Andrew Jack appears in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Picture: Disney)

Star Wars actor Andrew Jack has died aged 76 from the coronavirus.

The star, who was also a dialect coach, passed away this morning at a hospital just outside of London as a result of complications developed from the virus.

His representative Jill McCullough told Metro.co.uk: ‘He died this morning of Covid-19 at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey. Andrew lived on one the oldest working houseboats on the Thames, he was fiercely independent but madly in love with his wife; also a dialect coach; Gabrielle Rogers.

‘Tragically she is stuck in quarantine in Australia having just flown in from NZ last week. She was unable to see or talk to him at the end of his life and there is a chance a funeral may not be held.




‘Andrew was full of life – he was tall and striking with flowing white hair, you wouldn’t miss him if he walked into a room. He was still working full pelt, currently coaching on the new Batman.’

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The statement continued: ‘He had been a dialect coach for many years and was one of those people who promoted mentoring and supporting younger coaches and he was a pioneer in our industry – in that he demonstrated to producers that we were a necessary department and that the job was important.

Andrew worked on over 80 films (Picture: Channel 7)

Andrew on the right (Picture: Disney)

‘He loved his work and was funny, charming and a joy to be around. He was a friend first and a client second and I will miss doing silly voices and pissing around with him on set. Dialect coaching isn’t just about being good at accents – you need to make actors feel safe and confident – and Andrew’s actors adored him.’

Andrew played Major Caluan Ematt in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi and was actively working until a few weeks ago.

Over the course of his career, he worked with Robert Downey Jr in 1992’s Chaplin and Pierce Brosnan on GoldenEye in 1995.

He also formed the Middle-earth accents for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, teaching the accents to the cast.

Andrew also designed and taught the accents for the Greeks and Trojans in 2004’s hit film Troy.

He served as the dialect coach on Avengers: Endgame, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Alien v. Predator, Die Another Day, and Captain America.

The actor was most recently married to Gabrielle Rogers between 2019 up to his death.

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