Derek Jacobi: Movies, Awards & Box Office
- films
- 86
- on screen
- 1965–2025
- box office
- $813M
- nomination
- 1
- average score
- 55
- Born
- October 22, 1938 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Leytonstone, Essex, England
- Full name
- Derek George Jacobi
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- Actor
- Years active
- 1959-present
- Spouses
- Richard Clifford
The Best Derek Jacobi Movies
The highest-rated films Derek Jacobi is credited on, by the Movie Echo Score that blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Host (2020) scores highest, at 66. The full ranking adds the biggest box office hits and the most awarded films.
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Movie Echo Score: Score 66 The Host 2020 · Dr. Hobson -
Movie Echo Score: Score 66 Tinsel Town 2025 · Comedy -
Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Gladiator II 2024 · Gracchus -
Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Tomb Raider 2018 · Mr. Yaffe -
Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Tolkien 2019 · Professor Wright -
Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Juliet & Romeo 2025 · Friar Lawrence
Derek Jacobi's Career in Numbers
Derek Jacobi's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Derek Jacobi works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Othello (1965) to Verona's Romeo & Juliet (2025), and the 2000s were the busiest decade.
Derek Jacobi Movies by Decade
- 1960s 1
- 1970s 6
- 1980s 11
- 1990s 9
- 2000s 22
- 2010s 18
- 2020s 10
The 2000s were Derek Jacobi's busiest decade, with 22 films.
Derek Jacobi Movies by Genre
- Drama 28
- Documentary 9
- History 8
- Comedy 6
- Action 5
- Tv movie 4
- Animation 3
- Adventure 2
- Mystery 2
- Sci-Fi 2
Drama is the genre Derek Jacobi has worked in most, with 28 films, ahead of documentary (9).
Derek Jacobi Career Milestones
- First film
- Othello 1965
- Biggest box office hit
- Gladiator II $462M worldwide
- Best-rated film
- Tinsel Town Movie Echo Score 66
- Newest film
- Verona's Romeo & Juliet 2025
Derek Jacobi Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Derek Jacobi is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 55. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Derek Jacobi Movies as an Actor
77- 2025
Tinsel Town Comedy Movie Echo Score: 66 - 2025
Juliet & Romeo as Friar Lawrence · Drama Worldwide box office: $548K Movie Echo Score: 64 - 2025
Verona's Romeo & Juliet as The Friar · Drama Worldwide box office: $548K Movie Echo Score: 35 - 2024
Gladiator II as Gracchus · Action Worldwide box office: $462M Movie Echo Score: 65 - 2023
The Martini Shot as Errol · Drama - 2023
The American Buffalo as (voice) · Documentary Worldwide box office: $433K - 2021
A Bird Flew In as David · Drama Worldwide box office: $994 - 2021
The Lost Pirate Kingdom as Narrator · Documentary - 2020
Come Away Adventure Worldwide box office: $1.69M Movie Echo Score: 37 - 2020
The Host as Dr. Hobson · Mystery Worldwide box office: $10.3K Movie Echo Score: 66 - 2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi as Lord Palmerston · Action Worldwide box office: $202K Movie Echo Score: 53 - 2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans as Claudius · Comedy Worldwide box office: $3.84M Movie Echo Score: 60 - 2019
Tolkien as Professor Wright · Biography Worldwide box office: $9.09M Movie Echo Score: 64 - 2019
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour as Narrator · Documentary - 2018
Nothing Is Truer than Truth History - 2018
Tomb Raider as Mr. Yaffe · Action Worldwide box office: $275M Movie Echo Score: 64 - 2018
Stratton as Ross · Action Worldwide box office: $257K Movie Echo Score: 29 - 2017
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong as Scrooge · Tv movie - 2016
The Devil of Christmas as Dennis Fulcher (Voice) · Comedy - 2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.19M - 2014
Grace of Monaco as Count Fernando D'Aillieres · Drama Worldwide box office: $27.5M - 2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Claudius/Spooner · Documentary - 2013
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2012
Titanic: Blood and Steel as Lord Pirrie · Drama - 2011
The Halloween Kid as Narrator · Drama - 2011
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) as Narrator (voice) · History - 2011
National Theatre Live: King Lear as King Lear · Drama Worldwide box office: $620K - 2010
Joe Maddison’s War as Mr. Simpson · War - 2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On as Quentin Neely · Comedy Worldwide box office: $22.4K - 2008
A Bunch of Amateurs as Nigel Dewberry · Comedy Worldwide box office: $691K - 2007
The Old Curiosity Shop as Grandfather · Drama - 2007
Guantanamero as Guido · Mystery Worldwide box office: $9.25K - 2007
The Riddle as The Tramp / Charles Dickens · Drama Worldwide box office: $37.9K - 2007
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space as President · Sci-Fi - 2006
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy as Narrator · Tv movie - 2006
Pinochet in Suburbia as Senator Augusto Pinochet · Tv movie - 2005
Bye Bye Blackbird as Lord Dempsey · Drama - 2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On as Mr. Operatski (voice) · Animation - 2004
Strings as Nezo (voice) · Fantasy - 2004
Two Men Went to War Drama - 2004
The Long Firm as Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby · Drama - 2003
Henry VIII as Narrator · Drama - 2002
Revengers Tragedy as The Duke · Drama - 2002
The Gathering Storm as Stanley Baldwin · Drama - 2001
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi) · Documentary - 2001
Revelation as Librarian · Sci-Fi Worldwide box office: $1.03K - 2001
Great Escape: The Untold Story as Narrator · Documentary - 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters · Comedy - 2000
