Murder on the Orient Express starred an elderly actor.
Sir Derek George Jacobi ( [ ˈdʒækəbi ] born 22 October 1938 ) is an English actor and stage director . Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film) . The film stars Branagh , Tom Bateman , Lucy Boynton , Olivia Colman , Penélope Cruz , Willem Dafoe , Judi Dench , Johnny Depp , Josh Gad , Manuel Garcia-Rulfo , Derek Jacobi , Marwan Kenzari , Leslie Odom Jr. , Michelle Pfeiffer , Sergei Polunin , and Daisy Ridley .