Derek Jacobi 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 British Academy Television Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994.Sarah Stanton, Martin Banham, The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre (1996), p. 181
For his work in theatre Jacobi received two Tony Award nominations winning for his performance in a Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in 1985. He also received seven Laurence Olivier Award nominations winning twice for Best Actor for his performances for revivals of Cyrano de Bergerac in 1983, and Twelfth Night in 2009, as well as being awarded the Society of London Theatre Special Award.
For his work on television and film, he has been nominated for five BAFTAs, winning for Best Actor for I, Claudius in 1976. He also received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning twice for his performances in The Tenth Man (1988), and Frasier in 2001. For his work on film he received three Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nominations, winning twice with the ensemble casts of Gosford Park (2001), and The Kings Speech (2010).
Major associations
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards1992Best Actor in a Supporting RoleDead AgainBritish Academy Television Awards1977Best ActorI, Claudius1978Philby, Burgess and MacLean1998Breaking the Code2013Last Tango in Halifax
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards1982Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a SpecialInside the Third Reich1989The Tenth Man2001Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesFrasier: The Show Must Go Off
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1989Best Supporting Actor – TelevisionThe Tenth Man
Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1977Best Actor in a RevivalHamlet1978Ivanov1983Cyrano de Bergerac1986Best ActorBreaking the Code2006Don Carlos2009Twelfth Night2011King Lear2023Society of London Theatre Special Award
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureGladiator2001Gosford Park2010The King's Speech
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985Best Actor in a PlayMuch Ado About Nothing1988Breaking the Code
Theatre Awards
Drama Desk Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1980Outstanding Actor in a PlayThe Suicide1985Outstanding Actor in a PlayMuch Ado About Nothing / Cyrano de Bergerac 1988Outstanding Actor in a PlayBreaking the Code
Evening Standard Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1983Best ActorMuch Ado About Nothing1987Best ActorLittle Dorrit1999Best ActorLove is the Devil
Critics Awards YearAwardCategory Nominated workResult1983 Critics' Circle Theatre AwardsBest ActorCyrano de Bergerac Much Ado About Nothing2002Broadcast Film Critics AssociationBest Acting EnsembleGosford Park 2002Florida Film Critics Circle AwardBest Cast2002Online Film Critics Society AwardBest Ensemble2002Satellite AwardBest Cast - Motion Picture2010Santa Barbara International Film FestivalBest Acting EnsembleThe King's Speech 2010Phoenix Film Critics SocietyBest Ensemble Acting
Film YearAwardCategory Nominated workResult1998Satellite AwardBest Actor - Film DramaLove Is the Devil:Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998Edinburgh International Film FestivalBest Actor
Audio YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult 2019 BBC Audio Drama Awards Best Actor The War Master: Beneath the Viscoid
Honorary YearNominated workAwardResult2008Lifetime AchievementHelen Hayes Award
References
External links
"Jacobi, Sir Derek (George)", Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2008.