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Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen ...
Feb 20, 2011 · Derek Jacobi is one of Great Britain's leading actors, with decades of work for film, TV and the stage. He plays the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Oscar-nominated drama The King's Speech. And ...
Derek Jacobi. Considered heir to a generation of British stage actors best known for their interpretations of Shakespearean heroes and villains, Derek Jacobi (born 1938) is also greatly respected for his film roles and television work. Jacobi was born on October 22, 1938, in the East London area of Leytonstone.
Feb 10, 2023 · Simon Callow meets Derek Jacobi. The theatre legends look back at working with Laurence Olivier and Peter O’Toole, the pain of biting reviews, the joy of a good run – and the agonies of being ...
Sep 22, 2020 · Derek Jacobi on 60 Years of Loving Acting: "There Are Very Few Things I Turned Down". The fourth season of the British drama series Last Tango in Halifax, currently airing on PBS, continues the ...
Feb 20, 2018 · Derek Jacobi was interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. This is the first of a two-part interview. In part two, Derek Jacobi talks about his career more broadly, including sharing the stage with Laurence Olivier, performing King Lear in 2010, and a struggle with paralyzing stage fright that drove him away from the theater for two years in the 1980s.
Derek Jacobi in the ground-breaking 1976 BBC production of I, Claudius (Allstar/Alamy)Nor is he tempted by the prospect of an Oscar. “Awards are lovely, and they go in the cabinet with the glass ...
