Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

1938-10-22 Leytonstone, London, England, UK 152 Credits

Biography

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 Elizabeth II in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, ful...

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Tinsel Town

2025

Acting

Egotistical A-lister Bradley Mack is blindsided when his iconic action franchise is abruptly canceled. His career in freefall and worried his Hollywoo...

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

2025

as The Friar

6.4
Acting

Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as the...

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

2024

as Self

Acting

A tribute to the celebrated and enigmatic actress, with her life story told by those who knew her best, celebrating her much-loved appearances across ...

Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024

as Gracchus

6.7
Acting

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conq...

The Martini Shot

The Martini Shot

2023

as Errol

8.0
Acting

This existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as ...

Allelujah

Allelujah

2023

as Ambrose

5.2
Acting

When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their ...

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022

as Self

7.6
Acting

Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts, each introduced by a quote about O'Toole that enc...

A Bird Flew In

A Bird Flew In

2022

as David

Acting

Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.

Pearl Islands

2022

as Self

Acting

Follow the breathtaking adventures of divers looking for pearls in the Persian Gulf and learn how the gems brought fortune to the islands of Bahrain.

Rhythm of Life

Rhythm of Life

2021

as Self

6.5
Acting

A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet...

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

2021

as Himself (archive footage)

Acting

With the help of Hollywood, top Nazi Albert Speer tried to unscrupulously whitewash himself of his crimes in the 1970s. Speer gave long interviews to ...

Say Your Prayers

Say Your Prayers

2021

as Father Enoch

7.3
Acting

Two orphaned brothers turned radical Christian hitmen venture to rural Ilkley under the instruction of Father Enoch. Their mission: assassinate the fa...

Come Away

Come Away

2020

as Mr. Brown

5.8
Acting

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they ...

Breaking The Codes

Breaking The Codes

2020

Acting

Using rare archive footage and exclusive interviews, this series takes you to the heart of a war that was fought far from the bombs and shells of any ...

The Host

The Host

2020

as Dr. Hobson

5.6
Acting

A chance opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave the mundane behind and start a new life. To take ...

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

2019

as Lord Palmerston

5.7
Acting

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India ...

Muse

Muse

2019

as The Lawyer

Acting

Luca is the pre-eminent artist of his generation and at the peak of his career, lauded, feted and collected by all. He is the ultimate showman however...

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

2019

as Claudius

5.2
Acting

Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet B...

Tolkien

Tolkien

2019

as Professor Joseph Wright

6.9
Acting

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond...

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

Nothing Is Truer than Truth

2018

4.3
Acting

NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circ...

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

2018

as Mr. Yaffe

6.4
Acting

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where ...

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

2017

as Scrooge

7.5
Acting

The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time determined to ignore a BBC blacklisting by hijacking a ...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

as Edward Henry Masterman

6.7
Acting

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge

2017

Acting

THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND CELEBRATED ITS EPIC TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN 2017. Over 4,000 Freemasons from Provinces...

Stratton

Stratton

2017

as Ross

5.0
Acting

A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.

The History of Love

The History of Love

2016

as Leopold Gursky

6.4
Acting

The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's lo...

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

2016

as Mercutio

8.0
Acting

Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentative steps on the road to success. Long before they w...

Venom

Venom

2015

as Narrator

10.0
Acting

A BBC Earth documentary inside the world of the most venomous creatures on Earth, with stories from survivors of deadly venom attacks from animals cou...

Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

as King

6.8
Acting

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, ...

The Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke

2015

as Narrator (voice) – King James Version

8.3
Acting

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, more than any other, fits the category of ancient biography. Luke, as "narrator" of events, sees Jesus as the "Savior" of all peop...

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

2014

as Count Fernando D'Aillieres

6.0
Acting

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and F...

Effie Gray

Effie Gray

2014

as Travers Twiss

5.9
Acting

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

You

You

2013

as Man

Acting

Part of Channel 4 series Derek Jacobi has stepped in to voice lyrics in a incredibly moving new film. Taking the role of an ageing writer addressing a...

