What happened to Derek Jacobi? Net Worth, Partner, Brother

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Short Info

Date Of Birth	October 22, 1938
Fact	1985: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom). 1989: Knight 1st class of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark). 1994: Knight Bachelor, for services to Drama (United Kingdom).

Derek Jacobi is a British actor who has had an extensive career in film, television and theatre. He was born in Leytonstone, London on 22 October 1938, the son of Daisy (née Bevan) and George Jacobi, who ran a tobacconist’s shop. He was educated at the William Ellis School in Islington and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read History. He later said that he “didn’t really enjoy” his time at Cambridge and that he “wasn’t very good” at his studies.

Jacobi made his professional stage debut in 1956, appearing in repertory theatre in Bath. He made his West End debut in 1958 in A Passage to India, and his film debut the following year in The Entertainer. In 1960, he won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and he subsequently appeared in several Shakespearean plays with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Jacobi’s breakthrough role came in 1976 when he played the title role in the BBC serial I, Claudius. He went on to appear in a number of high-profile films, including The Elephant Man (1980), Gandhi (1982), The Bounty (1984) and My Left Foot (1989). He has also had an extensive career in television, appearing in series such as The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Lovejoy (1986-1994) and Vicious (2013-2016).

Jacobi has been married twice: first to actress Sheila Ball from 1963 to 1974, with whom he had two sons; and secondly to actress Jane Lapotaire from 1984 to present. He has two daughters from his second marriage. His net worth is estimated to be around £5 million.

General Info

Full Name	Derek Jacobi
Date Of Birth	October 22, 1938
Height	1.78 m
Profession	Voice Actor, Film director, Theatre Director
Education	St John's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge

Family

Parents	Daisy Gertrude Jacobi, Alfred George Jacobi
Partner	Richard Clifford, Richard Clifford

Accomplishments

Awards	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a M...
Nominations	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Satellite Award for Best Actor – ...
Movies	Cinderella, Gladiator, The King's Speech, Underworld: Evolution, Hamlet, Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, Dead Again, Gosford Park, Henry V, The Secret of NIMH, Nanny McPhee, My Week with Marilyn, Ironclad, The Golden Compass, The Odessa File, Up at the Villa, Adam Resurrect...
TV Shows	Vicious, The Borgias, In the Night Garden..., Cadfael, The Civil War, I, Claudius, The Pallisers, The Strauss Family, Titanic: Blood and Steel, Scream of the Shalka, Great Performances, Last Tango in Halifax

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0001394

Quotes

#	Quote
1	I've been acting for 33 years. I've proved I can do it. So any performance now has got to be deeper and better than that, nothing to do with ego, bravura, look-at-me acting. That is an invitation to the audience to assess your ability, and it gets in the way. The object is to get past that and lose yourself in your belief in the person you are trying to create. To find something absolutely real. But I constantly hope to go further than I manage to do. DJ, 1992 interview
2	Acting is painting, not photography, but painting is just as 'real' as photography. As an actor conscious that you are in a theatre, you still have to make it look as spontaneous as if you did not know that you are being watched by 1,000 pairs of eyes.
3	It's as though you have crossed Niagara on a tightrope 250 times and, on the 251st crossing---vertigo. You are convinced you can't move across the stage without falling over. You go rigid from the knees down. You suddenly wonder, why am I doing this? I knew I'd got to get through a whole season, three spanking parts, and that if I ran away, I would never act on stage again. It was that knowledge that shocked me out of my illness. But I had a very bad time in the first weeks. - DJ, regarding his two-year spell of stage fright and subsequent return in 1982 to the Royal Shakespeare Company
4	I've now been there, done that, and got the T-shirt. We just went to the registry office, signed a bit of paper and it was all over. We didn't have a bit party, but we had twenty-five friends to lunch. It was very quiet though, all over in a morning. - On his civil partnership ceremony

