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Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (/ˈdʒækəbi/; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and stage director.
A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet,Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He has twice been awarded a Laurence Olivier Award, first for his performance of the eponymous hero in Cyrano de Bergerac in 1983 and the second for his Malvolio in Twelfth Night in 2009. 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 the critically praised adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius (1976), for which he won a BAFTA; in the titular role in the medieval drama series Cadfael (1994-1998), as Stanley Baldwin in The Gathering Storm (2002) and as Alan Buttershaw in Last Tango in Halifax (2012-present).
I'm not growing younger and
It's a short drive through an accident
I'm not sure when we'll get there
Just be patient
Oxygen waning
But someday well have to fight for air
Devoted too easy
In loveless affairs
I have a feeling Colorado air's too high for breathing now
I quit when I was 30
I quit when my baby girl was born
I quit again at 40
Bells ...new year farewell
The drag on the next one
Is something I can look forward to
Something to slow the synapse
Something to do with my hands
I have a feeling Colorado air's too high for breathing now