The Wyvern Mystery as Squire Fairfield · History - 2000
Jason and the Argonauts as Phineas · Family - 1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Father Leonor Fousnel · Drama - 1998
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon as Francis Bacon · Drama Worldwide box office: $719K - 1998
Basil as Father Frederick · Drama - 1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf as Narrator ( voice ) · Animation - 1996
Breaking the Code as Alan Turing · History - 1995
Achilles as Narrator · Fantasy - 1994
David Macaulay: Roman City as Marcus Fabricius (voice) · History - 1994
Aladdin as The Magician (voice) · Animation - 1990
The Civil War as Various · Drama - 1989
Henry V Action Worldwide box office: $10.2M - 1989
The Congress as (voice) · History - 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid as Hordedef (voice) · Documentary - 1987
Little Dorrit as Arthur Clennam · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.03M - 1987
The Secret Garden as Archibald Craven · Family - 1986
David Macaulay: Cathedral as Pierre (voice) · History - 1982
Enigma as Kurt Limmer · Drama Worldwide box office: $894K - 1982
The Secret of NIMH Adventure Worldwide box office: $14.7M - 1982
Inside the Third Reich as Adolf Hitler · Drama - 1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Dom Claude Frollo · Horror - 1980
Hamlet as Hamlet · Tv movie - 1979
The Human Factor Drama Worldwide box office: $376K - 1978
Richard II as King Richard II · History - 1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay as Narrator · Documentary - 1976
I, Claudius as Claudius · Drama - 1974
The Odessa File as Klaus Wenzer · Thriller - 1970
Three Sisters as Andrei · Drama - 1965
Othello as Cassio · Drama
Derek Jacobi in Documentaries & Specials
9- 2023
PET.E.R O'TOOLE: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self · Documentary - 2021
Rhythm of Life as Self · Music - 2013
Muse of Fire as Self · Documentary - 2012
Last Will. & Testament as Himself · History - 2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic as Self · Documentary - 2002
The Making of ‘Gosford Park’ as Self · Documentary - 1996
Looking for Richard as Self - Interviewee · Documentary Worldwide box office: $1.41M - 1990
Discovering Hamlet as Himself · Documentary - 1985
The Statue of Liberty as Self (voice) · History
Derek Jacobi: Awards & Nominations
1 nomination across 1 award body. Every ceremony is listed newest first, with the category and the film.
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45th British Academy Film Awards- Derek Jacobi: Nominated Best Supporting Actor Dead Again
Who Is Derek Jacobi?
Derek Jacobi was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England in 1938 and is 87 years old. Credited on films since 1965, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (/ˈdʒækəbi/; born 22 October 1938) is an acclaimed English actor, known for his stage, film, and television roles. He started his professional acting career working alongside Laurence Olivier, being one of the founding members of the National Theatre. Jacobi has numerous stage credits to his name, including prominent Shakespearean roles in productions like Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for his performances in Cyrano de Bergerac in 1983 and Twelfth Night in 2009. Furthermore, he gained a Tony Award for his portrayal of Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing in 1985.
On television, Jacobi famously portrayed Claudius in the BBC series I, Claudius (1976) where he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. His other significant television roles include the ITV drama series Cadfael (1994–1998), the HBO film The Gathering Storm (2002), the sitcom Vicious (2013-2016), BBC's Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020), and the Netflix series The Crown in 2019. His notable filmography includes Othello (1965), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), Nanny McPhee (2005), Cinderella (2015), and Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He portrayed Senator Gracchus in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) and has numerous awards including a BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Who Derek Jacobi Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Derek Jacobi shares the most films with. Brian Blessed comes first, with 7 films together, followed by John Gielgud (5).
Derek Jacobi: Questions & Answers
How many movies Derek Jacobi has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Derek Jacobi been in?
Derek Jacobi is credited on 86 films, from 1965 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Derek Jacobi's highest-grossing movie?
Gladiator II (2024) is Derek Jacobi's biggest box office hit, with $462M worldwide, ahead of Tomb Raider (2018) ($275M). Across every film with box office figures, Derek Jacobi's movies have made $813M.
Derek Jacobi's biggest hits What is the best Derek Jacobi movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Derek Jacobi's best-rated film is Tinsel Town (2025) with a score of 66, followed by The Host (2020) (66).
Best Derek Jacobi movies, ranked Has Derek Jacobi won an Oscar?
Derek Jacobi has not been nominated for an Oscar. Across every ceremony in the awards database, Derek Jacobi has 0 wins from 1 nomination.
How old is Derek Jacobi?
Derek Jacobi is 87 years old, born on October 22, 1938 in Leytonstone, Essex, England.
What is Derek Jacobi's newest movie?
The most recent film on Derek Jacobi's filmography is Tinsel Town (2025).
Who does Derek Jacobi work with most often?
Derek Jacobi shares the most films with Brian Blessed (7 films), John Gielgud (5 films) and Siân Phillips (4 films).
The Best Derek Jacobi Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 86 credits.
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