Facts

#	Fact
1	He was awarded the 1989 Drama-Logue Award for Performance for the play, "Byron-Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know," in the American Premiere in the Centre Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre production at the James A. Doolittle Theatre (University of California) in Los Angeles, California .
2	He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours List and became a Knight Bachelor in the 1994 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.
3	He has two roles in common with his Breaking the Code (1996) co-star Richard Johnson: (1) Johnson played King Claudius of Denmark in _"ITV Saturday Night Theatre" (1969) {Hamlet (#3.30)_ while Jacobi played him in Hamlet (1996) and (2) Johnson played the Roman Emperor Claudius in Churchill's People: The Lost Island (1975) while Jacobi played him in I, Claudius (1976).
4	He has appeared in six films with his domestic partner Richard Clifford: Little Dorrit (1987), Henry V (1989), The Fool (1990), A Bunch of Amateurs (2008), My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Jail Caesar (2012).
5	Although he played Hanna Schygulla's son in Dead Again (1991), he is five years her senior in real life.
6	Although he played Claire Bloom's son in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980), he is only seven years her junior in real life. Furthermore, he played Patrick Stewart's nephew and stepson in the same production but is almost two years his senior.
7	He has two roles in common with Charles Laughton: (1) Laughton played the Roman Emperor Claudius in I, Claudius (1937) while Jacobi played him in I, Claudius (1976) and (2) Laughton played Gracchus in Spartacus (1960) while Jacobi played him in Gladiator (2000).
8	He has appeared in four films directed by Kenneth Branagh: Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), Hamlet (1996) and Cinderella (2015).
9	As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Gladiator (2000), Gosford Park (2001) and The King's Speech (2010). Of those, The King's Speech (2010) and Gladiator (2000) are winners in the category.
10	He was considered for the roles of Dr. Armstrong and Dr. Bukovsky in Lifeforce (1985). Patrick Stewart and Michael Gothard were eventually cast.
11	He claims to have been close to being cast as Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). The same is true of Daniel Day-Lewis.
12	Derek is a fan of Doctor Who (1963) and wanted to be cast in the series since the beginning. He has also wanted to be cast in Coronation Street (1960).
13	An only child.
14	He played the Roman Emperor Claudius between the ages of 18 (in 9 AD) and 63 (in 54 AD) in I, Claudius (1976).
15	Has appeared in several films as a character with a stutter: the title character in I, Claudius (1976), Frankie in Dead Again (1991), Alan Turing in Breaking the Code (1996). He also appears in The King's Speech (2010), though not as the character who stutters.
16	Nominated for the 1988 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Breaking the Code".
17	After Roger Delgado, Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley, Gordon Tipple and Eric Roberts, he is the seventh actor to play the Master, the Doctor's greatest enemy. He played the role in Doctor Who: Utopia (2007). He was succeeded in the role by John Simm and Michelle Gomez.
18	Played "Hamlet" opposite Timothy West and, later, John Turner as "Claudius" in the Prospect Theatre Company productions. He would later direct Kenneth Branagh in the title role, before appearing as "Claudius" in the film production directed by Branagh.
19	He has portrayed two different versions of the "Doctor Who" character the Master: an android copy of the first incarnation of the Master in the BBCi webcast Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003) and the fifth incarnation of the Master in the Doctor Who (2005) episode "Utopia".
20	Along with Mark Gatiss, he is one of only two actors to play both the "Doctor Who" character the Doctor and his greatest enemy, the Master. He played the former (as well as a failed television writer named Martin Bannister) in the Big Finish "Doctor Who Unbound" audio drama Deadline. He played the latter in both the BBCi webcast Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003) and the Doctor Who (2005) episode "Utopia".
21	Once was invited to play Hamlet at Kronborg Castle, better known as Elsinore Castle, the setting of the play itself.
22	Was one of three actors considered for the role of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
23	In 1963, when Jacobi auditioned for Britain's just-forming National Theatre, Olivier hired him as an understudy and spear-carrier. Luckily for Jacobi, the actor he was understudying. Jeremy Brett got the call to Hollywood, and Jacobi inherited all his parts.
24	Patron of the British American Drama Academy, London.
25	After 27 years together, registered his civil partnership with long-term partner Richard Clifford in March 2006, four months after civil unions became legal in England and Wales.
26	On the shortlist of actors considered for the main guest lead of Captain Rorvik (played by Clifford Rose) in the episode "Warriors' Gate" of Doctor Who (1963).
27	Is a native of Leytonstone, in London's East End, which has also produced film maker Alfred Hitchcock, TV journalists & presenters Jonathan Ross and Paul Ross, TV cook Fanny Cradock, Bangra-DnB composer/producer Talvin Singh, Iron-Maiden bassist/songwriter Steve Harris, former England cricket captain Graham Gooch, and England soccer captain David Beckham.
28	Won Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." He was also Tony-nominated in the same category in 1988 for "Breaking the Code."
29	Replaced Donald Sutherland as Franklyn Madson in Dead Again (1991).
30	Has a Victorian home in London, England.
31	An Associate Member of RADA.
32	He was awarded the 1983 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in Much Ado About Nothing.
33	He was awarded the 1983 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performances in Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing.
34	He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1984 (1983 season) for Best Actor in a Revival for "Cyrano de Bergerac".
35	Charlton Heston and Ronnie Barker had been considered for the role of Claudius in I, Claudius (1976) before he landed the role.
36	1985: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom). 1989: Knight 1st class of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark). 1994: Knight Bachelor, for services to Drama (United Kingdom).
37	He and Laurence Olivier are the only actors to have received both a Danish and a British Knighthood.
38	Was on the short list of actors considered for the role of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
39	He won a Tony in 1985 for "Much Ado About Nothing."
40	Was the mentor and acting instructor of Kenneth Branagh.

