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Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: /ˈdʒækəbi/) (born 22 October, 1938) is a British actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. He is the second actor to hold two knighthoods, Danish and English (Sir Laurence Olivier was the other).
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Youth and early career
Jacobi was born in Leytonstone in east London, England, and was the only child of a department store manager and a secretary who were of Christian German descent. Although a war baby, he claims a happy childhood. In his teens he went to the Leyton County High School and became an integral part of the drama club, The Players of Leyton.At 18, he won a scholarship to the University of Cambridge, where he studied history, as Drama was not a recognised course of study. Other younger members of the university at the time included Ian McKellen (who had an "undeclared and unrequited" crush on him) and Trevor Nunn.
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