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Derek Jacobi

Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen as well as for his work at the Royal National Theatre, he has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a BAFTA Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994.

Jacobi started his professional acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the founding members of the National Theatre. He has appeared in numerous Shakespearean stage productions including ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Macbeth'', ''Twelfth Night'', ''The Tempest'', ''King Lear'', and ''Romeo and Juliet''. Jacobi received the Laurence Olivier Award, for the title role in ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' in 1983 and Malvolio in ''Twelfth Night'' in 2009. He also won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Benedick in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in 1985.

On television, he portrayed Claudius in the BBC series ''I, Claudius'' (1976), for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for ''The Tenth Man'' (1988), and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for ''Frasier'' (2001). He also took roles in ITV drama series ''Cadfael'' (1994–1998), the HBO film ''The Gathering Storm'' (2002), the sitcom ''Vicious'' (2013–2016), in BBC's ''Last Tango in Halifax'' (2012–2020), and the Netflix series ''The Crown'' in 2019.

Jacobi has acted in numerous films including ''Othello'' (1965), ''The Day of the Jackal'' (1973), ''Henry V'' (1989), ''Dead Again'' (1991), ''Hamlet'' (1996), ''Nanny McPhee'' (2005), ''The Riddle'' (2007), ''My Week with Marilyn'' (2011), ''Anonymous'' (2011), ''Cinderella'' (2015), and ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (2017). Jacobi portrayed Senator Gracchus in Ridley Scott's ''Gladiator'' (2000) and ''Gladiator II'' (2024). Jacobi has also earned two Screen Actors Guild Awards along with the ensemble cast for Robert Altman's ''Gosford Park'' (2001), and Tom Hooper's ''The King's Speech'' (2010). Provided by Wikipedia