Derek Jacobi Highlights

  • 2006: Cast in "Nanny McPhee," a comedy written by and co-starring Emma Thompson
  • 2006: Starred opposite Kate Beckinsale in Len Wiseman's "Underworld: Evolution"
  • 2001: Acted in Robert Altman's ensemble piece "Gosford Park", played the valet to the owner of the titular home
  • 2001: Won Emmy Award for memorable guest appearance as a hammy Shakespearean actor on "Frasier"
  • 2001: Reunited with playwright Hugh Whitemore as star of the play "God Only Knows"
  • 2000: Returned to Broadway in staging of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya"
  • 2000: Had supporting role in the Oscar-winning feature "Gladiator"
  • 2000: Co-starred in the British TV drama "The Wyvern Mystery"
  • 1998: Portrayed painter Francis Bacon in "Love Is the Devil"
  • 1997: Recreated acclaimed performance as Alan Turing in TV presentation of "Breaking the Code"
  • 1996: Featured as Claudius in Kenneth Branagh's full-length "Hamlet"
  • 1993: Undertook "Macbeth" with less than successful results
  • 1991: Co-starred with Branagh and Emma Thompson in "Dead Again" (directed by Branagh)
  • 1990: Had featured role in Christine Edzard's "The Fool"
  • 1989: Played featured role of the Chorus in Branagh's film directorial debut "Henry V"
  • 1988: Directed Kenneth Branagh in "Hamlet" for Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company
  • 1988: First screen collaboration with Christine Edzard, "Little Dorrit"
  • 1987: Reprised role as Alan Turing on Broadway in Hugh Whitemore's play "Breaking the Code"
  • 1984: Appeared on Broadway in repertory with "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Much Ado About Nothing" opposite Sinead Cusack
  • 1980: Broadway debut, "The Suicide"
  • 1976: Played title character in the BBC miniseries "I, Claudius"
  • 1973: Appeared in first TV miniseries, "The Strauss Family"
  • 1965: Film debut as Cassio in "Othello", starring Laurence Olivier
  • 1963: Founding member of the National Theatre Company with whom he made his London debut with as Laertes in "Hamlet" (1963) and starred in "Othello", "The Three Sisters" and "The Idiot"
  • 1960: Professional stage debut with Birmingham Repertory in "One Way Pendulum"
  • 1959: Appeared in title role of "Edward II" with the Marlowe Society, Cambridge
  • 1957: Stage debut as "Hamlet" with the English National Youth Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
  • 1949: Suffered bout of rheumatic fever at age ten; briefly paralyzed (date approximate)
  • Served as artistic associate, Old Vic Company (formerly Prospect Theatre Company), London
  • Appointed director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in England
  • Acted as a child in local library productions
  • Starred in "Cadfael", shown on PBS' "Mystery!"

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