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

2013

as Claudius/Spooner

6.2
Acting

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...

Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

2013

as Self

6.5
Acting

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follow...

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

2013

as Narrator (voice)

1.0
Acting

The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the fasc...

Last Will. & Testament

Last Will. & Testament

2012

as Himself

7.0
Acting

It's the greatest mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? DEREK JACOBI leads an impressive cast on a quest to uncover the truth behin...

The Halloween Kid

The Halloween Kid

2012

as Narrator

Acting

Henry is a lonely child who lives for his favourite holiday.

Jail Caesar

Jail Caesar

2012

as Sulla

6.3
Acting

The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK and Canada. A small group of professional actors ...

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

2011

as Sir Owen Morshead

6.7
Acting

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince an...

Anonymous

Anonymous

2011

as Prologue

6.4
Acting

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fac...

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

2011

as Narrator (voice)

6.3
Acting

A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutte...

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons

2011

as Honorio

5.0
Acting

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged fathe...

Ironclad

Ironclad

2011

as Cornhill

6.1
Acting

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that u...

National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2011

as King Lear

7.0
Acting

An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question...

The King's Speech

The King's Speech

2010

as Archbishop Cosmo Lang

7.7
Acting

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie...

Hereafter

Hereafter

2010

as Derek Jacobi

6.1
Acting

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.

Joe Maddison's War

Joe Maddison's War

2010

as Mr. Simpson

5.3
Acting

Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for ...

Margot

Margot

2009

as Fred Ashton

6.0
Acting

At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette de Valois is reducing her roles at the Roya...

Charles Dickens's England

Charles Dickens's England

2009

as Himself - Presenter

Acting

The film looks at the places Charles Dickens lived and worked and how he used them in his novels and stories.

Diamonds

2009

as Piers Denmont

4.7
Acting

Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.

Endgame

Endgame

2009

as Rudolph Agnew

5.8
Acting

The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African Nat...

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On

2009

as Quentin Neely

6.5
Acting

The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs

2008

as Nigel Dewberry

5.4
Acting

Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career. When his sleazy agent signs him up for what he believe...

Sidney Turtlebaum

Sidney Turtlebaum

2008

as Sidney Turtlebaum

4.5
Acting

Sidney Turtlebaum is a bitter sweet comedy that tells the story of Sidney, an eccentric gay Jewish man in his seventies. To punish the world Sidney ea...

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

Pompeii and the Roman Villa

2008

as Narrator

Acting

Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Napl...

Adam Resurrected

Adam Resurrected

2008

as Dr. Nathan Gross

6.2
Acting

After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an ...

The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as The Master (archive footage)

Acting

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.

One of Those Days

One of Those Days

2008

as Howard Whittam

7.3
Acting

We've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be dealing you one poor hand after another. Unfortunately ...

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

2007

as Grandfather

5.0
Acting

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his...

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

2007

as Magisterial Emissary

6.1
Acting

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherwor...

Guantanamero

Guantanamero

2007

as Guido

3.6
Acting

After a violent storm, Ali awakens on a deserted beach, sick and disoriented. They'll be looking for him and he must keep moving. Ivan, a local Cuban,...

The Riddle

The Riddle

2007

as The Tramp / Charles Dickens

4.8
Acting

A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub...

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

2007

as President

Acting

Two astronauts await the news that will decide their fate.

Anastezsi

2007

as Balzer

Acting

A talented young violinist enrols at an isolated music school. But when he begins having visions of the other students dead, he realises there is a si...

The Art of Francis Bacon

The Art of Francis Bacon

2007

as Derek Jacobi

Acting

This film explores many of his key canvases which have been newly filmed in HDTV. The works are complemented solely with Bacon’s own words, recorded b...

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy

2006

as Narrator

4.0
Acting

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy is a British family television film following the life of a border collie puppy as she grows up to become a working...

Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia

2006

as Senator Augusto Pinochet

6.0
Acting

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to ...

