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
482020s
6 titles · average score 73
TV show · as Mr. Todd
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
2010s
9 titles · average score 80
83
TV show · as Narrator
80
TV show · as The Metatron / Metatron
76
TV show · as Bishop Myriel
83
TV show · as Duke of Windsor
82
TV show · as Webster
72
TV show · as Stuart Bixby
78
TV show · as Alan
TV show · as Lord Pirrie
84
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
2000s
12 titles · average score 70
62
TV show
66
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
80
TV show · as Professor Yana
76
TV show · as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
TV show · as Tacitus
78
TV show · as Colonel Protheroe
69
TV show · as Narrator
67
TV show · as The Master (voice)
TV show · as George Cording QC
60
TV show · as Phineas
1990s
8 titles · average score 78
TV show · as Brother Cadfael
82
TV show · as (voice)
79
TV show · as Jackson Hedley
72
TV show · as Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
TV show · as Narrator
80
TV show · as Daedalus
TV show · as Emile Zola
TV show · as William Russell / Various (voice)
1980s
2 titles
TV show · as Mr. Pye
TV show · as Adolf Hitler
1970s
9 titles · average score 77
73
TV show · as Freddie Fenton
TV show · as Drioli / The Stranger
TV show · as King Richard / Hamlet
92
TV show · as Claudius
75
TV show
TV show · as Voice of Ernest Shackleton
TV show
72
TV show · as William Drew
73
TV show · as Herbert Fletcher
1960s
1 title · average score 79
79
TV show · as Narrator
1950s
1 title · average score 83
83
TV show · as Archibald Craven / Imposter