .... Gregory
... aka Blueblood (USA) - Three Sisters (1970) .... Andrei
- Interlude (1968/I) .... Paul
- Othello (1965) .... Cassio
- Aladdin (1992) (V) (voice) .... The Magician
Additional Details
Other Works:
Played Alan Turing in Hugh Whitemore's play "Breaking the Code" in both London and New York (both 1986), on UK tour (1992), as well as in the TV adaptation
Breaking the Code (1996) (TV).
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