Andrew Jack (dialect coach)

Andrew Jack (born Andrew Duncan Hutchinson; 28 January 1944 – 31 March 2020) was a British dialect coach and actor from London who had worked on over 80 motion pictures since 1982.[3][4][5]

Andrew Jack
Jack in 2011
Born
Andrew Duncan Hutchinson

(1944-01-28)28 January 1944
Finchley[1], London, England
Died31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 76)
Surrey, England[2]
Occupations
  • Dialect coach
  • actor
Years active1957–2020
Spouses
Felicity Hutchinson
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(m. 1974; div. 1987)​
    Paula Jack
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    (m. 2000; div. 2018)​
      Gabrielle Rogers
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      (m. 2019)​
      Children2
      Websiteandrewjack.com

      Early life

      His father Stephen Jack was an actor in films, radio and television.[1]

      Career

      He had worked with over 200 actors[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] He was known for helping non-British actors to be more intelligible to the audience.[9]

      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,[10] 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.[11]

      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.

      Death

      Jack died on 31 March 2020 at the age of 76 from COVID-19.[2] His wife Gabrielle Rogers wrote on Twitter:[12]

      "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."

      [2]

      Filmography
      Dialect work
      Year Title Position Notes
      1982Nancy AstorDialect coach
      1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeUncredited
      The Ginger Tree
      1990The Gravy Train4 episodes
      1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
      A Demon in My View
      1992The Last of the Mohicans
      Chaplin
      199315: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
      1994Backbeat
      Nostradamus
      2022The BatmanPosthumous release
      Film
      Year Title Role Notes
      2001Kate & LeopoldJohn A. Roebling
      2009Sherlock HolmesProfessor MoriartyVoice (lines later overdubbed by Jared Harris following the release of A Game of Shadows)
      2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensCaluan Ematt
      2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi
      2018Solo: A Star Wars StoryMolochVoice
      2020Rising WolfDoctor ThompsonPost-production
      Television
      Year Title Role Notes
      1957Whack-O!School Boy10 episodes
      1959BBC Sunday-Night TheatreBoyEpisode: "Against the Stream"
      1966This Man CraigWaiterEpisode: "A Wise Father"
      1968The Spanish FarmLt. AndrewsEpisode: "Paris"
      1969ChronicleBoshamEpisode: "Thomas Becket"
      Doctor in the HouseSmoothieEpisode: "It's All Go..."
      1970The Black TulipCraeke1 episode
      1971Softly Softly: Task ForceRadleyEpisode: "Company Business"
      Video games
      Year Title Role Notes
      2016Lego Star Wars: The Force AwakensCaluan Ematt

      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.
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