Derek Jacobi (Actor)

Reviews of Derek Jacobi Movies

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Movies starring Derek Jacobi have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 61%.

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson - released in 2004 - is Derek Jacobi's highest rated movie, with a score of 84% based on 13 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Derek Jacobi is Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy - released in 2005 - with a score of 0% based on 2 reviews.

Actor Biography

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 the search 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.

Derek Jacobi has acted in films with Kenneth Branagh, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Gielgud and Emma Thompson.

Derek Jacobi has worked with these film directors: Kenneth Branagh, Ken Burns, Jack Gold and Clint Eastwood.