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

2006

as Alexander Corvinus

6.6
Acting

As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts...

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

2005

as Mr. Wheen

6.7
Acting

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and h...

Bye Bye Blackbird

Bye Bye Blackbird

2005

as Lord Dempsey

5.4
Acting

A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city...

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005

as Self

Acting

Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Released as an extra on the 2005 extended version B...

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

2004

as Mr. Operatski (voice)

7.0
Acting

It's Christmas, and Angelina Mouseling (Finty Williams) is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza, Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Wh...

Strings

Strings

2004

as Nezo (voice)

6.7
Acting

Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he dis...

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

7.1
Acting

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Cloud Cuckoo Land

2004

as Victor

Acting

A young man with cerebral palsy leaves the safety of his care home to search for a wrecked aircraft, finding adventure, freedom, and love along the wa...

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0
Acting

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters

2002

as Narrator (voice)

5.0
Acting

One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific ...

Inquisition

Inquisition

2002

as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor

Acting

Set in the Spain of 1680, a time of torture and interrogation by the Grand Inquisitor. A young man appears that is healing the sick and raising the de...

Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War

2002

as Maj. Merton

6.3
Acting

Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

2002

as Self

7.0
Acting

The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.

Revengers Tragedy

Revengers Tragedy

2002

as The Duke

5.4
Acting

A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the reveng...

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002

as Self

5.0
Acting

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

2002

as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)

4.2
Acting

Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impre...

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

2002

as Stanley Baldwin

6.6
Acting

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, mo...

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002

as Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)

4.9
Acting

In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from H...

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

2001

as Probert

6.8
Acting

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...

David Macaulay: Mill Times

David Macaulay: Mill Times

2001

as Priam Huntington (voice)

Acting

Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped tur...

The Body

The Body

2001

as Father Lavelle

5.5
Acting

An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was cru...

Revelation

Revelation

2001

as Librarian

4.8
Acting

Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody clandestine war. Missing for a few hundred years, ...

Great Escape: The Untold Story

Great Escape: The Untold Story

2001

as Narrator

6.0
Acting

A documentary about the 1944 mass escape from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for British and Commonwealth airmen that eventually was ...

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Various Characters

6.5
Acting

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

The Wyvern Mystery

The Wyvern Mystery

2000

as Squire Fairfield

4.4
Acting

After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor...

Wilfred

2000

as Voice

Acting

Imagining the unimaginable through the eyes of Wilfred Owen, combining reconstructions of Owen’s war experiences with animation and readings from his ...

Gladiator

Gladiator

2000

as Gracchus

8.2
Acting

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred....

Up at the Villa

Up at the Villa

2000

as Lucky Leadbetter

5.3
Acting

Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British ...

The Chimes

The Chimes

1999

as Narrator

7.0
Acting

A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". The Chimes was a short novel by Cha...

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999

as Father Leonor Fousnel

6.0
Acting

The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998

as Francis Bacon

6.0
Acting

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, ...

Basil

Basil

1998

as Father Frederick

5.4
Acting

A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to pl...

Animated Epics: Beowulf

Animated Epics: Beowulf

1998

as Narrator ( voice )

4.3
Acting

Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuri...

Hamlet

Hamlet

1996

as King Claudius

7.3
Acting

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

1996

as Self - Interviewee

6.8
Acting

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Ric...

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

1996

as Alan Turing

5.4
Acting

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking ...

Witness Against Hitler

Witness Against Hitler

1996

as General

6.0
Acting

The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World War II, who, with a group of fellow devout Christians, p...

Achilles

Achilles

1995

as Narrator

5.6
Acting

With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1994

as Archibald Craven (voice)

5.9
Acting

Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled English orphan who lives in India but is transplanted t...

David Macaulay: Roman City

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994

as Marcus Fabricius (voice)

9.0
Acting

The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in...

Aladdin

Aladdin

1994

as The Magician (voice)

5.2
Acting

A young man's life is turned around with the help of a genie inside a lamp.

