Derek Jacobi
See also: Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi (October 22nd 1938 with London -) is a British actor .
Biography
After studies with the Université of Cambridge it begins a career with the theater where it meets Laurence Olivier with which it will play in Othello of Stuart Burge in 1965. It becomes famous with the serial of the BBC Me Claude emperor of 1976.Jacobi continues to play of the parts of Shakespeare, in particular the film Henri V and of Hamlet . It is Alan Turing in the part Casser the code whose televised version is carried out in 1996.
Its service as investigating monk in Cadfael of ITV ensures a world notoriety to him.
It also made the narrator for an audio book on Iliade .
It is made knight in 1994 for his social contribution.
Selective catalog of films
Actor
- 1973 : Jackal : Charon
- 1978: the Great Threat of Jack Gold: Townley
- 1980 : Hamlet of Rodney Bennett: BBC
- 1989: Henry V of Kenneth Branagh
- 1994: Cadfael : Brother Cadfael
- 1996: Hamlet of Kenneth Branagh: Claudius
- 2000 : Gladiator of Ridley Scott: Gracchus
- 2001 : Gosford Park of Robert Altman: Probert
- 2001 : the tomb (The Body) of Jonas McCord: father Lavelle
- 2001: Revelation of Stuart Urban: Librarian
- 2006 : Underworld: Evolution : Alexander Corvinus
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