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
422020s
5 titles · average score 65
65
as Gracchus
72
as Errol
56
as Ambrose
75
TV show · as (voice)
57
as Mr. Brown
2010s
13 titles · average score 70
83
TV show · as Narrator
68
as Professor Joseph Wright
76
TV show · as Bishop Myriel
63
as Leopold Gursky
83
TV show · as Duke of Windsor
59
as Travers Twiss
78
TV show · as Alan
TV show · as Lord Pirrie
67
as Sir Owen Morshead
53
as Honorio
78
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
63
as Derek Jacobi
2000s
7 titles · average score 71
60
as Rudolph Agnew
61
as Dr. Nathan Gross
80
TV show · as Professor Yana
76
TV show · as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
69
TV show · as Narrator
70
as Stanley Baldwin
83
as Gracchus
1990s
7 titles · average score 67
64
as Father Leonor Fousnel
56
as Father Frederick
75
as King Claudius
62
as Alan Turing
80
TV show · as Daedalus
TV show · as William Russell / Various (voice)
1980s
6 titles · average score 70
73
as Chorus
68
as The Imposter
73
as Archibald Craven
75
as Nicodemus (voice)
60
as Dom Claude Frollo
72
as Adolf Hitler
1970s
3 titles · average score 72
92
TV show · as Claudius
75
TV show
50
as Andrei
1960s
1 title · average score 67
67
as Cassio