Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

GladiatorCinderellaGladiator IITomb RaiderThe Golden Compass
148 credits
Moss & Freud

Moss & Freud(2026)

Lucian Freud

Broken English

Broken English(2026)

The Narrator

Heartstopper Forever

Heartstopper Forever(2026)

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo(2025)

The Friar

Tinsel Town

Tinsel Town(2025)

Albert

Gladiator II

Gladiator II(2024)

Gracchus

Allelujah

Allelujah(2023)

Ambrose

The Martini Shot

The Martini Shot(2023)

Errol

A Bird Flew In

A Bird Flew In(2022)

David

Say Your Prayers

Say Your Prayers(2021)

Father Enoch

Come Away

Come Away(2020)

Mr. Brown

The Host

The Host(2020)

Dr. Hobson

No art

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street(2020)

Himself

Breaking The Codes

Breaking The Codes(2020)

Tolkien

Tolkien(2019)

Professor Joseph Wright

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans(2019)

Claudius

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi(2019)

Lord Palmerston

Muse

Muse(2019)

The Lawyer

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider(2018)

Mr. Yaffe

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth(2018)

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express(2017)

Edward Henry Masterman

Stratton

Stratton(2017)

Ross

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong(2017)

Scrooge

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

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

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet(2016)

Mercutio

The History of Love

The History of Love(2016)

Leopold Gursky

The Devil of Christmas

The Devil of Christmas(2016)

The Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke(2015)

Narrator (voice) – King James Version

Venom

Venom(2015)

Narrator

Cinderella

Cinderella(2015)

King

Effie Gray

Effie Gray(2014)

Travers Twiss

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco(2014)

Count Fernando D'Aillieres

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage(2013)

Claudius/Spooner

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene(2013)

Narrator (voice)

You

You(2013)

Man

Last Will. & Testament

Last Will. & Testament(2012)

Himself

Jail Caesar

Jail Caesar(2012)

Sulla

The Halloween Kid

The Halloween Kid(2012)

Narrator

Anonymous

Anonymous(2011)

Prologue

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons(2011)

Honorio

Ironclad

Ironclad(2011)

Cornhill

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)(2011)

Narrator (voice)

National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear(2011)

King Lear

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn(2011)

Sir Owen Morshead

Joe Maddison's War

Joe Maddison's War(2010)

Mr. Simpson

The King's Speech

The King's Speech(2010)

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Hereafter

Hereafter(2010)

Derek Jacobi

Diamonds

Diamonds(2009)

Piers Denmont

Endgame

Endgame(2009)

Rudolph Agnew

Margot

Margot(2009)

Fred Ashton

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On(2009)

Quentin Neely

Charles Dickens's England

Charles Dickens's England(2009)

Himself - Presenter

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected(2008)

Dr. Nathan Gross

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs(2008)

Nigel Dewberry

Sidney Turtlebaum

Sidney Turtlebaum(2008)

Sidney Turtlebaum

One of Those Days

One of Those Days(2008)

Howard Whittam

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Pompeii and the Roman Villa(2008)

Narrator

The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us(2008)

The Master (archive footage)

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass(2007)

Magisterial Emissary

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop(2007)

Grandfather

The Riddle

The Riddle(2007)

The Tramp / Charles Dickens

No art

Anastezsi(2007)

Balzer

Guantanamero

Guantanamero(2007)

Guido

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space(2007)

President

The Art of Francis Bacon

The Art of Francis Bacon(2007)

Derek Jacobi

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution(2006)

Alexander Corvinus

Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia(2006)

Senator Augusto Pinochet

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy(2006)

Narrator (voice)

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee(2005)

Mr. Wheen

Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird(2005)

Lord Dempsey

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy(2005)

Narrator(voice)

Strings

Strings(2004)

Nezo

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

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

Other Voices (voice)

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On(2004)

Mr. Operatski (voice)

No art

Cloud Cuckoo Land(2004)

