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Derek Jacobi is an English actor of the stage and screen.
YearTitleRole19651968Paul1970Andrei Prozorov1973CaronJacobi was increasingly busy with stage and screen acting, but his big breakthrough came in 1976 when he played the title role in the BBC's series I, Claudius. He cemented his reputation with his performance as the stammering, twitching Emperor Claudius, winning much praise.
Stage and TV, however, would continue to illustrate his classical icon status. Derek took his Hamlet on a successful world tour throughout England, Egypt, Sweden, Australia, Japan and China; in some of the afore-mentioned countries he was the first actor to perform the role in English.
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Jacobi has never been outspoken. For all his Stakhanovite workload on screen and stage, he has been a reserved figure off it: famous but somewhat mysterious.
- Ed Cumming
Aug 4, 2021 · Derek went on to play a gamut of screen roles from the medieval monk Cadfael in the eponymous TV series, to co-worker Mr Wheen in the children’s film Nanny McPhee. His work on stage, particularly in classical roles (he has played Hamlet over 400 times, the first occasion was when he was still at school), is equally renowned.
Jul 18, 2012 · As he returns to the stage in Shaw's Heartbreak House, Sir Derek Jacobi talks about his long association with Chichester, his struggle with stage fright and why he'll never retire.
Jul 26, 2016 · Derek Jacobi: 'Much Ado saved me from stage fright' Interview by Andrew Dickson. After touring Hamlet in 1980, the actor succumbed to the ‘worm of doubt’ – but a job playing Shakespeare’s...
