History Creator / DerekJacobi

* ''Theatre/Hamlet'' (1980 TV Movie)

* ''Film/Tolkien'' (2019)

* ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' (1067 TV Movie)

* ''Theatre/BlackComedy'' (1965)

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[-[[caption-width-right:248:"Now I can say....I was PROVOKED! --damn, wrong script."]]-]

* ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1982'' (1982)

* ''Series/LesMiserables2018'' (2018-2019)

Sir Derek George Jacobi (born 22 October 1938 in Leytonstone, England) is an English actor, best known to for his extensive theatre work, the title roles in ''Series/IClaudius'' and ''Series/{{Cadfael}}'', Sen. Gracchus in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', Madson in ''Film/DeadAgain'', Stuart Bixby in ''Series/{{Vicious}}'' and Professor Yana/The Master in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}'' (2017)

He also has a distinguished stage career, having got his big break in Creator/LaurenceOlivier's National Theatre company, including [[ShakespearianActors lots of Shakespeare]]; he has played Theatre/{{Hamlet}} over 400 times on stage, not to mention his performance in the BBC's Complete Television Shakespeare. (He was also in Creator/KennethBranagh's film version of ''Hamlet'', as Hamlet's villainous uncle -- another Claudius -- in addition to his role as Chorus in Branagh's ''Theatre/HenryV''.) He played a very similar role as Chorus in ''Film/{{Anonymous}}'', appearing in modern times in a modern theater to introduce the film. While it may seem odd for so prominent a Shakespearean to appear in an anti-Shakespearean film, Jacobi is actually a prominent anti-Stratfordian.

Sir Derek George Jacobi (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor, best known to for his extensive theatre work, the title roles in ''Series/IClaudius'' and ''Series/{{Cadfael}}'', Sen. Gracchus in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', Madson in ''Film/DeadAgain'', Stuart Bixby in ''Series/{{Vicious}}'' and Professor Yana/The Master in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pyramid}}'' (1989)

He appeared in an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' as a thespian who, when Niles and Frasier were children, introduced them to the wonder of the theatre. When they met him again as adults and helped him get his own one-man show, [[CastingGag he wasn't as good as they remembered.]] Many of the younger readers will know Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', or from his guest appearance as Daedalus in ''[[Series/{{TheStoryteller}} The [=StoryTeller=]: Greek Myths]]''. More recently, he appeared as the Archbishop of Canterbury in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' and Cardinal Orsini in ''Series/TheBorgias'', promising some wonderful acting alongside Creator/JeremyIrons... until he was [[DeadStarWalking poisoned in the very first episode.]] He has starred with Creator/IanMcKellen in a series called ''Series/{{Vicious}}'', a gay DomCom about [[GrowOldWithMe a long-partnered male couple]].[[note]]Somewhat amusingly, Jacobi and [=McKellen=] were a year apart at Cambridge, and as it turned out, each had what they thought was an unrequited crush on the other.[[/note]] He was the narrator for the ChristmasEpisode parody "The Lie" and the VignetteEpisode "The Night" on the Cartoon Network show ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''.[[note]]which is considered a British show, as it was created by Ben Bocquelet, who works for the UK division of Cartoon Network[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'' (1987)

Sir Derek George Jacobi (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor, best known to for his extensive theatre work, the title role in ''Series/IClaudius'', ''Series/{{Cadfael}}'', Sen. Gracchus in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', Madson in ''Film/DeadAgain'', Stuart Bixby in ''Series/{{Vicious}}'' and Professor Yana/The Master in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* ''Series/{{Vicious}} (2013)

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He voiced the Master in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' animated special ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka'' before guest-starring as the same character, though in a different incarnation, in the TV series proper in the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]], a role he has since reprised in ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' since 2017. He additionally played a version of the Doctor in the ''Big Finish Doctor Who'' audio episode "Deadline", making him (along with Creator/MarkGatiss) one of two actors in this world to have played both characters, and the only actor to have done so in official ''Doctor Who'' media.

He voiced [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters the Master]] in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' animated special ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka'' before guest-starring as the same character, though in a different incarnation, in the TV series proper in the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]], a role he has since reprised in ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' since 2017. He additionally played a version of the Doctor in the ''Big Finish Doctor Who'' audio episode "Deadline", making him (along with Creator/MarkGatiss) one of two actors in this world to have played both characters, and the only actor to have done so in official ''Doctor Who'' media.

He voiced [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters the Master]] in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' animated special ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka'' before guest-starring as the same character in the TV series proper in the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]. He additionally played a version of the Doctor in the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio episode "Deadline", making him (along with Creator/MarkGatiss) one of two actors in this world to have played both characters, and the only actor to have done so in official ''Doctor Who'' media.