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Acting

Derek Jacobi

Career: Active from 1962 to 2026, busiest in 1994 and 2007 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles: 94
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: I, Claudius
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 111 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Derek Jacobi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 15
Social Commentary 8
Historical Drama 7
Character-Driven 6
Biographical Drama 6
Historical Setting 5
Magical Realism 5
Period Piece 5
Psychological Drama 3
Mystery 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Psychological Depth 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

193

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

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1 title

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

as Narrator

2020s

18 titles · average score 65

Moss & Freud

57

as Lucian Freud

Tinsel Town

51

as Albert

Juliet & Romeo

36

as The Friar

Gladiator II

64

as Gracchus

Ludwig

83

TV show · as Mr. Todd

U-Boat Wargamers

76

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Martini Shot

63

as Errol

Allelujah

43

as Ambrose

A Bird Flew In

as David

The Sandman

72

TV show · as Erasmus Fry

The Lost Pirate Kingdom

82

TV show · as Narrator

Say Your Prayers

72

as Father Enoch

2010s

40 titles · average score 65

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

83

TV show · as Narrator

Tolkien

57

as Professor Joseph Wright

Tomb Raider

54

as Mr. Yaffe

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

75

as Scrooge

The History of Love

62

as Leopold Gursky

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

79

as Mercutio

Cinderella

72

as King

Vicious

72

TV show · as Stuart Bixby

Last Tango in Halifax

83

TV show · as Alan

Titanic: Blood and Steel

62

TV show · as Lord Pirrie

My Week with Marilyn

71

as Sir Owen Morshead

Ironclad

50

as Cornhill

2000s

58 titles · average score 61

Diamonds

61

TV show

Adam Resurrected

51

as Dr. Nathan Gross

A Bunch of Amateurs

53

as Nigel Dewberry

In the Night Garden

66

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Old Curiosity Shop

52

as Grandfather

Underworld: Evolution

46

as Alexander Corvinus

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Professor Yana

The Long Firm

74

TV show · as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby

Strings

67

as Nezo

Doctor Who: The Scream of the Shalka

67

as The Master

Gladiator

79

as Gracchus

Jason and the Argonauts

62

TV show · as Phineas

1990s

31 titles · average score 71

The Chimes

as Narrator

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

64

as Francis Bacon

Animated Epics: Beowulf

66

as Narrator ( voice )

Hamlet

86

as King Claudius

Breaking the Code

70

as Alan Turing

Achilles

61

as Narrator

Cadfael

78

TV show · as Brother Cadfael

The Secret Garden

73

as Archibald Craven (voice)

Frasier

85

TV show · as Jackson Hedley

Aladdin

48

as The Magician (voice)

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Daedalus & Icarus

as Daedalus

as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

1980s

19 titles · average score 70

Henry V

82

as Chorus

The Tenth Man

66

as The Imposter

Little Dorrit

67

as Arthur Clennam

The Secret Garden

73

as Archibald Craven

Mr Pye

TV show · as Mr Pye

David Macaulay: Cathedral

as Pierre (voice)

The Secret of NIMH

81

as Nicodemus (voice)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

57

as Dom Claude Frollo

Inside the Third Reich

71

TV show · as Adolf Hitler

Enigma

57

as Kurt Limmer

Hamlet

71

as Hamlet

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

as Martin Beck

1970s

19 titles · average score 69

The Human Factor

50

as Arthur Davis

Minder

75

TV show · as Freddie Fenton

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Drioli / The Stranger

Mysterious Castles of Clay

as Narrator

Richard II

80

as King Richard II

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

as Guy Burgess

I, Claudius

92

TV show · as Claudius

The Odessa File

67

as Klaus Wenzer

NOVA

79

TV show · as Voice of Ernest Shackleton

Blue Blood

44

as Gregory

Man of Straw

TV show · as Diederich Hessling

Three Sisters

46

as Andrei

1960s

5 titles · average score 73

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Gerry

Much Ado About Nothing

as Don John

Othello

67

as Cassio

Horizon

80

TV show · as Narrator

The Fishing Match

as Eric

1950s

2 titles · average score 76

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Eric

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Imposter / Dom Claude