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Was the mentor and acting instructor of Kenneth Branagh. Was on the short list of actors considered for the role of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Awarded CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1985 Charlton Heston and Ronnie Barker had been considered for the role of Claudius in "I, Claudius" (1976) before he landed the role. He was awarded the 1983 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performances in Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing. An Associate Member of RADA. Replaced Donald Sutherland as Franklyn Madson in Dead Again (1991). Is a native of Leytonstone, in London's East End, which has also produced film maker Alfred Hitchcock, TV journalists & presenters Jonathan Ross and Paul Ross, TV cook Fanny Cradock, Bangra-DnB composer/producer Talvin Singh, Iron-Maiden bassist/songwriter Steve Harris, former England cricket captain Graham Gooch, and England soccer captain David Beckham. After 27 years together, registered his civil partnership with long-term partner Richard Clifford in March 2006, four months after civil unions became legal in England and Wales. In 1963, when Jacobi auditioned for Britain's just-forming National Theatre, Olivier hired him as an understudy and spear-carrier. Luckily for Jacobi, the actor he was understudying. Jeremy Brett got the call to Hollywood, and Jacobi inherited all his parts. Once was invited to play Hamlet at Kronborg Castle, better known as Elsinore Castle, the setting of the play itself. He has portrayed two different versions of the "Doctor Who" character the Master: an android copy of the first incarnation of the Master in the BBCi webcast "Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka" (2003) and the fifth incarnation of the Master in the "Doctor Who" (2005) episode "Utopia". After Roger Delgado, Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley, Gordon Tipple and Eric Roberts, he is the seventh actor to play the Master, the Doctor's greatest enemy. He played the role in "Doctor Who: Utopia (#3.11)" (2007). He was succeeded in the role by John Simm.