Andrew Jack (born Andrew Duncan Hutchinson; 28 January 1944 – 31 March 2020) was a British dialect coach who worked on over 80 motion pictures."Andrew Jack (I) (1944–2020)" IMDB
Early life Jack was born in London. His father, Stephen Jack, was an actor in film, radio and television.
Career He had worked with over 200 actors including Robert Downey Jr. (in Richard Attenborough's Chaplin, Michael Hoffman's Restoration and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes), Pierce Brosnan (in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day), Cate Blanchett, and Viggo Mortensen. As supervising dialect coach for The Lord of the Rings, he created the Middle-earth accents and taught them, along with Elvish and Black Speech, to the cast of the trilogy. He designed and taught the accents for the Greeks and Trojans in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy. He taught Evan Davis to speak with a Nottinghamshire twang. He was known for helping non-British actors to be more intelligible to the audience.
Jack can also be seen in the Star Wars film series portraying Resistance Major (later promoted to General) Caluan Ematt in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. He also voiced the character of Moloch in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The final film he was working on at the time of his death was The Batman, which was dedicated to him.
Personal life Jack was married to Felicity Filmore from 1974 to 1987, and to Paula Jack from 2000 to 2018; both marriages ended in divorce.
Jack's widow Gabrielle Rogers is also a voice, accent and dialect coach who first started working in the film, television and theatre industries as an actor in the 1980s. Rogers and Jack were married in 2019.
Jack is survived by his and Felicity’s children, Katherine b. 1978 and Rupert b. 1982 and two grandchildren.
Death Jack died on 31 March 2020 at the age of 76 from COVID-19. His wife Gabrielle Rogers wrote on Twitter:
Filmography +Dialect work Year Title Position Notes1982 Nancy Astor Dialect coach 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade UncreditedThe Ginger Tree 1990 The Gravy Train 4 episodes1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves A Demon in My View 1992 The Last of the Mohicans Chaplin 1993 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight 1994 Backbeat Nostradamus 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingSupervising2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2022The Batman Posthumous release
+Film Year Title Role Notes2001 Kate & Leopold John A. Roebling 2009 Sherlock Holmes Professor Moriarty Voice (lines later overdubbed by Jared Harris following the release of A Game of Shadows)2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Caluan Ematt 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Moloch Voice2021 Ascendant Doctor Thompson Known as Rising Wolf; posthumous release
+Television Year Title Role Notes1957 Whack-O! School Boy 10 episodes1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Boy Episode: "Against the Stream"1966 This Man Craig Waiter Episode: "A Wise Father"1968 The Spanish Farm Lt. Andrews Episode: "Paris"1969 Chronicle Bosham Episode: "Thomas Becket"Doctor in the House Smoothie Episode: "It's All Go..."1970 The Black Tulip Craeke 1 episode1971 Softly Softly: Task Force Radley Episode: "Company Business"
+Video games Year Title Role Notes2016 Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Caluan Ematt
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