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Witness Against Hitler	1996	TV Movie	General
Achilles	1995	Short	Narrator (voice)
ABC Weekend Specials	1994	TV Series	Archibald Craven
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends	1994	TV Series	Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Circle of Deceit	1993	TV Movie	Randal
Screenplay	1993	TV Series	George Salisbury
Aladdin	1992/I	Video	The Magician (voice)
Dead Again	1991		Franklyn Madson
The Storyteller: Greek Myths	1991	TV Mini-Series	Daedalus
The Fool	1990		Mr. Frederick / Sir John
The Civil War	1990	TV Mini-Series documentary	Various
Henry V	1989		Chorus
The Tenth Man	1988	TV Movie	The Imposter
David Macaulay: Pyramid	1988	TV Movie	Hordedef (voice)
Little Dorrit	1987		Arthur Clennam
The Secret Garden	1987	TV Movie	Archibald Craven
Mr Pye	1986	TV Mini-Series	Mr. Pye
Cyrano de Bergerac	1985	TV Movie	Cyrano de Bergerac
Enigma	1982		Kurt Limmer, East German
The Secret of NIMH	1982		Nicodemus (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected	1980-1982	TV Series	The Stranger / Drioli
Inside the Third Reich	1982	TV Movie	Adolf Hitler
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1982	TV Movie	Dom Claude Frollo
Charlotte	1981		Daberlohn
Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste	1980		Martin Beck
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	1980	TV Movie	Hamlet
The Human Factor	1979		Arthur Davis
Minder	1979	TV Series	Freddie Fenton
Richard II	1978	TV Movie	Richard II
Tycoon	1978	TV Series	Timothy West
The Medusa Touch	1978		Publisher
Philby, Burgess and Maclean	1977	TV Movie	Guy Burgess
I, Claudius	1976	TV Mini-Series	Claudius
Affairs of the Heart	1975	TV Series	Bertram Braddle
Markheim	1974	TV Movie	Markheim
Blueblood	1974		Gregory
The Odessa File	1974		Klaus Wenzer
The Pallisers	1974	TV Mini-Series	Lord Fawn
The Day of the Jackal	1973		Caron
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	1973	TV Series	William Drew
The Strauss Family	1972	TV Mini-Series	Josef Lanner
Budgie	1972	TV Series	Herbert Fletcher
Man of Straw	1972	TV Mini-Series	Diederich Hessling
Three Sisters	1970		Andrei
Interlude	1968		Paul
ITV Playhouse	1968	TV Series	Gerry
Much Ado About Nothing	1967	TV Movie	Don John
Othello	1965		Cassio
Armchair Theatre	1962	TV Series	Eric
BBC Sunday-Night Play	1961	TV Mini-Series	Charles Marlow
Murder on the Orient Express	2017	pre-production	Edward Masterman
Stratton	2016	completed	Ross
Hippie Hippie Shake	2010	completed	Judge
The History of Love	2016		Léo Gursky
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet	2016		Mercutio
Vicious	2013-2016	TV Series	Stuart Bixby
The Amazing World of Gumball	2016	TV Series	The Moon
Last Tango in Halifax	2012-2016	TV Series	Alan
Cinderella	2015/I		King
Effie Gray	2014		Travers Twiss
Grace of Monaco	2014		Count Fernando D'Aillieres (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
This Is Jinsy	2014	TV Series	Robunce Barnatty
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage	2013	TV Movie	Claudius / Spooner
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island	2013	Short	Narrator (voice)
Cloud Cuckoo Land	2012		Victor
Jail Caesar	2012		Sulla
Titanic: Blood and Steel	2012	TV Series	Lord Pirrie
The Halloween Kid	2011	Short	Narrator (voice)
My Week with Marilyn	2011		Sir Owen Morshead
Anonymous	2011/I		Prologue
The Borgias	2011	TV Series	Cardinal Orsini