Victor

Revengers Tragedy

Revengers Tragedy(2002)

The Duke

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm(2002)

Stanley Baldwin

Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War(2002)

Maj. Merton

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Ultimate Fights from the Movies(2002)

Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky(2002)

Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters(2002)

Narrator (voice)

Inquisition

Inquisition(2002)

Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

Gosford Park

Gosford Park(2001)

Probert

The Body

The Body(2001)

Father Lavelle

Revelation

Revelation(2001)

Librarian

Great Escape: The Untold Story

Great Escape: The Untold Story(2001)

Narrator

David Macaulay: Mill Times

David Macaulay: Mill Times(2001)

Priam Huntington (voice)

Gladiator

Gladiator(2000)

Gracchus

The Wyvern Mystery

The Wyvern Mystery(2000)

Squire Fairfield

Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa(2000)

Lucky Leadbetter

No art

Wilfred(2000)

Voice

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings(2000)

Various Characters

The Chimes

The Chimes(1999)

Narrator

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien(1999)

Father Leonor Fousnel

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Animated Epics: Beowulf(1998)

Narrator ( voice )

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

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon(1998)

Francis Bacon

Basil

Basil(1998)

Father Frederick

Hamlet

Hamlet(1996)

King Claudius

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code(1996)

Alan Turing

Witness Against Hitler

Witness Against Hitler(1996)

General

Achilles

Achilles(1995)

Narrator

The Virgin in the Ice

The Virgin in the Ice(1995)

Brother Cadfael

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden(1994)

Archibald Craven (voice)

David Macaulay: Roman City

David Macaulay: Roman City(1994)

Marcus Fabricius (voice)

One Corpse Too Many

One Corpse Too Many(1994)

Brother Cadfael

The Sanctuary Sparrow

The Sanctuary Sparrow(1994)

Brother Cadfael

The Leper of St. Giles

The Leper of St. Giles(1994)

Brother Cadfael

Monk's Hood

Monk's Hood(1994)

Brother Cadfael

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher(1994)

Jeremy Fisher (voice)

The Vision Thing

The Vision Thing(1993)

George Salisbury

No art

Circles of Deceit(1993)

Randal

Aladdin

Aladdin(1992)

The Magician (voice)

Dead Again

Dead Again(1991)

Franklyn Madson

No art

The Fool(1990)

Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet(1990)

Himself

Henry V

Henry V(1989)

Chorus

David Macaulay: Pyramid

David Macaulay: Pyramid(1989)

Hordedef (voice)

The Congress

The Congress(1989)

(voice)

The Tenth Man

The Tenth Man(1988)

The Imposter

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit(1987)

Arthur Clennam

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden(1987)

Archibald Craven

No art

Mr. Pye(1986)

Mr. Pye

David Macaulay: Cathedral

David Macaulay: Cathedral(1986)

Pierre (voice)

No art

Cyrano de Bergerac(1985)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town(1982)

The Stranger

Enigma

Enigma(1982)

Kurt Limmer

The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH(1982)

Nicodemus (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1982)

Dom Claude Frollo

Charlotte

Charlotte(1981)

Daberlohn

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke(1980)

Martin Beck

Hamlet

Hamlet(1980)

Hamlet

The Human Factor

The Human Factor(1979)

Arthur Davis

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch(1978)

Townley - Publisher

Richard II

Richard II(1978)

King Richard II

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Mysterious Castles of Clay(1978)

Narrator

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Philby, Burgess and Maclean(1977)

Guy Burgess

The Odessa File

The Odessa File(1974)

Klaus Wenzer

Blue Blood

Blue Blood(1974)

Gregory

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal(1973)

Inspector Caron

Three Sisters

Three Sisters(1970)

Andrei

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing(1967)

Don John

Othello

Othello(1965)

Cassio

No art

Olivier Talks About Othello(1965)

(archive footage)

No art

The Fishing Match(1962)

Eric

No art

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

Narrator

No art

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

Narrator

No art

Lead Heads

No art

Frank and Percy