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Andrew Jack
Jack in 2011
Born	Andrew Duncan Hutchinson (1944-01-28)28 January 1944 Finchley, London, England
Died	31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 76) Surrey, England
Occupations	Dialect coach actor
Years active	1957–2020
Spouses	Felicity Hutchinson ​ ​(m. 1974; div. 1987)​ Paula Jack ​ ​(m. 2000; div. 2018)​ Gabrielle Rogers ​(m. 2019)​
Children	2
Website	andrewjack.com

Andrew Jack (born Andrew Duncan Hutchinson; 28 January 1944 – 31 March 2020) was a British dialect coach who worked on over 80 motion pictures.

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:

"We lost a man today. Andrew Jack was diagnosed with coronavirus two days ago. He was in no pain, and he slipped away peacefully knowing that his family were all 'with' him."

Filmography

References

1. ^ Gabrielle Rogers (5 April 2020), "Movie dialect coach, Star Wars actor falls victim to COVID-19", Sydney Morning Herald
2. ^ "Star Wars actor dies after contracting COVID-19". BBC News. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
3. "Andrew Jack". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
4. "Actor Andrew Jack Dies of Coronavirus at 76 in Britain". The New York Times. 31 March 2020.
5. "Andrew Jack (I) (1944–2020)" IMDB
6. "Archived copy of Official Webpage of Andrew Jack". Archived from the original on 3 July 2011.
7. Moore, Miranda (February–March 2002). "How Elijah Wood learned Elvish". The Linguist.
8. Davis, Evan (14 May 2010). "Can Evan do a Robin Hood Accent?". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
9. Graydon, Nicola (31 May 2004). "The Lion Roars". The Times.
10. "Andrew Jack, 'Star Wars' actor, dies from Covid-19". CNN. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
11. "Lord of the Rings Dialect Coach Dies of Coronavirus". Archived from the original on 31 March 2020.
12. "Gabrielle Rogers on Twitter: "We lost a man today". Twitter. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

External links

• Andrew Jack at IMDb

• 1944 births
• 2020 deaths
• British voice coaches
• People from Finchley
• Film people from London
• 20th-century British male actors
• 21st-century British male actors
• Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in England