Circle of Deceit

1993

as Randal

7.5
Acting

John is a special forces operative who retires after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing, but his former bosses have other plans. He is re-act...

The Vision Thing

The Vision Thing

1993

as George Salisbury

Acting

In the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages from God.

Dead Again

Dead Again

1991

as Franklyn Madson

6.4
Acting

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is so...

The Fool

1990

as Mr. Frederick / Sir John

7.0
Acting

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

1990

as Himself

5.7
Acting

IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guida...

Henry V

Henry V

1989

as Chorus

7.1
Acting

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

The Congress

The Congress

1989

as (voice)

7.8
Acting

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful ...

David Macaulay: Pyramid

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989

as Hordedef (voice)

Acting

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who ...

The Tenth Man

The Tenth Man

1988

as The Imposter

6.7
Acting

During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execu...

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

1987

as Arthur Clennam

6.5
Acting

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young sea...

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1987

as Archibald Craven

7.6
Acting

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country ma...

On Wings of Fire

On Wings of Fire

1986

as Self

9.5
Acting

Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees o...

David Macaulay: Cathedral

David Macaulay: Cathedral

1986

as Pierre (voice)

Acting

Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality anima...

Mr. Pye

1986

as Mr. Pye

Acting

Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantas...

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

1985

as Self (voice)

6.7
Acting

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and pro...

Cyrano de Bergerac

1985

as Cyrano de Bergerac

5.5
Acting

As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before th...

Enigma

Enigma

1982

as Kurt Limmer

5.6
Acting

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent ...

The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH

1982

as Nicodemus (voice)

7.4
Acting

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, es...

Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town

1982

as The Stranger

7.7
Acting

An eccentrically-dressed stranger gets off a train and within a few days has endeared himself to the citizens of the town with his jovial behaviour an...

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

1982

as Adolf Hitler

7.2
Acting

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982

as Dom Claude Frollo

5.8
Acting

Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod...

Charlotte

Charlotte

1981

as Daberlohn

Acting

In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlot...

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

1980

as Martin Beck

Acting

The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces that she intends to divorce him. He is knocked down o...

Hamlet

Hamlet

1980

as Hamlet

6.1
Acting

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then...

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

1979

as Arthur Davis

5.9
Acting

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

Richard II

Richard II

1978

as King Richard II

7.5
Acting

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet ...

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

1978

as Townley - Publisher

6.8
Acting

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He re...

Mysterious Castles of Clay

Mysterious Castles of Clay

1978

as Narrator

5.8
Acting

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 film about a termite colony; filmed in Kenya by film-makers Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. (na...

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

1977

as Guy Burgess

4.5
Acting

Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.

Blue Blood

Blue Blood

1974

as Gregory

4.3
Acting

A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begi...

The Odessa File

The Odessa File

1974

as Klaus Wenzer

6.6
Acting

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration cam...

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

1973

as Inspector Caron

7.5
Acting

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated genda...

Three Sisters

Three Sisters

1970

as Andrei

3.8
Acting

Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support he...

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

1967

as Don John

5.5
Acting

Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in w...

Othello

Othello

1965

as Cassio

6.4
Acting

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Olivier Talks About Othello

1965

as (archive footage)

Acting

Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."

The Fishing Match

1962

as Eric

Acting

Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels b...

Moss & Freud

N/A

as Lucian Freud

Acting

Supermodel Kate Moss embarks on a journey of self-discovery when acclaimed artist Lucian Freud offers to paint her portrait.

Venom! Nine Ways to Die

N/A

as Narrator

Acting

Over a million people a year are injected with animal venom, and many thousands die. We see how the nine main types of venom work their damage in the ...

The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island

N/A

as Narrator

Acting

Out in the English Channel is the tiny island of Sark, in August 1990, a French Physicist attempted a bizarre one man invasion attempt on the island. ...

Lead Heads

N/A

Acting

A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a g...

Coronation Street: Queens of the Street

N/A

as Himself

Acting

We mark 60 glorious years of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap, with a celebration of the women who have ruled the roost in Weatherf...