Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE, (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and film director. A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in the search stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He received a Tony Award for his performance in Much Ado About Nothing. His stage work also includes playing notable historical figures such as Edward II, Octavius Caesar, Richard III of England, and Cyrano de Bergerac. In addition to being a founder member of the Royal National Theatre and winning several prestigious theatre awards, Jacobi has also enjoyed a successful television career, appearing in the critically praised adaptation I, Claudius, for which he won a BAFTA; the titular role in the acclaimed medieval drama series Brother Cadfael, and Stanley Baldwin in The Gathering Storm. Though principally a stage actor, Jacobi has appeared in a number of films, such as Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), Gladiator (2000), Gosford Park (2001), The Golden Compass (2007), The King's Speech (2010), and the forthcoming Hippie Hippie Shake. Like Laurence Olivier, he holds two knighthoods, Danish and British.
Movies starring Derek Jacobi (146)
Lucian Freud
The Friar
Gracchus
Self (Archive Footage)
Narrator (Voice)
Balzer
Narrator(Voice)
Lord Dempsey
Narrator (Voice)
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Voice
Randal
The Magician (Voice)
Mr. Pye
Cyrano De Bergerac
The Stranger
Martin Beck
Don John
(Archive Footage)
Movies Made by Derek Jacobi (1)
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