This block contains the information about Derek Jacobi and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Derek Jacobi was born by the end of October in 1938 in Great Britain. Derek was one of the biggest professionals of the stage, as the word “fear” was a too soft word in order to describe the feeling that he has in front of the stage. Derek George was born in Leytonstone, West London. His mother was full of acting ambitions as well, that is why she was always the main support for Derek, as she was guiding and helping him in everything he was doing on the stage. Since he was six years old, he was attending all the theater plays in the local theater. Later he went to Cambridge, and by the time he turned 18th he appeared on the stage performing Hamlet’s role on the Edinburgh film festival. He graduated in 1960 and went continuing his studies in Birmingham. In 1963 he caught the attention of Lawrence Olivier who invited him to the film festival in Chester. A year later he sent him an invitation again, and at this time, he invited him to become a part of the national theater. Jacobi agreed and on the debut in London he performed Lower’s role in “Hamlet” play. In 1964 he performed Othello’s role. The next thirty years of his carrier he performed all sort of roles in such movies as: “The Thunder”, “Tony” and in many, any others.

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Here you can learn about the movies Derek Jacobi acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
The Golden Compass - Magisterial Emissary	$180M	2007	$25.8M	$70.1M
Gladiator - Gracchus	$103M	2000	$34.8M	$188M
Underworld: Evolution - Corvinus (as Sir Derek Jacobi)	$50M	2006	$26.9M	$62.3M
Nanny McPhee - Mr. Wheen	$25M	2005	$14.5M	$47.1M
Hamlet - Claudius	$18M	1996	$148K	$4.41M
The King's Speech - Archbishop Cosmo Lang	$15M	2010	$355K	$84.1M
Gosford Park - Probert	$15M	2001	$1.57M	$41.3M
Dead Again - Franklyn Madson	$15M	1991		$38M
Revelation - Librarian	$10M	2001
Adam Resurrected - Dr. Nathan Gross	$10M	2008
Basil - Father Frederick	$10M	1998
Henry V - Chorus	$9M	1989		$10.2M
The Secret of NIMH - Nicodemus (voice)	$7M	1982
The Riddle - The Tramp/Charles Dickens	$5M	2007
The Day of the Jackal - Caron		1973
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien - Father Leonor Fouesnel		1999
Achilles (short) - Narrator		1996
Aladdin (video) - The Magician (voice)		1992
Interlude - Paul		1968
The Odessa File - Klaus Wenzer		1974