Acting
Derek Jacobi
- Titles
- 160movies56TV shows
- Career
Active from 1962 to 2025, busiest in 1994 and 2007 with 7 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 93top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
I, Claudius92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 89 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.7average 2.6
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Nostalgia4.4average 3.6
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.2
- Physical Comedy1.7, average 2.5
- Adrenaline4.3, average 5.1
- Scare1.9, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 16
- Historical Drama 8
- Social Commentary 6
- Character-Driven 6
- Historical Setting 5
- Class Conflict 5
- Period Piece 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Mystery 4
- Biographical Drama 4
- World War II 3
- Melancholy 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Brian BlessedActorI, Claudius, Henry V, David Macaulay: Roman City, Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy, David Macaulay: Cathedral, +1 more
Kenneth BranaghActorCinderella, My Week with Marilyn, Dead Again, Hamlet, Henry V, +1 more
Michael CulverActorCadfael, One Corpse Too Many, Philby, Burgess and Maclean, The Virgin in the Ice, The Leper of St. Giles
John GielgudActorInside the Third Reich, The Human Factor, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Inside the Third Reich, Richard II
Frank FinlayActorEnigma, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, Olivier Talks About Othello
Steve PembertonActorHow Do You Plead?, The Devil of Christmas, Inside No. 9: The Devil of Christmas, The Devil of Christmas
Cavan ClerkinActorThe Devil of Christmas, Sidney Turtlebaum, Inside No. 9: The Devil of Christmas, The Devil of Christmas
Reece ShearsmithActorHow Do You Plead?, The Devil of Christmas, Inside No. 9: The Devil of Christmas, The Devil of Christmas
David MacaulayActorDavid Macaulay: Roman City, David Macaulay: Cathedral, David Macaulay: Mill Times, David Macaulay: Pyramid
Julian FirthActorCadfael, One Corpse Too Many, The Virgin in the Ice, The Leper of St. Giles- LLarry KleinWriterDavid Macaulay: Roman City, David Macaulay: Cathedral, David Macaulay: Mill Times, David Macaulay: Pyramid
- EEdith PargeterWriterCadfael, One Corpse Too Many, The Virgin in the Ice, The Leper of St. Giles
Movies and TV shows
190Upcoming
4 titles
as Narrator
as Judge
as Lucian Freud
as Narrator
2020s
17 titles · average score 65
53
as The Friar
65
as Gracchus
TV show · as Mr. Todd
72
as Errol
56
as Ambrose
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
70
TV show · as Sir Ralph Unwin
75
TV show · as (voice)
77
TV show · as Erasmus Fry
70
TV show · as Narrator
63
as Father Enoch
57
as Mr. Brown
2010s
42 titles · average score 69
83
TV show · as Narrator
68
as Professor Joseph Wright
63
as Mr. Yaffe
74
as Scrooge
63
as Leopold Gursky
68
as King
72
TV show · as Stuart Bixby
78
TV show · as Alan
TV show · as Lord Pirrie
67
as Sir Owen Morshead
61
as Cornhill
2000s
56 titles · average score 64
64
as Quentin Neely
62TV show
61
as Dr. Nathan Gross
57
as Nigel Dewberry
66
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
57
as Grandfather
66
as Alexander Corvinus
76
TV show · as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
59
as The Duke
54
as Father Lavelle
83
as Gracchus
60
TV show · as Phineas
1990s
28 titles · average score 68
64
as Father Leonor Fousnel
56
as Father Frederick
75
as King Claudius
62
as Alan Turing
62
as Narrator
TV show · as Brother Cadfael
59
as Archibald Craven (voice)
as The Magician (voice)
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
66
as Franklyn Madson
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
1980s
19 titles · average score 69
73
as Chorus
as Hordedef (voice)
68
as The Imposter
66
as Arthur Clennam
73
as Archibald Craven
TV show · as Mr. Pye
as Pierre (voice)
75
as Nicodemus (voice)
60
as Dom Claude Frollo
57
as Kurt Limmer
70
as Hamlet
as Martin Beck
1970s
18 titles · average score 69
60
as Arthur Davis
73
TV show · as Freddie Fenton
77
as King Richard II
as Narrator
as Guy Burgess
92
TV show · as Claudius
75
TV show
68
as Klaus Wenzer
44
as Gregory
76
as Inspector Caron
TV show
50
as Andrei
1960s
5 titles · average score 73
as Don John
67
as Cassio
as (archive footage)
79
TV show · as Narrator
as Eric
1950s
1 title · average score 83
83
TV show · as Archibald Craven / Imposter