Derek Jacobi
Born in Leytonstone, London, England, UK — Oct 22 1938
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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
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Doctor Who
Professor Yana
NOVA
Voice of Ernest Shackleton
Frasier
Jackson Hedley
Horizon
Narrator
The Crown
Duke of Windsor
The Sandman
Erasmus Fry
Minder
Freddie Fenton
The Amazing World of Gumball
Narrator (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Protheroe
Tales of the Unexpected
The Stranger
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Gladiator
Gracchus
Inside No. 9
Webster
Good Omens
The Metatron
The Borgias
Cardinal Orsini
Cadfael
Brother Cadfael
Gladiator II
Gracchus
Baseball
Various (voice)
Doctor Who Confidential
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
William Drew
Cinderella
King
In the Night Garden
Narrator (voice)
I, Claudius
Claudius
Budgie
Herbert Fletcher
Les Misérables
Bishop Myriel
The Civil War
Various
Vicious
Stuart Bixby
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Lord Pirrie
The Pallisers
Lord Fawn
Wedden, dat..?
Self
Murder on the Orient Express
Edward Henry Masterman
Tomb Raider
Mr. Yaffe
Ludwig
Mr. Todd
The King's Speech
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
The Jury
George Cording QC
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Nanny McPhee
Mr. Wheen
The Golden Compass
Magisterial Emissary
Last Tango in Halifax
Alan
The West
Self (voice)
Underworld: Evolution
Alexander Corvinus
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dom Claude
Henry VIII
Narrator
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Narrator
Jason and the Argonauts
Phineas
Hamlet
King Claudius
ITV Playhouse
Gerry
Juliet & Romeo
The Friar
Hereafter
Derek Jacobi
The Day of the Jackal
Inspector Caron
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Daedalus
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies
Sir Ralph Unwin
Tolkien
Professor Joseph Wright
Ironclad
Cornhill
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
London
Tacitus
My Week with Marilyn
Sir Owen Morshead
The Long Firm
Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
The American Buffalo
(voice)
Henry V
Chorus
Come Away
Mr. Brown
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
The Master (voice)
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Narrator
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
Strings
Nezo
Gosford Park
Probert
Inside the Third Reich
Adolf Hitler
Anonymous
Prologue
Endgame
Rudolph Agnew
Stratton
Ross
Tinsel Town
Albert
Effie Gray
Travers Twiss
Armchair Theatre
Eric
The Secret of NIMH
Nicodemus (voice)
The Odessa File
Klaus Wenzer
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
Revelation
Librarian
Muse of Fire
Self
Diamonds
The History of Love
Leopold Gursky
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dom Claude Frollo
Mr Pye
Mr Pye
Three Sisters
Andrei
Enigma
Kurt Limmer
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Claudius
Othello
Cassio
Dead Again
Franklyn Madson
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
The Body
Father Lavelle
Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tenth Man
The Imposter
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Claudius/Spooner
The Medusa Touch
Townley - Publisher
The Host
Dr. Hobson
The Gathering Storm
Stanley Baldwin
The Human Factor
Arthur Davis
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
Richard II
King Richard II
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
The Fool
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye
Charlotte
Daberlohn
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
Muse
The Lawyer
Allelujah
Ambrose
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Father Leonor Fousnel
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
Up at the Villa
Lucky Leadbetter
The Velvet Claw
Narrator
Basil
Father Frederick
Margot
Fred Ashton
Broken English
The Narrator
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
Blue Blood
Gregory
There Be Dragons
Honorio
Pinochet in Suburbia
Senator Augusto Pinochet
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Frank and Percy
U-Boat Wargamers
Narrator (voice)
Achilles
Narrator
Moss & Freud
Lucian Freud
Discovering Hamlet
Himself
A Bunch of Amateurs
Nigel Dewberry
Revengers Tragedy
The Duke
The Congress
(voice)
Monk's Hood
Brother Cadfael
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven (voice)
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Guy Burgess
Grace of Monaco
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
Two Men Went To War
Maj. Merton
A Bird Flew In
David
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Brother Cadfael
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Lord Palmerston
Circles of Deceit
Randal
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Pierre (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing
Don John
One of Those Days
Howard Whittam
Witness Against Hitler
General
Diamonds
Piers Denmont
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Scrooge
The Wyvern Mystery
Squire Fairfield
Adam Resurrected
Dr. Nathan Gross
The Ties That Bind Us
The Master (archive footage)
The Martini Shot
Errol
The Statue of Liberty
Self (voice)
Bye Bye Blackbird
Lord Dempsey
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
The Riddle
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
Breaking the Code
Alan Turing
Say Your Prayers
Father Enoch
Aladdin
The Magician (voice)
Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Dinosaur Hunters
Narrator (voice)
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Narrator ( voice )
Guantanamero
Guido
On Wings of Fire
Self
The Gospel of Luke
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
Lead Heads
David Macaulay: Roman City
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator
The Devil of Christmas
Last Will. & Testament
Himself
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Narrator (voice)
The Leper of St. Giles
Brother Cadfael
The Virgin in the Ice
Brother Cadfael
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Mr. Operatski (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy Fisher (voice)
Inquisition
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
One Corpse Too Many
Brother Cadfael
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Hordedef (voice)
The Halloween Kid
Narrator
Jail Caesar
Sulla
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Quentin Neely
Breaking The Codes
National Theatre Live: King Lear
King Lear
Joe Maddison's War
Mr. Simpson
The Vision Thing
George Salisbury
The Chimes
Narrator
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Himself
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
David Macaulay: Mill Times
Priam Huntington (voice)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Victor
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Narrator
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
President
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
Narrator
Venom
Narrator
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Narrator (voice)
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
The Fishing Match
Eric
Charles Dickens's England
Himself - Presenter
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Martin Beck
Olivier Talks About Othello
(archive footage)
Wilfred
Voice
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Narrator
Stranger in Town
The Stranger
Anastezsi
Balzer
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
Mist: The Story of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator(voice)
Pearl Islands
Self
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Narrator
You
Man
The Art of Francis Bacon
Derek Jacobi
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Narrator