Andrew Jack (1944-2020)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I regret to inform you that Star Wars actor and dialect coach Andrew Jack died from coronavirus on 31st March 2020. He was 76 years old.
Andrew had starred in "The Force Awakens" and "The Last Jedi", playing Caluan Ematt, a major (now general) for the Resistance, as well as providing the voice of Moloch in "Solo: A Star Wars Story". He has worked with over 200 actors. Among them are Robert Downey, Jr., Pierce Brosnan and Chris Hemsworth.
Jack even worked as a supervising dialect coach in "The Lord of the Rings" series, where he taught the actors to speak in their Middle-Earth accents and Elvish and Black Speech. He also instructed the cast members to perform the Greek and Trojan accents he created for the movie "Troy".
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