There Be Dragons	2011		Honorio Soto
Ironclad	2011		Baron Reginald de Cornhill
National Theatre Live: King Lear	2011		King Lear
Joe Maddison's War	2010	TV Movie	Mr Simpson
Hereafter	2010		Derek Jacobi
The King's Speech	2010		Archbishop Cosmo Lang
Margot	2009	TV Movie	Fred Ashton
Masterpiece Contemporary	2009	TV Series
Mist: Sheepdog Tales	2007-2009	TV Series	Narrator / Lord Henry
Masterpiece Classic	2009	TV Series	Grandfather Trent
Diamonds	2009	TV Movie	Piers Denmont
Endgame	2009/I		Rudolph Agnew
Morris: A Life with Bells On	2009		Quentin Neely
One of Those Days	2008	Short	Howard
A Bunch of Amateurs	2008		Nigel Dewberry
Sidney Turtlebaum	2008	Short	Sidney Turtlebaum
Adam Resurrected	2008		Dr. Nathan Gross
Ghostly Business	2007	Short	Ghost Under Sheet (unconfirmed)
The Old Curiosity Shop	2007	TV Movie	Grandfather
The Golden Compass	2007		Magisterial Emissary
Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket	2007	Video	Mr. Operatski (voice)
The Riddle	2007		The Tramp Charles Dickens
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space	2007	Short	President
Doctor Who	2007	TV Series	Professor Yana
Anastezsi	2007		Balzer
Guantanamero	2007		Guido / Commander
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy	2006	TV Movie	Narrator
Pinochet's Last Stand	2006	TV Movie	Senator Pinochet
Underworld: Evolution	2006		Corvinus (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
Nanny McPhee	2005		Mr. Wheen
Project Huxley	2005	Short	Huxley (voice)
Bye Bye Blackbird	2005		Lord Dempsey
Agatha Christie's Marple	2004	TV Series	Colonel Protheroe
Strings	2004		Nezo (English version, voice)
The Long Firm	2004	TV Mini-Series	Lord Edward Thursby
Mr. Ambassador	2003	TV Movie	Hugo Vickers
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka	2003	TV Mini-Series	The Master
Henry VIII	2003	TV Movie	Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Angelina Ballerina	2003	TV Series	Mr. Operatski
The Dinosaur Hunters	2002	TV Movie	Narrator
Inquisition	2002	TV Movie	Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On	2002	TV Movie	Mr. Operatski (voice)
Two Men Went to War	2002		Maj. Merton
Night's Noontime	2002	Short	Richard Dadd
Revengers Tragedy	2002		The Duke
The Gathering Storm	2002	TV Movie	Stanley Baldwin
The Jury	2002	TV Mini-Series	George Cording QC
Gosford Park: Deleted Scenes	2002	Video short	Probert
Gosford Park	2001		Probert
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)	2001	TV Series	Colonel Anger
Revelation	2001		Librarian
Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	2001		Nijinsky (voice, as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream	2001		Theseus (voice)
Frasier	2001	TV Series	Jackson Hedley
The Body	2001		Father Lavelle
On Wings of Fire	2001		Narrator
Wilfred	2000	Short
Jason and the Argonauts	2000	TV Mini-Series	Phineas
Gladiator	2000		Gracchus
Up at the Villa	2000		Lucky Leadbetter
The Wyvern Mystery	2000	TV Movie	Squire Fairfield
The Chimes	1999	Video short	Narrator (voice)
Molokai	1999		Father Leonor Fouesnel
Flora Britannica	1999	TV Series	Narrator
Animated Epics: Beowulf	1998	TV Short	Narrator (voice)
Mystery!: Cadfael	1994-1998	TV Series	Brother Cadfael
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon	1998		Francis Bacon
Basil	1998		Father Frederick
Great Performances	1997	TV Series	Master of Ceremonies
Hamlet	1996		Claudius
Breaking the Code	1996	TV Movie	Alan Turing

