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
BornAndrew Duncan Hutchinson
(1944-01-28)28 January 1944
Finchley[1], London, England
Died31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 76)
Surrey, England[2]
OccupationDialect coach, actor
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Period1957–2020
Spouse
    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. 2019⁠–⁠2020)​
        ChildrenKatherine Morgan (b. 1978) Rupert Hutchinson (b. 1982)
        Website
        andrewjack.com

        Early life

        His father Stephen Jack was an actor in films, radio and television.[1] His mother Julia (née Hutchinson) was a horticulturist.

        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]

        Personal life

        Jack was previously 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 and remained together until his death in 2020. Jack is survived by his wife Gabrielle, two adult children from his first marriage, Katherine & Rupert, and two grandchildren. [2]

        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."

        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
        Film
        Year Title Role Notes
        2001Kate & LeopoldJohn A. Roebling
        2009Sherlock HolmesProfessor MoriartyVoice ( Lines later overdubbed Jared Harris in home releases following the release Sherlock Holmes: 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". The New York Times.
        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 (Feb–Mar 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. https://www.people.com/movies/andrew-jack-dialect-coach-dies-coronavirus/%3famp=true
        12. "Rest in Peace Andrew Jack, Major Caluan Ematt". Fantha Tracks. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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