Derek Jacobi
Birthday: 1938-10-22 | Place of Birth: Leytonstone, London, EnglandFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 such 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Acting
Role
as The Friar
as Errol
as Gracchus
as Ambrose
as Narrator (voice)
as Sir Ralph Unwin
as David
as Self
as Father Enoch
as Himself (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Self
as Dr. Hobson
as Mr. Brown
as Claudius
as Lord Palmerston
as Narrator
as Professor Joseph Wright
as The Lawyer
as Mr. Yaffe
as Ross
as Edward Henry Masterman
as Scrooge
as Mercutio
