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Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Highest Rated: 88% The Three Musketeers (1973)

Lowest Rated: 0% Once Upon a Crime (1992)

Birthday: Feb 29, 1928

Birthplace: North Kensington, London, England, UK

Prolific stage performer with the Old Vic and the Mermaid Theater companies who made his professional debut in 1945, only entering films in the late 1960s (after an uncredited film debut in "Seven Days to Noon" 1950). Ackland's most recent memorable screen roles include Greta Scacchi's scheming husband in "White Mischief," Don Masino Croce in Michael Cimino's "The Sicilian" (both 1987) and the villainous South African diplomat Arjen Rudd, in "Lethal Weapon II" (1989).

Highest rated movies

88% The Hunt for Red October
88% The Three Musketeers
86% Citizen X
82% Lethal Weapon 2
80% White Mischief
77% The Object of Beauty
72% Saint Jack
67% To Kill a Priest

Photos

VILLAIN, from left: Joss Ackland, Richard Burton, 1971 KID IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, A, Kate Winslett, Joss Ackland, 1995 THE HAPPINESS CAGE, (aka THE MIND SNATCHERS), Joss Ackland, 1972. HOW ABOUT YOU, from left: Vanessa Redgrave, Joss Ackland, 2007. ©Strand Releasing HOW ABOUT YOU, from left: Brenda Fricker, Joss Ackland (top), Imelda Staunton (hood), Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Redgrave, 2007. ©Strand Releasing HOW ABOUT YOU, Joss Ackland, 2007. ©Strand Releasing D3: THE MIGHTY DUCKS, Joshua Jackson, 1996. ©Buena Vista Pictures I'LL BE THERE, from left: Joss Ackland, Charlotte Church, 2003. ©Warner Bros ENGLAND MADE ME, Peter Finch, Joss Ackland, 1973 THE LITTLE PRINCE, Steven Warner (back to camera), Joss Ackland, 1974 HOW ABOUT YOU, Joss Ackland, 2007. ©Strand Releasing ONE OF OUR DINOSAURS IS MISSING, from left: Joss Ackland, Amanda Barrie, 1975 WHITE MISCHIEF, from left: Joss Ackland, Greta Scacchi, Trevor Howard, 1988. ©Columbia Pictures SAINT JACK, Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, 1979, (c) New World HOW ABOUT YOU, from left: Brenda Fricker, Joss Ackland (top), Imelda Staunton, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Redgrave, 2007. ©Strand Releasing THE OBJECT OF BEAUTY, Joss Ackland, 1991, (c) Avenue Pictures K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, Joss Ackland (left), director Kathryn Bigelow (center) on set, 2002 (c) Paramount, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, (center) Joss Ackland, (center right) John Shrapnel, 2002 (c) Paramount, HOW ABOUT YOU, from left: Brenda Fricker, Joss Ackland (top), Imelda Staunton, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Redgrave, 2007. ©Strand Releasing HOW ABOUT YOU, from left: Joss Ackland, Hayley Atwell, 2007. ©Strand Releasing
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Portrait Henry Winter (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 23% Katherine of Alexandria Rufus (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 17% Prisoners of the Sun Prof. Mendella (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Search of the Great Beast 666 Aleister Crowley (Voice) - 2007
64% 54% How About You Donald (Character) $77.6K 2007
56% 54% Flawless Sir Milton (Character) $1.2M 2007
No Score Yet 84% Hogfather Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hogfather - Teil 2 Mustrum Ridcully (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hogfather - Teil 1 Mustrum Ridcully (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 46% These Foolish Things Albert (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 6% Moscow Zero Tolstoy (Character) - 2006
36% 42% Asylum Straffen (Character) $374.9K 2005
No Score Yet 17% A Different Loyalty Randolph Cauffield (Character) - 2004
50% 57% I'll Be There Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 76% Henry VIII Unknown (Character) - 2003
25% 25% The House on Turk Street Mr. Quarrie (Character) - 2002
60% 52% K-19: The Widowmaker Marshal Zelentsov (Character) $35.2M 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mumbo Jumbo Mayor Smith (Character) - 2000
19% 51% Passion of Mind Dr. Langer (Character) $769.0K 2000
No Score Yet 29% Milk The Vicar (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 67% Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Adventures in the Secret Service The Prussian (Character) - 1999
41% 82% Firelight Lord Clare (Character) $784.4K 1997
28% 76% Swept From the Sea Mr. Swaffer (Character) $283.1K 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet To the Ends of Time King Francis (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 97% Hidden in Silence German factory manager (Character) - 1996
35% 60% Surviving Picasso Henri Matisse (Character) $2.0M 1996
No Score Yet 82% Deadly Voyage Captain (Character) - 1996
