- Films
- 36
- Avg rating
- 6.53
- Peak run
- 1982’96
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Derek by the numbers
Average
6.53
29 rated films
Vote weighted
6.64
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.85
rating spread
Career
61y
1965 to 2025
Total votes
3.9M
across every film
Best
8.5
Gladiator
Worst
4.8
Stratton
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Moss & Freud | Lucian Freud | · | 259 |
| 2024 |  Gladiator II | Gracchus | 6.4 | 314K |
| 2023 | The Martini Shot | Errol | · | 315 |
| 2020 | The Host | Dr. Hobson | 4.8 | 1,073 |
| 2019 |  Tolkien | Professor Wright | 6.8 | 52,043 |
| 2019 | The Warrior Queen of Jhansi | Lord Palmerston | · | 811 |
| 2018 |  Tomb Raider | Mr. Yaffe | 6.3 | 245K |
| 2017 | Stratton | Ross | 4.8 | 6,233 |
| 2016 | The History of Love | Léo Gursky | 6.3 | 1,646 |
| 2016 | Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | · | 476 |
| 2015 |  Cinderella | King | 6.9 | 207K |
| 2011 |  Ironclad | Baron Reginald de Cornhill | 6.1 | 45,691 |
| 2011 | There Be Dragons | Honorio Soto | 5.7 | 5,332 |
| 2010 |  The King's Speech | Archbishop Cosmo Lang | 8.0 | 738K |
| 2009 | Endgame | Rudolph Agnew | 6.2 | 2,943 |
| 2008 | Adam Resurrected | Dr. Nathan Gross | 6.2 | 4,761 |
| 2006 |  Underworld: Evolution | Corvinus | 6.7 | 220K |
| 2005 | Bye Bye Blackbird | Lord Dempsey | · | 294 |
| 2004 | Strings | Nezo | 6.9 | 4,528 |
| 2002 | Two Men Went to War | Major Merton | 6.6 | 1,039 |
Better together?
Derek Jacobi's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Derek Jacobi
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.