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Two Down	2015	executive producer

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Night's Noontime	2002	Short many thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Requiem for the World	2016	Documentary post-production
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	2016	Documentary post-production	Himself
Nothing Is Truer than Truth	2017	Documentary
The Eurovision Song Contest	2016	TV Special	Stuart Bixby
An Electric Samurai in London	2016	Documentary	Narrator (voice)
Secret Knowledge	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself - Host
Shakespeare in Practice: Muse of Fire	2015	Documentary	Himself
Who Do You Think You Are?	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself / Various Characters
Arena	1977-2013	TV Series documentary	Himself
Muse of Fire	2013	Documentary	Himself
Arqiva British Academy Television Awards	2013	TV Special	Himself
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene	2013	Documentary	Narrator
The Gardening Club	2012	Documentary short voice
Celebrity Eggheads	2012	TV Series	Himself - Participant
Living the Life	2012	TV Series	Himself
British Legends of Stage and Screen	2012	TV Series documentary	Himself
Shakespeare Uncovered	2012	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself / Richard II
Last Will & Testament	2012	Documentary	Himself
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)	2011	Documentary short	Narrator (voice)
The National Parks: America's Best Idea	2009	TV Mini-Series documentary	Reader
Doctor Who Greatest Moments	2009	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Charles Dickens's England	2009	Documentary	Himself - Presenter
In the Night Garden...	2007-2009	TV Series	Himself - Narrator
The Story of the Costume Drama	2008	TV Series documentary	Himself
Decoding Cadfael	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
The Golden Compass: Costumes	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
The Golden Compass: Meet the Cast	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
Doctor Who Confidential	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Best of Masterpiece Theatre	2007	TV Special documentary	Himself - Host
Imagine	2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
Drama Connections	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	2004	Documentary	Other Voices (voice)
Peter Ackroyd's London	2004	TV Mini-Series documentary	Tacitus
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	2003	Documentary	Himself
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites	2003	TV Movie documentary voice
Manor House	2002	TV Mini-Series documentary	Narrator
Nova	2002	TV Series documentary	Sir Ernest Shackleton
I Claudius: A Television Epic	2002	Video documentary	Himself
The Making of Gosford Park	2002	TV Short documentary	Himself
Great Escape: The Untold Story	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Narrator
Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself
David Macaulay: Mill Times	2001	Documentary	Priam Huntington (voice)
Jazz	2001	TV Mini-Series documentary
Chasing the Sun	2001	TV Series documentary
The Authenticity of Gosford Park	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings	2000	TV Special	Various Characters
Margaret Sanger	1999	TV Movie documentary voice
Homeground	1997	TV Series documentary	Narrator
To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet	1997	Video documentary short	Himself
The West	1996	TV Series documentary
Looking for Richard	1996	Documentary	Himself (Interview)
Baseball	1994	TV Mini-Series documentary	Various
David Macaulay: Roman City	1994	TV Movie documentary	Marcus Fabricius (voice)
Animating Shakespeare	1992	TV Movie documentary	Narrator (voice)
The Velvet Claw	1992	TV Series documentary	Himself - Presenter
Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre	1991	TV Special	Himself
Discovering Hamlet	1990	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Henry V: A Little Touch of Harry - The Making of Henry V	1989	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Congress	1988	TV Movie documentary voice
Caught in the Act	1988	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards	1988	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
Jessye Norman's Christmas Symphony	1987	TV Special documentary	Reader
Micro Live	1987	TV Series documentary	Alan Turing
David Macaulay: Cathedral	1986	TV Movie documentary	Pierre (voice)
The Statue of Liberty	1985	Documentary	Himself (voice)
The 39th Annual Tony Awards	1985	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Play
Call My Bluff	1978-1981	TV Series	Himself
Gallery	1978	TV Series	Himself - Interviewee
This Is Your Life	1978	TV Series documentary	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC	2015	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
The One Show	2014	TV Series	Scrooge
Effie Gray: Interview with Emma Thompson	2014	Video documentary short	Travers Twiss (uncredited)
Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self	2011		President (segment "Airlock or how to say goodbye in space")
Doctor Who Confidential	2010	TV Series documentary	Professor Yana
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV	2009	TV Movie documentary	Bernard (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Season 26B	2009	TV Series	The Master
The Ties That Bind Us	2008	Video documentary short	The Master
La imagen de tu vida	2006	TV Series	Claudius
Tvist	2005	TV Series	Claudius
Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute	2005	TV Movie	Undetermined role (uncredited)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies	2002	Video documentary	Gracchus (Gladiator)
The Greatest	2001	TV Series documentary	Claudius
Omnibus	1998	TV Series documentary