20% 45% D3: The Mighty Ducks Hans (Character) $23.0M 1996
86% 86% Citizen X Bondarchuk (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 35% Mad Dogs and Englishmen Insp. Sam Stringer (Character) - 1995
5% 27% A Kid in King Arthur's Court King Arthur (Character) $13.4M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daisies in December Gerald Carmody (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 75% Jacob Isaac (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet OcchioPinocchio Brando (Character) - 1994
36% 33% Nowhere to Run Franklin Hale (Character) $21.9M 1993
No Score Yet 29% Project: Shadowchaser Kinderman (Character) - 1992
23% 65% The Mighty Ducks Hans (Character) $50.7M 1992
0% 43% Once Upon a Crime Hercules Popodopoulos (Character) $28.1K 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sheltering Desert Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 40% The Bridge Smithson (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 28% A Murder of Quality Terence Fielding (Character) - 1991
56% 56% Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey De Nomolos (Character) $38.0M 1991
No Score Yet 77% The Princess and the Goblin King Papa (Voice) $451.6K 1991
77% 36% The Object of Beauty Mr. Mercer (Character) $201.6K 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Voices in the Garden Sir Charles "Archie" Peverall (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 27% The Palermo Connection Uomo di Potere (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 38% The Secret Life of Ian Fleming Gen. Gerhard Hellstein (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 50% Jekyll & Hyde Dr. Charles Lanyon (Character) - 1990
88% 88% The Hunt for Red October Ambassador Andrei Lysenko (Character) $119.1M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet First & Last Alan Holly (Character) - 1990
82% 78% Lethal Weapon 2 Arjen Rudd (Character) $144.9M 1989
67% 58% To Kill a Priest Colonel (Character) $12.0K 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Codename: Kyril "C" (Character) - 1988
10% 42% The Sicilian Don Masino Croce (Character) $4.4M 1987
No Score Yet 71% It Couldn't Happen Here Priest/murderer (Character) $1.3K 1987
80% 54% White Mischief `'Jock'` Delves Broughton (Character) $24.5K 1987
56% 77% Lady Jane Sir John Bridges (Character) $132.0K 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet New World Unknown (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 92% Shadowlands C.S. Lewis (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective Chief Insp. Yardbird (Character) - 1981
27% 48% The Apple Mr. Topps/Hippie Leader (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 12% Rough Cut Insp. Vanderveld (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 42% A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Unknown (Character) - 1979
72% 75% Saint Jack Yardley (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 33% Silver Bears Henry Foreman (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Price of Freedom Janák (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 77% Operation Daybreak Janák (Character) - 1975
50% 64% Royal Flash Sapten (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 68% One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing B.J. Spence (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 69% The Little Prince The King (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 16% S.P.Y.S Martinson (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 51% Great Expectations Joe Gargery (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1974: Heading for Glory Narrator - 1974
57% 36% The Black Windmill Chief Supt. Wray (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Penny Gold Jones (Character) - 1973
38% 55% Hitler: The Last Ten Days Gen. Burgdorf (Character) - 1973
88% 77% The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan's Father (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 19% Crescendo Carter (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 44% The Mind Snatchers Dr. Frederick (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet England Made Me Haller (Character) - 1972
67% 49% Villain Edgar Lowis (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 89% A Midsummer Night's Dream Quince (Voice) - 1959

TV

Credit
82% 94% Kingdom Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 87% Midsomer Murders Sir Freddy Butler (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery! Unknown (Character) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Colonel George Peregrine (Character) 1980 1988
No Score Yet 97% The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet 87% The Avengers Unknown (Guest Star) 1969