Derek Jacobi

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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.

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Movie		Character	Year
	The Secret of NIMH	Nicodemus (voice)	1982
	Yo Claudius	Claudius	0000
	The Tenth Man	The Imposter	1988
	Bye Bye Blackbird	Lord Dempsey	2005
	Underworld: Evolution	Alexander Corvinus	2006
	Jason and the Argonauts	Phineas	2000
	Gladiator	Gracchus	2000
	Gosford Park	Probert	2001
	The Golden Compass	Magisterial Emissary	2007
	The King's Speech	Dr. Cosmo Lang	2010
	Hamlet	Claudius	1996
	The Medusa Touch	Townley - Publisher	1978
	Anonymous	Prologue	2011
	Ironclad	Cornhill	2011