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2011	Jury Award	Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Best Motion Picture Ensemble of the Year	The King's Speech (2010)
2011	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	The King's Speech (2010)
2002	Critics Choice Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Gosford Park (2001)
2002	FFCC Award	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	Gosford Park (2001)
2002	OFCS Award	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble	Gosford Park (2001)
2002	Special Achievement Award	Satellite Awards	Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble	Gosford Park (2001)
2002	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture	Gosford Park (2001)
2001	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Frasier (1993)
1999	Evening Standard British Film Award	Evening Standard British Film Awards	Best Actor	Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
1998	Best British Performance	Edinburgh International Film Festival		Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
1989	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	The Tenth Man (1988)
1988	Evening Standard British Film Award	Evening Standard British Film Awards	Best Actor	Little Dorrit (1987)
1977	BAFTA TV Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor	I, Claudius (1976)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2013	BAFTA TV Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Leading Actor	Last Tango in Halifax (2012)
2013	Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Series, Drama	Last Tango in Halifax (2012)
2012	Golden Nymph	Monte-Carlo TV Festival	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)
2010	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble Acting	The King's Speech (2010)
2002	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Gosford Park (2001)
2001	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture	Gladiator (2000)
1999	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama	Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
1998	BAFTA TV Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor	Breaking the Code (1996)
1992	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Dead Again (1991)
1989	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	The Tenth Man (1988)
1982	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Inside the Third Reich (1982)
1978	BAFTA TV Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor	Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977)