Derek Jacobi

LONDON, UK - 01 JAN 1972: Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE is an English actor and stage director. Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King.He has twice been awarded a Laurence Olivier Award. He also received a Tony Award for his performance in Much Ado About Nothing in 1984 and a Primetime Emmy Award in 1988 for The Tenth Man. His stage work includes playing Octavius Caesar, Edward II, Richard III, and Thomas Becket. In addition to being a founder member of the Royal National Theatre and winning several prestigious theatre awards, Jacobi has also enjoyed a successful television career, starring in I, Claudius, for which he won a BAFTA. Though principally a stage actor, Jacobi has appeared in a number of films, such as Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), Gladiator (2000), Gosford Park (2001), The Golden Compass (2007), The King's Speech (2010), and My Week with Marilyn (2011). (Photo by George Wilkes/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)